
The Spectacular Spider-Man
#79 · 1983
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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.

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#79 · 1983

Warlord
#31 · 1980

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#78 · 1983

Warlord
#30 · 1980

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#40 · 1980

Warlord
#24 · 1979

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#39 · 1980

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#34 · 1979

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#13 · 1977

Warlord
#80 · 1984

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#12 · 1977

The Spectacular Spider-Man
#5 · 1977

Special Marvel Edition
#7 · 1972

Skull, the Slayer
#1 · 1975

The Untold Legend of the Batman
#1 · 1980

Tor
#3 · 1975

Shogun Warriors
#2 · 1979

The Savage She-Hulk
#10 · 1980

The Savage She-Hulk
#9 · 1980

The Savage She-Hulk
#5 · 1980

The Savage She-Hulk
#3 · 1980

Rom
#43 · 1983

The Rawhide Kid
#123 · 1974

Raiders of the Lost Ark
#2 · 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
#1 · 1981

Fantastic Four
#133 · 1973

What If?
#6 · 1977

What If?
#5 · 1977

Doorway to Nightmare
#2 · 1978

Devil Dinosaur
#1 · 1978

Werewolf by Night
#20 · 1974

Werewolf by Night
#14 · 1974

Detective Comics
#498 · 1981

Werewolf by Night
#6 · 1973

Detective Comics
#456 · 1976

Werewolf by Night
#5 · 1973

Werewolf by Night
#3 · 1973

Detective Comics
#440 · 1974

Detective Comics
#428 · 1972

The Defenders
#2 · 1972

Daredevil
#163 · 1980

Daredevil
#159 · 1979

Daredevil
#150 · 1978

Daredevil
#94 · 1972

Daredevil
#84 · 1972

Warlock
#2 · 1983

Captain Marvel
#34 · 1974

The Brave and the Bold
#103 · 1972
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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.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
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.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
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.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
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.