
Ripley's Believe it or Not!
#26 · 1971
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Bronze Age comics from 1970 to 1985: Wolverine, the new X-Men, Punisher, Ghost Rider and the darker, socially aware books of the seventies.

Ripley's Believe it or Not!
#26 · 1971

Tono and Kono the Jungle Twins
#3 · 1972

Superman Daily Strip Art - May
#18 · 1983

Captain Guts
#3 · 1971

Ghostly Haunts
#33 · 1973

Pep Comics
#251 · 1971

Pep Comics
#258 · 1971

New Gods
#1 · 1971

Superbitch
#1 · 1977

Omega Men Annual
#1 · 1984

Avengers Annual
#10 · 1981

Betty and Me
#34 · 1971

Sojourn
#1 · 1977

World's Finest Comics
#198 · 1970

Monsters of the Movies
#8 · 1975

Uncanny X-Men
#139 · 1980

Superman Daily Strip Art - June
#1 · 1983

Spectacular Spider-Man
#28 · 1979

Masters of the Universe
#1 · 1982

Superman Daily Strip Art - May
#25 · 1983

Amazing Spider-Man Annual
#16 · 1982

Special Marvel Edition
#15 · 1973

Black Panther
#4 · 1977

X-Men
#71 · 1971

Pep Comics
#263 · 1972

Reggie and Me
#63 · 1973

Superman Daily Strip Art - May
#27 · 1983

Legion of Super-Heroes
#261 · 1980

Heavy Metal
#1 · 1977

Fightin' Marines
#104 · 1972

Moon Knight Special Edition
#1 · 1983

Superman Daily Strip Art - May
#30 · 1983

Tomahawk
#140 · 1972

EC Portfolio Three
#3 · 1973

Debbi's Dates
#11 · 1971

Superman Daily Strip Art - May
#23 · 1983

New Mutants
#16 · 1984

Tales to Astonish
#11 · 1980

Marvel Two-in-One
#80 · 1981

Superman
#318 · 1977

Daredevil
#66 · 1970

MarvelMania Catalog
#2 · 1970

Scooby-Doo
#3 · 1978

Power Man and Iron Fist
#66 · 1980

Insect Fear
#1 · 1970

Uncanny X-Men
#126 · 1979

Amazing Spider-Man Annual
#16 · 1982
Marvel Comics · Bronze Age
CGC 9.2 · Universal Blue

Mighty Samson
#22 · 1973
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Key issues
The first X-Men comic is The X-Men #1, cover-dated September 1963, from Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The books collectors chase most are that issue, Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), X-Men #94, #101 and #129, and on all of them the CGC or CBCS grade is the largest driver of price.
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Key issues
The key Ghost Rider comic is Marvel Spotlight #5 (August 1972), the first appearance of Johnny Blaze as Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider #1 (September 1973) followed it, and for either book the third-party grade is one of the biggest factors in what a copy sells for.
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Collecting
Collectors divide American comics into eras: the Golden Age (1938 to the mid-1950s), the Silver Age (1956 to about 1970), the Bronze Age (about 1970 to 1985), the Copper Age (about 1985 to 1991) and the Modern Age (1991 to today). The boundaries are conventions rather than official dates, but each era has its own print runs, survival rates, paper and pricing, which is why listings and price guides always state one.
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Collecting
Marvel Value Stamps were a promotion printed inside most Marvel comics from 1974 to 1976: a numbered stamp of a character on an interior page that readers were encouraged to cut out and paste into a stamp book. Because readers did exactly that, many Bronze Age Marvels from those years are missing a piece of a page. A cut stamp drops the grade sharply or earns a green qualified label, so "Marvel Value Stamp intact" is a meaningful phrase in a listing.
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The Bronze Age brought relevance and grit to the newsstand — drug stories, horror's return under a loosened Comics Code, and a wave of first appearances that now drive the market: Incredible Hulk #181, Giant-Size X-Men #1, Amazing Spider-Man #129 and Werewolf by Night #32 among them.
Print runs were still large, so high grade is achievable but 9.6 and 9.8 copies carry a real premium over 9.0s. Many Bronze Age books were also stored carefully by the first generation of collectors, which is why pressing can add a grade point and why we pre-screen raw candidates before recommending a submission.
Every book ships double-boxed, signature-required and insured to full value, and you have 14 days from delivery to inspect it. Undisclosed restoration is refundable with no time limit under our authenticity guarantee. Have Bronze Age books of your own to grade or sell? Start a grading submission or request an appraisal.