TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #4

Cover shows strong gloss and bright, unfaded colors with sharp corners and no visible creases or tears. There is a small stress line/wrinkle near the top edge and slight waviness to the paper stock, along with minor edge wear at the bottom right corner. The book is in a protective sleeve, which adds glare in some areas but does not appear to be masking major defects; interior pages and back cover were not assessed.

Tarzan Lord of the Jungle #4 continues Marvel's late-1970s licensed adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' pulp novels, with writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema translating the Jewels of Opar storyline into serialized comic form. Buscema's command of adventure anatomy and jungle atmosphere made him a natural fit for the license, and the series stands as a notable example of Marvel's push into licensed properties during the Bronze Age alongside its Conan and Doc Savage lines.

Market activity for this issue is thin and consistent with a mid-run installment of a licensed adaptation series rather than a foundational or first-appearance issue. Sales data cluster at the high end of the census, with a modest but real premium for pristine 9.8 copies against a broader population of raw and lower-graded copies that trade for very little. Demand is driven almost entirely by Buscema completists and Tarzan/ERB collectors rather than broad crossover interest, and the sparse sales record at mid and low grades reflects limited transactional volume rather than scarcity.

This is a book bought to fill a run rather than to anchor a collection. Raw copies in low and mid grade circulate cheaply and are readily available to Tarzan or Bronze Age Marvel readers assembling the license's full output. High-grade CGC 9.8 examples carry a real but modest premium tied to the difficulty of finding well-preserved newsstand copies, appealing mainly to registry-focused Buscema and ERB specialists rather than generalist Bronze Age investors.