Key Collector Comics

April 25 2024

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

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Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1
Marvel ⋅ 1993
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Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1
 
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Alioth, the supreme being of the Timespan

1st appearance of Kang Swaach, Kang Raulex and Kang Kaseo, members of the Council of Cross-Time Kangs

Holo-foil cover

Voltron #1
Modern ⋅ 1985
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Voltron #1
 
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$8
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$20
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$80

Key Facts

1st appearance of Voltron in U.S. comics

[March 2022 - a live-action project announced for development from Rawson Thurber (Red Notice)]

Wolverine #66
Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Wolverine #66
 
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1st appearance of Old Man Logan

1st appearance of Old Man Hawkeye

Uncanny X-Men #428
Marvel ⋅ 2003
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Uncanny X-Men #428
 
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1st appearance of Azazel, a mutant with demonic features

Origin of Nightcrawler

Punisher #9
Marvel ⋅ 2000
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Punisher #9
 
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1st full appearance of the Russian, a mercenary

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]

Uncanny X-Men #333
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Uncanny X-Men #333
 
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1st full appearance of Bastion, a mutant-hunting advanced sentinel - previously had a cameo appearance in X-Men #52 (1996), two panels in a trench coat

Marvel Team-Up #14
Marvel ⋅ 2006
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Marvel Team-Up #14
 
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Guest appearance of Invincible in the Marvel Universe

During a battle, Invincible is thrown out of his universe and into the Marvel Universe

Copies ordered by retailers: 26,200

Predator #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1989
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Predator #1
 
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$18
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$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

Cheval Noir #1
Dark Horse ⋅ 1989
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Cheval Noir #1
 
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Cover art by Dave Stevens

New Mutants #26
Marvel ⋅ 1985
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New Mutants #26
 
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1st appearance of Legion, the son of Professor Xavier

Incredible Hulk #449
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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Incredible Hulk #449
 
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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]

X-Men #52
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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X-Men #52
 
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1st cameo appearance of Bastion, in two panels wearing a trenchcoat

Wolverine #88
Marvel ⋅ 1994
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Wolverine #88
 
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First battle of Wolverine vs Deadpool

🏅#7 on the Hot 10

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

DELUXE 9.8 sold for $465 vs the average $408 (+14%)

9.6 sold for $285 vs the average $188 (+52%)

DELUXE 9.6 sold for $205 vs the average $173 (+18%)

Five copies in 9.6 outsold the average

DELUXE 9.4 sold for $155 vs the average $127 (+22%)

DELUXE NEWSSTAND 9.4 sold for $234 vs the average $202 (+16%)

DELUXE 9.2 sold for $123 vs the average $116 (+6%)

THIS WEEK’S RECORD-BREAKING SALES [Previous High In Brackets]

DELUXE NEWSSTAND 9.6 sold for $380 [$325 in Feb] +17%

9.2 sold for $150 [$135 in 2023] +11%

DELUXE NEWSSTAND 7.5 sold for $119 [$90 in Mar] +32%

This is the fourth time that the monumental first battle ranked on the Hot 10 in 2024

X-Men #53
Marvel ⋅ 1996
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X-Men #53
 
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$25

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Onslaught, a creation born from the mind of Charles X and Magneto

Hulk #1
Marvel ⋅ 2008
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Hulk #1
 
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$80

Key Facts

1st cover appearance of the Red Hulk, General 'Thunderbolt' Ross

Death of Abomination, initially suspected to have been shot to death by the Hulk but later revealed to be murdered by the Red Hulk

1st team appearance of a new Winter Guard roster: Red Guardian, Ursa Major, Crimson Dynamo, Darkstar

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: the interior story is about a murder perpetrated by, who is believed to be the Hulk, Bruce Banner. Doc Samson as an investigator is piecing together what occurred and the panels depict a recreation of events from his point-of-view with the belief that it is Bruce Banner, the green Hulk who is the killer

[October 2022 - Harrison Ford has been cast as General Ross in Thunderbolts]

X-Force #2
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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X-Force #2
 
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2nd appearance of Deadpool

1st appearance of Weapon X, Garrison Kane

Amazing Spider-Man #361
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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Amazing Spider-Man #361
 
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$150

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1st full appearance of Carnage, spawned from the extraterrestrial parasite known as the Venom symbiote

Something Is Killing the Children #36
Thank You  ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2024
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Something Is Killing the Children #36
 
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Retailer appreciation variant

Harley Quinn #39
1:50 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024
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Harley Quinn #39
 
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Variant cover art by Mindy Lee

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