DAREDEVIL #128
Bronze Age Daredevil mid-run issue from the Marv Wolfman era, cover-dated December 1975.
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | December 1975 | Bronze | — | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Image is rotated 90 degrees; cover shows moderate wear consistent with mid-grade: visible spine stress lines and a couple of small ticks along the spine edge, slight corner blunting at top right and bottom right, and light surface creasing near the lower left corner. Colors remain bright with no major color breaks, staining, or tears noted, though a faint diagonal crease is visible across the lower portion of the cover. Interior and back cover were not assessed from this photo alone.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $7 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $14 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $210 |
// Archive commentary
Daredevil #128 lands squarely in the Bronze Age run of the Man Without Fear, an era defined by street-level storytelling and rotating creative teams as the title carried Matt Murdock through New York's grimmer corners. Issues from this stretch continued the momentum set by the introduction of the era's new supporting figures and villains, and the book reads as connective tissue in an ongoing narrative rather than a standalone landmark. It is a representative example of mid-1970s Marvel superhero output, notable for its steady craftsmanship rather than a singular first appearance or origin.
Demand for this issue tracks the broader Daredevil back-issue market: interest is real but concentrated at the top of the grade ladder, where high-grade certified copies command a meaningful premium over the raw and mid-grade population. The certified data shows a healthy spread of copies in the 9.4 to 9.8 range, with pricing climbing sharply as grade improves and thinning out considerably below very fine. That curve is typical of a collected Bronze Age run book that lacks a marquee key event, so buyers pay for condition rather than scarcity of the issue itself.
The natural audience is the Daredevil run collector and the Bronze Age completist filling gaps between the recognized keys. In lower and mid grades the book trades affordably and moves as filler, while the value story lives almost entirely in high-grade slabs where eye appeal and census position drive the price. Expect steady, unspectacular trading: patient buyers can find raw copies inexpensively, and the premium tier rewards those chasing the best-preserved examples.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-000987 | ~6.0 | — | AVAILABLE |
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