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MARVEL COMICS · 5/74
UNIT ECA-009863
AMAZING ADVENTURES #24
Bronze Age Killraven installment from Marvel's War of the Worlds saga, scripted by Don McGregor
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | May 1974 | Bronze | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows a vertical crease/wrinkle running through the upper right corner near the price box and along the top border, with some minor surface waviness across the artwork suggesting slight handling stress. Corners appear reasonably sharp with only mild wear, and there is no visible major color break, tear, or staining. The book is in a protective sleeve, which obscures fine edge detail and spine stress ticks; interior pages and back cover were not assessed.
// 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 | $110 |
// Archive commentary
Amazing Adventures #24 is a mid-run chapter in Marvel's Killraven serial, the loose 1970s adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds developed primarily by writer Don McGregor across issues #18 through #39. The series built a devoted cult readership for its dense, literary captioning and ambitious post-apocalyptic setting, but individual issues within the run, including #24, are not associated with a first appearance, origin, or other landmark event; it is a continuation of the established Killraven narrative rather than a debut issue.
Market activity reflects a low-print, low-demand Bronze Age title with a small but stable collector base. Census data shows a modest population of certified copies concentrated in the high grades, with limited raw-market sales recorded at the bottom of the grading scale, indicating that most surviving copies were preserved reasonably well rather than heavily read and discarded. Values climb sharply only at the top of the grading curve, consistent with the pattern seen across lesser-key Bronze Age Marvel titles where nostalgia and completism drive registry-grade prices far above raw-copy demand.
This issue trades primarily as a filler piece for Killraven or Don McGregor completists and Bronze Age Marvel run-builders rather than as a standalone investment vehicle. Raw copies in low and mid grade move slowly and cheaply, largely through back-issue bins and bulk lots, while pristine CGC 9.8 examples command a real premium reflecting their scarcity on census rather than any narrative significance. Long-term interest is likely to track the broader Killraven/War of the Worlds fanbase and any renewed media attention to the property rather than intrinsic collector demand for this specific issue.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-009863 | ~7.0 | — | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-006265 | ~6.0 | — | AVAILABLE |
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