The 1st appearance and 1st cover appearance of Morbius is definitely a classic Marvel Bronze Age comic. Sounds familiar, doesnt it thats because, besides the first Avengers movie, it is also the plot of the first Avengers issue. Most Valuable Comic Books of All Time By Craig Donofrio, updated on February 25, 2022 DC Comics / Heritage Auctions Ever since Superman's first appearance in 1938, comic books have captured the hearts and minds of children and adults with stories of heroes and the evildoers they vanquish. Texas: San Antonio area (suspected but not confirmed). But before he was part of the Justice League, battling interdimensional beings, Manhunter went undercover as a human detective, solving very earthly crimes. Kirby created or co-created Captain America, Black Panther, X-Men, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Nick Fury, Eternals, Fantastic Four, Inhumans, Darkseid, Thor, Loki, Baron Zemo. The first iteration of the Torch was actually a robot invented by Phineas T. Horton. Also, what X-Men fan doesn't know Colossus and Nightcrawler? Of course, his father is an evil mastermind that seeks to threaten the world (low key the western world), and Shang discovers his father is evil and ends up joining Sir Denis Nayland Smith, a British character from Sax Rohmer's novels, as an ally to MI-6 (foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom) in fighting against his father and mostly Asian baddies. Shang-Chi is an original character and first appears in Special Marvel Edition #15, but Fu Manchu is a character that Marvel bought the rights to and first appeared in the novel, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu. You know, many of the characters that debuted in this comic will eventually be introduced in the MCU X-Men franchise! Highest and most recent sale of a CGC 9.8 of Marvel Spotlight #5 was at a whopping $264,000 that sold at Heritage Auctions in 2021. I grew up with the character in the late 80s and 90s. We shall see. A 9.6-graded copy sold for $126,500 in 2002, but that record was demolished when an 8.5-graded copy that originally sold for $49,294 was resold for $200,000 through Heritage Auctions make-an-offer feature in 2012. Again with the mutants. "Batman was pulp, born and bred. Therefore, they selected a few certain regions to test this out, and it just wasn't with this particular Star Wars comic. Debuting several months before the release of the movie of the same name, the Star Wars comic was hardly a huge success until George Lucas' cinematic . He was sent to Earth by his father, Odin, in order to teach him humility. Cover art by Gil Kane, John Romita and Gaspar Saladino. How far up the rankings will this book go when Marvel/Disney finally casts Logan? In a rare departure from the vintage Marvel cards, this specific mint 9 grade Spiderman card from 2013 is one of the highest selling Marvel cards in the past few years. For instance, theres a note on the cover that says Frank R. Paul, who drew the cover, received $25 for his work (about $460 today). Pretty crazy, but this is a 1982 comic and has the fan-favorite story-arc. 10's story. I am not too confident. Despite being one of the most sought out Bronze Age key comics amongst collectors, quite a few are arguing that the 1st cameo of Wolverine in the prior issue of Incredible Hulk #180 should be the more sought-out and valuable between the two. References: SellMyComicBooks, ScreenRant, CheatSheet, CollectivePop. Thankfully, it did happen that way, otherwise, we would have just had a litany of Spidey and X-Men movies and instead of characters like Black Panther and the Guardians of the Galaxy getting their own movies, Iron Man and Cap wouldve been the second-tier characters getting their own movies. That being said, his theatrical debut in Amazing Spider-Man received generally favorable reviews and helped bump up the Lizards debut issue to 71k, which is not a bad investment. to own this issue, consider yourselves lucky hold onto the book and you probably will have doubled or tripled your investment soon. It's actually the 35 Cent Price Variant, as the regularly distributed version was 30 cents. The Bronze Age of Comics was a great and creative time in comics and produced many iconic characters, stories, and works of art. Also, usually the stories inside are told in black and white. Once again, when them X-Men finally hit the silver screen under the MCU, it will interesting to see how excitement hits this book at all grades. Hands down, the most expensive X-Men comic of the 1980s is the first one. (Image courtesy J.T.P. Going down a grade to CGC 9.6, the most recent sale of that was $5,760 on Aug 23, 2021. Well, the first Black superhero was Black Panther, but the first Black superhero to star in his own headlining comic title was Luke Cage. But it's also a very rare find being from 1941. He's been a Marvel cash-cow since the 70s and the most popular Marvel character of the 80s and 90s. It was originally going to be used as the cover for "Detective Comics" No. and too many to