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Venom #3
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #3
 
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$15
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$50
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$150

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Knull,the creator of the Symbiote alien race

Knull's first cameo appearance is in Thor: God of Thunder #6

The spiral emblem associated with Knull is a reference to Chthulhu mythology

Knull was the first being that existed in nothingness that preceded the creation of the current Marvel Universe

[September 2024 - the latest Venom trailer revealed Knull to be a villain in the film]

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📈 +541% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after the release of the latest Venom trailer

Amazing Spider-Man #316
Marvel ⋅ 1989
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Amazing Spider-Man #316
 
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$12
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$40
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$125

Key Facts

3rd appearance of Venom

1st full cover appearance of Venom - head appears in and inset of issue #315

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📈 +500% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Guardians of the Galaxy #23
Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Guardians of the Galaxy #23
 
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$1
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$5
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$15

Key Facts

Origin of Symbiotes

Introduction of the planet Klyntar, named after the Symbiote word for "cage”, comprised of Symbiote mass with Knull's physical body at the center - brief, unnamed appearance of Klyntar in Spider-Man Family #1 (2007)

First mention of the team Agents of the Cosmos

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📈 +450% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Ice Cream Man #1
Image ⋅ 2018
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Ice Cream Man #1
 
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$20
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$80
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$250

Key Facts

Premiere issue that features one-shot stories disconnected from one another except for the unsettling, paranormal presence of the Ice Cream Man

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,454

[January 2021 - Roku acquired the distribution rights to Quibi's programming portfolio. Previously, Quibi optioned Ice Cream Man for an anthology-style streaming program but it is not yet known if the property was part of the deal]

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📈 +433% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Thor: God of Thunder #6
Marvel ⋅ 2013
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Thor: God of Thunder #6
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

Origin of Gorr the God Butcher

1st cameo appearance of Knull the Symbiote God

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📈 +433% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Forever People, The #1
DC ⋅ 1971
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Forever People, The #1
 
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$18
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$60
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$180

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Darkseid

1st team appearance of The Forever People: Beautiful Dreamer, Mark Moonrider, Serifan, Big Bear, Vykin the Black

First mention of Mother Boxes, sentient supercomputers of vast power and the Anti-Life Equation

1st appearance of Infinity-Man, a protector of The Forever People

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📈 +400% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week due to DC's upcoming All-In Special resurrecting Darkseid

Uncanny X-Men #274
Non-Key
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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Uncanny X-Men #274
 
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$1
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$2
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$3

Key Facts

Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

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📈 +380% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after last week's release of a facsimile edition

Venom #4
Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Venom #4
 
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$1
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$5
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$18

Key Facts

Origin of Knull

Origin of Knowhere, the severed head of a Celestial

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📈 +367% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Venom vs Carnage #2
Marvel ⋅ 2004
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Venom vs Carnage #2
 
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$5
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$15
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$50

Key Facts

Patrick Mulligan becomes Toxin, the spawn of Carnage

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📈 +300% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Venom War #1
Marvel ⋅ 2024
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Venom War #1
 
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$1
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$2
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$6

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Venom Horse

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📈 +177% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Amazing Spider-Man #300
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #300
 
Low
$60
Mid
$180
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$600

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Venom

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📈 +175% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Amazing Spider-Man #36
Marvel ⋅ 2001
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Amazing Spider-Man #36
 
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$5
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$25
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$85

Key Facts

September 11th, 2001 tribute issue depicting various Marvel teams and characters working alongside emergency services as New York native, Spider-Man narrates the experience

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📈 +163% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week - second consecutive week on the Key Collector Comics Trending 20

Marvel Premiere #28
Marvel ⋅ 1976
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Marvel Premiere #28
 
Low
$18
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$60
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$180

Key Facts

1st team appearance and origin of the Legion of Monsters: Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Morbius, Werewolf By Night

Although the cover indicates these characters team-up, the story pits Ghost Rider against the other monsters while attempting to protect an alien - it is not a conventional team-up or team assembly

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📈 +160% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Toxic Avenger, The #1
Marvel ⋅ 1991
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Toxic Avenger, The #1
 
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$2
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$8
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$25

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Toxic Avenger - preview appearance in Marvel Age #98

[June 2021 - Elijah Wood, Peter Dinklage, Julia Davis and Kevin Bacon have been cast in roles in the movie directed by Macon Blair]

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📈 +150% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Uncanny X-Men #94
Marvel ⋅ 1975
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Uncanny X-Men #94
 
Low
$315
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$960
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$3.3k

Key Facts

2nd team appearance of the X-Men that debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1

2nd appearance of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Thunderbird

4th appearance of Wolverine

1st appearance of Dragonfly

Some resources refer to this as the 2nd full appearance of Wolverine and Hulk #182 a 2nd cameo appearance

Beginning of Chris Claremont's 16-year consecutive run on the title, ending with Uncanny X-Men #279

First new X-Men story following five years of reprints

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📈 +144% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Superman: The Man of Steel #18
DC ⋅ 1992
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Superman: The Man of Steel #18
 
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$1
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$5
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$18

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Doomsday, mostly obscured by a containment suit with one arm bound behind his back as he wreaks havoc across the countryside

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📈 +140% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

X-Men #4
Marvel ⋅ 1992
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X-Men #4
 
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$2
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$8
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$20

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Omega Red, a Russian serial killer, captured and experimented on by the government

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📈 +132% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Amazing Spider-Man #299
Marvel ⋅ 1988
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Amazing Spider-Man #299
 
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$12
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$45
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$140

Key Facts

2nd cameo appearance of Venom

A copy of Amazing Spider-Man #299 is seen in the movie Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) being read by Jeff Conaway

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: Todd McFarlane explains in an interview that he considers The Amazing Spider-Man #299 the first full appearance of Venom but various comic book resources changed it to The Amazing Spider-Man #300

View additional images by tapping the cover image and swiping left

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📈 +131% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Iron Man #118
Marvel ⋅ 1979
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Iron Man #118
 
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$5
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$15
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$55

Key Facts

1st appearance of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, later becomes War Machine

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📈 +118% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week - second consecutive week on the Key Collector Comics Trending 20

Amazing Spider-Man #50
Marvel ⋅ 1967
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Amazing Spider-Man #50
 
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$250
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$850
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$2.5k

Key Facts

1st appearance of the Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

Story includes the iconic interior panel of Peter Parker walking away from his Spider-Man suit that is discarded in a garbage can

[September 2022 - Vincent D'Onofrio will reprise the role of Kingpin in Daredevil]

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📈 +111% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

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