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Condition Profile
MARVEL COMICS · 7/84 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-011241
PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #92
Al Milgrom writes and draws a Kingpin/Black Cat story featuring the Answer in the mid-80s Spectacular Spider-Man run
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | July 1984 | Copper | Newsstand | — | AVAILABLE |
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-011241 | ~9.0 | Newsstand | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows bright, unfaded yellow background with strong color saturation and sharp print registration. Corners appear sharp with only minor handling wear, and the spine appears tight with no visible stress lines or ticks in this photo. No creases, tears, or stains are visible on the front cover; the book is currently housed in a protective sleeve. Interior pages and back cover were not assessed, so the grade reflects front-cover appearance only.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $3 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $8 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $90 |
// Archive commentary
Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #92 is a mid-1980s Marvel title written, penciled, and inked (over Al Milgrom's layouts with Jim Mooney assisting) by the book's regular creative steward, pairing Spider-Man with the Kingpin and Black Cat against the short-lived villain the Answer. It arrives amid the era's black-costume Spider-Man storyline that ran across the Spider-titles following the character's debut in Secret Wars and Amazing Spider-Man in early 1984, giving the issue incidental crossover interest for readers tracking that arc, though it introduces no characters and marks no historical firsts of its own.
Market data reflects a thinly traded, high-print-run Copper Age book: certified sales are sparse at every grade, with fair market values climbing modestly through the mid grades before a sharper premium emerges at 9.6 and 9.8, a pattern typical of common 1980s newsstand issues where most surviving copies were read rather than preserved. Demand is driven almost entirely by Spider-Man completists, black-costume-era collectors filling out the surrounding run, and buyers of the Milgrom/Mooney art team's work on the title, rather than by any first-appearance or landmark-event premium.
This is a value-tier back-issue that trades cheaply in raw form regardless of grade below near-mint, with real price separation only appearing at the top of the certified population. It suits collectors assembling a complete Spectacular Spider-Man run or the 1984 black-costume story arc across titles, and is unlikely to attract speculative or investment-driven buying; census-topping 9.8 copies command a real but modest premium built on scarcity of pristine survivors rather than storyline significance.
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