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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 9/76
UNIT ECA-009300
CHAMBER OF CHILLS #24
Marvel's late Bronze Age horror anthology, standard edition
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | September 1976 | Bronze | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and clean edges visible in this photo; no major creases, tears, or spine stress lines are apparent. There is a small dark ink spot/mark near the right edge in the space background that appears to be a minor printing or surface flaw. The book is in a protective sleeve which slightly distorts the top edge in the photo but does not appear to indicate damage. Interior pages and back cover were not assessed, so the grade reflects front cover appearance only.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $4 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $12 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $225 |
// Archive commentary
Chamber of Chills #24 arrived at the tail end of Marvel's mid-1970s horror anthology wave, a format the company leaned on heavily as the Comics Code eased and supernatural material found renewed commercial footing. Like most issues in the title's short run, it delivered a mix of new and reprinted suspense and horror short stories rather than a single ongoing narrative or headline character, following the same anthology template Marvel used across Chamber of Chills, Chamber of Darkness, and similar titles of the period. The book carries no first appearance, origin story, or landmark creative milestone tied to it, placing it squarely in the category of a representative genre artifact rather than a story-driven key.
Market activity for this issue is thin, consistent with its status as a minor entry in a niche anthology line that never developed a dedicated character following. Certified population is extremely small at every grade level, and recorded sales are limited to a handful of transactions clustered in the mid-to-high grade range, with the sole confirmed data point sitting at grade 9. That scarcity of both copies and completed sales means pricing across the grade spectrum is inferred more from typical Bronze Age anthology demand curves than from a deep transaction history specific to this issue.
Collecting interest in Chamber of Chills #24 comes primarily from Bronze Age horror completists and anthology-format collectors building out Marvel's full 1970s suspense line, rather than from character-driven key-issue buyers. Lower-grade raw copies trade as inexpensive reading or filler copies for long boxes, while mid-grade raw examples appeal to those assembling a presentable run of the title. High-grade certified copies are scarce enough that a 9.8, if it were to surface for sale, would likely draw premium interest from census-chasing registry collectors simply due to the thinness of the population at the top of the grade scale, independent of the book's modest story-level significance.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-009300 | ~8.5 | — | AVAILABLE |
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