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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 5/80 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-017003
AMAZING ADVENTURES #6
Bronze Age Marvel reprint anthology issue, low census population
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | May 1980 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-017003 | ~8.5 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vivid colors with sharp corners and no visible creases or color breaks. There is minor edge wear at the top right corner and a faint scuff near the spine, with the spine itself appearing tight with no visible stress lines or ticks. The book is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of surface sheen; interior and back cover were not examined.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $3 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $7 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $75 |
// Archive commentary
Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #6, cover-dated May 1980, belongs to Marvel's second run under this title, a late-1970s/early-1980s reprint anthology that recycled earlier Silver and Bronze Age stories for the newsstand spinner-rack market. Unlike the original Amazing Adventures series, which hosted the Beast's solo adventures and later the Killraven war-of-the-worlds saga, the Volume 2 incarnation carried no ongoing new content of note and introduced no characters, making it a peripheral title within Marvel's broader publishing history rather than a storyline-driven key.
Market data for this issue is sparse, reflecting its status as a low-demand reprint book: the CGC census shows only 21 universal copies graded across the entire grade spectrum, with recorded sales limited to a single 9.2 and a single 6.5 copy trading in the ten-to-twenty-dollar range. No 9.8 has ever been certified, and even the 9.6 population is minimal, underscoring both the scarcity of submissions and the lack of collector urgency to pursue top grades. Demand drivers for this issue are essentially nonexistent beyond completists building a full run of the title or Bronze Age Marvel reprint-line specialists.
This is a bulk-bin book in most contexts: raw low- and mid-grade copies are inexpensive and widely available to anyone assembling a run, while a hypothetical 9.8 would likely command a modest premium purely on account of its census rarity rather than any content-driven desirability. Collectors interested in this issue are typically those pursuing complete runs of Amazing Adventures Vol. 2 or dealers filling out newsstand Bronze Age boxes; it is not a book pursued for investment or key-issue speculation, and pricing across grades remains flat and thinly traded.
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