CAPTAIN AMERICA #141

Cover shows strong gloss and bright color with sharp corners; slight whitening visible at the top-left corner tip and minor edge wear along the right edge. A faint vertical crease line is visible near the spine but does not appear to break color. The book is in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment of surface sheen, and the back cover and interior were not examined.

Captain America #141 arrived in September 1971 during the run that paired Steve Rogers with Sam Wilson, the Falcon, as his crime-fighting partner, part of Marvel's broader early-1970s effort to diversify its hero lineup. The issue sits within a stretch of the title scripted by Gary Friedrich, with covers of the period frequently handled by veteran Marvel artists including John Romita Sr., continuing the character-driven, socially aware storytelling that distinguished Captain America's Bronze Age output from its Golden and Silver Age predecessors.

Market data shows a typical Bronze Age curve for a non-key mid-run issue: values stay compressed and flat through the mid grades, with sales in the 4.0 to 7.5 range consistently landing near the low $20s, before rising sharply at the top of the census. With only 17 of 134 known copies certified at 9.8, the gem-mint tier commands an outsized premium over 9.2 and 9.4, a pattern common to well-read, high-print-run Marvel titles from this era where high-grade survivors are disproportionately scarce relative to demand from registry-focused collectors.

This issue trades primarily as a collected-run purchase rather than a standalone target, appealing to Captain America and Falcon completists and Bronze Age Marvel collectors building toward the character's more heavily documented later appearances. Raw copies in low and mid grade move steadily but modestly, while top-census 9.8 slabs see sporadic but strong competition among registry builders, explaining the pronounced value gap between the raw brackets and the graded high end.