list. We compiled the all-time auction price records for comic books as of February 9th, 2023. The character was originally Captain Marvel but became Photon and then Spectrum in the Marvel comic books . After appearing in Amazing Fantastic #15, Spider-Man got his own title series written by Stan Lee, with art by Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby. As you can already see, 2021 was a crazy year for record-breaking comic sales. $22,200 was the price the most recent CGC 9.8 Amazing Spider-Man #101 copy sold for in September of 2021. In 2017, one buyer purchased "Sensation Comics" for $399,100 on eBay. However, they do have very high grades like 9.9s or 10s that are extremely valuable. Previously, the highest-priced issue of this book sold for $227,050 and was a 9.0-graded pay copy, meaning it was used to record how much each contributor was paid. He has been responsible for perhaps Spideys greatest tragedy, the death of teenage love, Gwen Stacy. And before that sale, a 9.0 copy of "Action Comics" No. Marvel Comics #1 - About $1.2 Million. Even with so many superhero movies and TV shows out there, there's still probably only three characters that even people who have never picked up a comic book know exactly how they got their powers, and one of thems Spiderman. Ride, captain ride upon your mystery ship / Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip / Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship / On your way to a world that others might have missed. Kicking off the list of the 20 most valuable comic books on the planet is the first issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, a Marvel comic dedicated to the web-slinger, following his smashing success in Amazing Fantasy #15. . Another one sold on Dec 4, 2020 for $8,000.00 on eBay, and December 17, 2020 saw a $5,050.00 over at Comic Connect. This issue of "Detective Comics" from 1940 features the first appearance of Robin, who was created to attract a younger audience. Since his debut, the not-so-jolly green giant has been in all kinds of media, making fanboys go nuts. These are Universal copies, and there are zero Signature Series for the grade. Here are the 18 Rarest And Hardest To Find Comic Books. A 9.0 copy sold for $411,000 in 2016 at auction, and three years later a 9.4-graded copy sold for over double that price on eBay. This comic book marks the first appearance of iconic X-Men, including Charles Xavier, Magneto Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and Iceman. With art by Jack Kirby, this is a gorgeous-looking comic and an absolute classic comic. Whether or not you're in the 1st cameo or 1st full appearance camp for this muttie runt, it's still clear that Wolverine remains one of the most popular and well-known superhero characters to come out of the Bronze Age. Through Namor, they can link a whole heap of characters and locations. Also, the CBCS census has zero entries for 9.8s of this comic. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Even nowadays when fans see # of Page specials, they can get a little giddy with all of the extra goodies found throughout their favorite comic books. However, the character or spin-offs of the character did make a slight comeback with the character of Warpath. This 8.0-graded comic fetched $252,100 in 2017, the same year that "Riverdale" debuted on the CW network. He, originally the character was male, made his first appearance in 1940 within the pages of "Whiz Comics" No. For the purposes of this list, we're using values based on recent auctions and assuming that your closet isn't some Narnian portal that opens up into a 1960s comic store; we're going to assume that everything you can find in your closet could be purchased at your local comic shop, and was published during the late '80s and beyond. While not as valuable as some o DCs books or even some other Marvel books, this book like Cap is timeless and in theory, could bump in value at a moments notice and is currently valued at best at 343 thousand. Ever since Supermans first appearance in 1938, comic books have captured the hearts and minds of children and adults with stories of heroes and the evildoers they vanquish. In the Fantastic Four #5, we are introduced to the grand villain, Dr. Doom, who has been a thorn in the FFs and entire MCUs side for over 50 years. An issue of X-Men #94 with a CGC grade of 9.8 sold for $58,000 in April 2021. What's even more startling to me is that this comic came out in 1971 but has quite a bit more copies in the CGC Census for 9.8s than Marvel Spotlight #5. But something went awry and Doc was turned into a giant Lizard. For that, his first adventure has been known to sell for as much as 110K. On top of the important debuts, Wolverine joins the X-Men in this issue, and there's no doubt that his popularity helped to make the 2nd incarnation of the X-Men a success. But with the massive fanbase the Hulk has, plenty people would be able to bring a copy home for themselves. The X-Men might be hands down one of the greatest creations in