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Tarzan Lord of the Jungle #6 front cover
~8.5 AI-Estimated
Approximate
Condition Profile
TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #6
MARVEL COMICS · 11/77 · NEWSSTAND
UNIT ECA-009560

TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE #6

Marvel's Bronze Age Tarzan spin-off series, newsstand edition, November 1977

SIG 2/10 Available

// Unit specification

PublisherCover dateEraVariantKey attributeStatus
Marvel Comics November 1977 Bronze Newsstand AVAILABLE

// Run position

Part of an unbroken run · #3–#23 · 21 issues View all 24 available issues of TARZAN LORD OF THE JUNGLE →

// Condition analysis

⚠ AI-Estimated / Approximate Condition Profile

Cover shows strong color and gloss with sharp corners and no visible creases or tears. There is minor surface wrinkling/waviness visible in the plastic sleeve reflection, likely from the protective bag rather than the comic itself, but slight cover waviness cannot be ruled out. UPC barcode box present confirms newsstand edition. Spine appears tight with no visible stress lines; interior and back cover were not assessed.

// Valuation — market reference

⚠ AI-Estimated values — approximate, not an appraisal
BracketGradeEst. market valueMarker
LOW_RAW 0.5 – 1.5 $2
MID_RAW 4.0 – 6.0 $5
HIGH_CERT 9.8 SLAB $65

// Archive commentary

Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle #6 is part of Marvel's late-1970s license run adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle hero, following Marvel's earlier Tarzan series and riding the era's broader wave of licensed adventure comics. The title featured veteran Marvel talent, with Roy Thomas scripting and John Buscema handling art chores across much of the run, bringing a polished, classicist adventure-comics sensibility to the character. As a licensed property book rather than a core Marvel superhero title, it holds interest primarily for Tarzan completists and Bronze Age adventure-genre collectors rather than the broader speculative market.

Market data reflects a low-demand, low-liquidity title: total certified population is modest, sales are infrequent even at the top grade, and there is no meaningful secondary-market activity documented in the raw grade ranges. Demand is driven almost entirely by dedicated Tarzan and Burroughs-property collectors assembling complete runs, along with John Buscema art collectors, rather than by any first-appearance or landmark-event significance. Pricing across grades reflects a typical unspectacular Bronze Age licensed-comic curve, with value concentrated at the very top of the condition census.

This issue trades as a bulk-bin or bargain-longbox book in low-to-mid grades, with real value only emerging in true high-grade certified form, and even then only modestly. Collectors of the Marvel Tarzan run and Buscema completists represent the primary buying audience; there is little crossover appeal beyond the niche. Expect raw copies to move cheaply and quickly regardless of grade, while a well-preserved 9.8 slab remains the only meaningfully collectible tier of this issue.

// Copies in archive

UnitGradeVariantStatus
ECA-009560 ~8.5 Newsstand AVAILABLE

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