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Store Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Store exclusive

Exclusive ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2023

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Black light edition

Antarctic ⋅ 1995

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Final issue

Fanzine dedicated to anime and manga

Variant ⋅ Eternity ⋅ 1989

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Cover art by Bruce Timm, interior black and white reprinted stories

Self-Published ⋅ 2013

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Sketches of Fairest, Indiana Jones, Princess Leia, Gwen Stacy and Batgirl, mostly unpublished

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Copies ordered by retailers: 9,020

Fantastic Comics Group ⋅ 1977

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Independently-published, mini-comic measuring 5.5 in. x 4.25 in. by Peter Laird and brother Don Laird

Interior story includes a chapter of Laird's 'Barbaric Fantasy' which was the first self-published comic he created in 1973

Lenticular ⋅ Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 2020

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Lenticular cover, limited to 50 copies

Aardvark-Vanaheim ⋅ 2021

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48-page expanded version of Spawn #10 (1993) guest-starring Cerebus, written by Dave Sim with art by Todd McFarlane

Limited to 650 copies

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20-page special of full-page illustrations

Bad Idea ⋅ 2023

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Synopsis: at the annual Superhero Awards, one crime fighter will do anything to win Hero of the Year

Distributed at Baltimore Comic Con 2023 Bad Idea panel

Limited to 200 copies

Exclusive ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2012

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NECRA, New England Comic Retailer Alliance store exclusive

This issue has sold for $15 in 2021/2022 until May 2022 when it sold for $80 and again in Sept 2023 for $99

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60-page fanzine named after the Fan-Addict Fan Club and Convention

Interior includes an article about the horror genre in comics, Graham Ingels and an article title 'The Rarest EC of Them All?'

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74-page fanzine named after the Fan-Addict Fan Club and Convention

Interior includes previously unseen artwork by iconic horror artists, an article about Frank Frazetta's youth and first work

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74-page fanzine named after the Fan-Addict Fan Club and Convention

Interior includes an article about Frank Frazetta's early comic career, the death of EC publisher and early comics pioneer Max Gaines in a boating accident plus a tribute to artist Roy Krenkel

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74-page fanzine named after the Fan-Addict Fan Club and Convention

Interior includes an article about Frank Frazetta's work on comic strips, a Wally Wood diorama and the artist's last work for MAD Magazine plus an EC art exhibit

Variant ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2023

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One per store

American Visual Corps ⋅ 1967

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Promotional comic promoting skills education to African American youth for employment

Written by Will Eisner

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Created by Greg Capullo

Copies ordered by retailers: 20,889

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Created by Greg Capullo

Copies ordered by retailers: 14,892

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Created by Greg Capullo

Copies ordered by retailers: 13,025

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Premiere issue of a magazine with games, trivia, puzzles and illustrations dedicated to the Simpsons animated TV series

Interior features an official half-page comic strip story with Krusty the Clown and Sideshow Bob - previous comic book appearances of Simpsons characters were unauthorized or parodies

Complete copies include Springfield Shopper pullout newspaper

This issue was also published with the same content in a smaller 6.5 in. x 9 in. size

Dark Art Cinema ⋅ 2022

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Book two of a three-issue series

This was a print-to-order comic book available for $30 per issue on terrifiershop.com in unknown quantities

1:10 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2019

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Variant cover art by Chris Panda featuring the blueprint of Ectotron, the transforming car of the Ghostbusters

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1998

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Cover art by Bruce Timm

Copies ordered by retailers: 15,121

1:15 ⋅ IDW ⋅ 2018

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Foil cover

Action Lab ⋅ 2014

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Super Mario tribute cover

Copies ordered by retailers: fewer than 1,400 copies

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Copies ordered by retailers: 4,200

Federal Reserve Bank of New York ⋅ 1981

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24-page promotional comic published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Illustrated explanation of how the monetary system works and what causes inflation

Reprinted in 1983 / 1985 / 2001 / 2006 / 2008

National Association of Manufacturers ⋅ 1951

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16-page educational comic book that tells the story of how war causes the price of goods to increase and the value of money to decrease

Also published with the title 'Inflation is Your Fight'

Catechetical Guild ⋅ 1960

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Anti-communism propaganda warning readers of the dangers ahead should Uncle Sam fail to steer clear of the red iceberg

Distributed during the Cold War circa 1960

This book has four editions, each with different back covers

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992

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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$0.10 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1988

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Newsstand edition with $0.50 cover price

16-page reprint of Superman's first appearance from Action Comics #1

Reprint ⋅ DC ⋅ 1992

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Reprint of the first appearance of Superman from Action Comics #1

$1.00/$1.35 cover price and interior ad for World Without Superman: Funeral for a Friend on final page

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Synopsis as described by Andrew Tate on the DNG publisher website: These stories reflect the harsh truths of the Matrix, how I escaped it, and what I predict they will try next

Limited edition, unsigned

Obtained direct from DNGcomics.com

Initial cost: $97.00 - secondary market value unknown

One unsigned copy sold on eBay in September 2023 for $400

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Signature pilot edition, signed by Andrew Tate

Limited to numbered 20 copies, sent randomly to those who purchased a copy of the first issue

Value unknown - initial cost was $97.00 direct from the publisher's website

UK Edition ⋅ Hell Comics ⋅ 1986

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24-page mini-comic measuring 4 in. x 5.25 in.

Sold in the United Kingdom

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Eight-page story written and illustrated by Tony Millionaire (Sock Monkey)

Obtained by collectors who redeemed a First Customer Pin - pins were issued to participating stores, intended to be given to the first customer who purchased a Bad Idea comic on the date it went on sale

Standard-sized comic also distributed with a mini-comic billed as the world's smallest comic, packaged in a 'Karl Paberge' egg

Estimated print run of fewer than 200 copies

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by David Mack

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Variant cover art by Goni Montes

Foil edition

Independent ⋅ 2010

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Sketchbook featuring Wolverine with various Marvel characters framed by individual letters of the alphabet

200 copies were printed by Sean Gordon Murphy, most were given away and approximately 40 were sold

Marvel approached Murphy who created the sketchbook without the publisher's permission. Marvel wanted to take ownership of the illustrations but Murphy refused. An agreement was eventually reached for Murphy to stop producing copies without legal action

Tap cover and swipe to view each illustration

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2018

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Wraparound cover art by Wes Craig

1:10 ⋅ WildStorm ⋅ 2006

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Variant cover art by Jim Lee

Gold ⋅ Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2005

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1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Variant cover art by Chris Bachalo

Secret Variant ⋅ Dstlry ⋅ 2023

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One per store

2nd Print 1:25 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Second printing incentive variant by Peach Momoko

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68-page prestige format edition

Copies ordered by retailers: 3,416

International ⋅ Mundi Comics ⋅ 1974

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Original Fantastic Four story written and illustrated in Mexico

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Copies ordered by retailers: 7,029

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