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Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2023

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2007

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$4

Dark Horse ⋅ 2007

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Dark Horse ⋅ 2007

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$4

Dark Horse ⋅ 2008

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$4

Dark Horse ⋅ 2008

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$3

Dark Horse ⋅ 2008

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$4

Catechetical Guild ⋅ 1963

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$15
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$40
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$140

Key Facts

84-page oversized one-shot reprinting stories from:

Kung-Fu Special (1974)

Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1

Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #2

Archie ⋅ 1942

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$380
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$1.1k
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$3.8k

Key Facts

Origin of Hangman retold

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$12k

Key Facts

First solo Captain Marvel comic to feature stories of the hero throughout

Pre-dates Captain Marvel Adventures #1

Key Facts

Reprint of Giant Size X-Men #1

2nd team appearance of the New Mutants, in a back-up story featuring Kitty Pryde celebrating her birthday

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Canadian ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Key Facts

Reprint of Giant Size X-Men #1

2nd team appearance of the New Mutants, in a back-up story featuring Kitty Pryde celebrating her birthday

Key Facts

Reprint of Action Comics #80, reproduced by DC Comics for the Navy with simplified text for literacy courses administered to active sailors

52-page comic that acted as a textbook, beginning with instructions for educators on how to use the resource followed by a story that ended with a reading comprehension quiz

Six comics were reproduced in this manner between 1944 - 1945 and can be identified by the words 'Special Edition - U.S. Navy' on the cover

Key Facts

Reprint of Action Comics #33, reproduced by DC Comics for the Navy with simplified text for literacy courses administered to active sailors

52-page comic that acted as a textbook, beginning with instructions for educators on how to use the resource followed by a story that ended with a reading comprehension quiz

Six comics were reproduced in this manner between 1944 - 1945 and can be identified by the words 'Special Edition - U.S. Navy' on the cover

Fantagraphics ⋅ 2014

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Image ⋅ 2007

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Image ⋅ 2007

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Image ⋅ 2008

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Image ⋅ 2009

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SLG ⋅ 1989

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Marvel ⋅ 1971

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$140

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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$60

Marvel ⋅ 1971

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$25

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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$15

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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$18

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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$18

Marvel ⋅ 1972

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$20

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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$12
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$40

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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$25

Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Marvel ⋅ 1973

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Marvel ⋅ 1973

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$350

Key Facts

1st appearance of Shang-Chi, the Master of Kung-Fu

1st appearance of Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith

1st appearance of Fu Manchu, father of Shang-Chi, later renamed Han, then Zheng Zu

1st team appearance of Si-Fan, a secret society with allegiances to Fu Manchu

1st appearance of Shang-Chi's unnamed mother, an American - later retconned in Shang-Chi #4 (2021)

Mark Jewelers ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1973

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$180
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$600

Key Facts

1st appearance of Shang-Chi

4-page interior Mark Jewelers advertisement, printed on paper stock and bound into the centerfold

Distributed to stores near military bases or on-site

Approximately only 5% of the print run included these advertisements

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$30
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$90
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$300

Key Facts

2nd appearance of Shang-Chi

1st appearance of Midnight Sun, a highly trained martial artist and master of stealth

Title becomes Master of Kung-Fu

As of December 1, 2023 there exists only 18 copies in 9.8 on the census compared to 129 copies for Shang Chi's first appearance in Special Marvel Edition #15

Key Facts

Scarce 180-page 1980 promotional giveaway

Introduction by Superman explaining the meaning of The Olympics

Celebrity appearances: Julius Erving, Pele, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Jenner

Charlton ⋅ 1965

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$35
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$110

Charlton ⋅ 1965

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$8
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$30

Charlton ⋅ 1965

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$8
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$225

Key Facts

1st appearance of Judomaster

Species #1

Non-Key

Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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Adaptation of the 1995 sci-fi horror movie of the same name

Species #2

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Dark Horse ⋅ 1995

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