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Thank You  ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Michael Dialynas

Thank You edition

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Three-issue limited series that reteams the original creators of Tank Girl, writer Alan Martin and artist Jamie Hewlett, after a period of twenty years

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Cover art by Brett Parson

Leather ⋅ London Night ⋅ 1998

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Leather cover with gold foil

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One-shot supplemental sourcebook related to the Dark Tower series

One-page profiles of territories, characters and races of End-World, the furthest region of All-World where the Dark Tower is located

Connecting ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Kaare Andrews

Connecting cover with Iron Man #1 (2018) and Ghost Rider #1 (2018)

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Debut of Wolverine's Weapon X design in full, with helmet

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Reprint of Men In Black #1 published by Aircel in 1990

Released four months after the film Men In Black (1997)

Variant ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 2000

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Reprint of Batman #1, complete with full story and advertisements

Distributed with The Batman Masterpiece Edition Boxed Set by Chronicle Books which was packaged with a 9-inch statue of Batman and a hardcover book that chronicled the Golden Age of Batman

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1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Matt Frank

Cover art featuring the Mothra Twins

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1st appearance of Mothra in standard U.S. comics

IDW was the first U.S. comic publisher to secure licensing rights to additional Toho Films characters

Previous appearances of Mothra in U.S. comics were parodies and unofficial

WonderCon ⋅ Zenescope ⋅ 2008

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Variant cover art by Joe Pekar, limited to 500 copies

Wondercon 2008 exclusive

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Copies ordered by retailers: 16,724

Marvel ⋅ 1999

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1st appearance of Magneta, a mutant inspired by Magneto in an alternate reality

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Origin of the Elder Dragons, the most powerful creatures in the Legends expansion

Two-issue limited series

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Origin of the Elder Dragons, the most powerful creatures in the Legends expansion

Two-issue limited series

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1st appearance of Kaleidoscope

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Reprint of The Spectacular Spider-Man #26 (1979)

Distributed through the JC Penney department store catalog

Reprint can be identified by the Spider-Man 30th Anniversary logo in the UPC box and an X-Men advertisement on the back cover

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First Frank Miller illustration on Daredevil

Reprint of The Spectacular Spider-Man #27 (1979)

Distributed through the JC Penney department store catalog

Reprint can be identified by Spider-Man 30th Anniversary logo in the UPC box and an X-Men advertisement on the back cover

2nd Print ⋅ ONI ⋅ 2015

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Second printing

Antarctic Press ⋅ 1994

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1st unofficial appearance of Mothra

Sentai is an American fanzine celebrating Japanese pop culture

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Reprint of Action Comics #80, reproduced by DC Comics for the Navy with simplified text for literacy courses administered to active sailors

52-page comic that acted as a textbook, beginning with instructions for educators on how to use the resource followed by a story that ended with a reading comprehension quiz

Six comics were reproduced in this manner between 1944 - 1945 and can be identified by the words 'Special Edition - U.S. Navy' on the cover

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Debut of new Sub-Mariner costume

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1999

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Reprint of Superman #1, complete with full story and advertisements

Distributed with the Superman Masterpiece Edition Boxed Set by Chronicle Books which was packaged with an 8-inch statue and a hardcover book that chronicled the Golden Age of Superman

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Final issue

Death of Dracula

George Pflaum ⋅ 1953

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Biography of Pope Pius XII

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by David Marquez

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Art Adams

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First reprint of the Kingpin's first appearance from The Amazing Spider-Man #50 (1967)

First reprint of the Shocker's first appearance from The Amazing Spider-Man #46 (1967)

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First solo series featuring Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes

Big Dog Ink ⋅ 2012

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Promotional giveaway in partnership with the Kane County Cougars, a Chicagoland minor league baseball team

Secret Variant ⋅ Scout ⋅ 2021

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Secret VHS variant

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1st appearance of Tamara Rahn, the last survivor of a water-breathing alien race known as the Banari

Millennium ⋅ 1996

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Hurricane ⋅ 1998

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee featuring Psylocke

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month edition

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Cover art inspired by Fantastic Four #19 (1963)

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First battle of the Avengers vs Doctor Doom

Hawkeye is shown wearing gloves on this cover, a deviation from the character design in all other issues of this early era

Last Gasp ⋅ 1991

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Black and white comic book with 3-D effects

Comic originally included 3-D glasses

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Special edition reprint of Dark Nights: Death Metal #3

Includes a single by Denzel Curry titled, Bad Luck, on a flexi-record

Limited to 2,000 copies

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One-shot origin of Buck Bundy

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Steve Lieber

Cover art inspired by an etching titled ‘The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones’ by Gustave Dore

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68-page graphic novel

Battle of Galactus vs Mephisto

Entirety of story is told on splash pages

Original retail price: $10.95

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Preview image of Nova #1 (Sept 1976) six months prior to the publication of the issue

Black and white fanzine

Store Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Ben Oliver, limited to 700 copies

Shattered ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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'Shattered' edition by Matthew DiMasi

Reproduction of the cover art used for Star Wars #42 (1980)

Shattered ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2021

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'Shattered' edition by Matthew DiMasi, limited to 1,000 copies

Reproduction of the cover art used for Star Wars #42 (1980)

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1st cameo appearance of Lord Seth, an Atlantean ally of Namor

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1st full appearance of Lord Seth, an Atlantean ally of Namor

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