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2020 Top 20

The Most Valuable Comics Published In 2020 20 comics that have maintainted consistent resale value since they went on-sale  View the Category TOP COMICS 2020 for ALL 64 Issues That Consistently Resell For Double Cover Price or More  

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Daredevil #25

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Daredevil #25
 
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Debut of new Elektra costume and Daredevil moniker - also cameo in King In Black #1 released on the same day

Dark Nights: Death Metal - Legends of the Dark Knights #1

DC ⋅ 2020

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Dark Nights: Death Metal - Legends of the Dark Knights #1
 
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1st full appearance of Robin King

Origin of B-Rex, dinosaur Batman

1st full appearance of the Darkest Knight

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night #1

Behemoth ⋅ 2020

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night #1
 
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Comic book adaptation of a 2014 Iranian film

A lonely vampire girl stalks an Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes and pimps

Captain Marvel: The End #1

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Captain Marvel: The End #1
 
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Death of Captain Marvel, in an alternate future reality

1st appearance of Irene LaBeau, the daughter of Rogue and Gambit

Gerald Drew, the son of Spider-Woman appears as an adult

1st appearance of Katie Barton, the daughter of Hawkeye and Black Widow

1st appearance of Carol Rhodes, the daughter of James Rhodes

Batgirl #50

DC ⋅ 2020

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Batgirl #50
 
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1st appearance of Ryan Wilder, an in-story depiction of the CW Batgirl, not in costume

Lois Lane #8

DC ⋅ 2020

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Lois Lane #8
 
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1st full appearance of the Kiss of Death, an assassin and one of few main villains of Lois Lane

Wonder Woman Annual #4

DC ⋅ 2020

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Wonder Woman Annual #4
 
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Possible final page cameo of Yara Flor as a child

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #105

IDW ⋅ 2020

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #105
 
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Cameo appearance of Lita from the future, an albino turtle who has become an important supporting character since introduced as a child in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101

Batman: The Adventures Continue #2
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DC ⋅ 2020

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Batman: The Adventures Continue #2
 
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1st appearance of Sunny, a protege of Deathstroke

Star Wars: Darth Vader #1

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Star Wars: Darth Vader #1
 
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1st appearance of Zed Six Seven, a droid and an aide of Darth Vader

📖 Reading Order: after reading 'The Trial of Dagobah' read this issue, then Star Wars #1 (2020 series)

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #2

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #2
 
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Origin of Ben Solo

First mention of High Republic

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1

IDW ⋅ 2020

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1
 
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1st appearance of Oroku Hiroto, the grandson of the Shredder

1st appearance of Casey Marie Jones, daughter of Casey and April

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird revisited an outline written in 1987 about the lone survivor of the four turtles, set 30 years in the future

Last Ronin #1 led to a reported print run of 130,000 copies, a massive number by modern and independent standards

Oversized comic, does not fit in conventional modern age bag and board

[April 2024 - Paramount to adapt into a bloody, live-action film]

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #3

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #3
 
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Origin of Ben Solo

1st cameo appearance of Avar Kriss

Thor #2
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Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Thor #2
 
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Reference to the destruction of the DC Universe by the Black Winter, an entity that appears to those who are doomed as an enemy that was initially destined to destroy them

Cates alludes to the Black Winter taking on the form of Darkseid writing: they will see the stone-faced avatar of their one true end...For them, their omega. The one who is

Cates alludes to Darkseid's stone-like face, his Omega Beams and Tom King's run on Mr. Miracle with the line "Darkseid Is..."

Preview of Strange Academy

The Strange Academy preview is not the first appearances of the characters. It is an excerpt of the first issue meant to promote the title. If it were an original story, then it would be considered a first appearance

Something Is Killing the Children #5

BOOM! ⋅ 2020

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Something Is Killing the Children #5
 
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1st cameo appearance of the Old Dragon, the head of the Order of Saint George

1st cameo appearance of Cecilia Slaughter

1st appearance of Bian

Copies ordered by retailers: 14,047

Thor #5

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Thor #5
 
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1st full appearance of The Black Winter, a cosmic entity that devours universes including the previous iteration of the Marvel Universe that led to the creation of Galactus

The Black Winter relates to a developing plot that was introduced by Jack Kirby in Thor #169

Ice Cream Man #17

Image ⋅ 2020

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Ice Cream Man #17
 
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Cover art inspired by Action Comics #1 (1938)

Batman #89

DC ⋅ 2020

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Batman #89
 
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1st cameo appearance of Punchline

1st cameo appearance of the Designer

Strange Academy #1

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Strange Academy #1
 
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1st appearance of Emily Bright, a girl who has been aware of her magical powers since birth

1st appearance of Doyle Dormammu, the illegitimate son of Dormammu

1st appearance of Shaylee Moonpeddle

1st appearance of German Aguilar

1st appearance of Zoe Laveau

1st appearance of Alvi and Iric Brorson, sons of Asgardian, Bror

1st appearance of Guslaug, a Frost Giant

1st appearance of Toth, a crystal warrior

1st appearance of Calvin Morse and Dessy

The Strange Academy preview was featured in multiple issues but the first four titles that went on sale with the preview on January 29th, 2020 were Thor #2, Ravencroft #1, Doctor Strange #2, Avengers #30

[December 2024 - a Strange Academy TV series is rumored to be in development for Disney+]

Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3

DC ⋅ 2020

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Year of the Villain: Hell Arisen #3
 
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1st full appearance of Punchline

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