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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 3/81 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-011963
MARVEL TEAM-UP #115
Spider-Man team-up, Bronze Age Marvel newsstand issue
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | March 1981 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-011963 | ~9.0 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and sharp corners with no visible creasing or color break; spine appears tight with only minimal stress lines near the top. Slight edge wear is visible along the bottom left corner and top right corner. The book is housed in a protective sleeve, and only the front cover was assessed; interior and back cover condition are unknown.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $6 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $85 |
// Archive commentary
Marvel Team-Up #115 (cover-dated March 1981) is a mid-run installment of Marvel's long-running Spider-Man-plus-a-guest-star anthology title, which paired the wall-crawler with a rotating cast of Marvel heroes on a monthly basis throughout the 1970s and into the mid-1980s. By 1981 the series was well into its second century of issues, with a rotating stable of writers and artists cycling through, and this issue represents a standard entry from that stretch of the run rather than a storyline with lasting significance to Spider-Man's own continuity.
As bulk stock, the book carries no published fair-market value from mainstream pricing services, which reflects the reality that most surviving copies are common, well-circulated newsstand issues with ample supply relative to demand. There is no first appearance, death, or landmark creative milestone attached to this issue that would elevate it above the general run of Marvel Team-Up back issues from this period. Interest in the book is driven almost entirely by its Spider-Man cover appeal and general Bronze Age nostalgia rather than any specific event within its pages.
This is a issue best suited to Spider-Man completists filling out a Marvel Team-Up run, dollar-bin browsers, and collectors assembling Bronze Age Marvel sets rather than investment-driven buyers. Raw copies in any grade remain inexpensive and easy to source, while a high-grade certified slab can command a modest premium reflecting the difficulty of finding pristine surviving copies of any newsstand comic from this era, not any inherent scarcity or key status of the issue itself.
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