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1st cameo appearance of Commander Cody in a standard comic - the TPB was released two weeks earlier, simultaneous to issue #1

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$8

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1st full appearance of Commander Cody

Reprint ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2004

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$9
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$30

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #3, first appearance of Doctor Octopus

Best Buy exclusive, distributed with purchase of Spider-Man 2 DVD

Black border, Not For Resale printed toward the bottom

1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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$9
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$30

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Variant cover art by Sozomaika

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1st appearance of Psyche-Out, a psy-ops specialist affiliated with G.I. Joe

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Reprint of The Amazing Spider-Man #3, first appearance of Doctor Octopus

Marvel Milestone Edition corrects an error from the original where Spider-Man is referred to as Super-Man

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2016

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$55

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Variant cover art by Gerardo Sandoval

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One-shot tie-in that provides background story to the 1999 'found-footage' film

[April 2022 - rumor that LionsGate is interested in developing a reboot]

Second printing credited names across footer colored red / third printing, title and footer credits colored red

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1942

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$12.8k
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$48k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Submitted to secure the 'Superboy' title three years prior to the introduction of the character and seven years before a Superboy title was launched

Reprinted cover from Detective Comics #57 with interior pages from Action Comics #38

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1944

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$2.8k
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$880
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$28.8k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Reprinted cover from Boy Commandos #1 with interior pages from Action Comics #80

One copy known to exist, ungraded

Existence of this ashcan did not surface until 1987

Supergirl character introduced in 1959 and Supergirl title not used until 1972

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1939

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$280k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

8-page reprint of Action Comics #7 including cover art

Two copies known to exist

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1942

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$4.5k
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$45k

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Ashcan edition, published to establish title trademark

Reprinted cover from More Fun Comics #73 with interior pages from Action Comics #38

First Superwoman title launched in 2016

One copy known to exist graded 7.0

Variant ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2000

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Variant cover art by Bruce Timm

TPB ⋅ Acclaim Valiant ⋅ 1990

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96-page trade paperback anthology of stories featuring Nintendo characters

1st appearance of Captain N

1st appearance of Mac from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

Stories later reprinted in standard comic issues

Issue included an unattached 3.5 in. x 6 in. subscription card

Version with and without a price in upper right corner - copies with price appear to be the scarcer item

Eternity ⋅ 1989

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Bondage cover

Eternity ⋅ 1989

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Bondage cover

Marvel ⋅ 1997

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Copies ordered by retailers: 27,727

Price Variant ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 1990

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Variant edition with no price in upper right corner

Gold ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Gold foil edition

Price Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 1940

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$0.15 edition, presumably priced for the Canadian market

Value unknown

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First battle of Black Cat and Silver Sable, one-page story that occurs in a comic book being read and commentated by Beavis & Butt-Head

Keenspot ⋅ 2018

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Three-issue series originally a webcomic then released in 2010 in graphic novel format

A story that takes place in WWII, when a young girl sleeps she doesn't dream but instead experiences the life of a Japanese boy who was born on the same day as her but on the other side of the world

[April 2022 - optioned for film by Israeli producer, Uri Singer]

Marvel ⋅ 1969

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Iconic cover art by Jack Kirby

DC ⋅ 2003

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1st appearance of Black Adam's family, as ghosts: Shiruta (wife), Gon and Hurut (sons)

Westhampton House ⋅ 1999

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$80

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Promotional comic book given away at the SLC Punk! movie premiere in 1998

One-shot adaptation of the movie about the mid-80s punk rock subculture in Salt Lake City, Utah

Convention Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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$75

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Variant cover art by Simon Bisley

Cover art inspired by The Walking Dead #19, first appearance of Michonne

2015 convention exclusive

Dark Horse ⋅ 1999

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Cover art featuring a Xenomorph and tie-in story to the Aliens: Apocalypse series

8-page Usagi Yojimbo story written and illustrated by Stan Sakai

1:40 ⋅ Valiant ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by Adam Gorham

Dell ⋅ 1948

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$215
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$830

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First ongoing series featuring Felix the Cat, published in the U.S.

Dell ⋅ 1942

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First U.S. issue that has Felix the Cat in the title though it is Four Color #15

Collection of newspaper strips

Felix the Cat first appeared in New Funnies #66

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48-page tribute to artist Mike Wieringo who died before completing a What If story featuring this temporary team, introduced in Fantastic Four #347

Marvel donated proceeds from this issue to the Hero Initiative, a charitable organization for comic creators

Thank You  ⋅ Image ⋅ 2022

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$18

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Retailer appreciation edition, one per store

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$15

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Cover art by Scott Fischer

Marvel ⋅ 2022

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2nd appearance of Tosin Oduye, briefly

Cover art inspired by Ultimate Fallout #4

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1st full cover appearance of Peggy Carter, partially seen on the cover of Captain America #161

Warren ⋅ 1966

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Cover art by Frank Frazetta featuring Dracula vs Wolfman

Store Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Richard Luong, limited to 500 copies

Cover art inspired by Haunt of Fear #17

Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Cover art featuring the black Spider-Man suit

Articles include the Origin of Star Comics and The Story Behind the Avengers/JLA Team-Up Controversy

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Variant cover art by Dan Mora

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Variant cover art by Matt Taylor

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1st appearance of Rima the Jungle Girl in a DC series

Adaptation of the 1904 novel, Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson which was later made into a film with Audrey Hepburn as Rima

Earlier comic book adaptation of Green Houses in Classics Illustrated #90 (1959)

Charlton ⋅ 1954

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Pre-code horror Injury-to-Eye panel

Published prior to the establishment of the Comics Code Authority

Hardcover ⋅ Celestial Arts ⋅ 1995

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375-page hardcover collection of fourteen Carl Barks stories

Original retail price: $34.95

Hardcover ⋅ Celestial Arts ⋅ 1981

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375-page leather-bound deluxe collection of fourteen Carl Barks stories

Limited to 5,000 copies

Includes signed and numbered art print by Carl Barks

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IDW begins publishing Back To The Future comic books

2nd Print ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2015

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Second printing

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway ⋅ 1948

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16-page promotional giveaway telling the origin of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz

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1st cameo appearance of the Smiling Man

1st appearance of Mr. Agony

1st appearance of Mr. Ecstasy

Characters named Agony and Ecstasy debuted in Hellblazer #12 seem to be different than this version

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Black and white, measures 4.25 in. x 5.5 in.

Preceded the release of Wizard Magazine

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