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MARVEL COMICS · 4/80 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-012172
MARVEL TEAM-UP #92
Spider-Man and Daredevil team up against Doctor Doom and Mr. Fear
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | April 1980 | Bronze | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and no visible creases or folds. There is a small ink or handling mark near the top of the Hawkeye lettering, and slight edge wear is visible along the top right corner. The book is in a protective sleeve, and the back cover and interior pages 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 | $6 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $85 |
// Archive commentary
Marvel Team-Up #92 (cover-dated April 1980) is a middle-of-the-run issue from Marvel's long-standing rotating-partner title, teaming Spider-Man with Daredevil and Hawkeye against Doctor Doom and the Daredevil villain Mr. Fear. The issue was written by Mark Gruenwald, with pencils by Al Milgrom and Carmine Infantino and a cover inked by Joe Rubinstein, under the editorial oversight of Dennis O'Neil and Jim Shooter. It carries no first appearances, deaths, or other landmark events, and its place in the larger history of Spider-Man, Daredevil, or Doctor Doom is incidental rather than pivotal.
As a non-key issue from a title that ran for well over a decade with fluctuating creative teams, #92 trades as a common Bronze Age back-issue. Demand is driven mainly by completists assembling a full run of Marvel Team-Up, Doctor Doom or Daredevil appearance collectors doing the same, and readers drawn to the Gruenwald/Milgrom creative stretch on the title. There is no meaningful crossover demand from any single hot character or storyline, and the book does not appear on standard key-issue checklists.
Copies of this issue are plentiful in the back-issue market, and it typically moves as bulk stock or bin filler rather than as a showcase piece. Raw copies in lower grades are inexpensive and easy to source, mid-grade copies see modest but steady turnover among Marvel Team-Up and Doctor Doom collectors, and high-grade certified copies are scarce mainly because few copies of an unremarkable Bronze Age issue were preserved to that standard, not because of any inherent collector premium. It is best understood as a reader's copy and a run-completion piece rather than an investment-grade book.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-012172 | ~8.5 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
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