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Comic Shop News ⋅ 1992

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Early cover appearance of Spawn

Comic Shop News is a free publication, printed on newsprint paper, given away at comic book stores

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3rd appearance of Loki

1st appearance of Valtrauta, a Valkyrie

1st appearance of Hildegarde, a Valkyrie

First mention of Odin's Valkyries

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1st appearance of Goddess Spider, the arachnid that bit Peter Parker and Cindy Moon

1st cameo appearance of the Children of the Atom, not in costume

Inspired by the Marvel's Voices podcast

Promo ⋅ Gametek ⋅ 1996

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Promotional comic book given away at E3 in 1996 for a game that was far along in its creation but never released due to the developer, GameTek filing for bankruptcy

Error ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Error edition: page 19 comes before page 18

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Copies ordered by retailers: 5,106

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1st appearance of Yu-Gi-Oh

Independent ⋅ 2015

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Independently published, continuing stories of a highly volatile, drug-dealer werewolf

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1st appearance of Tommy Willowtree, a clean-living mage that served as England's guardian in Constantine's absence who John considers a "wanker"

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Moderately explicit art where Madame Xanadu appears naked while engaged in relations with The Spectre in his ethereal form

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The misadventures of a dysfunctional family that go head-to-severed head with an Oprah-loving ax murderer, a cult-crazy soap opera star, and a neo-Nazi prison gang

[February 2020 - currently in-development for FX]

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Hermann Mejia, inspired by MAD Magazine

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Anton Emdin, inspired by MAD Magazine

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

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Biography of British serial killers:

Peter Sutcliff, officially charged with 13 killings

Dennis Nilson, believed to have killed 12 - 15 people

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Tony Harris featuring Stephen King and his son, Joe Hill

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One-shot reprint of She-Hulk's first appearance plus two additional stories

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Origin of the Force and the Jedi, takes place 25,000 years in the past

Preview appearances, sketches of Xesh and Trill

Copies ordered by retailers: 17,260

3rd Print ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2012

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Variant third printing cover art by Rodolfo Migliari

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,269

C2E2 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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Variant virgin cover art by Clayton Crain

Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2020 exclusive

Dark Horse ⋅ 2014

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Issue two of a five-issue series

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Peter Bagge, inspired by MAD Magazine

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Cover art by Michael Lopez

Cover art inspired by the film 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'

Copies ordered by retailers: 18,810

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Five-issue limited series

Cover art inspired by Fantastic Four #1 (1961)

Copies ordered by retailers: 9,993

Marvel ⋅ 2002

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Cover art by Udon inspired by Michelangelo's Pieta

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1st appearance of Mister Tesseract, Mister Alternity, Justice Might, Justice Truth, Justice Liberty

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Six-issue limited series

1:10 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2007

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Variant cover art by Tim Bradstreet

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Harvey Tolibao

1:15 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Variant cover art by Harvey Tolibao

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16-page original story plus journal entries that explain the function of approximately 20 keys

The second printing resells for approximately the same value as the first printing and can be identified by the red box below the IDW logo

Variant ⋅ MV Creations ⋅ 2004

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Variant wraparound cover art by Frank Quitely

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Variant cover art by Nathan Baertsch, limited to 500 numbered copies with Certificate of Authenticity

Exclusive cover produced for He-Man.org

Promo ⋅ DC ⋅ 2001

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Scarce promotional exclusive produced for a licensing partnership with Infogrames, a video game developer

Marvel ⋅ 2011

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Cover art by Gabriele Dell'Otto

Copies ordered by retailers: 11,948

Archie ⋅ 2010

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Cover art by Dan Parent

Copies ordered by retailers: 6,000

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,122

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Copies ordered by retailers: 7,504

Variant ⋅ Red 5 ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Sergio Monjes, limited to 100 copies

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Lucius Fox appears as a white man in what appears to be an error by the colorist

Poison Ivy appears in an extremely skimpy costume

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Kevin Pope

Cover art inspired by MAD Magazine

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Interior pin-up art by Gene Simmons from KISS

Image depicts a spaceship flying over an alien landscape, signed by Klein, his mother's maiden name

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1st appearance of Bart Allen as the fourth Flash

1st cameo appearance of Batwoman, Kate Kane

1:25 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Reggie Graham and Jonathan Gray

ComicsPro ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2020

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ComicsPro 2020 retailer conference exclusive

This issue has taken value increases with each sale from $50 to start, then $100 and now $150

1:10 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Chris Brunner

Cover inspired by the film 'Do The Right Thing'

The second printing cover to this issue has nearly an identical cover to the one shown in the image but is considerably less valuable

The less valuable second printing cover has a white Image logo in the lower left corner and a blue back cover

The more valuable 1:10 variant has a light blue Image logo in the lower left corner and a yellow back cover

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Parody of Star Wars

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

Reason: 'The First Americans' story, reprinted from Rulah, Jungle Goddess #22

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

Reason: implication that the United States tests biological weapons on African natives

Reprinted story from Rulah the Jungle Goddess #21

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