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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

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1st chronological appearance of Damian Wayne as Robin, a short story that takes place between Battle for the Cowl #3 and Batman and Robin #1 (2009)

Damian Wayne made his first unofficial appearance in the Robin suit in Batman #657 after defeating Tim Drake and usurping the moniker

Damian Wayne is officially chosen to be Robin when Dick Grayson assumes the Batman mantle in Battle for the Cowl #3

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1st chronological appearance of Damian Wayne as Robin, a short story that takes place between Battle for the Cowl #3 and Batman and Robin #1 (2009)

Damian Wayne made his first unofficial appearance in the Robin suit in Batman #657 after defeating Tim Drake and usurping the moniker

Damian Wayne is officially chosen to be Robin when Dick Grayson assumes the Batman mantle in Battle for the Cowl #3

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10-page collaboration by Marvel and ESPN that features LeBron James in an action adventure story

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10-page collaboration by Marvel and ESPN that features LeBron James in an action adventure story

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Second printing

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Second printing

Simpsons Super Spectacular #13

Bongo ⋅ 2011

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Simpsons Super Spectacular #13

Bongo ⋅ 2011

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$15

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Watchmen parody

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,849

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Watchmen parody

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,849

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10

The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3

Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics

There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600

One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10

The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3

Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics

There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600

One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50

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2014 SDCC exclusive

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2014 SDCC exclusive

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Cover art by Frank Frazetta

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Cover art by Frank Frazetta

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Promotional giveaway obtained by purchasing a Marvel watch from Citizen Watch U.S.

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Promotional giveaway obtained by purchasing a Marvel watch from Citizen Watch U.S.

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$0.30 price variant

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$0.30 price variant

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Poison Ivy story written by Neil Gaiman

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Poison Ivy story written by Neil Gaiman

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Ashcan/preview edition, one per store, measures 8.5 in. x 5.5 in

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Ashcan/preview edition, one per store, measures 8.5 in. x 5.5 in

Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1

DC ⋅ 2022

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Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1

DC ⋅ 2022

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$11

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1st appearance of Doombreaker

80-page one-shot celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Death of Superman

Four new stories by the original creative team behind the event

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1st appearance of Doombreaker

80-page one-shot celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Death of Superman

Four new stories by the original creative team behind the event

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2011 Dallas Comic Con exclusive, limited to two per attendee

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2011 Dallas Comic Con exclusive, limited to two per attendee

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

20-page mini-comic measuring 4 in. x 6 in.

Distributed in 16-packs with other comics and intended to be given away as Halloween treats

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

20-page mini-comic measuring 4 in. x 6 in.

Distributed in 16-packs with other comics and intended to be given away as Halloween treats

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Second printing, gray and white Marvel logo in upper left corner

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Second printing, gray and white Marvel logo in upper left corner

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Mini-comic measuring 4 in. x 6 in.

Distributed with a 1990 handbook by Running Press titled Star Collecting Comic Books

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1

Mini-comic measuring 4 in. x 6 in.

Distributed with a 1990 handbook by Running Press titled Star Collecting Comic Books

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1 plus additional content including Twisted ToyFare Theatre

Acetate cover

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #1 plus additional content including Twisted ToyFare Theatre

Acetate cover

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Prototype of the Agents of Atlas: Marvel Boy, Human Robot, Gorilla-Man, Venus, 3-D Man

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Prototype of the Agents of Atlas: Marvel Boy, Human Robot, Gorilla-Man, Venus, 3-D Man

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

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First solo series featuring Spider-Girl

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First solo series featuring Spider-Girl

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1st appearance of the Infinaut, a dimensional traveler

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1st appearance of the Infinaut, a dimensional traveler

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Second printing

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Second printing

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Vampironica, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Vampironica, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Jughead the Zombie, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Jughead the Zombie, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Sabrina Spellman, limited to 250 copies

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Variant cover art by Bill Galvan featuring Sabrina Spellman, limited to 250 copies

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When a group of the galaxy's worst criminals escape a secret intergalactic prison buried beneath Wyoming, a small-town sheriff and a disgraced alien cop must join forces to bring the outlaws to justice before planet Earth explodes

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When a group of the galaxy's worst criminals escape a secret intergalactic prison buried beneath Wyoming, a small-town sheriff and a disgraced alien cop must join forces to bring the outlaws to justice before planet Earth explodes

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Diamond Distributors retailer exclusive given away to comic shop owners at the 2022 Baltimore Comic Con

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Diamond Distributors retailer exclusive given away to comic shop owners at the 2022 Baltimore Comic Con

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In search of fame and fortune, a group of adventurers journey to Orc Island to find a highly valuable Orc skull but find a world unlike anything they could have imagined

