STRANGE TALES #6

Cover shows sharp corners, strong gloss, and vivid unbroken colors with no visible spine stress or ticks. No creases, tears, or stains are apparent, and the book is protected in a plastic sleeve. Interior pages and back cover were not assessed, so grade is estimated from front cover appearance only.

Strange Tales #6 (Marvel Comics, September 1987) belongs to the short-lived second volume of the Strange Tales anthology title, which Marvel revived in 1987 as a vehicle for Cloak and Dagger, the shadow-and-light duo created by Bill Mantlo and Ed Hannigan who had previously been supporting characters in Spectacular Spider-Man and Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man. This volume gave the pair their first ongoing headlining feature, running for nineteen issues before the characters moved into their own miniseries and later an ongoing title. Issue #6 falls in the middle of that run, a standard chapter in an ongoing Cloak and Dagger serial rather than a debut, milestone, or crossover event issue.

As a mid-run issue of a Copper Age anthology title with no first appearances, deaths, or landmark creative moments attached, the book falls squarely into common bulk-stock territory. It carries no published fair-market value because the aftermarket simply does not price it beyond a token amount over cover price in raw form; the print runs of late-1980s Marvel secondary titles were substantial, and surviving copies in any given grade are plentiful. Demand is limited to Cloak and Dagger completists filling out the volume 2 run and general Copper Age Marvel accumulators.

This is a reader-tier and set-building book rather than an investment piece. Low-grade raw copies trade for pocket change, mid-grade raw copies for a few dollars, and even a top-graded CGC 9.8 slab remains a modest purchase relative to genuine keys of the era, reflecting scarcity of high grades rather than any inherent demand spike. Collectors pursuing a complete run of Strange Tales vol. 2 or a Cloak and Dagger character collection are the primary audience; it is not a book pursued on its own merits by speculative buyers.