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Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

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$3

Canadian ⋅ DC ⋅ 1987

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$1
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$2
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$3

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2001

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$1
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$2
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$7

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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$1
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$2
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$7

Key Facts

Variant cover art by Brett Booth

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2021

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$1
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$2
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$7

Variant ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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$1
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$2
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$7

Flash #1

Non-Key

Annual ⋅ DC ⋅ 2022

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$1
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$2
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$6

DC ⋅ 1988

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$1
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$2
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$3

DC ⋅ 2013

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$1
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$2
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$5

DC ⋅ 2019

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$1
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$2
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$5

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

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$1
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$2
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$3

DC ⋅ 1989

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$1
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$2
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$3
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$1
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$3
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$12

Key Facts

1st full appearance of Wallace R. West, later becomes Kid Flash

DC ⋅ 2020

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$2
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$5

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1989

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$2
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$3

Key Facts

1st appearance of Chillblaine

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$2
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$5

Key Facts

1st team appearance of the Acolytes of Zoom: Folded Man II, Magali, Roscoe Dillon, Human Block

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1991

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$3

Key Facts

1st appearance of Chillblaine

DC ⋅ 1992

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$3

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992

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$3
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$1
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$2
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$3

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of Argus, a federal agent who received superpowers after an alien parasite bit him

DC ⋅ 1994

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$3

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1994

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$3

DC ⋅ 1995

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$2
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$4

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1995

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$1
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$2
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$4

DC ⋅ 1996

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$2
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$3

DC ⋅ 1997

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$2
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$4

DC ⋅ 1998

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$2
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$3

DC ⋅ 1999

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$1
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$2
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$3

Newsstand ⋅ DC ⋅ 1999

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$2
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$3

DC ⋅ 2000

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$1
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$2
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$4

Softcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 2009

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$1
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$2
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$3

Softcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 2010

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$1
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$2
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$3

Softcover ⋅ DC ⋅ 2012

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$1
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$2
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$3
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$65k
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$147k
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$480k

Key Facts

1st appearance and origin of the Flash, Jay Garrick

First mention of Keystone City, protected by The Flash

1st appearance and origin of Hawkman, Carter Hall

1st appearance Shiera Sanders, later becomes Hawkgirl

1st appearance of Hath-Set, the first villain of Hawkman

1st appearance of Johnny Thunder

1st appearance of Yz, Johnny Thunder's thunderbolt

Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 1939

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$1.8k
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$6k
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$18k

Key Facts

Black and white Ashcan printed in small quantities to establish title copyright during a time when publishers DC and Fawcett were competing to secure intellectual property

Cover art is from Adventure Comics #41, interior contents from All-American Comics #8

There are 5 copies known to exist

Ashcan ⋅ Fawcett ⋅ 1940

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$1.4k
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$5.5k
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$18.5k

Key Facts

12-page black and white Ashcan, a way to establish copyright by printing small-quantities and distributing to show proof of intellectual property ownership

1st appearance of Captain Thunder (Billy Batson), renamed Captain Marvel to avoid more copyright issues from Fiction House's character Captain Terry Thunder

Fawcett couldn't use the title Flash Comics due to All-American Comics (DC) already having secured the rights

8 copies were printed in 1940 but prior to 1986, collectors were unaware of its existence

High value is from a 2008 sale of a 9.4 graded copy

Foil ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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$2
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$9

Blank ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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$1
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$2
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$8

Facsimile ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024

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$1
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$2
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$7
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$4.8k
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$13.8k
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$47k

Key Facts

2nd appearance of the Flash

1st cover and 2nd appearance of Hawkman

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$875
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$1.9k
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$8.7k

Key Facts

3rd appearance of the Flash

1st appearance of King Standish, a master of disguise

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$645
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$1.4k
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$6.5k

Key Facts

4th appearance of the Flash

DC ⋅ 1940

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$240
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$720
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$2.4k
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$1k
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$3k
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$10k

Key Facts

2nd cover appearance of the Flash

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$1.2k
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$4.8k
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$12.2k

Key Facts

2nd cover appearance of Hawkman

DC ⋅ 1940

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$400
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$1.2k
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$4k

DC ⋅ 1940

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$310
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$930
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$3.1k

DC ⋅ 1940

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$220
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$660
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$2.2k

DC ⋅ 1940

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$170
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$510
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$1.7k

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