TARZAN OF THE APES #150

The cover shows strong color and gloss with no major creases visible; minor corner softness is present at the upper right corner and a faint diagonal stress line runs through the upper right jungle background, likely from a light bend. Spine appears mostly tight with only slight ticking, and edges show minor handling wear consistent with a well-kept Silver Age book. The book is in a protective sleeve, which obscures fine surface detail and possible spine roll; interior pages and back cover were not visible for assessment.

Tarzan of the Apes #150 arrived from Gold Key in October 1965, continuing the numbering inherited from Dell's earlier run of the Edgar Rice Burroughs jungle-adventure license. By the mid-1960s Gold Key's Tarzan title was transitioning from the long tenure of Jesse Marsh, the artist most associated with the strip's Dell-era look, toward the incoming work of Russ Manning, whose meticulous, naturalistic style would come to define the character for the rest of the decade. Issue #150 sits within this changeover period, giving it modest historical interest for readers tracking the creative evolution of Gold Key's Tarzan line, though it carries no first appearance, origin, or other event that price guides recognize as a key moment.

Market data for the issue is thin but consistent with a well-regarded but non-key Silver Age licensed title: certified sales cluster in the low-to-mid double digits at mid grades and climb into the low hundreds only at the top of the existing census, which tops out at 9.6. No copy has been certified at 9.8 or higher, meaning demand at the very top of the grade scale has never been tested by a sale, and any such copy would likely draw a premium simply for its unmatched position on the census rather than for any inherent scarcity of the issue itself. Raw copies in worn condition trade for a few dollars, reflecting the title's status as a plentiful, widely-produced newsstand comic rather than a sought-after specialty book.

Collecting interest in this issue comes primarily from Tarzan and Edgar Rice Burroughs completists building full Gold Key or Manning-era runs, along with Silver Age licensed-comics collectors rounding out jungle-adventure titles. Lower and mid-grade raw copies move steadily but inexpensively as reading or run-filler copies, while high-grade certified examples are scarce enough that a 9.6 already commands a real premium over the next grade down, and a hypothetical 9.8 would be positioned as the finest known copy rather than a book with an established sales history.