AVENGERS #339

Cover shows strong gloss and sharp corners with no visible creases or spine stress lines; color break at spine appears minimal from this angle. The book is in a protective sleeve which slightly obscures fine edge detail, and interior/back cover were not assessed. No stains, tears, or writing are visible on the front cover.

Avengers #339 arrived in October 1991 during Bob Harras's long writing tenure on the title, with pencils shared between Ron Lim (who also provided the cover) and Steve Epting, then in the early stages of an Avengers art run that would extend across the following years. The issue features a roster built around Captain America, Black Panther, Black Widow, Beast, Black Knight, Crystal, and Hercules, with the cosmic Eternal-adjacent figure Arishem the Judge and the Collector drawing the team into a larger cosmic subplot typical of the era's crossover-driven storytelling. It is a representative but unremarkable chapter of the run, without a first appearance, death, or other event that price guides flag as historically pivotal.

Market data reflects that status: certified sales are sparse across the grade spectrum, with only a handful of transactions recorded at any grade and no completed sales at all near the top of the census despite several 9.6 and 9.8 slabs existing. Values at mid-to-high grades sit in the mid-teens, consistent with a well-liked but non-key newsstand issue from a high-print-run period, where supply comfortably exceeds collector demand. Interest in the book is driven almost entirely by Avengers-run completists and Epting or Lim cover collectors rather than by any character milestone.

This is a bulk-bin and long-box staple in low-to-mid grades, trading for a few dollars raw with little grade sensitivity until the top of the census, where limited high-grade supply and newsstand scarcity can support a modest premium for a graded 9.8. It suits dealers filling out complete Avengers volume-one runs or copper-age Marvel lots rather than collectors pursuing key issues, and demand is unlikely to shift materially absent new context (such as a future story tying back to this arc).