DOCTOR STRANGE #15

Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and no visible creases or color breaks. There is faint minor edge wear along the top and right border and slight surface handling marks, but overall the cover remains bright and clean. Spine appears tight with no visible stress lines in this view. Interior and back cover were not assessed, so grade is based solely on front cover appearance.

Doctor Strange #15 (Marvel, June 1976) is a mid-run issue from the character's second ongoing series, arriving during the Bronze Age stretch that followed the celebrated Englehart/Brunner run of the early 1970s. By this point in the title's history, the series had settled into a steady procession of mystical adventures for Stephen Strange, without a first appearance, death, or other landmark event attached to this particular number. It is a representative example of the era's Doctor Strange output rather than a storyline widely singled out by collectors or price guides.

The certified market reflects that status. Sale and FMV data across the mid-to-high grades (7.5 through 9.4) are essentially flat in the mid-forties-dollar range, with only a modest step up at 9.6 and a more pronounced jump at the 9.8 tier. That pattern is typical of a book with broad availability and mild but steady demand: collectors pursuing a complete run of the title or a Gene Colan-era Doctor Strange run will buy it in any grade, but there is little grade-to-grade price tension until the top of the census, where scarcity of true gem-mint copies asserts itself.

This issue suits Doctor Strange series collectors, Bronze Age Marvel completists, and dealers filling out long-run boxes rather than key-issue investors. Raw copies in low and mid grades move as inexpensive filler, priced for volume rather than scarcity, while certified 9.8s command a real premium reflecting how few copies exist at that grade relative to the print run. Expect this book to trade steadily but modestly, with value concentrated almost entirely in the top census tier.