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What is considered Key Magazine Issues?
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Just starting to finally buy some mags. Always stayed away because of size difference. Any key issues for a marvel fan of first appearances in mags versus traditional comics?

 

Marvel Preview 4

Marvel Preview 7

Savage Tales 1

 

Any others?

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Fact of the matter any comic magazine from 1966-1975 over VF are tougher to get, any NM or better are fairly scarce.

 

Savage Tales #1 : 1st Man thing

Savage Sword Conan #1

Marvel Preview #1 : Neal Adams Cover

Marvel Preview #2 : Punisher Origin

Marvel Preview #3 : Early 52 page blade story

Marvel Preview #4 : 1st Starlord

Marvel Preview #7 : 1st Racoon

Tales of the Zombie #1

Dracula Lives #1

Dracula Lives #2 : Starlin Cover + Origin Dracula

Vampire Tales #1 : 1st Solo Morbius

Vampire Tales #2 : Intro Satana

Vampire Tales #6 : 1st Lilith in Series

Vampire Tales #8 : 1st Solo Blade Story

Monsters Unleashed #3 : Neal Adams

Haunt of Horror #5 : Neal Adams Satana cover

Marvel Super Action #1 : Early Punisher

Marvel Super Special both Kiss issues

Vampirella #1 1st App & Origin

Vampirella #3 Low distribution all white cover (cheaper paper)

Creepy & Eerie Low distribution issues

Eerie Publication books anything over VF is scarce

Skywald books anything over VF/NM is scarce in general

Stanley Publications anything over VF is scarce

 

Welcome to collecting H :devil: LL

 

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thanks all for the tips. (thumbs u Usually I limit myself to first appearances with comics in general when my collection got too large but all the advice is greatly appreciated. :foryou:

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Magazine Keys according to RR

 

Keys

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Vampirella HC 1, which Overstreet listed as a bronze age key a few years ago.

Vampirella 1.

Blazing Combat 1, good luck finding one in decent shape.

Savage Tales #1

Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles #1

Eerie #1

 

Significant not quite Keys

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Web of Horror #3, first Wrightson Cover

Psycho #1 (Skywald)

Nightmare #1 (Skywald)

Scream #1 (Skywald)

Creepy #1

Marvel Preview #2, Punisher Origin.

Savage Sword of Conan #1

Spectacular Spider Man 1,2

Nightmare #20, first prof. story J Byrne

Fantasy Quarterly #1, First Elfquest

Vampirella #3

Marvel Super Special, KISS

Visions #1 ,first Flaming Carrot

Heavy Metal #1

 

Wait and See

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Marvel Preview 4 , Starlord

Marvel Preview 7 , Rocket, and best bronze age cover!

Epic Illustrated 3, first Dreadstar

 

I don't include Famous Monsters as I dont see it as a comic magazine but as it is a Warren and quite collectible many would add FM #1, but I won't.

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Magazine Keys according to RR

 

Keys

---------------------

Vampirella HC 1, which Overstreet listed as a bronze age key a few years ago.

Vampirella 1.

Blazing Combat 1, good luck finding one in decent shape.

Savage Tales #1

Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles #1

Eerie #1

 

Significant not quite Keys

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Web of Horror #3, first Wrightson Cover

Psycho #1 (Skywald)

Nightmare #1 (Skywald)

Scream #1 (Skywald)

Creepy #1

Marvel Preview #2, Punisher Origin.

Savage Sword of Conan #1

Spectacular Spider Man 1,2

Nightmare #20, first prof. story J Byrne

Fantasy Quarterly #1, First Elfquest

Vampirella #3

Marvel Super Special, KISS

Visions #1 ,first Flaming Carrot

Heavy Metal #1

 

Wait and See

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Marvel Preview 4 , Starlord

Marvel Preview 7 , Rocket, and best bronze age cover!

Epic Illustrated 3, first Dreadstar

 

I don't include Famous Monsters as I dont see it as a comic magazine but as it is a Warren and quite collectible many would add FM #1, but I won't.

 

Nice list

 

Imho i would put the "wait and see" fantastic three on the significant section at worst... maybe i would add the Epic 15 and the last issue on the wait and see section.

 

regards

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Blazing combat one is super tough and definitely a magazine key. You never see low to mid grade copies for sale let alone high grade.

 

I picked up this entire lot for $100 from a guy last month who was just trying to get rid of the stuff.

 

Not high grade, but a very nice copy of BZ #1 nevertheless (BZ #2 is about VF+). Couldn't be happier.

 

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