DAREDEVIL #28

This photo shows the first interior splash page, not the actual front cover, indicating the book is coverless. The indicia confirms Daredevil Vol. 1 #28 (May 1967, Marvel/Olympia Publications, 12¢ cover price). The visible page shows tanning/browning typical of Silver Age paper stock and light edge wear, but since the cover itself is missing, the book cannot be graded above a coverless designation regardless of interior page condition. Back cover and remaining interior pages were not assessed.

Daredevil #28 (Marvel, May 1967) arrived during the title's transitional Silver Age period, with Stan Lee scripting and Gene Colan settling into his defining run as the book's regular penciler. The issue falls within the multi-part Masked Marauder storyline that ran through issues #27-29, pitting Daredevil against the intangible-costumed villain while regular supporting cast members Karen Page and Foggy Nelson continue to anchor the Nelson & Murdock law-firm subplot. It is a representative example of Colan's increasingly kinetic, shadow-heavy visual style, which would come to define Daredevil's late-1960s identity, but the issue itself introduces no major character, does not resolve a landmark story beat, and is not cited as a classic cover in standard price guides.

Market data reflects a book with broad but modest demand: a substantial certified population (369 Universal copies across nearly the full grading spectrum) has produced steady turnover in the low-to-mid grades, with values compressing tightly between $28 and $48 through 4.0-8.0. Values begin to separate meaningfully only at 9.2 and above, where thinner surviving populations of high-grade Colan-era Daredevil books push FMVs past $140-$210. This pattern is typical of solid, collected-but-non-key Silver Age Marvel issues: consistent baseline liquidity at all grades, with premium pricing concentrated almost entirely in the top-census tier rather than driven by any single first-appearance or milestone event.

This issue suits collectors building a complete Daredevil run or assembling a Gene Colan art showcase rather than key-issue speculators. Raw copies in low and mid grade trade as commodity Silver Age filler, priced for completeness rather than scarcity. Because no 9.8 has yet been certified, a top-graded example would command a real rarity premium over the current 9.6 ceiling, making high-grade certified copies the primary value driver for this issue going forward, while mid- and low-grade copies should be expected to hold steady, unspectacular demand tied to run-building activity.