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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
 
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$2
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$8
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$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
 
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$8
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$20
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$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
 
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$15
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$60
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$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
 
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$1
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$2
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$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
 
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$35
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$80
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$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
 
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$1
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$2
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$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
 
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$40
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$120
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$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
 
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$45
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$120
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$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

[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
 
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$3
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$3
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$15

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
 
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$1.1k
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$3.8k
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$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
 
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$60
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$245
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$875

Key Facts

1st appearance of Attuma, an Atlantean barbarian

Sub-Mariner #1

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Sub-Mariner #1
 
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$60
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$180
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$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
 
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$2
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$8
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$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
 
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$1.7k
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$6.8k
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$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

Incredible Hulk #449

Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Incredible Hulk #449
 
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$5
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$15
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$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
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 2001

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Avengers #41
 
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$1
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$2
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$3

Key Facts

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

Fantastic Four #1

Marvel ⋅ 1961

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Fantastic Four #1
 
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$12k
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$49.5k
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$240k

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

Landmark issue that launched the Marvel Age of comics

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

💰 In September 2024, a 9.6 sold for $2,040,000

Secret Wars #1

Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Secret Wars #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$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
 
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$5
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$15
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$50

Key Facts

1st appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America

[June 2023 - Captain America 4 officially titled Captain America: Brave New World]

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