STAR TREK #6

Cover shows strong gloss and vivid color with sharp corners and no visible creases or spine stress lines. There is minor surface wear at the top edge and slight waviness from the protective sleeve reflecting light, but no color breaks or chips are apparent. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of edges; interior and back cover were not examined.

Star Trek #6 arrived from Marvel Comics in September 1980, part of the publisher's short-lived ongoing series launched to capitalize on the franchise's film-era resurgence. Mike W. Barr scripts an adventure featuring the full bridge crew, while Dave Cockrum supplies the cover, inked by Klaus Janson, giving the issue a recognizable creative pedigree even though the interior art is not by Cockrum. The issue features Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the Enterprise crew in a straightforward continuation of the licensed comic's Bronze Age run, without any first appearance, origin, or other landmark event attached to it.

Market data shows a book with a large certified population (47 graded, 45 on the Universal census) concentrated heavily at the high end, with 20 copies already at 9.8 and steady sales activity in that top tier. Demand is driven almost entirely by Star Trek franchise collectors and Cockrum cover enthusiasts chasing pristine census copies, rather than by any speculative key-issue interest. Prices at 9.4 and above show a clear, if modest, premium curve, while raw copies in low and mid grades reflect the issue's status as a plentiful, non-key Bronze Age newsstand book with negligible scarcity pressure.

This title suits Star Trek completists and Bronze Age licensed-comic collectors building full-run sets rather than key-issue investors. Lower and mid-grade raw copies remain inexpensive and easy to source, functioning as filler in long boxes and reading copies for franchise fans. The real trading activity concentrates at the 9.4-9.8 tier, where condition census competition among CGC submitters sustains modest but consistent premiums for the cleanest surviving examples.