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Tarzan Lord of the Jungle #11 front cover
~8.0 AI-Estimated
Approximate
Condition Profile
TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #11
MARVEL COMICS · 8/78 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-009575

TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #11

Marvel's Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle-adventure license, Bronze Age newsstand issue

SIG 2/10 Available

// Unit specification

PublisherCover dateEraVariantKey attributeStatus
Marvel Comics August 1978 Bronze Newsstand AVAILABLE

// Run position

Part of an unbroken run · #3–#23 · 21 issues View all 24 available issues of TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE →

// Condition analysis

⚠ AI-Estimated / Approximate Condition Profile

Cover shows good gloss and vivid color with no major creases visible; there is a faint vertical crease/impression running through the upper logo area and a couple of light diagonal stress lines near the top edge. Corners appear reasonably sharp with only minor blunting, and edges look mostly clean aside from slight handling wear. Book is in a protective sleeve which slightly obscures fine surface detail; back cover and interior pages were not assessed.

// Valuation — market reference

⚠ AI-Estimated values — approximate, not an appraisal
BracketGradeEst. market valueMarker
LOW_RAW 0.5 – 1.5 $2
MID_RAW 4.0 – 6.0 $7
HIGH_CERT 9.8 SLAB $85

// Archive commentary

Tarzan Lord of the Jungle #11 belongs to Marvel's 1977-1979 run adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels, picked up after DC's earlier Bronze Age Tarzan series concluded. Roy Thomas scripted the bulk of this title, with John Buscema supplying much of the pencil work and cover art across the early-to-mid issues, continuing Marvel's practice of pairing Thomas with A-list Marvel artists on licensed properties. As a mid-run number rather than a launch issue, #11 carries none of the historical firsts that drive premium pricing in this era's licensed comics, but it remains part of a complete, still-collected Buscema/Thomas Tarzan sequence.

Demand for this title sits well below Marvel's superhero output of the same period; Tarzan comics of the late 1970s draw a narrower base of Burroughs completists, Buscema art collectors, and Bronze Age run-builders rather than broad speculative interest. Raw copies are plentiful and inexpensive at nearly every grade, reflecting healthy original print runs and limited ongoing demand rather than scarcity. High-grade certified copies command a real but modest premium, since few collectors bothered submitting a licensed jungle-adventure title for grading, keeping the CGC 9.8 population thin even though buyer interest at that tier is limited to condition-census chasers.

The book trades as a value-priced run-filler rather than a speculative vehicle: low and mid grades move steadily but cheaply through bulk lots, dealer bins, and online storefronts, while a slabbed 9.8 appeals mainly to the small pool of collectors assembling a complete high-grade Marvel Tarzan set or pursuing John Buscema's Bronze Age jungle work specifically. Newsstand copies in top grade are the harder find of the two distribution types from this era, which supports the upper bracket, but overall the issue should be priced and marketed as a supporting piece of a larger run rather than a standalone attraction.

// Copies in archive

UnitGradeVariantStatus
ECA-009575 ~8.0 Newsstand AVAILABLE

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