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MARVEL COMICS · 5/82 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-022341
AVENGERS #219
Avengers #219 – David Michelinie/Bob Hall era team adventure, Marvel, May 1982
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | May 1982 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-022341 | ~8.5 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and no visible creases or spine stress lines. Slight edge wear is visible at the top right corner and a minor bend near the top edge of the price box. The book is preserved in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment, and the interior and back cover were not examined.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $6 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $85 |
// Archive commentary
Avengers #219 arrived in May 1982 during a stretch of the title guided by writer David Michelinie, with pencils by Bob Hall and inks by Dan Green, a creative team that held down the book through much of the early 1980s. The roster at this point centered on stalwarts like Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Vision, and the Scarlet Witch, with the team navigating internal and external threats typical of the era's Avengers plotting rather than any single landmark event. It falls in the run just before the arrival of She-Hulk in issue #221, placing it in a transitional but otherwise ordinary stretch of the series' long publishing history.
The issue carries no first appearance, no death, and no cover regarded as a genre or character milestone, and it has not been assigned a fair-market value by standard grading-population tracking, which reflects a book that circulates in large numbers relative to demand. Its market profile is that of a plentiful Bronze Age team book: newsstand copies remain easy to source, and pricing follows general condition and completist demand for the Avengers run rather than any speculative premium. Sales activity clusters around cover-price and modest reader-grade transactions, with higher-grade certified copies commanding more attention mainly from series-run collectors than from character-key buyers.
This is a book for Avengers run-builders and Bronze Age completists rather than character-specific investors, and it trades accordingly across the grading spectrum. Lower and mid-grade raw copies move steadily and cheaply through back-issue bins and online lots, while a well-preserved CGC 9.8 slab draws modest premiums from registry-minded collectors filling out a complete high-grade run of the title. Long-term collecting interest is tied to the ongoing appeal of the Michelinie/Hall Avengers stretch as a whole rather than to this single issue's own content.
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