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The Lot #1

Bad Idea ⋅ 2021

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The Lot #1
 
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Four-issue, black and white limited series

In the 1970s, an ambitious filmmaker took authenticity too far while filming his horror masterpiece and now, decades later, the new studio executive discovers why the lot had been shuttered so many years ago

[October 2024 - rumored at NYCC,Bad Idea will announce movie news for this property / October 2024 - confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter]

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📈 +1,100% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after Key Collector Comics was tipped off that The Lot would be adapted into a film which was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter with writer Akela Cooper (M3GAN) to pen a script

Superman: The Man of Steel #3

DC ⋅ 1986

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Superman: The Man of Steel #3
 
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1st appearance of Magpie

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📈 +825% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after Magpie debuted in The Penguin TV series

Sensational She-Hulk #1

Key Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Sensational She-Hulk #1
 
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1st cover appearance of Hulkette

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📈 +800% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week as Marvel announced the next New Champion to be officially introduced in Spider-Boy #13

Marvel Graphic Novel: Emperor Doom - Starring the Mighty Avengers

Marvel ⋅ 1987

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Marvel Graphic Novel: Emperor Doom - Starring the Mighty Avengers
 
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68-page softcover graphic novel

Original story that sees Doctor Doom taking over the world and transforming it into a utopia at the cost of free will

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📈 +700% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after Marvel announced a Rise of Emperor Doom event that will kick off in February 2025

Strange Tales #126

Marvel ⋅ 1964

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Strange Tales #126
 
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1st appearance of Dormammu, ruler of the Dark Dimension

1st appearance of Clea, future wife of Doctor Strange, unnamed

Doctor Strange first uses the phrase 'By The Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth

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📈 +600% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week due to an UNCONFIRMED rumor that Denzel Washington would step in to the role of Dormammu which picked up traction on social media and the secondary market

Avengers: The Children's Crusade #1

Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Avengers: The Children's Crusade #1
 
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Nine-issue series that follows Wiccan (Billy) and Speed (Tommy) search for the Scarlet Witch who had been missing since the events of House of M

[March 2022 - rumor that unannounced MCU projects could borrow heavily from this story arc]

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

V for Vendetta #1

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1988

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V for Vendetta #1
 
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10-issue series about a bleak future where a mysterious anarchist known as V, opposes the British government wearing a Guy Fawkes mask

Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on November 5th in remembrance of the night in the year 1605 when he and his co-conspirators attempted to jumpstart a political/religious revolution by blowing up the Houses of Parliament

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📈 +400% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week as the time of year comes around where this issue begins to sell online due to the famous rhyme that honors Guy Fawkes 'Remember Remember the 5th of November'

Voltron #1

Modern ⋅ 1985

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Voltron #1
 
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1st appearance of Voltron in U.S. comics

[March 2022 - a live-action project announced for development from Rawson Thurber (Red Notice) / October 2024 - Henry Cavill cast in a lead role]

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📈 +377% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after it was announced that Henry Cavill will star in the Voltron film

Detective Comics #400

DC ⋅ 1970

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Detective Comics #400
 
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1st appearance and origin of Man-Bat, a scientist whose experiment went awry after combining human and bat DNA to cure his own deafness

First solo Batgirl and Robin story

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📈 +336% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Superman #680
Non-Key

DC ⋅ 2008

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Superman #680
 
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Non-Key Issue. No additional information is available.

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📈 +233% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week due to a recent admission that James Gunn included Krypto in the Superman film

Knights vs. Samurai #1

Image ⋅ 2024

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Knights vs. Samurai #1
 
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On a mission of vengeance, a knight travels to an island in the Far East that he believes is populated by savages but he and his crew discover skillful warriors, the likes of which he has never seen

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📈 +220% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week after CGC announced that Todd McFarlane, David Dastmalchian and Federico Mele will be signing copies of Knights vs Samurai (exclusively) at the CGC booth October 19 from 11a - noon

Green Lantern #87

DC ⋅ 1971

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Green Lantern #87
 
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1st appearance of Green Lantern, John Stewart

[October 2024 - Aaron Pierre cast as John Stewart in the Lanterns]

2nd appearance of Green Lantern, Guy Gardner

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📈 +200% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Absolute Batman #1

DC ⋅ 2024

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Absolute Batman #1
 
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Premiere issue of an ongoing series that will take place in the Absolute Universe, a dimension built on Darkseid energy

1st team appearance of the Party Animals

Introduction of several characters in the existing Batman mythos with new origins and designs

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📈 +186% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Green Lantern #182

DC ⋅ 1984

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Green Lantern #182
 
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John Stewart becomes the new Green Lantern after Hal quits in issue #181

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

DC: All In Special #1

DC ⋅ 2024

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DC: All In Special #1
 
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Introduction of the Absolute Universe

Debut of the Justice League satellite

1st appearance of Absolute Trinity: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman

Death of Kalibak

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📈 +157% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Dexter #1

Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Dexter #1
 
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Five-issue limited series based on the TV series on AMC

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📈 +140% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week as the premiere of the Dexter prequel on December 13 approaches

Amazing Spider-Man #78

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Amazing Spider-Man #78
 
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1st appearance of the Prowler, Hobie Brown

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📈 +138% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Marvel ⋅ 2024

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Ultimate Spider-Man #1
 
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Premiere issue

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📈 +117% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Young Avengers #1

Marvel ⋅ 2005

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Young Avengers #1
 
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1st team appearance of the Young Avengers: Kate Bishop, Patriot, Asgardian aka Wiccan, Hulkling, and Iron Lad, who is later revealed to be a young variant of Kang

[October 2022 - Wiccan aka Billy Kaplan, son of Scarlet Witch is rumored to appear in the Agatha TV series / October 2024 - the Agatha TV series confirms Joe Kaplan is Billy, the son of Scarlet Witch]

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📈 +100% increase in copies sold this week versus the previous week

Spawn #357

NYCC ⋅ Image ⋅ 2024

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Spawn #357
 
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2024 New York Comic Con exclusive

Distributed at the Retailer Day Todd McFarlane panel

Limited to 300 signed copies

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⭐ New This Week - this issue leads the MANY exclusives offered at NYCC in terms of secondary market resale dollars but a more comprehensive overview will be updated shortly after the end of the convention

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