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War #1
Non-Key

Charlton ⋅ 1975

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War #1
 
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47-issue series that explored fictional stories from historical wars throughout time

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $432 [$55 in 2019] +685%

Mighty Mouse #4
Non-Key

Timely ⋅ 1947

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Mighty Mouse #4
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.5 sold for $553 [$120 in 2018] +361%

Two-Gun Kid #130

Price Variant ⋅ Timely ⋅ 1976

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Two-Gun Kid #130
 
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$60
Mid
$180
High
$600
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$0.30 price variant

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $650 [$163 in 2006] +299%

The CGC Census reports four copies in 8.0, and just two higher

Frontline Combat #5
Non-Key

EC ⋅ 1952

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Frontline Combat #5
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $500 [$150 in 2021] +233%

Wolverine #310

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Wolverine #310
 
Low
$40
Mid
$120
High
$650
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Variant sketch cover art by Stephen Platt

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $6,500 [$2,233 in 2022] +191%

My Favorite Martian #1
Non-Key

Western ⋅ 1963

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My Favorite Martian #1
 
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Adaptation of the CBS television series (1963-1966)

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.0 sold for $312 [$109 in 2023] +186%

Terrific #14

Comic Media ⋅ 1954

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Terrific #14
 
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$130
Mid
$390
High
$1.3k
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Pre-code horror Injury-to-Eye panel

Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.5 sold for $325 [$127 in 2016] +156%

Torchy #1

Quality ⋅ 1949

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Torchy #1
 
Low
$180
Mid
$600
High
$1.8k
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Cover art by Bill Ward

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.0 sold for $384 [$155 in 2015] +148%

Uncanny X-Men #71
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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Uncanny X-Men #71
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $1,680 [$699 in Sep] +140%

Thor #162

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Thor #162
 
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$20
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$80
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$200
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Origin of Galactus, specifically the first world he devoured after emerging from the incubation ship

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $1,920 [$800 in 2022] +140%

Startling Comics #16

Pines ⋅ 1942

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Startling Comics #16
 
Low
$260
Mid
$875
High
$2.6k
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1st appearance and origin of the Four Comrades

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $960 [$405 in 2014] +137%

Shock Illustrated #1

EC ⋅ 1955

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Shock Illustrated #1
 
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$45
Mid
$120
High
$425
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Key Facts

One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

GAINES FILE COPY 9.6 sold for $2,100 [$900 in 2020] +133%

All-Flash #12

DC ⋅ 1943

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All-Flash #12
 
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$190
Mid
$630
High
$1.8k
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1st appearance and origin of the Thinker, a madman with genius level intellect and a degenerative nerve disease

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $511 [$227 in 2008] +125%

Classic Comics #13

Gilberton ⋅ 1943

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Classic Comics #13
 
Low
$120
Mid
$400
High
$1.6k
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First comic book to feature a horror story throughout

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comic Code Authority

Reason: Mr. Hyde beats a little girl to death with his cane

[March 2022 - Eddie Izzard to play Dr. Nina Jekyll, who fears self-destruction from Mr. Hyde in reboot of classic horror production house, Hammer Studios]

HRN stands for Highest Re-order issue Number on back cover - the lower the number the earlier the printing. Generally a first printing will have an HRN that matches the issue number on the front

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $3,120 [$1,440 in 2018] +117%

Highlander: The American Dream #1

1:10 • Foil ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2017

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Highlander: The American Dream #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$2
High
$4
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Variant cover art by Andrea Mutti

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $699 [$325 in 2022] +115%

The CGC Census reports six copies in 9.8, and none higher

Devilina #1

Atlas (Paramount) ⋅ 1975

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Devilina #1
 
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$2
Mid
$20
High
$80
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1st appearance of Devilina, sister of Satan

Modeled after Vampirella and Satana

Cover art by Alberto Pujolar later reused for Vampirella #111 (1983)

[August 2024 - A live-action film adaptation of Devilina is in development for Paramount Pictures with screenwriter Rebecca Webb (Black List)]

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $384 [$190 in Aug] +102%

Four Color #12

Dell ⋅ 1942

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Four Color #12
 
Low
$40
Mid
$115
High
$375
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1st appearance of Bambi in comics

