MARVEL TEAM-UP #141

Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant purple/yellow color with sharp, well-defined corners and no visible creasing or spine stress. Edges appear clean with only the faintest hint of wear at the lower right corner tip. The book is currently sleeved with a backing board, which limits full assessment; back cover and interior pages were not visible and were not assessed.

Marvel Team-Up #141 (May 1984) is part of a three-issue arc (#139-141) written by J.M. DeMatteis that paired Spider-Man with Cloak and Dagger, the street-level vigilante duo who had debuted two years earlier in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #64. By 1984 the characters were gaining traction toward their own ongoing feature and eventual solo series, and this Team-Up run served as an important bridge appearance that helped cement their place in the wider Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe. Kerry Gammill's pencils give the issue a polished mid-1980s house style consistent with the title's late run.

The book's market profile reflects a well-collected but non-key Copper Age title: a large certified population (over 6,000 Universal copies) keeps mid- and low-grade prices modest and stable, while demand concentrates sharply at the top of the grading scale. Recent 30-day and 90-day average sales for CGC 9.8 copies running well above the longer 1-year average suggest renewed buyer interest, likely tied to ongoing affection for Cloak and Dagger following their live-action television adaptation and periodic modern-era revivals. Mid- and low-grade copies trade as inexpensive, plentiful reading copies with little grade-driven volatility.

Collecting interest in this issue centers on Spider-Man team-up completists and Cloak and Dagger character collectors rather than investors chasing a recognized first appearance. Raw copies in low and mid grade are readily available and inexpensive, making the book an accessible entry point, while pristine 9.8 slabs command a real premium and see active bidding among condition-sensitive Copper Age buyers. The wide gap between raw and top-grade certified values is typical of high-print-run 1980s Marvel books where survivorship in true Gem Mint condition is scarcer than the overall population suggests.