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Eastern Color ⋅ 1948

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$25
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1st team appearance of the Three Stooges: Moe, Larry, Curly

⚠️ Misconception: Three Stooges #1 (February 1949) is widely considered the first appearance of the Three Stooges despite this issue's publications six months prior

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$5
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$18
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$60

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Reprint of stories from the The Legend of Zelda (1990) series

Cover art reprinted from issue #5 of the original 1990 series

The 1991 reprint series can be identified by the $1.50 cover price

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Origin of Marvel characters and the Marvel Universe

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1st team appearance of the Fraction, an invading group of alien speedsters

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Described on the CGC label as 'First dis-appearance in comics' written by Robert Venditti with art by Tomas Giorello - 'Invisible Edition'

In actuality, this is a blank acetate sheet officially graded by CGC and registered to the census

34 total graded copies: 11 in 9.8 and one in every other grade except for 1.8 of which there are zero

Bad Idea offered the first five respondents to an email blast an opportunity to obtain a graded copy but distribution of the remaining copies are unknown

Current available sales data: 9.2 sold for $500 in November 2024

8.0 sold for $1,000 in August 2022

3.5 sold for $2,200 in March 2020

3.0 sold for $2,499 in July 2022

1.0 sold for $1,199 in May 2023

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1st appearance of a new female character, unnamed (tap cover and swipe to view)

1st team appearance of the Heat, a gang

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Cover art by Adam Hughes

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1st appearance of Citadel

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$20
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$80

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Classic cover art by Gene Colan and Steve Ditko

Eternity, from Strange Tales #146, and Doctor Strange are superimposed over a photo of New York City

2nd Print ⋅ DC ⋅ 1990

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$20
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$80
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$280

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Scarce newsstand, second printing identified by two factors:

UPC/barcode in lower left corner

Banner at the top that reads ‘Historic Engagement Issue’

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