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Marvel ⋅ 1980

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1st appearance of Conn, the son of Conan

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$200
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$500

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: Wertham said, ‘adolescent boys call these Headlight Comics’ referring to the depiction of breasts

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant third printing cover art by Alex Maleev

Connecting cover with Moon Knight #2 second printing and Moon Knight #3 second printing

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Final issue

1:30 ⋅ ONI ⋅ 2015

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$200

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Variant cover art by Johnny Ryan

SDCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010

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$55
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$190

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Variant partial black and white cover art by Dustin Weaver, featuring Leonardo da Vinci

San Diego Comic Con 2010 exclusive

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$15

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Official crossover appearance by Image characters: Spawn, Maxx, Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk and others

Commercial Comics ⋅ 1948

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$55
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$150

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Biography of Harry S Truman

Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: false account of history, Truman's inspiration to run for president incorrectly credited

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Origin of the Odinforce, the combined power of Odin and his two deceased brothers, Vili and Ve

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Tony Moore, 'Cynthiana, Kentucky Edition'

Distributed at the 2016 Walking Dead Day celebration in the city/state that inspired the opening landscape of the comic series, created by Cynthiana KY natives, Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore

3rd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014

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$1.3k

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Unreleased third printing

Approximately 25-50 copies unintentionally went into circulation after a comic shop in the United Kingdom had been sent the books for an in-store signing with artist Charlie Adlard

'Third Printing' printed below the Image logo

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1st cover appearance of Vox Supreme

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Wally West merges with the Mobius Chair and takes on qualities similar to Doctor Manhattan

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$150

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Variant cover art by Francesco Francavilla

Cover art inspired by the film 'Bullitt'

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$80

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Variant cover art by Jonboy Meyers

Toby ⋅ 1950

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$70
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$225
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$1.1k

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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority

Reason: inappropriate wording characterizing the hero as a "superlover"

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2017

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Variant black and white cover art by Karmome Shirahama, limited to one per store

1:10 ⋅ Udon ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Jeffrey Cruz aka Chamba

Cover art inspired by The Savage She-Hulk #1 (1980)

Foil ⋅ DC ⋅ 2017

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Silver-foil convention exclusive, limited to 3,000 copies

1:75 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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$45
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$140

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Variant cover art by Alex Ross

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Published in 2014, four years after issue #31

Limited print run of 1,000 copies

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Copies ordered by retailers: 8,165

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$18

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Copies ordered by retailers: 7,721

Error ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993

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$280
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$650

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Printed without green foil

NYCC ⋅ ONI ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by James Callahan, New York Comic Con 2013 exclusive

IDW ⋅ 2010

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One-shot adaptation of Joe Hill's short story from the anthology novel '20th Century Ghosts'

A man finds the cape that gave him the ability to fly as a boy and it still works

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2010

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Variant photo cover featuring Joe Hill

Mythos ⋅ 2014

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$55

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The city of Acropolis is overrun with crime ever since the super-being known as Samaritan died but one boy believes the hero is still alive

Extremely scarce series that was released digitally and later produced a small run of physical copies

Spoof Comics ⋅ 1992

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Spoof Comics ⋅ 1992

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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$8
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$25

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Variant virgin cover art by Mark Brooks featuring Jean Grey as the Black Queen

Whitman ⋅ Western ⋅ 1980

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$80

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Scarce Whitman edition packaged with issue #9

Value reflects an individual sale, not the pair

Whitman ⋅ Western ⋅ 1980

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$20
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$80

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Scarce Whitman edition packaged with issue #8

Value reflects an individual sale, not the pair

Art of Fiction ⋅ 2012

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

Art of Fiction ⋅ 2013

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

Art of Fiction ⋅ 2014

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2007

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$45

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Variant cover art by Michael Turner

Gray Hulk version

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Reintroduction of Rose aka Thorn, as a teenager

Copies ordered by retailers: 12,589

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$85

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Reprinted collection of Spawn #1-3 (1992), limited to 1,200 copies

Retailer giveaway produced for customers of Capital Distribution, many of which were signed by Todd McFarlane

Variant ⋅ Dynamite ⋅ 2012

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$60

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Variant cover art by Lucio Parrillo

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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$45

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Variant cover art by Ivan Reis, celebrating DC's 75th anniversary

Cover inspired by Superman #199 (1967)

Rebellion ⋅ 2014

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One-shot sequel to the 2012 Judge Dredd movie

DC ⋅ 2018

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1st cameo appearance of Paradox

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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$190

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Variant cover art by JeeHyung Lee

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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$70

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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee

Ashcan ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993

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$875
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$2.2k

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Ashcan edition limited to 52 signed and numbered copies

United ⋅ 1954

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First solo issue featuring The Peanuts, one issue only

First cover appearance of the Peanuts in standard comic books

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Retelling of a Superman (won) versus The Flash race

It is unclear whether or not this race had previously occurred in a comic

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Origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Reintroduction of Casey Jones, in costume in the IDW series

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First solo title featuring Jennika

Three-issue limited series

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