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Hardcover ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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$80
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$275
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$800

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154-page hardcover collection of the Hellboy: Seed of Destruction storyline with embossed slipcase

Limited to 1,000 numbered copies with an interior signature plate

Includes 16 pages of artwork by Mike Mignola exclusive to this edition

Full reprint of the four issues that comprised the arc

Reprint of the 4-page San Diego Comic Con Comics introduction of Hellboy by Mike Mignola and John Byrne

Pin-ups by Frank Miller, Fred Blanchard, Gary Gianni, Mike Allred and Simon Bisley

Original retail price: $99.99

Variant ⋅ Harris ⋅ 1996

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$12
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$40
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$130

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Variant cover art by Ethan Van Sciver, limited to 1,000 copies

Controversial cover depicting Kurt Cobain, the frontman for Nirvana who died in 1994 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

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$1
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$3
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$12

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One-shot, black and white issue

Reimagining of Peter Pan with the Lost Boys trying to escape Pan before they grow up and he kills them

Variant ⋅ Top Cow ⋅ 2002

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$5
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$15
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$70

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Variant cover art by Andy Park

Variant ⋅ MV Creations ⋅ 2004

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$35
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$90
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$380

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Variant wraparound cover art by Randy Green

Graham Cracker Comics exclusive

A short-lived collaboration between Image and a company called MVCreations published 7 He-Man series between 2002-2003: The Shards of Darkness, Dark Reflections, Rise of the Snake Men, Dream Halloween, Icons of Evil and 5 Specials, totaling 33 issues and 32 variants

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $700 [No Previous Data]

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$12
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$40
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$125

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Final issue

This issue tells the story of what occurred during the Return To New York story arc that began in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #19 (1989)

Copies ordered by retailers: 1,062

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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$15
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$50
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$150

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Matthew Waite

8-bit edition inspired by the 'Game Over' screen from Zelda II

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$2
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$8
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$20

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Third print, green footer

Copies ordered by retailers: fewer than 5,000

Hardcover ⋅ Floating World Comics ⋅ 2015

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$25
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$80
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$250

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96-page preview of a project to recreate the entire first series of Akira (1988-1996), panel-by-panel, replacing the original characters with the cast of The Simpsons

768 artists contributed five pages of art to complete Bartkira which can be read in it's entirety at bartkira.com

This hardcover edition and a softcover edition are the only printed offerings of Bartkira that were produced

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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$5
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$18
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$65

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Variant cover art by Steve Mannion

Ashcan ⋅ Independent ⋅ 2015

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$3
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$9
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$35

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11-page self-published "fan fiction" comic book by Daniel Warren Johnson and distributed at NYCC 2015

The textless story provides a glimpse into the backstory of Arvel Crynyd, a commander of the Green Squadron from Return of the Jedi whose A-Wing crashed into Vader's Executor causing its destruction

Johnson also created Ashcans Old Man Skywalker and Martok from Star Trek Deep Space Nine

Variant ⋅ Stranger Comics ⋅ 2015

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$30
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$90
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$350

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Variant cover art by Ashley A Woods, limited to 100 copies

1:4999 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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$80
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$200
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$800

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Variant cover art by Chip Zdarsky

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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$25
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$80
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$285

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Variant cover art by Elizabeth Torque

Cover features Riri Williams (Ironheart) with a depiction of Ariell Johnson, founder of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in Philadelphia and the first black woman to own a comic book shop on the East Coast

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$5
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$15
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$50

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Two-issue comic book series inspired by the multi-platform puzzle horror adventure game

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