THE INCREDIBLE HULK #335

Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and clean edges in this photo; no visible spine stress, ticks, or creasing along the spine line. Direct edition indicator (Spider-Man head logo) is intact and unmarred, and no writing, stains, or tears are visible on the front cover. The book is in a protective sleeve which limits full assessment; interior pages and back cover were not examined, so grade is capped conservatively.

The Incredible Hulk #335, cover dated September 1987, arrived during the celebrated Peter David/Todd McFarlane creative stretch that revitalized the title in the late 1980s. David's scripts brought psychological depth to Bruce Banner's condition, while McFarlane's increasingly kinetic, exaggerated pencil work on the Hulk foreshadowed the visual style he would soon bring to Amazing Spider-Man and his own creator-owned work. Issue #335 sits within this run but does not carry a first appearance, origin, or death, and its cover is not among the widely cited McFarlane Hulk images from the period.

Market data reflects a book collected primarily for its place in a notable art run rather than for landmark content. Sales activity clusters heavily at the top of the census, with the great majority of certified copies grading 9.6 or better and comparatively few graded submissions below that range, consistent with a book that was well preserved by speculators anticipating McFarlane's rising stock. Values step up only modestly through the mid grades before a sharper climb at 9.8, a curve typical of high-print-run Copper Age comics with abundant near-mint supply but a shrinking pool of true gem copies.

This issue trades as an affordable McFarlane-run pickup for Hulk and 1980s Marvel art collectors rather than as a speculative key. Low and mid-grade raw copies move in the dollar-store range and attract little competitive bidding, while pressure concentrates on pristine 9.8 slabs, which command a real premium over adjacent grades despite a fairly deep census. Best suited to collectors assembling a complete McFarlane Hulk run or David-era completists rather than investors seeking grail-tier appreciation.