MARVEL COMICS

Publishers: TIMELY COMICS
Dates: 1 Oct & Nov 1939
Issues: CLICK HERE to view issues, super-size cover images and values in 9 grades

A major issue that has lost some of its prestige in recent years to Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27.

The title becomes Marvel Mystery Comics from #2 onwards.

This was a comic that suffered major restoration to existing copies 15-20 years ago when it was considered the most valuable comic.

Feb 2022: interesting to see the Pay Copy of Marvel Comics #1 is back on the market and re-slabbed in a new holder by CGC. Shame to lose that nice Version 1 original holder. The Pay Copy is a unique copy in that it has payment annotations made by publisher Lloyd Jacquet to artists who contributed to the issue. It's also the 2nd Highest Graded copy after a fairly recent 9.4 which I suspect is a pressed-up copy.

It previously sold in Jan 2006 for $201,250 through Heritage Auctions.

Sep 2022: The Kanas City copy CGC 6.0 sold for $729,000 by Comic Connect.

See also:

MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE HUMAN TORCH / MARVEL MASTERWORKS GOLDEN AGE: HUMAN TORCH / TIMELY COMICS PRESENTS: THE HUMAN TORCH

Total value for all issues of this title listed:

Condition

PR
1.0
FR
1.5
GD
2.0
VG
4.0
FN
6.0
VF
8.0
VF/NM
9.0
NM-
9.2
NM
9.4
MINT
10.0
Issues 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total £ 11,700 23,400 35,100 69,980 104,970 229,630 382,720 776,380 931,660 Total title value in pounds in UK markets
Total $ 14,620 29,250 43,870 87,480 131,220 287,040 478,400 970,480 1,164,570 Total title value in dollars in US markets

Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.