THE INVADERS #8
Bronze Age Invaders WWII adventure from the Roy Thomas / Frank Robbins run.
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | September 1976 | Bronze | — | 1st cover appearance of Union Jack (James Montgomery Falsworth); Union Jack joins the Invaders; "Union Jack Is Back!" Baron Blood arc; note true 1st appearance is Invaders #7 | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp, unblunted corners and a tight-looking spine free of visible stress lines or color breaks. Minor handling wear is visible at the extreme lower right corner tip and a faint bend near the bottom edge, but no creases, tears, or staining are apparent. Interior pages and back cover were not assessed, so the grade reflects front-cover condition only.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $12 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $28 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $220 |
// Archive commentary
The Invaders #8 continues Marvel's mid-1970s revival of its Golden Age heroes, reuniting Captain America, Bucky, the original android Human Torch, Toro, and Namor the Sub-Mariner as an Allied super-team battling Axis forces during World War II. Scripted by Roy Thomas with interior art by Frank Robbins, the series was a deliberate exercise in period nostalgia, retrofitting Timely-era characters into a coherent continuity that would echo through Marvel's WWII storytelling for decades. This issue sits in the early stretch of the run, just past the introduction of Union Jack, and delivers the kind of costumed wartime action that defined the title's appeal.
The book is a mid-run Bronze Age issue rather than a recognized key, and its market behaves accordingly: abundant certified supply, a flat price ladder through the mid and high-mid grades, and demand concentrated almost entirely at the top of the census. The jump from the 9.6 tier to 9.8 is the only meaningful premium in the curve, reflecting collectors chasing registry-quality copies of a series that is otherwise inexpensive to complete. Certified sales volume is steady but modest, and raw copies trade freely at accessible levels.
Buyers here are Invaders run collectors, Golden Age legacy-character enthusiasts, and those assembling high-grade Bronze Age Marvel sets. Raw and mid-grade copies are plentiful and change hands as affordable filler, so most value lives in the 9.6 and 9.8 slabs where scarcity of pristine copies drives the only real competition. The book is best approached as a set-completion piece with upside limited to top-census specimens.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-001035 | ~9.0 | — | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-001032 | ~8.5 | — | AVAILABLE |
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