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $276 [$137 in 2013] +101%

Justice League Dark #28

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Justice League Dark #28
 
Low
$3
Mid
$9
High
$35
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Variant cover art by Tommy Lee Edwards

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $580 [$300 in 2023] +93%

Avengers, The #4
Non-Key

UK Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Avengers, The #4
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

U.K. PRICE VARIANT 3.0 sold for $781 [$405 in 2019] +93%

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Promo ⋅ Kellogg's ⋅ 1933

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
 
Low
$120
Mid
$450
High
$1.3k
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Key Facts

Origin of Buck Rogers

Promotional one-shot produced by Kellogg's

Character illustrations and text based off of the radio program

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $336 [$180 in 2010] +87%

Marvel Family #1

Fawcett ⋅ 1945

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Marvel Family #1
 
Low
$3.3k
Mid
$9.8k
High
$33k
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Black Adam, an Egyptian prince named Teth-Adam who was first granted powers by the wizard Shazam though it corrupted him

Origin of The Marvel Family: Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Junior, Mary Marvel and Uncle Marvel

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

COVERLESS / NO GRADE sold for $920 [$500 in 2020] +84%

Famous Funnies #216

Eastern Color ⋅ 1955

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Famous Funnies #216
 
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$250
Mid
$850
High
$2.5k
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Cover art by Frank Frazetta featuring Buck Rogers

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $930 [$525 in 2017] +77%

Harvey Hits #7

Harvey ⋅ 1958

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Harvey Hits #7
 
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$30
Mid
$95
High
$520
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First issue featuring Wendy the Good Little Witch in its entirety

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

4.0 sold for $372 [$215 in 2021] +73%

World's Finest Comics #174
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1968

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World's Finest Comics #174
 
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9.8 sold for $1,000 [$600 in 2023] +67%

Vault of Horror #35

EC ⋅ 1954

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Vault of Horror #35
 
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$310
Mid
$1.1k
High
$3.1k
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Christmas horror story adapted for a 1972 Tales from the Crypt film

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $2,275 [$1,400 in 2020] +63%

Black Magic #1
Non-Key

Prize ⋅ 1950

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Black Magic #1
 
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8.5 sold for $1,440 [$896 in 2017] +61%

Crime Illustrated #1

EC ⋅ 1955

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Crime Illustrated #1
 
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$30
Mid
$100
High
$300
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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

GAINES FILE COPY 9.8 sold for $1,620 [$1,020 in 2020] +59%

G.I. Combat #83

Quality ⋅ 1960

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G.I. Combat #83
 
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$35
Mid
$100
High
$550
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1st appearance of Big Al, Little Al and Charlie

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.5 sold for $350 [$227 in 2010] +54%

World's Finest Comics #169

DC ⋅ 1967

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World's Finest Comics #169
 
Low
$7
Mid
$20
High
$90
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3rd appearance of Batgirl

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.2 sold for $440 [$299 in 2020] +47%

Avengers, The #21

Marvel ⋅ 1965

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Avengers, The #21
 
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$25
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$100
High
$250
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1st appearance of Power Man, Erik Josten, later becomes the third Goliath, the Smuggler and Atlas

3rd appearance of Wonder Man, a three panel flashback to Avengers #9 with new illustrations

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.0 sold for $330 [$225 in 2023] +47%

Uncanny X-Men #60

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Uncanny X-Men #60
 
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$30
Mid
$100
High
$300
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1st appearance of Sauron, a Savage Land mutate

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $2,880 [$1,980 in Nov] +45%

All-Star Comics #35

DC ⋅ 1947

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All-Star Comics #35
 
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$150
Mid
$500
High
$1.6k
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1st appearance of Per Degaton, a time-traveling enemy of the Justice Society

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.5 sold for $550 [$384 in Mar] +43%

Confessions of Love #12
Non-Key

Comic Media ⋅ 1952

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Confessions of Love #12
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

6.0 sold for $720 [$513 in 2019] +40%

Frankenstein #18

Prize ⋅ 1952

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Frankenstein #18
 
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$200
Mid
$800
High
$2k
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Reintroduction of series three years after issue #17 with darker horror format

