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1940 DC COMICS BATMAN #1 (CGC 8.0)

Ray Cheng — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:19:00 +0000

Less than a year after his 1^st Appearance in Detective Comics #27, Batman was given his own self-titled series with the release of Batman #1 in 1940. Introducing The Joker and Catwoman, Batman #1 remains a landmark issue in comic history, more than 80 years later. #BATMAN is a 1940 Batman #1 Comic Book graded CGC 8.0. With just 7 examples graded higher, #BATMAN is one of the finest preserved copies of one of the most sought-after comics in the world. Copies of Batman #1 in any grade are nearly impossible to find and public sales of CGC 8.0 examples have occurred just eight times since 2002.

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1956 SHOWCASE #4 COMIC BOOK

Ray Cheng — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 18:25:36 +0000

In the early 1950s, superhero comics had become controversial and were dealing with struggling sales. When the DC comic book entitled Showcase took a chance on an old superhero, The Flash, they did so in a way nobody was expecting – the character had been completely updated and revised, ushering in a whole new era of comic book superheroes with modern costumes, contemporary secret identities, as well as real-world concerns and weaknesses. #SHOWCASE4 is a 1956 Showcase #4 Comic Book published by D.C. Comics graded CGC 7.5 and a copy of what many consider to be the first Silver-Age comic ever printed.

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1977 Star Wars #1 Comic Book

Ray Cheng — Tue, 18 May 2021 17:28:00 +0000

When 20th Century Fox approached Stan Lee in 1977 to produce a comic adaptation of its upcoming epic space-opera, he was understandably hesitant. However, Lee’s decision to create a Star Wars comic book ultimately paid off: the film became an overnight sensation and sales of the comic book series saved Marvel from financial ruin. Rally’s #STARWARS1 is a rare 35-cent variant copy of Star Wars #1 graded VF/NM 9.0 by CGC. Marvel produced only ~1,500 copies of the more expensive 35-cent variant to use in test markets and this #STARWARS1 is one of the top 50 graded examples in existence.

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1940 Batman #1 Comic Book

Ray Cheng — Wed, 12 May 2021 18:23:01 +0000

After the success of his first appearance in Detective Comics #27, Batman was given his own series in the spring of 1940. Rally’s #BATMAN1 is an original copy of the landmark Batman #1 issue, which featured the Dark Knight’s origin story and the first appearance of both the Joker and Catwoman. Graded FR/GD 1.5 by CGC, #BATMAN1 is one of the top 100 graded copies in existence and with less than one hundred publicly available sales over the past twenty years, it’s no wonder why this issue is one of the most valuable and highly sought-after Golden Age comic books.

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1963 Amazing Spider-Man #1 Comic Book

Ray Cheng — Wed, 12 May 2021 17:40:59 +0000

From the minds of legendary comic book creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has captivated superhero fans for decades and was a key element in Marvel Comics’ rise to prominence in the early 1960’s.

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1963 X-MEN #1 Comic Book

Ray Cheng — Wed, 12 May 2021 16:56:21 +0000

Looking for new stories in the early ‘60s, Stan Lee began brainstorming characters and their super-powers. Having used the “radioactive-accident” origin story multiple times, Lee “took the cowardly way out” and decided they would be born mutants, providing the spark for the X-Men. He originally called the team the Mutants, but was advised by Marvel’s publisher that kids were unfamiliar with the term, so instead settled on the name X-Men. The X-Men series was not an immediate hit, but caught a second wind in 1975 when writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum introduced new characters like Wolverine and Nightcrawler.

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