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Walmart ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Walmart exclusive

Error ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993

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Late print run error, red foil missing on embossed title

Hip Hop ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Mike Del Mundo

Cover art inspired by the album 'Midnight Marauders' by A Tribe Called Quest

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Graphic novel adaptation of the best-selling book

[May 2020 - Disney+ now has the rights to produce the popular Rick Riordan's series / January 2022 - Disney+ gives a full series order for Percy Jackson and the Olympians]

DC Vertigo ⋅ 2013

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First written work in the comic book industry by Tom King

Previous published work 'A Once Crowded Sky' had illustrations but was not a graphic novel

Dark Horse ⋅ 2014

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Copies ordered by retailers: 4,644

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Five-part limited series adapted from the book of the same name that chronicles the lives of Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches

The series was intended to be 10 issues but was cut short

[May 2020 - AMC has acquired the rights to the The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches / December 2022 - Mayfair Witches will premiere January 8, 2023]

Platinum ⋅ Millennium ⋅ 1992

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Platinum edition, silver-foil

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Variant black and white sketch cover by J. Scott Campbell

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Six-issue limited series

Connecting cover 1 of 3 featuring Freddy Krueger

Copies ordered by retailers: 23,297 includes variants

Variant ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2008

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Connecting cover featuring Jason Voorhees

Variant ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2008

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Connecting cover featuring Ashley J. Williams AKA Ash

Variant ⋅ Archie ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Variant ⋅ Radical Comics ⋅ 2009

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Variant cover art by Greg Tocchini

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40-page conclusion of the Battlewave storyline

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Road Rage: a collaborative written effort by father and son, Stephen King and Joe Hill

Features two stories, Richard Matheson's 'Duel' and 'Throttle'

Throttle synopsis: a motorcycle gang is pursued by an unseen assailant driving a big rig

[May 2020 - an adaptation is in development with David Goyer's Phantom Four for HBO Max]

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Adaptation of the partially live-action/animated movie starring Michael Jordan and Looney Tunes characters

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Second printing, cover art from an interior page

Copies ordered by retailers: 1,749

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Paco Medina

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell featuring Remus

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Art Adams

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Variant cover art by Brandon Peterson

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1st team appearance of X-Force: Archangel, Wolverine, Psylocke, Fantomex, E.V.A., Deadpool

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Preview appearance of Bile, a cannibalistic madman with the strength and eating habits of a spider

Bile was presented as a joke in this issue but CBR posts an article about Donny Cates taking an interest in the character even though it seemed the tweet exchange was more conversational without future plans

Character never appeared in a story but bears similar horror attributes as Spiders-Man of Earth 11580: See Spider-Verse button for more

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1st cameo appearance of Rohlan Dyre, a Mandalorian crusader

1st cameo appearance of Haazen

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1st full appearance of Rohlan Dyre, a Mandalorian comander

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Humberto Ramos

Preview ⋅ Image ⋅ 1994

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Preview of Black Flag #1 (1995)

Additional content including character sketches and guest artist illustrations

Cover art by Todd McFarlane and Dan Fraga

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 1994

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Ashcan edition

Black and white preview of Black Flag #1

UK Edition ⋅ L Miller Son ⋅ 1954

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1st appearance of Marvelman, later renamed Miracleman, a young man who transformed into a superhero by saying 'Kimota' which is Atomik spelled backwards

The development of Miracleman occurred after DC/National won a lawsuit against Fawcett that prohibited the use of Captain Marvel, later renamed Shazam, due to his likeness to Superman

The UK publisher of Captain Marvel reprints, facing a devastating financial blow, successfully renamed, redesigned and re-marketed Captain Marvel into Marvelman

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2009

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Newsstand edition, indicated by the barcode

SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN printed in the UPC box

Priced $3.99, one-dollar less than the standard Direct Edition

Variant ⋅ Harris ⋅ 1996

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Variant cover art by Ethan Van Sciver, limited to 1,000 copies

Controversial cover depicting Kurt Cobain, the frontman for Nirvana who died in 1994 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

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First ongoing printed attribution given to Bill Finger as co-creator of Batman in the Detective Comics title

75 years after Batman debuted, Bill Finger’s granddaughter settled a court case with DC to award credit to her deceased grandfather for the creation of Batman

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

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First cover art by Bruce Timm

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cosplay edition

1:75 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Marko Djurdjevic

2nd Print ⋅ Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2004

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Second printing

DC ⋅ 1998

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Copies ordered by retailers: 13,479

DC ⋅ 1999

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Copies ordered by retailers: 13,036

DC ⋅ 1999

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Copies ordered by retailers: 12,862

Design ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2014

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Variant design sketch cover art by Brooke Allen

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2017

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Convention exclusive

DC ⋅ 2005

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Race of Bizarro vs Zoom

NYCC ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Dustin Nguyen, limited to 500 copies

New York Comic Con 2014 exclusive

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2004

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Reprint of the first appearance of Kingpin

Distributed with the Spider-Man 2 DVD boxed set

Mini-comic measuring 5" x 7"

Preview ⋅ Homage Comics ⋅ 1999

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Advanced retailer black and white preview

Susceptible to counterfeiting

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144-page graphic novel based on stories by R.L. Stein

Three middle school kids are plunged into a nightmare realm where a terrifying mystery stands between escape or being trapped Just Beyond

[April 2021 - an eight-episode anthology is being produced for Disney+ with lead roles cast]

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1st team appearance of the Secret Warriors: Quake, Ms. Marvel, Moon Girl, Devil Dinosaur, Karnak, Inferno

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Robbi Rodriguez

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