2020 UPDATE! The 100 Hot Comics list has BIG surprises... NOTE: We use eBay to provide references to live prices of comic books. Clicking a text link or image marked ‘Check live prices’ will take you to eBay.



Top 50 Most Valuable Comic Books

of the Bronze Age

Top 50 Bronze Age Most Valuable Comic Books

This is the third article in our series, following from Most Valuable Golden Age Comics and Most Valuable Silver Age Comics.

Here are the key issues to look for when you're at garage sales (yes, they DO turn up!).



Top 50 Most Valuable Comic Books from the Bronze Age

1. Marvel Spotlight #5 (August 1972):

Origin and First Appearance

of Ghost Rider

Record sale: $48,500

Minimum value: $20

Check Values | Have Yours Appraised

See our Ghost Rider

Comic Book Price Guide

IMPORTANT NOTE ON INCREDIBLE HULK #181, GREEN LANTERN #76, AND OTHER BRONZE AGE MOST VALUABLE COMIC BOOKS

Certain Bronze Age keys listed on the most valuable comic books page have actually FALLEN in value since 2008-10.



A feeding frenzy in the mid-to-late-2000s lead to a glut of CGC-graded near mint/mint copies coming to market.

Some bronze age key issues have lost 50 percent or more in CGC 9.8!

The following books have all been affected by the "gold rush" of those days:



Comic Book Green L. #76

X-Men #94

Hulk #181

Detec. #400

ASM #129

GS X-Men #1

Hulk #180

ASM #121 Record 9.8 $37,344 (2010)

$29,589 (2010)

$26,501 (2009)

$13,534 (2009)

$13,340 (2008)

$12,500 (2008)

$10,000 (2010)

$6,000 (2008) Recent 9.8 $31,811

$15,535

$13,886

$3,700

$6,500

$10,600

$2,850

$2,500 "Ouch" % -14.82%



-47.50%



-47.60%



-72.66%



-51.27%



-15.20%



-71.50%



-58.33%



Detective Comics #400 wins the OUCH race with a loss of over 72 percent in CGC 9.8.

Since the correction, some prices have picked up again.

Amazing Spider-Man #129 is the closest of the most valuable comic books to closing the gap (only because all things Punisher are red hot though).

But will we ever see Incredible Hulk #181 fetch $26,000 in 9.8 grade again? Maybe, but not for many years.

For simplicity's sake, record prices on this page are from the last couple of years.

Guide to 1970s Marvel Price Variants Click one of the price boxes below to see our separate articles on these rare issues. Marvel 30 Cent Price Variants Marvel 35 Cent Price Variants

8. House of Secrets #92 (July 1971):

First Appearance, Swamp Thing;

Classic Berni Wrightson Cover

Record sale: $14,000

Minimum value: $80

Check Values | Have Yours Appraised

House of Secrets / House of Mystery

comic book price guides

NEW ENTRY! Special Marvel Edition #15

First appearance of Shang Chi

Record Sale: $5,700

Minimum Value: $40

Check Live Prices | Have Yours Appraised

NEW ENTRY! Amazing Adventures #11 (1972):

First Appearance of Furry Beast

Record sale: $4,900

Minimum value: $40

Check Values | Have Yours Appraised

NEW ENTRY! Amazing Spider-Man #121 (1973):

Death of Gwen Stacy

Record sale: $2,850

Minimum value: $50

Check Values | Have Yours Appraised

NEW ENTRY! Savage Tales #1 (1971):

First Appearance, Man-Thing

Record sale: $1,800

Minimum value: $45

Check Values | Have Yours Appraised

60 Most Valuable Comic Books, Copper Age >>>

Click here to see most expensive comic books of the Copper Age

Most Valuable Comic Books From Other Eras

Go from Top 20 Most Valuable Comic Books from the Bronze Age to the Comic Price Guide menu

Value or Sell Comic Books online to us! We're a #1 comic book buyer