IRON MAN #155

Cover shows a small crease/tear at the top edge above the price box and a couple of tiny white paint-fleck marks on the tank/Iron Man figure. There is a light vertical crease running through the barcode area on the lower left, and mild corner wear is visible at the top right corner. The book is in a plastic sleeve which obscures fine gloss detail, and the back cover and interior were not assessed.

Iron Man #155 arrived during the celebrated Michelinie/Layton/Romita Jr. run that defined the character through the early 1980s, a stretch of the title still cited for its tight plotting and clean, dynamic artwork. This issue is a standard mid-run entry rather than a landmark chapter, featuring Tony Stark alongside Ant-Man (Scott Lang) and supporting cast members Bambi Arbogast and Arthur Pithins, with an early appearance by young Cassie Lang. Its most notable production quirk is the absence of the Comics Code Authority stamp on the cover, a minor bibliographic curiosity rather than a driver of collector demand.

The certified population is substantial, with 144 Universal copies recorded and the bulk of the 9.8 census exceeding ninety slabs, reflecting a book that was well preserved by speculators and remains easy to source at the top of the grading scale. Demand is driven almost entirely by run-completists assembling the Michelinie/Romita Jr./Layton Iron Man stretch and by CGC 9.8 registry collectors chasing high-census Bronze Age Marvel, rather than by any first appearance or origin significance. Pricing across grades reflects that profile: raw copies in low and mid condition carry little more than nominal value, while the premium concentrates sharply at the 9.6 and especially 9.8 tier, where population and recent sales activity support a modest but consistent price above other Bronze Age filler issues.

This is a book best suited to Iron Man specialists and registry-grade collectors rather than key-issue investors. Raw copies in lower and mid grades move as inexpensive long-box fill, typically bundled into larger Iron Man or Romita Jr. runs, while certified 9.6 and 9.8 copies see steadier, if modest, individual sales activity given the plentiful supply. Long-term appreciation is likely to track the broader Bronze Age Marvel market rather than outperform it, with value concentrated almost entirely in top-census certified condition.