
Groot
#2 · 2023
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Modern Age comics from 1992 onward: Image founders, variant covers and the first appearances that have become blue-chip 9.8s.

Groot
#2 · 2023

What If...?
#69 · 1995

The Uncanny X-Men
#361 · 1998

Defenders
#5 · 2001

X-Treme X-Men
#38 · 2004

Avengers
#3 · 2023

X-Treme X-Men
#23 · 2003

Avengers: No Road Home
#6 · 2019

Ultimates 2
#6 · 2005

Civil War: X-Men
#4 · 2006

Civil War Files (2006) Professor X
nn · 2006

Wolverine
#90 · 1995

Alpha Flight
#120 · 1993

Justice League America
#62 · 1992

Ultimate X-Men
#37 · 2003

Exiles
#25 · 2003

Excalibur
#95 · 1996

Punisher Presents: Barracuda
#1 · 2007

Gambit
#6 · 1999

Alpha Flight
#107 · 1992

The Uncanny X-Men
#541 · 2011

The Order
#2 · 2002

X-Factor
#110 · 1995

Generation X
#64 · 2000

Wolverine: Origins
#14 · 2007

Secret Invasion: Inhumans
#4 · 2009

Gambit
#21 · 2000

Old Man Quill
#3 · 2019

Thunderbolts
#50 · 2001

New Mutants
#4 · 2009

Ultimates 2
#3 · 2005

The Uncanny X-Men
#404 · 2002

The Punisher: War Zone
#4 · 1992

Ghost Rider
#68 · 1995

Storm
#2 · 1996

Exiles
#4 · 2001

Exiles
#9 · 2002

Thunderbolts
#140 · 2010

New Thunderbolts
#5 · 2005

Generation X
#12 · 1996

Ultimate X-Men
#59 · 2005

Uncanny X-Men
#2 · 2016

Spider-Girl 1999 (1999) Spider-Girl
nn · 1999

Exiles
#35 · 2003

Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar
#1 · 2007

The Authority
#28 · 2002

Wolverine: Origins
#49 · 2010

Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives
#1 · 1997
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Collecting
Collectors divide American comics into eras: the Golden Age (1938 to the mid-1950s), the Silver Age (1956 to about 1970), the Bronze Age (about 1970 to 1985), the Copper Age (about 1985 to 1991) and the Modern Age (1991 to today). The boundaries are conventions rather than official dates, but each era has its own print runs, survival rates, paper and pricing, which is why listings and price guides always state one.
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Collecting
A variant cover is an alternative cover printed for the same issue, usually in smaller numbers than the regular cover: retailer incentive variants distributed in ratios such as 1:25 or 1:100, convention exclusives, store exclusives, sketch (black-and-white) covers, and second printings with new covers. Variants are a Modern Age phenomenon and their value depends on the print ratio, the artist and the demand for the issue itself.
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Collecting
From the late 1970s to around 2013, most Marvel and DC comics were printed in two editions: newsstand copies sold on returnable terms through news outlets, and direct editions sold non-returnable to comic shops. They share the same interior; the difference is on the cover, where newsstand copies carry a UPC barcode and direct editions show a logo, a blank box or a different barcode. Newsstand copies from the 1990s onward are scarcer in high grade and often sell at a premium.
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Characters
Deadpool first appeared in The New Mutants #98, cover-dated February 1991, created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld, as a mercenary hired to kill Cable. The same issue introduced Gideon and Domino (revealed later to be the impostor Copycat). It is the most valuable comic of the early 1990s and the standard example of a Modern Age key.
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The Modern Age starts with the Image founders in 1992 and continues today. It is the most liquid part of the market: first appearances that are later adapted to film and television move quickly, and variant covers with tiny print ratios can outperform books forty years older.
Modern books are collected almost exclusively in 9.8, so grade is everything. A 9.6 of the same issue often trades at a fraction of the 9.8 price. Every modern slab we list is a recent, unaltered holder with a verified certification number, and we flag newsstand editions and low-ratio variants separately.
Every book ships double-boxed, signature-required and insured to full value, and you have 14 days from delivery to inspect it. Undisclosed restoration is refundable with no time limit under our authenticity guarantee. Have Modern Age books of your own to grade or sell? Start a grading submission or request an appraisal.