Key Collector Comics

July 2 2020

Updated every Friday, this weekly feature tracks 20 comics that are trending upwards in copies sold and dollar value versus the previous week's sales

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Thor #5
Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Thor #5
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Junggeun Yoon

Ms. Marvel #1
Hip Hop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Ms. Marvel #1
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Jenny Frisson

Cover art inspired by 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' by Lauryn Hill

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1
1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011
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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1
 
Low
$45
Mid
$140
High
$475

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Sara Pichelli

The Walking Dead #193
Image ⋅ 2019
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The Walking Dead #193
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$9

Key Facts

Oversized final issue

Thor #5
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Thor #5
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15

Key Facts

1st full appearance of The Black Winter, a cosmic entity that devours universes including the previous iteration of the Marvel Universe that led to the creation of Galactus

The Black Winter relates to a developing plot that was introduced by Jack Kirby in Thor #169

Batman #251
DC ⋅ 1973
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Batman #251
 
Low
$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k

Key Facts

Iconic cover art by Neal Adams

Issue credited for revitalizing the Joker as a homicidal villain instead of a comical villain

Batman Beyond #1
DC ⋅ 1999
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Batman Beyond #1
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$400

Key Facts

1st appearance of Terry McGinnis in a comic book

It is important to be aware of the differences between several editions of this book that exist

Direct Edition - as seen in the image with DIRECT EDITION printed in the UPC box

Newsstand Edition - UPC box in the lower-left corner, dated March 1999 with an original retail price of $1.99

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Promotional Edition - 'FREE Special Origin Issue' printed below the DC logo with a white rectangle in the lower-left corner intended for stores to stamp their logo. Dated June 1999 with a Jell-O advertisement on the back cover

Six Flags Promotional Edition - displays a Six Flags amusement park logo printed in the white rectangle. Dated October 1999 with a PlayStation advertisement on the back cover

Third Printing Promotional Edition - dated July 2000 with a Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker DVD advertisement on the back cover

🔮 DC Possibilities: Bruce Wayne as Batman has been rebooted for close to half of a century so it would make a whole lot of sense to see a different vision in a sharp, ultra-futuristic, cyberpunk-type take on DC's most successful franchise

Paper Girls #1
Image ⋅ 2015
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Paper Girls #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$5
High
$15

Key Facts

A group of girls get caught in-between two factions of time-travelers at war with one another

Beavis and Butt-Head #1
Marvel ⋅ 1994
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Beavis and Butt-Head #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$3
High
$12

Key Facts

1st appearance of Beavis and Butt-Head in standard comic books

1st appearance of Daria in comic books

Aliens #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1988
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Aliens #1
 
Low
$15
Mid
$50
High
$150

Key Facts

1st appearance of Aliens, Xenomorphs, in original stories

Predator #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1989
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Predator #1
 
Low
$5
Mid
$18
High
$60

Key Facts

1st appearance of Predator in a standard comic book

Marvel acquired the rights to publish Alien and Predator comics from Dark Horse in 2020

📈 +218% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Dark Horse Presents #36
Dark Horse ⋅ 1990
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Dark Horse Presents #36
 
Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25

Key Facts

First battle of Aliens vs Predator

Super Villain Classics: Galactus The Origin #1
Marvel ⋅ 1983
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Super Villain Classics: Galactus The Origin #1
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$30

Key Facts

Origin of Galactus

Reprinted stories of Galactus's origin from various issues

Part of this issue is a retelling of Thor #169 when Galan becomes Galactus as his Universe is being destroyed by a 'plague'

Expanding on the event from Thor #169, the Sentience of the Universe speaks to Galan and absorbs him to be reborn later as Galactus

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In Thor #5 (2020), the Black Winter claims to have spared Galan and created Galactus leading readers to believe the Sentience of the Universe, speaking but unseen, is also the Black Winter

Civil War II #4
Marvel ⋅ 2016
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Civil War II #4
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$8

Key Facts

Resurrection of She-Hulk after she dies from injuries sustained while fighting Thanos in Civil War #1

One-panel of Ironheart in prototype armor appearing with Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales and other heroes

Batman #93
Non-Key
1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020
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Batman #93
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$5

Key Facts

Variant design cover art featuring the Designer

Negan Lives #1
Gold ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020
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Negan Lives #1
 
Low
$4
Mid
$12
High
$45

Key Facts

Variant gold edition, one per store

Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
Marvel ⋅ 2020
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Ruins of Ravencroft: Carnage #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$8

Key Facts

1st appearance of Cortland Kasady, an ancestor of Carnage who is later resurrected by Knull and named Plague

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