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SDCC Recap

A recap of the most significant Subscriber🚨Key Issue Alerts from SDCC 2022

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Daredevil #227
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Daredevil #227
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$20

Key Facts

Kingpin discovers Daredevil's identity

Born Again part one, runs through Daredevil #233

[SDCC 2022 - Daredevil and Kingpin will face one another again in the 18 episode Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again]

Defenders #18
Marvel ⋅ 1974
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Defenders #18
 
Low
$8
Mid
$20
High
$80

Key Facts

1st full team appearance of the Wrecking Crew: Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, Wrecker

All characters appear in full for the first time with the exception of the Wrecker who first appeared in Thor #148

The Walking Dead #19
Image ⋅ 2005
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The Walking Dead #19
 
Low
$15
Mid
$60
High
$175

Key Facts

1st appearance of Michonne, one of the more resourceful survivors of the series

[SDCC 2022 - Rick and Michonne will be featured in a spin-off limited series]

Spawn / Batman #1
Image ⋅ 1994
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Spawn / Batman #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10

Key Facts

Batman/Spawn crossover distributed by Image, created by Todd McFarlane and Frank Miller

Dreamwalker #0
Avatar ⋅ 1998
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Dreamwalker #0
 
Low
$35
Mid
$80
High
$300

Key Facts

1st appearance of The Goon

1st appearance of Franky

Reprinted as a back-up story in The Goon #1 (1999)

[SDCC 2022- Patrick Osborne to direct movie adaptation for Netflix]

Legends #1
DC ⋅ 1986
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Legends #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$10

Key Facts

1st appearance of Amanda Waller, director of the Suicide Squad

1st appearance of Brimstone

[January 2023 - a spin-off of Peacemaker with Viola Davis as Amanda Waller is planned]

Tales of Suspense #94
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Tales of Suspense #94
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

1st appearance of M.O.D.O.K., a Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing

Thor #134
Marvel ⋅ 1966
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Thor #134
 
Low
$45
Mid
$120
High
$450

Key Facts

1st appearance of the High Evolutionary, a geneticist obsessed with evolutionary experimentation

1st appearance of Man-Beast, a wolf modified by the High Evolutionary

1st appearance of Fafnir, a dragon from the realm of Nastrond

Introduction of Wundagore Mountain

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[May 2023 - James Gunn tweeted in response to a question regarding the fate of the High Evolutionary that he is imprisoned on Knowhere]

Nova #8
Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Nova #8
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$30

Key Facts

1st appearance of Knowhere, a celestial's decapitated head re-purposed as a space station at the edge of the universe

1st appearance of Cosmo, a Russian cosmonaut dog with telepathic abilities

1st team appearance of the Luminals, Knowhere's security detail led by Cynosure

Marvel Mystery Comics #82
Timely ⋅ 1947
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Marvel Mystery Comics #82
 
Low
$1.1k
Mid
$3.8k
High
$11.2k

Key Facts

1st appearance of and origin of Namora

First team-up of the Sub-Mariner and Namora

Fantastic Four #33
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Fantastic Four #33
 
Low
$60
Mid
$245
High
$875

Key Facts

1st appearance of Attuma, an Atlantean barbarian

Sub-Mariner #1
Marvel ⋅ 1968
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Sub-Mariner #1
 
Low
$60
Mid
$180
High
$600

Key Facts

First Namor solo series in the Silver Age

Origin of Namor

Black Panther #8
Marvel ⋅ 2009
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Black Panther #8
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25

Key Facts

1st appearance of Aneka, the lead trainer of the Dora Milaje and a Midnight Angel

Copies ordered by retailers: 23,001

Daredevil #1
Marvel ⋅ 1964
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Daredevil #1
 
Low
$1.7k
Mid
$6.8k
High
$21k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Daredevil, Matt Murdock

1st appearance of Foggy Nelson, a lawyer

1st appearance of Karen Page, the love interest of Matt Murdock

🏅#3 on the Hot 10

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📣 Signature Auction: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $360,000 [No Previous Data]

There are three copies of Daredevil #1 graded 9.8 known to exist but this is the only transaction of one on record

The previous highest price paid for Daredevil #1 was for a 9.6 at $125,000

This occurred twice in 2013 - once for a 9.6 Northland pedigree and again for a 9.6 Twin Cities pedigree

Transactions from this week that sold for higher than the previous twelve-month average:

7.0 sold for $7,200 vs the average $6,900 (+4%)

5.5 sold for $4,500 vs the average $4,413 (+2%)

5.0 sold for $4,320 vs the average $4,026 (+7%)

3.5 sold for $2,583 vs the average $2,517 (+3%)

Incredible Hulk #449
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Incredible Hulk #449
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

Key Facts

1st team appearance of The Thunderbolts: Citizen V (formerly Baron Zemo), Atlas (formerly Goliath), Mach-1 (formerly Beetle), Songbird (formerly Screaming Mimi), Meteorite (formerly Moonstone II), Techno (formerly Fixer)

[February 2019 - 🚨 KEY COLLECTOR COMICS EXCLUSIVE - a Thunderbolts series is in development]

[SDCC 2022 - Thunderbolts confirmed]

Avengers #41
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Avengers #41
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$3

Key Facts

Part one of a sixteen-issue arc titled The Kang Dynasty a story title originally used for Avengers #268

[SDCC 2022 - Phase 6 will include the movie Avengers: The Kang Dynasty]

Fantastic Four #1
Marvel ⋅ 1961
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Fantastic Four #1
 
Low
$12k
Mid
$49.5k
High
$190k

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of the Fantastic Four: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, The Thing

1st appearance of Mole Man

1st appearance of Giganto, a Deviant Mutate from Monster Isle

1st appearance of Tricephalous

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Landmark issue that launched the Marvel Age of comics

💰 In April 2022, a 9.2 sold for $1.5 million

[SDCC 2022 - Phase 6 will open with the Fantastic Four film / March 2023 - Josh Friedman (‘Avatar: The Way of Water’) is set to write the script for the Fantastic Four movie / November 2023 - Pedro Pascal rumored to have been offered the role of Reed Richards]

Secret Wars #1
Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Secret Wars #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$5

Key Facts

Premiere issue of a nine-issue series

Incursion of the main Marvel 616 universe and the Ultimate Universe - first incursion occurs in New Avengers #33 (2015)

[SDCC 2022 - Phase 6 of the Multiverse Saga will conclude with the movie Avengers: Secret Wars]

Captain America #25
Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Captain America #25
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50

Key Facts

1st appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America

[SDCC 2022 - Captain America 4 officially titled Captain America: New World Order]

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