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It reintroduced batman to the general public as the psychologically dark character of his original 1930s conception, and helped to usher in an era of grim and gritty superheroes from the mid. These include the later 10 cent issues and all 12 cent issues, which ended in mid1969. Now some comics that contain first appearances from a less know characters at the time, that were not pushed had by marvel or dc, can actually get more on auction if they are in mint co. In addition to the bestresearched pricing in the hobby. Jan, 2017 with that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1980s. For our top 20 comic books of the 80s video please follow this link.
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