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Gold ⋅ Eclipse ⋅ 1985

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$60
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$600

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San Diego Comic Con 1985 exclusive, limited to 400 copies

Signed by Alan Moore and numbered with Certificate of Authenticity, printed on gold-colored paper

There are even rarer copies of the Gold CoA edition that were signed by Alan Moore in case someone made an error when hand-numbering the certificates

These copies were not destroyed but sold at the convention and can be identified by the absence of numbering but Moore's signature is still on the first page, signed in pen

The lettering on the certificate was provided by the creator of Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai who is credited on the CoA

Sakai was not paid in cash, but instead accepted two copies of the gold CoA editions of Miracleman #1

Original convention exclusive cost: $50

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3rd and final issue with the new title Star Spangled War Stories that uses the issue numbers continued from Star Spangled Stories

Next issue is numbered #3 so this issue and the next are both designated as the 3rd issue

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Cover art by Charles Vess featuring the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley

Feature ⋅ 1940

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$615
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$1.9k
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$10k

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1st appearance of Frankenstein in comics, back-up story set in 1930s New York City

1st appearance of Dr. Frost

1st appearance and origin of the Green Lama in a comic book

⚠ Misconception: many resources mislabel Green Lama's first appearance due to multiple appearances in single-page promotional ads for Double Detective pulp magazine

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Origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Reintroduction of Casey Jones, in costume in the IDW series

Timely ⋅ 1943

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$70
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$200
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$770

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1st appearance of Super Rabbit

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$5
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$15
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$60

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Variant cover art by Dave Steward

Marvel ⋅ 2017

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$2
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$4

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1st appearance of Black Galactus, Butcher of Worlds (the aftermath of being stabbed with the Necrosword in Thor: God of Thunder #23)

1st appearance of Throg in the mainstream Marvel Universe

Ego the Living Planet becomes Necroworld

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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$8
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$20

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Variant cover art by Tommy Lee Edwards, limited to 3,000 copies

D.I.C.E. [Dublin International Comic Expo] 2012 exclusive

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$2
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$8
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$20

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1st cameo appearance of Moonstone

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