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Red Covers

Covers in this category are already keys, there are quite a few red covers but they will not be added based only on the color of the cover.  

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Star Wars: Darth Vader #25
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Star Wars: Darth Vader #25
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Cliff Chiang

Tales of Horror #8
Toby ⋅ 1953
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Tales of Horror #8
 
Low
$620
Mid
$1.8k
High
$6.2k

Key Facts

Cover art by Mel Keefer

X-23 #1
1:10 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005
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X-23 #1
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$20

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Billy Tan

Spider-Man #1
1:20 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Spider-Man #1
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$85

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Michael Cho

FOOM Magazine #3
Marvel ⋅ 1973
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FOOM Magazine #3
 
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$5
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$18
High
$75

Key Facts

Cover art by Jim Steranko

Featured articles and checklists pertaining to Spider-Man

Biographies of Gil Kane, John Romita and Frank Giacoia

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100
Blank ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100
 
Low
$5
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$18
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$60

Key Facts

Blank sketch variant

Venom: Space Knight #11
1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Venom: Space Knight #11
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

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Variant cover art by Gerardo Sandoval

Amazing Spider-Man #7
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Amazing Spider-Man #7
 
Low
$3
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$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Michael Cho

Juggernaut #1
1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Juggernaut #1
 
Low
$5
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$18
High
$60

Key Facts

Blank sketch variant

King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

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Variant cover art by David Nakayama

Store exclusive

King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021
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King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage #2
 
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$1
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$3
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$12

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Variant cover art by David Nakayama

Store exclusive

Blackest Night #1
Diamond Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2009
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Blackest Night #1
 
Low
$5
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$18
High
$70

Key Facts

2009 Diamond Retailer Summit edition

Venom #1
2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011
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Venom #1
 
Low
$3
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$9
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$30

Key Facts

Second printing, red background

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,955

Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett is Dead #1
1:5 ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2012
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Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett is Dead #1
 
Low
$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

Variant cover art by David Palumbo

Strange Academy #6
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Strange Academy #6
 
Low
$3
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$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Cover art by David Nakayama

There is also a virgin edition of this Nakayama cover

Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
Non-Key
Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

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Variant cover art by Adam Kubert 1:50

Error: printed with final pages of Web of Venom: Empyre's End

Immortal Hulk #19
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Immortal Hulk #19
 
Low
$5
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$15
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$50

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Variant cover art by Mike Deodato, limited to 500 copies

Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1
Non-Key
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020
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Dark Nights: Death Metal - Rise of the New God #1
 
Low
$1
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$5
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$15

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Variant cover art by BossLogic

Venom #2
2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011
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Venom #2
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$80

Key Facts

Second printing, red background

Cover art inspired by The Amazing Spider-Man #300

Nightwing #1
2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011
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Nightwing #1
 
Low
$4
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$12
High
$40

Key Facts

Variant second printing cover art by Eddy Barrows

Batman #3
2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2012
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Batman #3
 
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$1
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$2
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$8

Key Facts

Second printing, red background

Savage Dragon #178
Image ⋅ 2012
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Savage Dragon #178
 
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$1
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$2
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$10

Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,684

Wolverine #8
1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013
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Wolverine #8
 
Low
$15
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$50
High
$150

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Matthew Waite

8-bit edition inspired by the 'Game Over' screen from Zelda II

Todd McFarlane's Spawn
Hardcover ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn
 
Low
$40
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$460
High
$1.4k

Key Facts

Unreleased 200-page hardcover collection of Spawn #1 - #12

Distributed to employees, family and friends of the McFarlane company

There are eight similar hardcover editions that collect up to issue #96, Curse of Spawn #1- #29 and a mini-series collection which will be added when there is sales data

Lady Death: Pin Ups #1
Non-Key
Variant ⋅ Coffin Comics ⋅ 2020
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Lady Death: Pin Ups #1
 
Low
$12
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$30
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$125

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Dawn McTeigue, limited to 33 copies

One of 333 mystery envelope items for backers of the Malevolent Decimation Kickstarter

Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #2
WildStorm ⋅ 2008
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Freddy vs Jason vs Ash #2
 
Low
$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 23,297

Catwoman #70
DC ⋅ 2007
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Catwoman #70
 
Low
$8
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$20
High
$70

Key Facts

Cover art by Adam Hughes

Tales From the Edge #11
Vanguard Productions ⋅ 1998
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Tales From the Edge #11
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

Painted cover art by Jim Steranko

Interior includes rejected artwork shared by Jim Steranko, his storyboard work on Coppola's 'Dracula' and more

