TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #20

Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners; a few minor edge stress lines visible along the top and left border, and a faint vertical crease near the spine is possible but not certain from glare. No major creases, tears, or color-breaking folds are apparent, and the barcode box confirms this as a newsstand copy. Interior pages and back cover were not visible for assessment, so grading is based solely on the front cover image.

Tarzan Lord of the Jungle launched Marvel's license to adapt Edgar Rice Burroughs's jungle hero following the company's mid-1970s expansion into licensed properties, with the series continuing the loose adaptation format established under writers and artists rotating through the Burroughs universe. Issue #20, cover-dated January 1979, falls in the latter half of the series' run as Marvel worked through its Tarzan continuity during the Bronze Age; it carries no first appearance, death, or other landmark event, and its cover art, while competent adventure illustration typical of the era, has not been singled out as a classic by price guides or collector consensus.

The book's market profile reflects a low-key, low-liquidity title: total certified population across all Universal grades sits at only twenty copies, with just nine recorded sales spread across the grade spectrum. Fair market value tops out modestly even at the pinnacle grade, and the curve from 8.5 through 9.8 shows the gentle, unremarkable slope typical of non-key Bronze Age licensed comics rather than the steep spikes seen in books with true crossover or first-appearance demand. Newsstand distribution and general scarcity of high-grade survivors keep the top end of the market thin, but interest is not driven by any character milestone.

This issue trades primarily among Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs completists and Bronze Age licensed-comics collectors building full Marvel Tarzan runs, rather than among speculative or crossover-driven buyers. Raw copies in low and mid grades move cheaply and steadily as reading or run-filler copies, while CGC 9.8 examples command a real but modest premium reflecting genuine scarcity at the top of the census rather than intrinsic character demand. Expect slow, steady turnover rather than auction excitement, with value driven mostly by condition census rarity.