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Marvel Two-in-One #30 front cover
~7.0 AI-Estimated
Approximate
Condition Profile
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #30
MARVEL COMICS · 8/77 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-011862

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #30

Thing teams with Nick Fury and an early Spider-Woman against the High Evolutionary's Hydra-tied threat

SIG 3/10 Available

// Unit specification

PublisherCover dateEraVariantKey attributeStatus
Marvel Comics August 1977 Bronze Newsstand AVAILABLE

// Run position

Part of an unbroken run · #28–#41 · 14 issues View all 73 available issues of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE →

// Condition analysis

⚠ AI-Estimated / Approximate Condition Profile

Cover shows overall good gloss with some minor surface wear; a vertical crease/soft spine roll is visible along the left edge near the spine, and slight corner blunting appears at the bottom left. There is minor waviness/warping to the cover stock, possibly from moisture exposure, and light rubbing near the top edge. The comic is in a protective sleeve, which limits full assessment of spine ticks and edge chipping. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

// Valuation — market reference

⚠ AI-Estimated values — approximate, not an appraisal · no market comps found — era-based estimate
BracketGradeEst. market valueMarker
LOW_RAW 0.5 – 1.5 $2
MID_RAW 4.0 – 6.0 $6
HIGH_CERT 9.8 SLAB $85

// Archive commentary

Marvel Two-In-One #30 is a team-up issue from Marvel's long-running Thing-centric anthology title, pairing Ben Grimm with Nick Fury against a scheme connected to the High Evolutionary and Hydra's Supreme Hydra. The issue is written and edited by Marv Wolfman, with pencils by Rich Buckler and John Buscema and inks split between Al Milgrom and Pablo Marcos, a fairly typical Bronze Age Marvel production team assembled from the era's busy bullpen. Alicia Masters appears in her recurring supporting role, and the issue features Spider-Woman in one of her earliest published appearances, arriving a few months after her debut in Marvel Spotlight #32.

As a mid-run issue of a title built entirely around rotating guest stars, Marvel Two-In-One #30 has never carried a fair-market listing that would separate it from the surrounding run; it trades as an ordinary back-issue rather than a sought-after single. Its most notable draw is the early Spider-Woman appearance, which generates some incidental interest from character completists, but it is not her first appearance and does not carry the demand of a true first or origin issue. The newsstand printing is the standard distribution for the era and does not itself add scarcity.

This is a book for Marvel Two-In-One completists, Thing or Spider-Woman appearance collectors rounding out a run, and readers assembling Bronze Age team-up runs on a budget. It should be expected to move steadily but modestly across grades, with raw copies changing hands cheaply and only high-grade certified examples commanding meaningfully more, reflecting scarcity in top condition rather than any inherent character or story significance.

// Copies in archive

UnitGradeVariantStatus
ECA-011862 ~7.0 Newsstand AVAILABLE

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