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Copies ordered by retailers: 13,640

1:30 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Rahzzah featuring Rowdy Roddy Piper

SDCC ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Lynne Yoshii

San Diego Comic Con 2017 exclusive

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2017

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Variant cover art by Lora Innes

Subscription variant

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Origin of Ra's al Ghul

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Joe Jusko

Independent ⋅ 2014

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Independently published and distributed by Matthew Allison

Comics Interview ⋅ 1991

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Cover art by Rob Liefeld

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Plagiarized artwork by Roy Lichtenstein

Lower left image: In The Car (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein

Lower right image: interior panel illustrated by Tony Abruzzo that was swiped by pop culture artist Roy Lichtenstein without attribution or compensation to the original creators

In 2010, In The Car sold for $16.2 million in a Christie's auction

Convention Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Renae De Liz

2010 Convention exclusive

1:25 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Peach Momoko

Hardcover ⋅ Eclipse ⋅ 1990

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128-page hardcover collection titled 'Olympus' that collects Miracleman #11 - #16 (1985 series)

This edition of Miracleman is undoubtedly scarce but for some time, the substantial dollar value associated with Miracleman hardcover and softcover collected trades were the result of legal issues preventing the stories from being reprinted which has since changed though it is reasonable that demand for this particular hardcover with dustjacket continues to command the value that it does

First printing, December 1990

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Rod Reis featuring Cad Bane

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1st appearance of Jocasta Nu

1st appearance of Dexter Jettster, a diner owner

Dark Horse ⋅ 2004

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Cover art featuring Anakin Skywalker, six months before Revenge of the Sith

Copies ordered by retailers: 19,823

Fantagraphics ⋅ 1987

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Written and illustrated by Stan Sakai

Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Adam Hughes

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Jorge Fornes

Cover art inspired by Marvel Age #36 by David Mazzucchelli

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Second printing

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,029

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2018

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Second printing

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1st team appearance of the New Fantastic Four: Wolverine, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Hulk - initially appeared in three issues

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990

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Second printing, 'gold' background, appears to be more brown than gold

1:20 ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Sozomaika

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Rahzzah

Variant ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Valentina Pinto

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2013

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Variant cover art by InHyuk Lee

Variant ⋅ Aftershock ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Alan Quah, limited to 300 copies

Store exclusive

Marvel ⋅ 2004

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1st full appearance of Armageddon, the son of Apocalypse, in an alternate reality

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96-page one-shot

Story concept by Sylvester Stallone, written by Chuck Dixon and Richard C. Meyer

Cover art inspired by Captain America Comics #1 (1941)

Based on characters introduced in The Expendables film franchise

Kickstarter funded at $283,598 by 4,355 backers

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1st appearance of Red Morden, a character similar in design as Karl Edgar Wagner's fantasy hero named Kane

Cover art by Frank Frazetta previously used as trade paperback art for the Kane fantasy novels

Four-issue limited series pits Red Morden against another famous Frazetta painting, Death Dealer

Metahumans Comics ⋅ 2020

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Souvenir book with virgin cover art by Jesus Pedroza, limited to 25 copies

⚠️ Buyer Beware: the cover without text is promoted as limited to 25 copies but the CGC census reports the "Virgin" cover as having 53 graded copies (43 in 9.8)

The census also identifies a 'Variant Cover' that registers 26 total copies (23 in 9.8)

To add to the confusion, there is a separate listing for an Imperial Valley Comic Con 2020 Book without any additional identifying information that counts only 2 copies graded 9.8

Sales range from $200 to $1,500 on eBay

Copies listed for sale range from $500 to $5,600

The Imperial Valley Facebook page made "half" of the copies available online and the rest available at the show but did not clarify if 13 of the 25 virgin copies were for sale online or 12

Values will not be populated until the information on the CGC census is clarified

Tap cover and swipe for screenshots of above info

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1988

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

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1st cameo appearance of Aztek, Nayeli Constant

Print Mint ⋅ 1971

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One-shot by Greg Irons, an artist who gained fame for his tattoo work, album art and as an animator on the Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine'

28-page illustrated narrative that witnesses the Biblical apocalypse through a psychedelic lens

Minimal prose by Tom Veitch from the novel 'The Luis Armed Story'

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1st full appearance of Lord Drakkon and identity reveal

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Second and final issue of a limited series that was solicited as a four issue series but "because of the cost of the license, lack of promotion and the inability of the artist to finish his work on schedule, the 4-issue comic book series was aborted mid-way" according to writer Gary Gerani

DC ⋅ 2020

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Cancelled from standard in-store distribution and distributed in Walmart packs

Walmart ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Variant cover art by Derrick Chew, distributed in Walmart packs

⚠ It should be taken into consideration that it is unclear how many of these variants were printed, distributed or will be distributed in the future

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2015

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Variant cover art by Kevin Nowlan

Kansas City Comic Con 2015 exclusive

Epic ⋅ 1990

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Four-issue series based in the Wild Cards novel universe, set after Wild Cards Book 5

Wild Cards is a shared universe of stories written by over 40 creators and edited by George R.R. Martin (Game of Thrones)

The premise surrounds humans living in a post-World War II United States alternate reality where an alien virus known as the Wild Card rewrites DNA, mutating its hosts in positive or negative ways

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Four-issue series featuring the Simpsons, in-episode animated series 'Itchy and Scratchy'

Includes a poster insert that connects to three other posters found in separate issues to create one Bongo Universe image

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One-shot anthology of stories featuring:

'The Texas Chainsaw Salesman' by Peter Milligan with the Sawyer family from the film franchise remake

'Copycat' featuring Freddy Krueger, written by Christos Gage

Variant ⋅ Acme Ink ⋅ 2021

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Wasatch Comic Con exclusive

Cover art adapted from one of the first Tool concert posters, specifically a 1991 New Year's show where they opened for the band Green Jello

Newsstand ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2008

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Newsstand Edition, indicated by the barcode

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Cover art by Harry Lucey

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Promotional giveaway distributed in stores including Sears, Bamberger's, Poll-Parrot, Lazy Bones

Measures approximately half the size of a standard comic with fewer pages of story

The values associated with this issue are for copies without a retailer logo

Copies with logos in the blank blue space seem to command a lower premium

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New Midnight Sons roster: Morbius, Hellstorm, Werewolf By Night, Man-Thing, Jennifer Kale

1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2016

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Variant cover art by George Perez

Unknown ⋅ 1974

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Anthology of stories by Errol McCarthy, the artist most famous for the artwork on the back of 1980s He-Man action figure packaging

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1st cameo appearance of Chantique

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