My rarest Comics
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Suspense #39 Origin and 1st appearance of Iron Man. My copy is no better than Fr with an ad page missing, but who cares?
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Origin and First appearance of Hal (Green Lantern) Jordan. I've had this for ages, but my copy is well worn and well read!
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1st issue of the JLA in their own mag. My copy is coverless, but otherwise complete.
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1st appearance of the JLA - a Silver Age Classic. The sucess of the League led Stan Lee to create his own super-team, the FF.
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Origin and 1st appearance of the Silver Age Hawkman and Hawkgirl
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1st appearance of the Avengers. My copy is dog-eared and held together with magic tape!
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After 4 Showcase appearances, the Flash returns to his own magazine to get the Silver age really up and running.
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The rarest of them all. First appearance and origin of Spider-man.
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GL flies into his own magazine after 3 Showcase appearances.
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DC's Silver Age revolution continues with the introduction of the Atom.
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Marvel completes its first batch of heroes as they introduce Daredevil
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Cap joins the Avengers in this classic tale.
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Adam Strange run begins after his "tryout" in Showcase.
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This is a hard to find issue. Features Pied Piper and the first of a Gorilla Grodd trilogy.
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DC opens up the Multiverse in the classic "Flash of Two Worlds"
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First meeting of the Justice League and Justice Society.
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Concluding the first adventure with the JLA and JSA.
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All time classic which introduces us to Galactus and the Silver Surfer
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Flying out of the pages of the Fantastic Four, the Surfer gets his own double sized comic.
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A second chance for those (like me) who missed these origins first time around.
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The Second GL tryout book.
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In their second try-out book, the League must overcome the Weapon's master.
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In their third adventure, the JLA must overcome Amazo. The team graduated to their own book after this issue.
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Out of Tales of Suspense and into his own title comes Iron Man as the second wave of Marvel mags is launched.
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Wow! Spidey battles 6 of his most dangerous foes in this unashamed advert for the whole Marvel Universe!
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The FF battle Submariner and his followers in this epic tale.
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Green Arrow (Belatedly?) Joins the JLA in the classic, "Doom of the Star Diamond."
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The Avengers clash with the Space Phantom - Awesome!
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Another classic tale sees the Avengers battle the Lava Men and also try to subdue a rampaging Hulk!
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Cap forms a new team of Avengers.
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The New-look Batman in his own title for the first time.
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First appearance of the SA Riddler.
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Introducing Nick Fury, Agent of Shield.
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Nick Fury graduates to his own magazine in the second wave of Marvel comics.
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The King of the 7 seas gets his own Magazine.
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First in a run of Aquaman tales that leads to him getting his own title.
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2nd try-out for the Tiny Titan on the way to gaining his own title.
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Origin and first appearance of the Metal Men.
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The Tiny Titan gets his own magazine.
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Out of the pages of Tales to Astonish, Sub-Mariner gets his own title.
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Debut of Batgirl.
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First appearance of the "New-look" Batman.
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Origin and First appearance of Sinestro.
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The Crisis on Infinite Earths begins here.
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Origin and first appearance of Guy Gardner.
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First appearance of Hawkeye, who starts off as a villain, but will later become an Avenger.
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2nd appearance of the Winged Wonders
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Hawkman battles the Shadow thief. My copy is coverless.
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Hawkman returns for a second run.
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Hawkman in a battle with Manhawk.
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Hawkman's final tryout issue before he gets his own magazine.
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Hawkman flies into his own magazine.
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Origin of Captain Marvel of the Kree.
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Out of the pages of Marvel Super Heroes comes Captain Marvel.
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Adam .Strange and the JLA battle Kanjar-Ro
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The JLA battle Kanjar - Ro.
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Doctor Strange gets his own magazine.
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1st Teen Titans
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Teen Titans get their own Magazine
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The Spectre gets his own Magazine.
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First appearance of the Black Panther.
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Classic Surfer V Thing battle.
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Here's a gem I found over 25yrs ago. My copy has 1page of Starman section missing, curved spine, but story is unaffected.
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I have a coverless copy of this Golden Age Classic.
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The Wedding of Reed and Sue offers a great opportunity for a huge melee in the assembled ranks of Marveldom!
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To become an Avenger, Spidey has to capture the Hulk!
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In their 12th adventure, we find out the origin of the League.
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A Classic Thor V Hulk battle!
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This is my earliest JIM. My copy is FR- with pieces missing off the cover.
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First of the Brave and Bold Team ups.
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Opposites in every way, Hank and Don Hall become the Hawk and the Dove.
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Hawk and Dove get their own series
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The Creeper gains his own magazine.
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First Black Costume in Spidey's own magazine.
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Marvel defies the CCA with a 3 issue tale about drugs.
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The Second of three drug - related issues featuring Spidey battling the Green Goblin.
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Spidey battles the Goblin in this third issue which defies the CCA.
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Spidey's Black Costume appears and we all know where that led!
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The JLA battle the Sinister Sorceror
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The JLA have to cope with Gravity gone wild!
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The JLA are trapped on the Wheel of Misfortune
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The JLA find themselves in the cosmic Fun House
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The JLA find themselves up for sale!
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The JLA encounter the sinister Felix Faust
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The JLA battle Dr Light in the "Last Case of the Justice League"
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The JLA battle the "Riddle of the Robot Justice League!"
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The Atom joins the JLA in "Menace of the Atom Bomb!"
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Origin and first appearance of Kid Flash
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First appearance of the Elongated Man - as a villain!
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First appearance of Zatanna
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The Phantom Stranger gets his own magazine.
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Legion of Super-Heroes begins its run in Adventure.
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An opportunity to catch up with some classic tales.
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The Mighty Avengers meet Wonder Man
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1st appearance of Professor Zoom, the Reverse Flash!
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First appearance of Mon-El. My copy is coverless
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DC attacks the drug problem - Speedy on Speed!
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DC's attack on the drug scene concludes
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My copy has an ad page missing, story unnafected.
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