MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #28

Cover shows strong gloss and bright colors with sharp corners and no visible creases or tears. There is minor edge wear along the top and slight rubbing at the spine, with no significant color breaks visible. The barcode box is present, confirming newsstand edition, and the CGC-style plastic sleeve makes fine surface detail slightly harder to assess. Interior and back cover were not examined, so this grade is based solely on the visible front cover.

Marvel Two-In-One #28 (June 1977) is a middle-run issue of the Thing's rotating team-up title, teaming Ben Grimm with the cyborg soldier Deathlok (Luther Manning) alongside Mr. Fantastic, Namor, and Nick Fury. The story was written by Marv Wolfman with pencils by Ron Wilson and inks by Pablo Marcos and John Tartaglione, while the cover was penciled by Gil Kane and finished by Marcos and Dan Crespi. Deathlok had debuted a few years earlier in Astonishing Tales, and his appearances in Marvel Two-In-One during this stretch of the series extended that dystopian cyborg concept into the mainstream Marvel Universe, giving this issue a bit of connective tissue for readers tracking the character's scattered 1970s appearances.

As a book, it sits squarely in the bulk-stock category: no fair-market value is tracked for it, which reflects a print run and survival rate typical of a non-key, non-first-appearance Bronze Age team-up issue. Demand is driven almost entirely by Deathlok completists and Marvel Two-In-One run collectors rather than by any landmark event within these pages, since Manning had already been introduced elsewhere. Ron Wilson's dependable, workmanlike art and Wolfman's competent scripting are typical of the title's era, and Gil Kane's cover gives it some visual appeal on the stands without elevating the issue's historical standing.

Collecting activity for this issue is modest and largely incidental to broader Marvel Two-In-One or Deathlok collections; buyers are typically series completists or Bronze Age Marvel readers filling gaps rather than speculators chasing a key. Raw copies move cheaply and steadily regardless of condition nuance, while a certified high-grade slab can command a real premium simply due to the scarcity of well-preserved copies at the top end, a pattern common to many non-key Bronze Age newsstand books. It is best understood as a solid, unpretentious reader's copy from a long-running, well-regarded Marvel team-up series rather than a book with independent key status.