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Archie ⋅ 1995
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1st appearance of Scrappy-Doo in-story, previously appeared in advertisements for the animated TV series

Archie begins publishing Scooby-Doo stories

DC Logo ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994
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DC Universe logo

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Battle of Wolverine versus Deadpool

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Copies ordered by retailers: 6,245

Image ⋅ 1993
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1st appearance of Backlash, an expert hand-to-hand combatant

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Variant cover art by Chris Allan

Hot Topic exclusive limited to 1,000 copies

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Variant cover art by Jamie Tyndall

Store exclusive limited to 750 copies

Archie ⋅ 2018
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Premiere issue of the spin-off series that began in Betty and Veronica issue #262

WildStorm ⋅ 2019
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Reintroduction of The Authority: Jenny Sparks, Apollo, Midnighter, Jack Hawksmoor, The Engineer, Shen Li-Men

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Cover art by John Romita Jr. featuring Mary Jane

Price Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1976
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$0.30 price variant

Marvel ⋅ 1984
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Premiere issue

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Cover art by Todd McFarlane

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2009
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Variant cover art by Mike Mignola

United Plankton Pictures ⋅ 2012
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Cover art by Jacob Chabot

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1st appearance of Tarot, a witch who belongs to the Order of the Black Rose

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1st appearance of Boo Cat

1st appearance of Licorice Dust

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Ashcan ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2015
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Ashcan edition preceded the first official issue

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Expanded origin stories based on characters from the 2009 Borderland game

Origin of Mordecai, a playable character from the game

1:20 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2010
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Variant cover art by Art Adams

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015
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Variant cover art by W. Scott Forbes

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1st full appearance of Koga Thun

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Scarce, hard-to-find

The first and to date only 9.8 sale was for $400 in Feb 2024

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Scarce, hard-to-find

Walmart ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019
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Variant cover art by Artgerm similar to his Life of Captain Marvel #1 variant except Carol's hair is long

Sold in Walmart three-packs

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014
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Variant cover art by J. G. Jones

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2nd appearance of Battle Angel, Alita

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3rd appearance of Battle Angel, Alita

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'Colonel Corps'

Promotional issue given away at New York Comic Con 2016

Cover art inspired by Justice League #1 (1987)

C2E2 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2019
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Given away at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2019 to promote the Shazam movie

Image ⋅ 2005
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Continuing his journey into the shadowy history at the heart of America, Spawn travels to the icy backwoods of Minnesota.

Image ⋅ 2005
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Wraparound cover art by Philip Tan

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2005
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Low print run

Variant wraparound cover art by Philip Tan featuring Spawn's enemies

Image ⋅ 2006
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1st cameo and cover appearance of Zera, Queen of the Seraphim

Image ⋅ 2006
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'Beyond Good and Evil' Phillip Tan cover

Image ⋅ 2018
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Debut of new powers for Cyan Fitzgerald

Harris ⋅ 2001
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Cover art by Mike Mayhew

Cover art inspired by the film 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

3rd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Variant third printing cover art by Ryan Stegman, cover reproduced from interior art

1st full appearance of Knull

Considered by some collectors to be Knull’s first cover appearance although Venom #5 had a store exclusive with Knull on the cover and a second printing of Venom #4 featured the character's likeness as well

Both covers preceded the one shown

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Copies ordered by retailers: 9,765

1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Variant virgin cover art by Frank Cho

DC ⋅ 2011
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Cover art by Adam Hughes

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1st appearance of the Cheetah in the Silver Age

1st appearance of the second Dr. Psycho

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1st team appearance of Night Shift: Brothers Grimm, Gypsy Moth, The Needle, Tatterdemalion, Shroud, Digger, Dansen Macabre, Tick Tock

Image ⋅ 2014
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Lowest quantity of standard cover A copies ordered by retailers: 11,714

Marvel ⋅ 1978
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1st team appearance of the Brothers Grimm

Marvel ⋅ 1979
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First meeting of Spider-Man and Spider-Woman in the mainstream Marvel Universe although they did appear together earlier in the Children's Television Universe alternate reality of Spidey Super Stories #32

Marvel ⋅ 2018
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Death of Silver Surfer as the Fallen One

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1st appearance of Tatterdemalion, a physically capable combatant with an obsession to punish the wealthy

1st appearance of Sarnak, a gifted audio technician

First mention of the Committee

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1st appearance of Hilda the Witch, prototype of Aunt Hilda Spellman

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