Key Collector Comics

April 11 2024

Featuring comic books that have spiked in interest by number of copies purchased this week versus the previous week.

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Fantastic Four: Life Story #1
Marvel ⋅ 2021
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Fantastic Four: Life Story #1
 
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Six-issue limited series that explores the lives of the Fantastic Four as they age in real time throughout the decades beginning in the 1960s while Reed obsessively prepares for the arrival of Galactus

[April 2024 - one of five issues Marvel Studios released in a list of comic books to read prior to the premiere of the Fantastic Four film}

Uncanny X-Men #227
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Uncanny X-Men #227
 
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1st full appearance of the Adversary, reveals its true form

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 2012
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Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi - Force Storm #1
 
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1st appearance of Xesh, a human Force Hound

1st appearance of Trill, a female Force Hound

1st appearance of Kora Ryo

1st appearance of Rori Fenn

1st appearance of Tem Madog

Preceding issue #1 is an issue #0 that acts as a primer for the series with character sketches, bios and other information

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,797

[April 2023 - at Star Wars Celebration, it was revealed James Mangold's Star Wars movie will be a Jedi origin story]

Super-Villain Team-Up #5
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Super-Villain Team-Up #5
 
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1st appearance of the Shroud, has the ability to summon and control darkness

World of Wood #1
Eclipse ⋅ 1986
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World of Wood #1
 
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Cover art by Dave Stevens

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $495 [$204 in Nov] +143%

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $40 [No Previous Data]

Uncanny X-Men #188
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Uncanny X-Men #188
 
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1st cameo appearance of the Adversary, a Native American trickster god

Ultimate Universe #1
Marvel ⋅ 2023
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Ultimate Universe #1
 
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1st cameo appearance of Maystorm, has the ability to affect weather

1st cameo appearance of Ultimate Black Panther

Watchmen #1
DC ⋅ 1986
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Watchmen #1
 
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Premiere issue of a twelve-issue series that explores the dark side of superheroes from a realistic, flawed perspective

1st appearance of Rorschach, Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, The Comedian and Night Owl

Alan Moore based his characters off of DC's newly acquired Charlton heroes: the Question, Captain Atom, Thunderbolt, Nightshade, the Peacemaker and Blue Beetle

[July 2023 - Warner Bros. announced an animated Watchmen feature is in development]

Marvel Comics Presents #72
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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Marvel Comics Presents #72
 
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Ongoing Weapon X stories begin

Origin of Wolverine and Weapon X begins and continues thru issue #84

Uncanny X-Men #300
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Uncanny X-Men #300
 
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1st appearance of Amelia Voght

Introduction of the Legacy Virus

Alien Worlds #2
Pacific Comics ⋅ 1983
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Alien Worlds #2
 
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Cover art by Dave Stevens

Uncanny X-Men #184
Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Uncanny X-Men #184
 
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1st appearance of Forge, Daniel Lone Eagle, a mutant with the ability to comprehend and build nearly anything technological

1st appearance of Naze, a Cheyenne mystic and mentor to Forge, later revealed to be the Adversary

Amazing Spider-Man #329
Marvel ⋅ 1990
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Amazing Spider-Man #329
 
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1st appearance of the Tri-Sentinel

Debut of Spider-Man’s Captain Universe suit

Spider-Man gains cosmic powers in The Spectacular Spider-Man #158

Fantastic Four #244
Marvel ⋅ 1982
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Fantastic Four #244
 
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1st appearance of Frankie Raye as the second Nova, becomes a Herald of Galactus

[January 2023 - rumors are circulating that the Herald of Galactus will be female]

Uncanny X-Men #134
Marvel ⋅ 1980
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Uncanny X-Men #134
 
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The Dark Phoenix Saga Part 6

Jean Grey becomes the Dark Phoenix

Incredible Hulk #345
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Incredible Hulk #345
 
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Cover art by Todd McFarlane

Captain America Annual #8
Marvel ⋅ 1986
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Captain America Annual #8
 
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Iconic cover art by Mike Zeck

1st appearance of TESS-One

New X-Men #114
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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New X-Men #114
 
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1st appearance of Cassandra Nova, a parasite from the astral plane who replicated the DNA of Charles Xavier while still in utero

Beast appears with further animal mutations

Debut of new X-Men suits

[August 2023 - Emma Corrin to portray Cassandra Nova in Deadpool]

📈 +256% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after getting a first look at Cassandra Nova in the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer

X-Men Adventures #1
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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X-Men Adventures #1
 
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1st appearance of Morph from the animated X-Men Adventures series and the comic book universe version of Changeling (X-Men #35)

Comic book series based on the Fox animated TV show

Lawsuit: In late 2019, a lawsuit was filed against Disney/Marvel for stealing the theme song to the 90s animated series from a Hungarian police show called ‘Linda’

Batman Adventures #12
DC ⋅ 1993
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Batman Adventures #12
 
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1st appearance of Harley Quinn in a standard comic

[August 2022 - Lady Gaga confirmed to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker movie sequel as Harley Quinn / March 2023 - a set photo from the Joker sequel provides a first look at Lady Gaga as Harley]

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