
Vampirella
#671 · 2024
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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.

Vampirella
#671 · 2024

Alpha Flight
#115 · 1992

Hero for Hire
#1 · 2006

Wolverine: Origins
#25 · 2008

Thunderbolts
#5 · 1997

Ultimate X-Men
#29 · 2003

The Incredible Hulk
#445 · 1996

Groot
#1 · 2023

X-Man
#24 · 1997

Exiles
#24 · 2003

Thanos
#5 · 2019

Dark X-Men: The Beginning
#1 · 2009

The Uncanny X-Men
#424 · 2003

Untold Legend of Captain Marvel
#1 · 1997

Marvel
#6 · 2021

Starjammers
#3 · 1995

Siege
#2 · 2010

Wolverine
#73 · 1993

X-Treme X-Men
#31 · 2003

Gold Digger Vol.1
#1 · 1992

Avengers Unplugged
#6 · 1996

Cable
#10 · 2009

X-Man
#22 · 1996

Mutant X
#17 · 2000

X-Men Unlimited
#18 · 1998

Ultimate X-Men
#74 · 2006

X-Men
#159 · 2004

Elektra: Black, White & Blood
#1 · 2022

Excalibur
#93 · 1996

Juggernaut
#3 · 2021

Ghost Rider
#57 · 1995

Exiles
#51 · 2004

X-Force / Cable '96 (1996)
nn · 1996

Thunderbolts
#164 · 2011

The X-Men Collector's Edition
#3 · 1993

Cable
#46 · 1997

XSE
#4 · 1997

The Uncanny X-Men
#379 · 2000

Thor: Son of Asgard
#10 · 2005

Maximum Security
#1 · 2000

Ultimate Spider-Man
#82 · 2005

Marvel
#3 · 2021

Captain America
#435 · 1995

Mutant X
#23 · 2000

Wolverine: The End
#1 · 2004

New Avengers
#21 · 2006

Astonishing X-Men
#17 · 2006

Deadpool vs. Thanos
#1 · 2015
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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.