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In search of fame and fortune, a group of adventurers journey to Orc Island to find a highly valuable Orc skull but find a world unlike anything they could have imagined

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Adaptation of the first Terrifier film

This was a print-to-order comic book available for $30 per issue on terrifiershop.com in unknown quantities

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Adaptation of the first Terrifier film

This was a print-to-order comic book available for $30 per issue on terrifiershop.com in unknown quantities

Twilight Zone #85

Western ⋅ 1978

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$12

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$45

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Second published Frank Miller interior artwork

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Second published Frank Miller interior artwork

Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #9

Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #9

Marvel ⋅ 2012

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$10

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1st cover appearance of Reed Richards as the Maker, in costume

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1st cover appearance of Reed Richards as the Maker, in costume

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First chapter of Naruto, serialized in Shonen Jump

Prototype of the Naruto universe was published in Akamaru Jump in 1997

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First chapter of Naruto, serialized in Shonen Jump

Prototype of the Naruto universe was published in Akamaru Jump in 1997

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Variant cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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Variant cover art by Bernie Wrightson

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Bondage cover published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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Bondage cover published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

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Variant cover art by Ben Oliver featuring John Stewart

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Variant cover art by Ben Oliver featuring John Stewart

Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #3

Archie ⋅ 1995

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Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #3

Archie ⋅ 1995

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$15

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Cover art by Dan Parent

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Cover art by Dan Parent

Transformers vs. Terminator #4

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2020

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Transformers vs. Terminator #4

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2020

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$12

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$40

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Variant cover art by Freddie Williams II

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Variant cover art by Freddie Williams II

West Coast Avengers #42

Marvel ⋅ 1989

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Vision Quest story arc begins

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Vision Quest story arc begins

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Variant cover art by Jock

25th Anniversary exclusive sold at NYCC 2022

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Variant cover art by Jock

25th Anniversary exclusive sold at NYCC 2022

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

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Variant cover art by John Tyler Christopher

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1

NYCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1

NYCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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$12

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$40

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Reprint of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #1, the first appearance of Moon Girl

Given away at the NYCC 2022 Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur panel

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Reprint of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #1, the first appearance of Moon Girl

Given away at the NYCC 2022 Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur panel

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16-page promotional comic introducing characters from the 2002 online role-playing game: Statesman, War Witch, Apex, Requiem, Thunderclap

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16-page promotional comic introducing characters from the 2002 online role-playing game: Statesman, War Witch, Apex, Requiem, Thunderclap

Elephantmen: Shots #1

Image ⋅ 2015

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$30

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Anthology of stories collected for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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Cover art by J. Scott Campbell

Anthology of stories collected for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Life of Christ: The Easter Story #1

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Life of Christ: The Easter Story #1

Marvel ⋅ 1993

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$15

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Biography of Jesus Christ

Adaptation of the New Testament

Values represent the first printing

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Biography of Jesus Christ

Adaptation of the New Testament

Values represent the first printing

Marvel's Greatest Comics: Hulk #1

Marvel ⋅ 2010

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Marvel's Greatest Comics: Hulk #1

Marvel ⋅ 2010

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$15

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Reprint of Hulk #1 (2008), first cover appearance of the Red Hulk

Copies ordered by retailers: 10,910

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Reprint of Hulk #1 (2008), first cover appearance of the Red Hulk

Copies ordered by retailers: 10,910

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

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Final issue

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Final issue

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Reprint of Blue Beetle #1 (1967), the first appearance of The Question

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Reprint of Blue Beetle #1 (1967), the first appearance of The Question

