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1st appearance of Cindy Burman as Shiv

Milestone ⋅ 1993

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Origin of Static

1:75 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Alex Ross

Anniversary edition celebrating 75 years since Marvel's first published issue

Top Cow ⋅ 2005

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

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Origin of Jean Grey

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2nd appearance of the Creeper

First written work by Dennis O'Neil at DC

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Mike Perkins

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Preview of Captain Britain in a British fanzine

Interior explanation of Captain Britain’s creative development as Marvel’s first original content made for the British market

Preceded the first appearance of Captain Britain in Captain Britain #1 (October 1976)

Image ⋅ 2008

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Prequel to the first Dead Space game

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Origin of Harley Quinn, her time working at Arkham Asylum as a psychiatrist

NBC ⋅ 2006

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Prop comic from the NBC television series 'Heroes' (2006-2010) featuring Nathan

Interior pages feature art by Tim Sale

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Final issue

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Based on the 'Call of Duty' video game franchise

Copies ordered by retailers: 11,930

Variant ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Second printing

Preview ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 2007

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Ashcan edition distributed at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con

Limited to 100 copies

‘Peek’ is misspelled

Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Peach Momoko

Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Debut of Black Cat's Iron Cat armor

Claypool Comics ⋅ 2004

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Photo cover featuring Elvira

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Copies ordered by retailers: 23,297

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Copies ordered by retailers: 15,339

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Six-issue limited series

Triptych cover by Arthur Suydam - three connecting covers

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Triptych cover by Arthur Suydam - three connecting covers

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Triptych cover by Arthur Suydam - three connecting covers

Floating World Comics ⋅ 2014

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Alan Moore said of this comic: the most original and consciousness-altering living writing in the English language, not to mention the funniest

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Variant virgin cover art by Artgerm

Store exclusive

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant Robot Chicken cover featuring Swamp Thing

Oily ⋅ 2015

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A tough-as-nails woman travels throughout the crumbling United States of the 1980s helping to even the odds for the downtrodden and exploited

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Todd McFarlane

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Szymon Kudranski, limitd to 400 copies

2018 Image Expo exclusive, a fan, retailer and press showcase hosted by Image to preview upcoming announcements

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Variant black and white cover art by Szymon Kudranski, limited to 200 copies

2018 Image Expo exclusive, a fan, retailer and press showcase hosted by Image to preview upcoming announcements

⚠ There are more graded copies of the sketch edition than the red background though the sketch sells for higher

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by David Marquez

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Cover art by Benjamin Carre featuring Demagol

Personality Comics ⋅ 1993

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Unauthorized biography of Madonna

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Second printing with interior art used for the cover

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic

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Cover art inspired by the 'Super Mario Bros. 3' video game package

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Bob Fingerman

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1st appearance of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau in a comic book

Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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Three issue limited series, black and white, 80 pgs

An old man with extrasensory powers psychically controls the residents of an entire block of apartments until a young girl with similar abilities arrives to challenge him

Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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Three issue limited series, black and white, 80 pgs

An old man with extrasensory powers psychically controls the residents of an entire block of apartments until a young girl with similar abilities arrives to challenge him

Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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Three issue limited series, black and white, 80 pgs

An old man with extrasensory powers psychically controls the residents of an entire block of apartments until a young girl with similar abilities arrives to challenge him

Dark Horse ⋅ 1990

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One-shot, first solo Duckman issue

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Second printing, blue text and footer

Convention Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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2015 comic convention exclusive, limited to 200 copies

IDW ⋅ 2009

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A New Orleans narcotics cop is out for payback against a Haitian drug lord who robbed him of his soul and replaced it with Voodoo spirits of vengeance

Convention Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Goni Montes

2018 convention exclusive

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1st full appearance of the Virus, a metal nano-virus that overtakes its host

SDCC ⋅ DC ⋅ 2007

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San Diego Comic Con 2007 giveaway to promote the Warner Bros/ABC TV series of the same name

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Final issue published by Image

DC published a fifth issue to end the series two and a half years later

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