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1st appearance of Batman the Silenced

Image ⋅ 2016

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16-page preview

Diamond Retailer Summit 2016 exclusive

Sci-fi adventure about a woman seeking an illegal, engine-boosting 'machine narcotic' called Crush

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Cover art by Bob Larkin

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First printed images of Spawn in a U.S. publication, Mailing date: February 5, 1992

Front page advertisement of Spawn, preceded all comic book advertisements in Malibu comic books that were published between March/April 1992

Interior black and white, textless cover art for Spawn #1

Only two other images of Spawn are known to exist prior to the mailing of Comics Buyer's Guide #953: the sleeve of a VHS tape titled "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" and a comic book solicitation magazine, Up N' Coming #1, Mailing date: February 3, 1992

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First printed image of Spawn in a comic book (advertisement)

One of two comics published in March 1992 that included the advertisement, the other being Torg #2

Earlier images of Spawn have been printed in various catalogs and fanzines among other publications

Styx Publications ⋅ 1992

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Interior illustration of Spawn in a comic book solicitation catalog and first time the name Spawn is seen in print

Mailing date: February 3, 1992

According to spawnworld.com, only one other image of Spawn is known to exist prior to the mailing of Up 'N Coming #15 and it was in an ad for "Stan Lee Presents: The Comic Book Greats" a VHS with Spawn on the outer sleeve (December 1991), though Spawn was not named or discussed in the video

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Comics Vault Live ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Comics Vault Live streaming event exclusive

Variant virgin black and white cover art by Tony Moore graded 9.8, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Jonathan Gray

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Variant cover art by David Alvarez

Marvel ⋅ 2019

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1st appearance of Izzy Libris, matriarch of the Libris crime family and later becomes the Kingpin

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Reprinted stories featuring The Metal Men:

Cover art from Generation Lost #11

Silver Age: The Brave and the Bold #1

Doom Patrol (2009) #1 - #7

Copies ordered by retailers: fewer than 4,500

1:25 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by David Romero

Store Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Jason Shawn Alexander, limited to 400 copies

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Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2008

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Variant cover art by Justin Randall

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by David Nakayama

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Variant cover art by Aaron Bartling, limited to 300 copies

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Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1994

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Error: blue foil missing from the embossed cover during the printing process

In 2020, a 9.8 graded copy sold for $4,000

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1st full appearance of the Grey Ghost

Copies ordered by retailers: 12,188

Variant ⋅ Harris ⋅ 1996

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Variant cover art by Jae Lee

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One-shot continuation of the Halloween franchise in comics

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64-page one-shot of character profiles featuring Golden Age Timely characters

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,559

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Fewer than 10 copies on the CGC census graded 9.8

CGC 9.8 sold data on eBay is approximately $1,000

Masters of the Universe have a strong following and the demand is high for 9.8 graded issues in this short 13-issue series

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As of November 1, 2023 only 16 copies exist in 9.8

Store Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Ken Lashley

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1st appearance of Pseudo-Sonic

Cover art inspired by Flash #123 (1961)

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Terry Dodson

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One-shot tribute to Dwayne McDuffie and Milestone Media with material from Milestone co-founder Denys Cowan and other alumni

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,976

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Copies ordered by retailers: 3,292

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1st appearance of Pogg Ur-Pogg

1st appearance of Redroot the Forest

1st appearance of Bei the Blood Moon

1st cover team appearance of the Swordbearers of Arakko

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

Variant ⋅ Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 2020

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Variant virgin cover art by Benjamin Hobbs, limited to 253 copies

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1st appearance of the Chronicler, a character that resembles Cosmic Ghost Rider

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1st appearance of The Mirror, a new enemy of Batman

The solicitation for Detective Comics #1030 makes reference to a new foe named The Mirror although it looks exactly like the Underbroker except for the attire

Batgirl also faced-off against an enemy named The Mirror who seems to have the same serial killer objective but as stated in the solicitation for Detective Comics #1030, this is a new villain

DC ⋅ 1992

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First solo series featuring Eclipso

Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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The first six pages of the issue are in color, the remainder are black and white

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Copies ordered by retailers: 5,150 which includes cover B and C variants

Variant • Employee Edition ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2016

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One-shot, IDW Media Holdings variant

Produced exclusively for IDW shareholders in January 2017

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Limited edition, silver foil

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by James Jean

Sketch ⋅ Image ⋅ 2016

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Variant sketch cover art by Todd McFarlane

Mirage ⋅ 1993

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Mirage begins publishing Usagi Yojimbo (Vol.2), previously published by Fantagraphics (Vol. 1)

Guest appearances by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Mirage ⋅ 1995

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Guest appearances by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, begins in issue #1

Independent ⋅ 1999

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Cover art by Dave McKean, story by Brian Carroll aka Buckethead, a musician best known for wearing a KFC bucket on his head and a Michael Myers-type mask while performing

16-page promotional comic book originally intended as a giveaway for the 'Giant Robot' album but later used for the 'Monsters and Robots' release

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1989

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Early Todd McFarlane cover

Comely Comix ⋅ 1996

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Hard-to-find

RAK Graphics ⋅ 1993

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Reprint of Thunder Mace (1986) #1 - #7, the comic book series that introduced Chakan in back-up stories

These were the stories that served as the plot of the 1992 Sega Genesis game

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Copies ordered by retailers: 5,786

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Andrew Rae

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Luke Ross

RAK Graphics ⋅ 1986

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1st appearance of Chakan, the Forever Man, a character that would later inspire the 1992 Sega Genesis game

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