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MARVEL COMICS · 3/86 · DIRECT EDITION
UNIT ECA-007448
THE WEST COAST AVENGERS #6
Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom continue the mid-1980s West Coast Avengers ongoing
// Unit specification
| Publisher | Cover date | Era | Variant | Key attribute | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Comics | March 1986 | Copper | Direct Edition | — | AVAILABLE |
// Run position
// Condition analysis
Cover shows strong gloss and vibrant color with sharp corners and no visible creases or spine stress. There is a small dark spot/mark near the top right edge of the cover art that may be a minor surface blemish. The comic is in a protective sleeve which shows some wrinkling but this does not appear to affect the book itself. Interior pages and back cover were not visible for assessment.
// Valuation — market reference
| Bracket | Grade | Est. market value | Marker |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOW_RAW | 0.5 – 1.5 | $2 | |
| MID_RAW | 4.0 – 6.0 | $5 | |
| HIGH_CERT | 9.8 SLAB | $50 |
// Archive commentary
The West Coast Avengers launched as Marvel's second Avengers team book in the mid-1980s, spinning out of a 1984 limited series into an ongoing title based in Los Angeles. Issue #6, cover-dated March 1986, falls within Steve Englehart's early run with penciler Al Milgrom, a creative team that shaped the book's identity through soap-opera plotting and a rotating cast that included Hawkeye, Mockingbird, Tigra, Wonder Man, and Iron Man. The issue is a standard chapter of an ongoing team series rather than a debut or landmark storyline, and it carries no first appearance, death, or origin of lasting significance to the wider Marvel Universe.
Market activity reflects that status: sales are sparse across the certified population, with meaningful pricing only emerging at the top of the grade scale. Demand is driven almost entirely by run-completists and West Coast Avengers specialists rather than character-first-appearance buyers, and the FMV curve shows a typical Copper Age pattern of very modest values through the mid-grades before a jump at 9.6 and 9.8, where population thins and a handful of high-grade collectors compete for well-preserved copies.
This is a book that trades as connective tissue in a longer run rather than as a standalone target. Raw copies in low and mid grade hold nominal value and appeal mainly to readers assembling a full West Coast Avengers set inexpensively; the real market sits in top-census CGC 9.8 slabs, which command a real premium over lower certified grades despite the book's otherwise modest profile. Expect steady, low-volume activity rather than speculative spikes, with high-grade slabs as the only segment likely to see sustained collector interest.
// Copies in archive
| Unit | Grade | Variant | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECA-007444 | ~9.2 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007446 | ~9.2 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007458 | ~9.2 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007448 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007450 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007452 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007454 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007456 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007460 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
| ECA-007462 | ~9.0 | Direct Edition | AVAILABLE |
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