The month of July was dominated by the Bronze Age beauties of Marvel. Storm in Giant-Size X-Men, the Savage She-Hulk (self-titled), and Ms. Marvel (self-titled) helped decimate the competition in July. The Bronze Age was a fantastic time of creativity and discovery. The CCA (Comic Code Authority) after years of blocking horror and other oddities loosened their grip. This relaxation of the rules released chaos and freedom of choice for American comic book fans. The outcome was a host of popular titles of heroic anti-heroes. The Bronze Age further opened the doors to superheroes from different backgrounds, including books with women as the title superhero. This Age of Creativity in the 1970's was vast. It seeps into our modern zeitgeist even today. Why should comics from that era be any different? Are these top Bronze Age beauties profitable? Let's take a look at the July Bronze Era top issues and search for worthy speculations.
The She-Hulk is a character that made her debut in 1980 thanks to Stan Lee (script) and John Buscema (art). The most profitable grade is (9.6) near mint plus, sporting a return of positive +17.9%. This is the first appearance in She-Hulk #1. The last sale was on July 25, 2018, for $160 (9.6). Considering this book has languished in the dollar bins for the previous twenty years. This is a beautiful comeback worth of this green, gorgeous gal.
This giant comic holds the first appearance of all the favorites of the Copper Age; that is right I am talking about the X-Men. None the least of which is Ororo Munroe, a.k.a. "Storm" one of "Marvel's most important female superheroes." In Giant-Size X-Men #1 we have the first appearance of five of the X-men and their first title as a new team. This book was created by Chris Claremont, Len Wein, Roy Thomas (script) and Gil Kane on pencils. Established in 1975 the same year that South Vietnam fell, Rubik's Cubes dominated the curious, and Disco reigned, the X-Men were reborn with Storm eventually leading this motley crew. A grade of (3.0) returned a positive +46.8% costing some lucky dude $565 as of June 2018. This is a substantial return for all the X-men and Storm.
The Second-Ranked Top Bronze Age Comic: Ms. Marvel #1
This third and final Bronze Age beauty is Ms. Marvel #1. Created by Gerry Conway (script) and John Romita, John Buscema (pencils) during 1977. This is the first appearance of Ms. Marvel and considered the starting point for the Captain Marvel creation, the place where the MCU is drawing this character's origin story from. M.s Marvel will undoubtedly appear in the fourth installment of the Avengers and second part to the Infinity War saga. This book, much like Savage She-Hulk has surged upward over the last eight months and has garnished well over 200 sales in that time period! In the previous last eight months; this book has "Power Cosmic" ROI with positive returns of +60% in grade (6.0). The last sale was for $100 on July 16, 2018. Ms. Marvel has skyrocketed out of obscurity, and near mint to mint copy (9.8) sold recently for well over $2000.
