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Marvel Two-In-One #60 front cover
~8.5 AI-Estimated
Approximate
Condition Profile
MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #60
MARVEL COMICS · 2/80 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-011256

MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #60

Thing and the Puppet Master face off in a Fantastic Four-adjacent team-up penciled by George Pérez

SIG 2/10 Available

// Unit specification

PublisherCover dateEraVariantKey attributeStatus
Marvel Comics February 1980 Bronze Newsstand AVAILABLE

// Run position

Part of an unbroken run · #55–#95 · 41 issues View all 73 available issues of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE →

// Condition analysis

⚠ AI-Estimated / Approximate Condition Profile

Cover shows strong gloss and bright color with sharp corners; minor edge wear is visible at the bottom left and top right corners. A few tiny surface scuffs and light handling wear are present, along with a faint vertical crease near the spine area. No major creases, tears, or color breaks are visible, and the book is currently in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment. Interior and back cover were not assessed.

// Valuation — market reference

⚠ AI-Estimated values — approximate, not an appraisal
BracketGradeEst. market valueMarker
LOW_RAW 0.5 – 1.5 $2
MID_RAW 4.0 – 6.0 $6
HIGH_CERT 9.8 SLAB $100

// Archive commentary

Marvel Two-In-One #60 is a Bronze Age team-up issue pairing Ben Grimm with the Puppet Master and featuring Impossible Man and Mr. Fantastic in supporting roles. The issue is scripted by Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio and penciled by George Pérez, with inks by Gene Day and a cover credited to Bob Budiansky and Joe Rubinstein. It arrives during Pérez's rising profile at Marvel, shortly before his defining run on The New Teen Titans at DC, giving the issue some interest as an artifact of his early-career output rather than for any first appearance or landmark story event.

Market data shows a thin but present certified population, with only thirteen copies graded 9.8 and modest sales activity across the top grades. Pricing climbs sharply only at the very top of the grade curve, typical of a book with low overall demand but a small pool of high-grade copies chased by Pérez completists and Fantastic Four/Thing team-up collectors. There is no evidence of meaningful raw-market demand, and pricing in low and mid grades remains nominal.

This is a book for run-builders assembling a complete Marvel Two-In-One set or George Pérez art collectors rather than speculative buyers. Raw copies in low and mid grade trade as bulk-bin filler with negligible premiums, while high-grade CGC 9.8 copies command a real but narrow premium driven by census scarcity rather than storyline significance. Expect steady, unspectacular demand with the bulk of value concentrated at the top of the condition census.

// Copies in archive

UnitGradeVariantStatus
ECA-011256 ~8.5 Newsstand AVAILABLE

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