	Publisher	Low	Mid	High
Crime Illustrated #2	EC	$40	$120	$400
Secret Origins #4	DC	$1	$2	$5
Lebron: King of the Rings #1	Marvel	$1	$2	$10
Secret Invasion: Thor #1	Marvel	$2	$8	$25
Simpsons Super Spectacular #13	Bongo	$1	$5	$15
Action Comics #1	DC	$11.5k	$38k	$115k
Action Funnies #1	DC	$3.5k	$11.3k	$35k
Batman #32	DC	$2	$8	$25
Eerie Magazine #7	Warren	$5	$18	$70
Light On Time #1	Marvel	$0	$0	$0
Warlock #12	Marvel	$12	$45	$145
Secret Origins #36	DC	$1	$2	$10
Gargoyles #1	Dynamite	$1	$5	$15
Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1	DC	$1	$2	$11
Amazing Spider-Man #1	Marvel	$2	$8	$25
Amazing Spider-Man #1	Marvel	$1	$2	$8
Amazing Spider-Man #1	Marvel	$1	$2	$10
Amazing Spider-Man #1	Marvel	$1	$5	$15
Amazing Spider-Man #1	Marvel	$1	$2	$10
What If…? #9	Marvel	$1	$3	$12
Red She-Hulk #58	Marvel	$2	$8	$25
Spider-Girl #1	Marvel	$1	$2	$3
Ultimates #9	Marvel	$1	$2	$4
Unbelievable Gwenpool #0	Marvel	$1	$5	$15
Fear The Funhouse #1	Archie	$5	$15	$50
Fear The Funhouse #1	Archie	$5	$15	$50
Fear The Funhouse #1	Archie	$5	$15	$50
Escape From Wyoming #1	Bad Idea	$1	$2	$8
Gargoyles #1	Dynamite	$3	$9	$30
Orc Island #1	Bad Idea	$1	$2	$7
Terrifier #1	Dark Art Cinema	$15	$50	$150
Twilight Zone #85	Western	$4	$12	$45
Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates #9	Marvel	$1	$2	$10
Weekly Shonen Jump #43	Shueisha	$45	$160	$475
American Vampire #2	DC Vertigo	$4	$12	$40
Underworld Crime #7	Fawcett	$1.6k	$5.5k	$16k
Green Lantern: Lost Army #1	DC	$2	$8	$25
Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #3	Archie	$1	$5	$15
Transformers vs. Terminator #4	IDW	$4	$12	$40
West Coast Avengers #42	Marvel	$1	$2	$3
300 #1	Dark Horse	$5	$15	$55
Mighty Thor #15	Marvel	$5	$15	$50
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #1	Marvel	$4	$12	$40
City of Heroes #1	Dark Horse	$5	$18	$60
Elephantmen: Shots #1	Image	$3	$9	$30
Life of Christ: The Easter Story #1	Marvel	$1	$5	$15
Marvel's Greatest Comics: Hulk #1	Marvel	$1	$5	$15
Riddler: Year One #1	DC	$15	$50	$150
Animal Man #89	DC	$1	$3	$12
Blue Beetle #1	Modern	$4	$12	$45

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Crime Illustrated #2

EC ⋅ 1956

Crime Illustrated #2

EC ⋅ 1956

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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

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One of publisher EC's ‘Picto-Fiction’ magazines, a short-lived and commercially unsuccessful format created to circumvent the newly-formed Comics Code requirements

Secret Origins #4

DC ⋅ 2014

Secret Origins #4

DC ⋅ 2014

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1st chronological appearance of Damian Wayne as Robin, a short story that takes place between Battle for the Cowl #3 and Batman and Robin #1 (2009)

Damian Wayne made his first unofficial appearance in the Robin suit in Batman #657 after defeating Tim Drake and usurping the moniker

Damian Wayne is officially chosen to be Robin when Dick Grayson assumes the Batman mantle in Battle for the Cowl #3

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1st chronological appearance of Damian Wayne as Robin, a short story that takes place between Battle for the Cowl #3 and Batman and Robin #1 (2009)

Damian Wayne made his first unofficial appearance in the Robin suit in Batman #657 after defeating Tim Drake and usurping the moniker

Damian Wayne is officially chosen to be Robin when Dick Grayson assumes the Batman mantle in Battle for the Cowl #3

Lebron: King of the Rings #1

Marvel ⋅ 2012

Lebron: King of the Rings #1

Marvel ⋅ 2012

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10-page collaboration by Marvel and ESPN that features LeBron James in an action adventure story

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10-page collaboration by Marvel and ESPN that features LeBron James in an action adventure story

Secret Invasion: Thor #1

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008

Secret Invasion: Thor #1

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2008

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Second printing

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Second printing

Simpsons Super Spectacular #13

Bongo ⋅ 2011

Simpsons Super Spectacular #13

Bongo ⋅ 2011

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Watchmen parody

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,849

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Watchmen parody

Copies ordered by retailers: 4,849

Action Comics #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

Action Comics #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #1

Cover is the rejected artwork of Detective Comics #1

There are three copies known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 9.0 sold in 2010 for $50,000

One graded 9.2 sold in 2021 for $204,000

Action Funnies #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

Action Funnies #1

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1937

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Ashcan edition, printed for purposes of copyrighting the title 'Action Comics' and a way to prevent competitors from stealing a similarly named title

Interior pages are from Detective Comics #10

The cover art was later used for Action Comics #3

Harry Donenfeld, the publisher of DC at the time also created ashcans with the title Double Action Comics and Triple Action Comics

There are three copies of the Action Funnies ashcan known to exist:

One is said to be locked in a DC Comics vault

One graded 8.5 sold in 2021 for $57,600

One ungraded sold in 2012 for $10,157.50