CGC Featured Comic of the Month: Avengers #8
Posted on 2/1/2023
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Name of comic: Avengers #8
Comic publisher: Marvel Comics
Date: 1964
Variants: A UK price variant edition was released in 1964, and a facsimile edition was published in 2023.
What makes it special? This issue is the first appearance of Kang the Conqueror, who, in the comics, is Nathaniel Richards (a distant relation to the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards) from the 31st Century. After discovering Dr. Doom’s time travel technology, Nathaniel travels back to ancient Egypt, where he was known as Pharaoh Rama-Tut, and eventually returns to the future where he conquers Earth under the name Kang the Conqueror.
Why is it interesting now? There are many variants of Kang throughout the multiverse, and we met the first one, He Who Remains (played by Jonathan Majors), in the Disney+ series “Loki” to set up Kang as the next threat to the MCU. Kang makes his formal introduction in theaters in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” in 2023.
Did you know? Avengers #8 is the first appearance of Kang, but Richards as Rama-Tut appeared even earlier in Fantastic Four #19 (1963).
Total graded by CGC: As of January 24, 2023, there are a total of 3,012 copies (including 38 of the UK Price Variant) in the CGC Census.
CGC highest graded: There are only four copies of Avengers #8 graded CGC 9.8.
Sales highlights: A CGC 9.8 copy was sold by Goldin Auctions for $54,000 in May 2022.
CGC Comics Registry: Registry member Mississippi Mudcats’ Not Emma Peel’s Gang (Obscured) includes a beautiful Avengers #8 graded CGC 9.6, which helped earn this collection the Achievement in Collecting Comics Award in 2013 and 2021, as well as the Best Set Type in 2020-2021. Explore this and other great collections in the CGC Comics Registry.
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