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Facsimile ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Facsimile reprint of the first team appearance of the New X-Men

Facsimile ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2019

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Facsimile reprint of the first appearance of the X-Men

Dynamic Forces ⋅ Image ⋅ 2002

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Eight-page preview of 2002 Image series

Dynamic Forces, limited to 5,000 copies

1:25 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2016

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Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2012

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Variant cover art by Skottie Young

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 1998

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Smoking Gun variant cover with no foil

⚠️ Buyer Beware: there is a less valuable but near identical version from Germany that can be identified by the publisher's name Dino in the corner box

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Premiere issue of the third ongoing Casper comic book series

Infinity cover

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30-page measuring 7.5 in. x 9.5 in.

Comic book story of the Hindu deity Krishna

Diamond Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2014

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Variant cover art by Ryan Ottley

Given away to comic shop owners at the 2014 Diamond Retailer Summit exclusive

2nd Print ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Second printing

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Ryan Ottley

Convention Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Ryan Ottey

Partial foil edition

1:50 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Variant sketch cover art by Greg Capullo

1:100 ⋅ Image ⋅ 2009

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Variant sketch cover art by Todd McFarlane

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1st appearance of Jentorra, a royal of the planet K'ai

Variant ⋅ Image ⋅ 2010

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Variant cover art by Jenny Frison

Gold ⋅ Image ⋅ 1993

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1st team appearance of Gen13

Gold edition

Variant ⋅ Dark Horse ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Toni Bruno, limited to 1,500 copies

Pink a la Mode exclusive

Exclusive ⋅ Udon ⋅ 2022

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Variant cover art by Reiq, limited to 250 copies

Udon store exclusive

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Five-issue adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Image ⋅ 2004

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Irey West becomes Impulse

Counterfeit ⋅ Image ⋅ 1995

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Counterfeit edition

According to a post on the CGC forum, a reseller purchased a quantity of the standard edition of this issue and was able to successfully apply a gold stamp to the title text

CGC has graded four copies of the alleged counterfeit with a blue universal label

Error ⋅ SLG ⋅ 1996

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Fourth printing, error edition

Value unknown

DC ⋅ 2016

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1st appearance of Wallace R. West as Kid Flash

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1st appearance of Salome, a Sorceress Supreme of the ancient world

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2011

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1st full team appearance of the Ninjettes

Dynamite Entertainment ⋅ 2011

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1st cameo team appearance of the Ninjettes

Bad Idea ⋅ 2022

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Story of a thief who escapes from hell and is pursued by demons

Multiple choice ending that gives the reader the option of which story to follow in later publications

Bad Idea describes this story as potentially infinite and endless in its diverging narrative

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20-page promotional comic created by Marvel in collaboration with iConnect internet service provider

Story takes place in the 20th Century Fox X-Men Movie Universe

1:30 ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2018

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Variant cover art by Dan Mora

Store Exclusive ⋅ Image ⋅ 2021

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Variant cover art by Bryan Silverbax, limited to 500 copies

Cover art inspired by the Notorious B.I.G. album 'Ready To Die'

2nd Print ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2014

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Second printing

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Anthology of stories available at San Diego Comic Con 1992 or by mail order

Exclusive ⋅ DC ⋅ 2020

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Promotional comic given away in celebration of Burbank, California's installation of a 15-foot statue of Batman based on Jim Lee's character design

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Copies ordered by retailers: 5,924

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Promotional item with sketches of various characters featured in Mortal Kombat Deception including Havik, Tanya, and Sindel, as well as a brief account of the game's history

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2nd appearance of Hypno-Hustler

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1st appearance of Hypno-Hustler

Whitman edition

Whitman ⋅ Western ⋅ 1974

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1st appearance of the Addams Family in a standard format comic

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Promotional giveaway obtained by getting a Covid-19 vaccination

Collaboration by Marvel, Pfizer and Biontech

Dell ⋅ 1946

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First original stories featuring Popeye created for the comic book format, previous publications were collected newspaper strips

Dell ⋅ 1967

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Final issue with interior art and story by long-time Popeye creator Bud Sagendorf

The Popeye title continued with issue #94, published by Charlton Comics with interior art by George Wildman - issue number #93 was never published and issue #95 was the final consecutive Bud Sagendorf cover

Dell ⋅ 1962

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Gold Key/Western begins publishing Popeye

Tile changes from 'Popeye' to 'Popeye the Sailor'

Gamestop ⋅ 2018

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Wraparound cover art by Alex Ross featuring Spider-Man from the PlayStation Universe, published prior to the first in-story appearance in Spider-Geddon #0

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1st appearance of Hypno-Hustler

[December 2022 - Donald Glover reported to be cast in a Sony Spider-Man film that will be written by Myles Murphy, son of Eddie Murphy and focus on the character Hypno-Hustler]

Whitman ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1977

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1st cover appearance of Han Solo and Chewbacca

Whitman edition with UPC in bottom left corner

There is a theory the earliest Whitman 3-pack issues of Star Wars #1 - #3 were printed with UPC codes but they confused the grocery store scanners and were left off later printings

Dell ⋅ 1948

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First ongoing solo-titled Popeye series in standard comic format

Previous issues with Popeye headlining the title fell within a series like Feature Book, King Comics and Four Color

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Obtained as a mailaway offer from Wizard

Story: Ghost Rider pursues the CEO of a company that produces defective motorcycles which burn their owners to death

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Referred to as the 'Remember Pearl Harbor' issue due to the icon on the cover

Pearl Harbor refers to the December 7, 1941 attack on a naval base in Honolulu Hawaii which led to the United States entering World War II

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