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1st appearance of Quick Kick, silent weapons specialist

1st appearance of Alpine, a mountaineer

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$1
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$2
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$3

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1st appearance of Carnivore, a werewolf enemy of Gunslinger Spawn

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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$1
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$2
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$4

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1st team appearance of the Knights of X: Captain Britain, Mordred, Kylun, Prestige, Bei the Blood Moon, Shogo Lee, Gambit, Rictor, Gloriana, Shatterstar

Marvel ⋅ 1978

Low
$3
Mid
$9
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$30

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #121, the death of Gwen Stacy

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

Low
$2
Mid
$8
High
$25

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Variant virgin cover art by Jeehyung Lee

GameStop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$30

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Variant cover art by Greg Horn

GameStop exclusive

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1st cameo appearance of new Turtles: Odyn, Uno, Moja, Yi

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$2
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$8
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$20

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Variant cover art by Simon Bisley

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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$10
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$30
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$100

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2nd appearance of Dracula

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1st appearance of El Muerto, a luchador

1st cameo appearance of El Dorado

[September 2023 - Bad Bunny has dropped out of the El Muerto film but it is said to still be in development and recasting will begin soon]

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1st full appearance of El Dorado, an enemy of El Muerto

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$1
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$2
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$4

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1st appearance of Trinity, an entity born from a nuclear explosion

Image ⋅ 2005

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$2
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$8
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$20

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Image begins publishing Ant

Image ⋅ 2005

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$3
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$9
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$30

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Cover art featuring Ant and Spawn

Copies ordered by retailers: 8,903

Image ⋅ 2006

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$2
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$8
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$25

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Variant cover art by Mario Gully

Cover art inspired by Spider-Man #1 (1990)

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,312

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2007

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$0
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$0
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$0

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Final issue, although an issue #12 was published in 2021 when Erik Larsen purchased the Ant property

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,805 (cover A and B combined)

Warren ⋅ 1973

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$5
Mid
$18
High
$65

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1st appearance of Marvin the Dead-Thing, a swamp monster

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1st full appearance of Kly'bn, a Skrull god

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$15
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$50
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$150

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Adaptation of The Avengers British TV show (1961 - 1969)

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64-page oversized issue

Original story plus reprint of Kamandi #1 (1972)

Biography of Jack Kirby in a 4-page text article

Map of Earth in the time of Kamandi

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1st appearance of Vanee, an acolyte of Darth Vader

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$150
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$500
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$1.5k

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1st appearance and origin of Princess Pantha, a jungle heroine

Low
$45
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$135
High
$450

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1st cover appearance of Princess Pantha

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 1979

Low
$4
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$12
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$40

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1st appearance of Cockroach, later becomes other variations of popular heroes

1:50 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2017

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$5
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$18
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$60

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Variant cover art by Miguel Mercado

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$3
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$9
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$35

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Second printing, blue footer

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$2
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$8
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$25

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Variant cover art by R. M. Guera

Hardcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

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$2
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$8
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$25

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1st appearance of Damian Wayne, son of Bruce Wayne and Talia Al Ghul, as a baby

Initially an alternate reality story that was retconned into continuity by Grant Morrison

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$1
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$2
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$9

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1st appearance of Grace Alondra, the first hard of hearing Archie character, introduced in collaboration with the Children's Tumor Foundation (CFT) to create awareness for the genetic disorder NF2 which affects 1 in 25,000 births

ComicsPro ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

Low
$9
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$25
High
$90

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Variant cover art by Peach Momoko

2022 ComicsPro exclusive

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2005

Low
$5
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$15
High
$70

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Reprint of G.I. Joe #2, distributed in Valor vs Venom action figure 3-pack with Kwinn, Scarlett and Snake-Eyes

Values reflect the entire pack with comic

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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$1
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$2
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$4

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1st full appearance of the Titan Hulk persona

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1978

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$5
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$15
High
$50

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Whitman edition, blank UPC

ComicsPro ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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$20
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$80
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$200

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Variant cover art by Taurin Clarke

2022 ComicsPro exclusive

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1st full appearance of Captain America, Gwen Stacy - a previous version appeared in cameo in Gwen Stacy #1 (2020)

1st full appearance of Wolverine, Gwen Stacy

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1st cameo appearance of Commander Cody in a standard comic - the TPB was released two weeks earlier, simultaneous to issue #1

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1st full appearance of Commander Cody

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2004

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$3
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$9
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$30

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #3, first appearance of Doctor Octopus

Best Buy exclusive, distributed with purchase of Spider-Man 2 DVD

Black border, Not For Resale printed toward the bottom

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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$3
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$9
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$30

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Variant cover art by Sozomaika

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1st appearance of Psyche-Out, a psy-ops specialist affiliated with G.I. Joe

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #3, first appearance of Doctor Octopus

Marvel Milestone Edition corrects an error from the original where Spider-Man is referred to as Super-Man

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2016

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$5
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$15
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$55

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Variant cover art by Gerardo Sandoval

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One-shot tie-in that provides background story to the 1999 'found-footage' film

[April 2022 - rumor that LionsGate is interested in developing a reboot]

Second printing credited names across footer colored red / third printing, title and footer credits colored red

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1942

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$4.8k
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$12.8k
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$48k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Submitted to secure the 'Superboy' title three years prior to the introduction of the character and seven years before a Superboy title was launched

Reprinted cover from Detective Comics #57 with interior pages from Action Comics #38

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1944

Low
$2.8k
Mid
$880
High
$28.8k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Reprinted cover from Boy Commandos #1 with interior pages from Action Comics #80

One copy known to exist, ungraded

Existence of this ashcan did not surface until 1987

Supergirl character introduced in 1959 and Supergirl title not used until 1972

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1939

Low
$28k
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$90k
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$280k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

8-page reprint of Action Comics #7 including cover art

Two copies known to exist

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1942

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$4.5k
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$12k
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$45k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Reprinted cover from More Fun Comics #73 with interior pages from Action Comics #38

First Superwoman title launched in 2016

One copy known to exist graded 7.0

Variant ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2000

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$2
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$8
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$25

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Variant cover art by Bruce Timm

TPB ⋅ Acclaim Valiant ⋅ 1990

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$10
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$30
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$100

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96-page trade paperback anthology of stories featuring Nintendo characters

1st appearance of Captain N

1st appearance of Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Stories later reprinted in standard comic issues

Issue included an unattached 3.5 in. x 6 in. subscription card

Version with and without a price in upper right corner - copies with price appear to be the scarcer item

Eternity ⋅ 1989

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$2
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$8
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$20

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Bondage cover

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