Previous issues in this series featured Frankenstein in comedic situations

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $400 [$286 in 2019] +40%

Action Comics #256

DC ⋅ 1959

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Action Comics #256
 
Low
$20
Mid
$60
High
$205
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1st appearance of Dick Wilson, later Dick Malverne, a love interest of Supergirl

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $634 [$456 in 2019] +39%

Going Steady #11

St. John ⋅ 1955

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Going Steady #11
 
Low
$290
Mid
$870
High
$2.9k
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Key Facts

Cover art by Matt Baker

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

2.5 sold for $456 [$328 in 2020] +39%

Vault of Horror #30

EC ⋅ 1953

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Vault of Horror #30
 
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$250
Mid
$800
High
$2.5k
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Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

8.5 sold for $2,760 [$2,000 in 2021] +38%

House of Secrets #103

DC ⋅ 1972

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House of Secrets #103
 
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$10
Mid
$30
High
$100
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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.0 sold for $475 [$360 in 2024] +32%

Invincible #19

Image ⋅ 2004

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Invincible #19
 
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$18
Mid
$60
High
$180
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Key Facts

1st appearance of Battle Beast

1st appearance of Magnattack

1st appearance of Magmaniac

1st appearance of Tether Tyrant

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,660

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $350 [$280 in Apr] +25%

Blue Beetle #2

Fox ⋅ 1940

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Blue Beetle #2
 
Low
$220
Mid
$660
High
$2.2k
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Key Facts

2nd cover appearance of Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

7.5 sold for $2,280 [$1,834 in 2015] +24%

Captain Marvel Jr. #115

Fawcett ⋅ 1952

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Captain Marvel Jr. #115
 
Low
$290
Mid
$990
High
$2.9k
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Key Facts

Eye injury cover

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

3.0 sold for $475 [$384 in 2023] +24%

INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $182 [No Previous Data]

Absolute Wonder Woman #1

1:100 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Wonder Woman #1
 
Low
$10
Mid
$40
High
$130
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $400 [$330 in Mar] +21%

A-Team #1

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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A-Team #1
 
Low
$1
Mid
$3
High
$12
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of a three-issue limited series inspired by characters from the television show that ran from 1983 thru 1987

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

NEWSSTAND 8.0 sold for $42 [$35 in 2023] +20%

Amazing Spider-Man #87
Non-Key

Marvel ⋅ 1970

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Amazing Spider-Man #87
 
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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $3,812 [$3,227 in 2018] +18%

Sensation Comics #1

DC ⋅ 1942

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Sensation Comics #1
 
Low
$10.5k
Mid
$43k
High
$112k
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Key Facts

1st cover, 2nd appearance and origin of Wonder Woman

1st appearance and origin of Mr. Terrific, Terry Sloane

1st appearance of Wildcat, Ted Grant

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

CENTERFOLD MISSING / INCOMPLETE / 0.5 sold for $15,750 [$13,350 in 2021] +18%

House of Mystery #200

DC ⋅ 1972

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House of Mystery #200
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$55
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Key Facts

Milestone issue #200, the first horror series to publish 200 issues

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $1,200 [$1,020 in Feb] +18%

Power Man #24

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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Power Man #24
 
Low
$5
Mid
$15
High
$50
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Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Bill Foster as Black Goliath

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.4 sold for $350 [$300 in 2018] +17%

Giant-Size Man-Thing #4

Marvel ⋅ 1975

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Giant-Size Man-Thing #4
 
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$3
Mid
$9
High
$30
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Key Facts

First solo story featuring Howard the Duck

1st appearance of Garko the Man-frog

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🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $375 [$326 in 2017] +15%

Fantastic Four #73

Marvel ⋅ 1968

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Fantastic Four #73
 
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$20
Mid
$80
High
$200
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Cover art by Jack Kirby

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.8 sold for $4,500 [$4,000 in 2009] +13%

Uncanny Tales #1

Atlas ⋅ 1952

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Uncanny Tales #1
 
Low
$220
Mid
$660
High
$2.2k
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Key Facts

Premiere issue of horror anthology

Record-Breakers

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

5.0 sold for $600 [$535 in 2015] +12%

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