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MARVEL COMICS · 3/93
UNIT ECA-026866
CAPTAIN AMERICA #413
Mark Gruenwald-era Captain America adventure from the early 1990s
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | March 1993 | Modern | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-026866 | ~9.2 | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and sharp corners with no visible creases or color breaks; spine appears tight with no stress lines visible in this photo. Slight edge wear may be present near the top right but is hard to confirm due to the protective sleeve reflecting light. Book is in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment of surface and edges; interior and back cover were not assessed.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $4 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $55 |
// Archive commentary
Captain America #413 is a March 1993 issue from Marvel's long-running flagship Captain America title, published during writer Mark Gruenwald's extended tenure on the book, with art in this period typically handled by Rik Levins and inker Danny Bulanadi. Gruenwald wrote Captain America continuously from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, and this issue falls within his later run, a stretch defined by serialized subplots concerning Cap's declining super-soldier physiology, his rotating supporting cast, and recurring rogues from his gallery rather than any single landmark event.
As a mid-numbered issue in a decades-long series with no first appearance, death, or origin story attached, the book falls squarely into ordinary reader-grade territory. It was printed in the high volumes typical of mainstream Marvel output in the early 1990s comics boom, meaning raw copies remain plentiful and inexpensive even decades later, and the absence of a published fair-market value reflects that abundance rather than any error of omission.
This is the kind of issue collectors pick up to complete a run of Captain America rather than to chase as a standalone target. Raw copies in any grade are easy to source cheaply, and demand is almost entirely a function of series completists and long-box browsers. Only a high-grade certified slab commands a meaningful premium, driven by the general scarcity of pristine survivors from this era rather than by content, and even then the ceiling is modest compared to genuine key issues from the same title.
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