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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 9/74
UNIT ECA-009858
AMAZING ADVENTURES #26
Killraven and the War of the Worlds saga continues in a mid-run Bronze Age installment
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | September 1974 | Bronze | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and bright, well-registered colors with sharp corners and no visible creases or spine stress lines. Slight edge wear is visible at the top right corner and along the top edge, with minor handling wear consistent with a well-kept copy. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of surface texture and edges; back cover and interior pages were not visible for review.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $3 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $8 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $65 |
// Archive commentary
Amazing Adventures #26 (Marvel, September 1974) is a mid-run chapter of the Killraven serial, the dystopian War of the Worlds continuation that ran through the back half of this title's numbering. Writer Don McGregor's scripting anchored the feature's dense, purple-prosed narrative voice across this stretch, building the post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by Martian overlords that gave the series its cult reputation among 1970s genre readers. The issue does not carry a first appearance, death, or other landmark event, and its cover has not entered the ranks of widely cited classic Bronze Age images.
Market data reflects a thinly traded, mid-pack Bronze Age comic: certified sales are sparse at every grade, with only a handful of transactions reported between grades 7.0 and 9.8, and the top end of the census (9.8, 9.6, 9.4) shows the greatest depth and the widest FMV spread. Prices step up sharply only at the very top of the grading curve, a pattern typical of a low-key, low-print-run-attention book where demand is driven almost entirely by series completists and Killraven specialists rather than broad key-issue speculation.
This is a collector's book rather than an investment vehicle: buyers are Killraven and Don McGregor completists, Bronze Age Marvel run-builders, and War of the Worlds enthusiasts filling out the #18-39 arc. Raw copies in low and mid grades trade for a few dollars and see limited competitive bidding, while high-grade CGC 9.8 copies command a real premium reflecting the small surviving population of top-graded examples rather than any inherent story significance. Expect steady but modest demand across the grading spectrum, with value concentrated at the top of the census.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-009858 | ~8.5 | — | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-006262 | ~6.0 | — | AVAILABLE |
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