MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #82

Cover shows strong gloss and bright inks with sharp corners; there is a faint vertical crease/press line running through the lower portion of the cover near the barcode and a couple of minor edge nicks. Spine appears mostly tight with no major stress lines visible. The book is in a protective sleeve which slightly obscures fine surface detail, and interior pages/back cover were not assessed.

Marvel Two-In-One #82 (December 1981) pairs Ben Grimm with Black Goliath for a story pitting the duo against M.O.D.O.K., with Captain America and Mr. Fantastic contributing to the resolution. Tom DeFalco scripts the issue, with Ron Wilson supplying pencils on both interior art and the cover, inked by Chic Stone, colored by George Roussos, and lettered by Joe Rosen under editor Jim Salicrup. The book is a representative entry in the Two-In-One team-up format that defined the series' back half, showcasing a lesser-used Marvel hero in Black Goliath alongside a well-established rogue in M.O.D.O.K.

Market data reflects a title with limited collector demand outside of series completists and Black Goliath or M.O.D.O.K. character collectors. Certified sales are sparse across all grades, with fair market values climbing modestly from the mid-8 range into the low 9s and topping out near the mid-$50s at 9.6, a curve typical of Bronze Age team-up issues without a recognized first appearance or landmark creative moment. No 9.8 has traded or been certified, underscoring both the rarity of top-grade survivors and the thinness of demand driving buyers to push a copy to that level.

This issue trades primarily as a bulk or run-filler book for Marvel Two-In-One or Thing collectors, with raw low- and mid-grade copies commanding only nominal sums. High-grade certified copies see modest premiums driven by scarcity of submission rather than character demand, and a 9.8 would likely command a rarity-based price well above the 9.6 benchmark despite the absence of any landmark content. Collectors of M.O.D.O.K. or Black Goliath appearances may seek this out selectively, but it is not a book expected to see significant appreciation or broad grail-level interest.