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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 7/81 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-011943
MARVEL TEAM-UP #107
A routine Spider-Man team-up outing from the twilight of Marvel Team-Up's Bronze Age run
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | July 1981 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-011943 | ~8.5 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and sharp corners with only minor edge wear visible along the top and right edge. There is slight surface handling wear and a faint crease near the bottom left near the barcode box, but no major creases, tears, or color breaks are visible. Spine appears tight with no visible stress lines in this photo. Interior and back cover were not assessed, so grade is based solely on the front cover image.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $6 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $12 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $70 |
// Archive commentary
Marvel Team-Up #107 arrived in mid-1981, well into the title's second decade, pairing Spider-Man with a rotating cast of Marvel heroes in done-in-one adventures. By this point in the run the book was being handled by J.M. DeMatteis on scripts with Kerry Gammill providing pencils, a capable but unheralded creative team working on a series that had long settled into a reliable, if unglamorous, mid-list position in Marvel's Bronze Age lineup. The issue carries no first appearances, no notable creator milestones, and no storyline of lasting continuity significance, placing it firmly among the title's many transitional, functional issues rather than its more collected crossover spotlights.
Market data reflects that assessment: a census of well over a hundred certified copies with steady but unspectacular sales activity across the grade spectrum indicates a book that is plentiful in high grade and rarely contested for. The 9.8 tier commands a modest premium over other high grades, but the overall curve is flat through the low-to-mid range, with little price differentiation between well-worn and lightly-read raw copies. Demand is driven almost entirely by Spider-Man completists assembling a full Marvel Team-Up run rather than by any character or creator-specific interest.
This is a bulk-bin and long-box staple for dealers, moving in low grades as filler for Bronze Age Spider-Man collections and in high grade primarily to registry-minded completists chasing a clean run of the series. Pricing across the grade spread stays compressed, and the newsstand designation carries no meaningful premium given the book's ready availability in both variants. It is not a book that attracts speculative interest or independent demand outside the context of a broader Marvel Team-Up or Spider-Man collection.
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