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MARVEL COMICS · 3/75
UNIT ECA-009939
AMAZING ADVENTURES #29
Don McGregor and P. Craig Russell's Killraven saga continues amid the ruins of a Martian-conquered Earth
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | March 1975 | Bronze | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and bright yellow color with no visible fading. Corners appear sharp with only minor wear at the top right corner tip, and there is a faint diagonal crease near the bottom left near the spine. No major creases, tears, or color breaks are visible along the spine in this photo. Book is in a protective sleeve which limits close inspection of edges; interior and back cover were not assessed.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $3 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $9 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $120 |
// Archive commentary
Amazing Adventures #29 (March 1975) is a middle chapter in the celebrated Killraven serial that ran through the back half of this anthology-turned-solo-feature title, chronicling Jonathan Raven's guerrilla war against Martian invaders in a devastated 21st-century America. Writer Don McGregor's dense, literary captions and the increasingly stylized, moody artwork of P. Craig Russell (taking over from Herb Trimpe earlier in the run) gave the series a distinct identity within Marvel's mid-1970s line, and this stretch of issues is frequently singled out by Bronze Age readers as the creative high point of the feature. The issue does not introduce any character or concept considered a genuine industry key, but it is a recognized and well-regarded installment of a run that has built a lasting, if specialized, following.
Market data for the title shows a typical Bronze Age back-issue profile: low survival of sales records outside the top grades, with the census skewing toward mid and high grades relative to overall print numbers, and a sharp value curve concentrated at 9.6 and 9.8. The 9.8 benchmark near $120 and the drop to $36 at 9.4 indicate that demand is driven almost entirely by high-grade CGC buyers rather than broad reader demand, which is consistent with a cult, art-driven Bronze Age book rather than a mainstream key. There is no meaningful raw or mid-grade sales activity reported, reinforcing that this issue trades as a filler or reading copy in lower grades and only becomes a target of real competition once certified near the top of the census.
The primary audience for this issue is Killraven completists, P. Craig Russell art collectors, and Bronze Age Marvel sci-fi readers assembling the Amazing Adventures run; it is not a book pursued by generalist key-issue investors. Raw copies in low and mid grade are inexpensive reading-copy material with little upward pressure, while certified 9.6 and 9.8 copies see real, if modest, competition given the low census population at those grades. Expect the book to continue trading as a specialty item whose value is concentrated almost entirely in the top of the grading scale.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-009939 | ~8.5 | — | AVAILABLE |
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