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1st appearance of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids in comic books

Inspired by the 1972-1985 TV animated series

Charlton ⋅ 1966

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Photo headshots of The Rolling Stones on the cover, two-page band biography inside

Premiere issue of 'Hollywood Romances' one of two series that split off from the title 'Brides of Love'

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Felipe Smith

Black Bear Press ⋅ 1999

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1999 comic book adaptation of the 1967 stop-motion animated movie

Premiere issue of a four-part series that never released issue #2

Mulehide Graphics ⋅ 1993

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Scarce

Independent ⋅ 1986

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First hip-hop comic book, independently published and inspired by the music movement in it's early days

Written entirely in rhyme, Max Robot is credited for capturing the spirit of east coast hip-hop's underground purity, untouched by commercialism

Initial print run of 500 black and white copies

Exercise extreme caution if considering a purchase, reprints and mini-posters are identical to the original cover

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Ashcan edition

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1st appearance of Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man in comic books

Eternity ⋅ 1989

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

Eternity ⋅ 1990

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Cover art by Ron Wilber

Final issue

Charlton ⋅ 1965

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Cover appearance of The Beatles

Interior story titled 'The Beatles Were My Downfall' about a girl obsessed with Ringo Starr

Premiere issue of Summer Love, one of two series that split off from the title 'Brides of Love'

Charlton ⋅ 1966

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Cover appearance of The Beatles

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Image begins publishing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from June 1996 thru October 1999

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

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Based on the Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light animated television series (1987)

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Mike Mignola

Hidden Gem edition

2nd Print ⋅ Devil's Due Publishing ⋅ 2004

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$55

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Variant second printing cover art

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Cover art by Guillem March

DC ⋅ 1970

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Cover art by Neal Adams except for the character faces by Alex Toth

DC ⋅ 1970

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Cover art by Neal Adams except for the character faces by Alex Toth

DC ⋅ 1970

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Cover art by Neal Adams except for the character faces by Alex Toth

Variant ⋅ Topps ⋅ 1993

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'Amberchrome' gold holo-foil cover, limited to 7,500 numbered copies

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976

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$0.30 price variant

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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$0.35 price variant

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Team-up of Scooby-Doo and Superman

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,780

Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1963

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Error cover with no price, no month

Value unknown

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976

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$0.30 price variant

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First cover art by Humberto Ramos

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #9, the first appearance of Electro (1964)

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2007

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Variant cover art by Adam Hughes featuring Black Canary

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant virgin cover art by Scott Williams, limited to 600 copies

Cover art inspired by X-Men #1 (1991) featuring the Uncanny X-Force

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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$0.35 price variant

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One-shot written by Lady Death creator, Brian Pulido

Prism ⋅ Avatar ⋅ 2005

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Prism foil edition, limited to 500 copies

1:30 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Leinil Francis Yu

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1995

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DC Universe logo

🥈 Runner-Up: New High [Previous High]

9.6 sold for $2,100 [$48 in 2022] +4,275%

CGC has not separated out the non-foil, DCU cover from the 12 graded copies on the census so population is heretofore unknown

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993

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Ashcan edition, limited to 50 copies

Signed and numbered by Sam Kieth

Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Store exclusive

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Premiere issue of the first ongoing Batman Beyond series

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Darwyn Cooke

Fantagraphics ⋅ 2007

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Cover art by Darwyn Cooke featuring Power Girl

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32-page black and white sketchbook

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Cover art featuring Harley Quinn

1:500 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Frank Miller

Hidden Gem edition

Arcana Studio ⋅ 2006

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Premiere issue of the second Dragon's Lair comic book series

Cover art by Don Bluth

Copies ordered by retailers: 2,548

Arcana Studio ⋅ 2007

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Cover art by Fabio Laguna

Copies ordered by retailers, less than 2,500

Variant ⋅ Arcana Studio ⋅ 2007

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Variant sketch cover art by Don Bluth

Arcana Studio ⋅ 2007

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Copies ordered by retailers: 1,980

2nd Print ⋅ Arcana Studio ⋅ 2007

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Variant second printing cover art by Fabio Laguna

Arcana Studio ⋅ 2007

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Final issue

Copies ordered by retailers: 1,849

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