The Amazing Spider-Man #81 Double Cover (Marvel, 1970) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white pages....
Auction amount: $2,400.00
Sold: Nov 23, 2020
The Amazing Spider-Man #81 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1970
About The Amazing Spider-Man #81
Origin and first appearance of the Kangaroo. John Romita Sr. and John Buscema cover. Romita, Buscema, and Jim Mooney art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Kangaroo
Pencils: John Romita (signed)
Inks: John Romita (signed)
Letters: Sam Rosen
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #62 (October 1975)
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Aunt May Parker; The Kangaroo (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: Aunt May decides Peter is sick and puts him to bed. The Kangaroo escapes Feds who seek to deport him, then steals what he thinks is money but is actually a vial of deadly bacteria. Peter sneaks out to catch the Kangaroo and get the vial back. He succeeds, but Aunt May collapses when she finds the web dummy Peter left in his bed. Now Peter feels more guilt than ever.
Pages: 20.000
Script: John Romita (plot); Stan Lee (script)
Pencils: John Buscema (layouts); Jim Mooney (pencils)
Inks: Jim Mooney
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #62 (October 1975)
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 35 | 28 | 38 | 54 | 69 | 81 | 108 | 116 | 117 | 114 | 106 | 70 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1017 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 39 | 28 | 38 | 58 | 73 | 82 | 113 | 119 | 122 | 117 | 111 | 73 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1057 |
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