Autobiographical stories told by Steranko include his conflicts with Stan Lee, a life-threatening abduction and his induction to a club of writers and magicians

Acclaim Comics: Valiant Heroes #1
Acclaim Valiant ⋅ 1996
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Acclaim Comics: Valiant Heroes #1
 
Low
$12
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$40
High
$125

Key Facts

16-page standalone preview of Acclaim's relaunch of the Valiant Universe

A version of this publication was also distributed with Previews August 1996, attached as an insert

Ultimate Spider-Man #160
1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011
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Ultimate Spider-Man #160
 
Low
$3
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$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Mike Kaluta

Red polybag whereas the standard cover had a black polybag

Fantastic Four #75
Marvel ⋅ 1968
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Fantastic Four #75
 
Low
$18
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$65
High
$200

Key Facts

Classic cover art by Jack Kirby

Black Widow #2
1:20 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010
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Black Widow #2
 
Low
$20
Mid
$80
High
$220

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Stephanie Hans

Clockwork Angels #1
BOOM! ⋅ 2014
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Clockwork Angels #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$3

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Six-issue adaptation of a steampunk fantasy novel inspired by the lyrics of Neil Peart (1952-2020) from the band Rush

Rift, The #1
Red 5 ⋅ 2017
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Rift, The #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$5

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Premiere issue of a 4 part series that tells the story of a woman and her son who witness the crash of a 1941 fighter plane that passed through a portal into the present day

Copies ordered by retailers: 2,391

[Aired on Apple TV April 2020]

The Dead Rabbit #1
The Dead Rabbit ⋅ 2014
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The Dead Rabbit #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$6

Key Facts

Premiere issue of a six-part comic book/cocktail menu that provides a fictional account of a real Irish gang leader from the 1800s reborn as a rabbit humanoid

Independently published by famous New York City cocktail bar, The Dead Rabbit

In 2018, The Dead Rabbit bar filed a $2 million lawsuit against Image Comics for trademark infringement for publishing an unrelated comic titled ‘Dead Rabbit’ which was later changed to ‘Dead Eyes’

Wolverine #1
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Wolverine #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$5

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1st cameo appearance of the Pale Girl

1st appearance of Louise, a vampire hunter

First mention of the Nightguard

The Vision #7
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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The Vision #7
 
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$2
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$8
High
$20

Key Facts

Copies ordered by retailers: 19,623

Daredevil #22
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Daredevil #22
 
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$1
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$2
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$4

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1st appearance of Robert 'Goldy' Goldman, seen in one panel

Goldman's story is later retconned back to Daredevil #168 (1981) as a person off panel who shouts 'they're killing the hostages'

Absolute Carnage #1
Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Absolute Carnage #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$5

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Five-part limited series with multiple tie-ins

Carnage sets out to reclaim every codex from all former and current symbiote hosts to release Knull, the Symbiote God, from confinement in the "planet" Klyntar

20 randomly distributed issues of Absolute Carnage #1 have an original sketch by Carnage co-creator Mark Bagley that can be found on the inside, back cover

Amazing Spider-Man #800
1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Amazing Spider-Man #800
 
Low
$8
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$20
High
$80

Key Facts

Variant virgin cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Amazing Spider-Man #600
Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Amazing Spider-Man #600
 
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$1
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$2
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$10

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Milestone issue #600

Marriage of Aunt May and J. Jonah Jameson Sr.

The Walking Dead #33
Image ⋅ 2006
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The Walking Dead #33
 
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$1
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$15

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Extremely violent, Michonne tortures the Governor and amputates his arm

God Country #1
2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017
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God Country #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$10

Key Facts

Second printing, red cover

Copies ordered by retailers: 5,035

Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #1
2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011
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Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance #1
 
Low
$2
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$8
High
$25

Key Facts

Second printing

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,542

The Old Guard #1
2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017
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The Old Guard #1
 
Low
$1
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$2
High
$10

Key Facts

Second printing, red background

Brothers in Arms #1
Promo ⋅ Dynamite ⋅ 2008
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Brothers in Arms #1
 
Low
$2
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$8
High
$25

Key Facts

Promotional giveaway, Gearbox exclusive

Star Wars: Darth Vader #25
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Star Wars: Darth Vader #25
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$40

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Michael Cho

Civil War II #1
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Civil War II #1
 
Low
$4
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$12
High
$40

Key Facts

Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

Negative Space cover

Batman #21
2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 2013
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Batman #21
 
Low
$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

Second printing, red cover

Absolute Carnage #1
1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Absolute Carnage #1
 
Low
$8
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$20
High
$80

Key Facts

Blank sketch variant

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