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MARVEL COMICS · 3/91
UNIT ECA-028875
ALPHA FLIGHT #94
Late-run Alpha Flight team adventure from the twilight of the original Marvel series
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | March 1991 | Copper | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-028875 | ~9.2 | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows sharp, well-defined corners and clean, glossy surface with no visible creases, spine stress, or color breaking in this photo. Edges appear tight with no chipping visible, and colors remain vibrant with no fading or staining apparent. No barcode is visible in this photo to confirm newsstand/direct distinction, though the price box area appears intact; interior pages and back cover were not assessed so grade is capped conservatively.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $4 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $60 |
// Archive commentary
Alpha Flight #94 is a late-run issue of Marvel's flagship Canadian super-team title, published with a March 1991 cover date as the series worked through its final decade of stories before wrapping at #130 in 1994. By this point the book had moved well past the John Byrne issues that defined its first few years, settling into the workmanlike middle stretch of creators who kept the team's ensemble cast of Guardian, Puck, Sasquatch, Aurora, Northstar, and Shaman in rotation through a series of espionage and superhero plots. It is an ordinary chapter in a long-running title rather than a spotlighted or heavily anthologized issue.,The book carries no fair-market valuation in standard price-guide data, which reflects its status as a plentiful, inexpensive back-issue rather than any market oversight. Demand for late Alpha Flight issues is driven almost entirely by series completists filling out full runs and by the enduring cult following the team has retained since its 1980s heyday, rather than by any first appearance, death, or landmark creative event tied to this specific number. Copies are easy to source and command modest prices across the grading spectrum.,This is a book for the Alpha Flight completist or the general Copper Age Marvel collector rounding out a longbox, not a speculative buy. Raw copies move steadily at cover-price-adjacent numbers in dollar bins, quarter boxes, and bulk online lots, while slabbed high-grade copies are uncommon simply because few submitters bother grading a book like this, making any 9.8 a niche curiosity rather than a market driver. Expect it to trade as reading-copy material for the foreseeable future.
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