sci-fi/ fantasy / comic books. This comic is definitely loaded with a lot of key comic goodness. If the movie is a hit, I expect demand for this to continue to rise. 31 copy above a 4.0 grade, which might explain how a 5.0-graded one sold for $131,450 in 2017. A monumental piece of Americana valued at $126,000. Sep. 12, 2021 saw a $8,400.00 sale of a CGC 9.6 via Heritage Auctions. The debut was a three-chapter story which featured Soviet spies and flying bugs. most valuable comics from the 2000s. Captain Marvel was originally created not by Marvel, but by the comic publisher M.F. The first issue of Captain America not only introduces all of us to Steve Rogers but his sidekick Bucky too. Again, Spider-Man in the comic books is akin to Mickey Mouse and Disney. Although the most recent sale of a CGC 9.8 was back on Feb 21, 2016 and sold for a whopping $24,000.00, we should see how recent sales of CGC 9.6 grades are at. Ultra-Humanite was Supermans greatest antagonist until Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Lex Luthor in 1940. This is the first time that story was told (you can see those original panels here). In many ways, Amazing Spider-Man #300 was the turning point in Spider-Man's history, making it a book beloved not only for its value, but also its story. Highest known CGC 9.8 sale for this comic sold for $72,000 at Heritage Auctions in July of 2021. In this case, the regions tested were. The first appearance of Captain America featuring him gloriously punching Hitler on the cover sold for a whopping $343,057 in 2011. We're talking about a guy who knew little to nothing about Chinese culture and felt apt to write about it in a way that absolutely portrayed it as morally and culturally inferior. Anyway and seriously, look at Wolvie's mask on the cover of this issue compared to the cover of Incredible Hulk #181. Cover by Frank Miller and Josef Rubinstein. You could conceivably find and ungraded good condition copy for several hundred dollars and then send it off to CGC to make bank on your purchase. 2. The September sales were at Heritage Auctions and the June sale was from eBay. He has found ways over the years of suppressing the beast, but similar to the Hulk, it's just not easy being green. The interior of it is previously published pages from "Detective Comics" No. Then, 10 years later, another copy this one only graded a 7.0 broke that record when it sold for $1.5 million in 2020, making it the third most expensive comic book in the world. Another comic that a movie was based off of, and this one is none other than the fan-favorite X-Men story arc, Days of Future Past, starting in X-Men #141. Bruces father tries to intervene, and the criminal shoots them dead. 4, DC revitalized the Flash with a whole new look and character. The following contains spoilers for Star Wars #32 from Marvel Comics. Cool! This book is consistently sought after by collectors as it is considered the true first Marvel comic book of all time. "Hulk" No. Third full appearance of Wolverine, and his first in an X-Men title. Namor in the comics is the King of Atlantis who has a thing for Sue Storm, and is the companys first Mutant. While both issues have always been high priced, find a pristine copy and you never know how much more it could nab you. The 68-page comic originally released in 1941 with a 10-cent cover price. Daredevil was designed by Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Bill Everett. Published in 1955, "Detective Comics" No. The most expensive copy of this book sold in 2017 for a bit over $149,000. 1 began with only Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp as its founding members. 7 Amazing Spider-Man #298 - $146 This is Todd McFarlane 's first issue. It sold in 2008, and it seems to be the only copy in existence in such good condition. The massive superhero team up saw them do battle with Namor who fled to the Northern Seas where a super soldier from Brooklyn was knocked out of his block of ice and began to thaw. However, if the House Of Ideas hadn't sold off the rights to their most popular heroes like the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and of course your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, then perhaps the Marvel Cinematic Universe wouldn't be what it is today. There are a few comics that do have third-party graded 9.9 and 10 sales that are not featured here as well and are considered Bronze Age Comics. . "Fantastic Comics" No. That is something to bank on in the future. Copies with as low as a 0.5 grading can fetch over $2,000 on eBay, and one recent sale on the auction site was a 7.0, which sold for $19,000 in May 2019. Theyre the Fantastic Four, a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby creation that quickly became a fan favorite. 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As much fun as seeing an all-Hulk jamboree might be, it's the neon green and pink cover of this classic that's truly iconic. Phoenix has become an extremely iconic X-Men character in Marvel Comics without a doubt.