December 10, 1973

Special Marvel Edition #15

Key Issue: Master of Kung Fu begins; Starlin art; Origin of Nayland Smith & Dr. Petrie; First appearance of Nayland Smith & Dr. Petrie
Artist: Steve Englehart

Jim Starlin

Gaspar Saladino
Publisher: Marvel
Editor: Roy Thomas
Script Writer: Steve Englehart
Publication Date: Dec 10, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
Page Count: 36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Special Marvel Edition #15	Marvel Comics	12/73	Verify

All Grades 4,934 Population Share	Universal 4,519 91.6% of pop	Signature 366 7.4% of pop	Restored 41 0.8% of pop	Qualified 8 0.2% of pop	Conserved 0 0% of pop
9.8	126 top 2.8%	6 top 1.6%	1 top 2.4%	0 --	0 --
9.6	271 top 8.8%	8 top 3.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.4	347 top 16.5%	18 top 8.7%	6 top 17.1%	0 --	0 --
9.2	377 top 24.8%	32 top 17.5%	4 top 26.8%	0 --	0 --
9.0	422 top 34.1%	34 top 26.8%	1 top 29.3%	1 top 12.5%	0 --
8.5	524 top 45.7%	31 top 35.2%	2 top 34.1%	1 top 25%	0 --
8.0	392 top 54.4%	40 top 46.2%	5 top 46.3%	0 --	0 --
7.5	424 top 63.8%	29 top 54.1%	1 top 48.8%	0 --	0 --
7.0	373 top 72.1%	37 top 64.2%	1 top 51.2%	0 --	0 --
6.5	275 top 78.1%	35 top 73.8%	8 top 70.7%	0 --	0 --
6.0	250 top 83.7%	23 top 80.1%	4 top 80.5%	1 top 37.5%	0 --
5.5	161 top 87.2%	12 top 83.3%	5 top 92.7%	1 top 50%	0 --
5.0	194 top 91.5%	20 top 88.8%	0 --	1 top 62.5%	0 --
4.5	148 top 94.8%	11 top 91.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
4.0	91 top 96.8%	10 top 94.5%	0 --	1 top 75%	0 --
3.5	66 top 98.3%	6 top 96.2%	0 --	2 top 100%	0 --
3.0	38 top 99.1%	6 top 97.8%	2 top 97.6%	0 --	0 --
2.5	24 top 99.6%	1 top 98.1%	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
2.0	9 top 99.8%	5 top 99.5%	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.8	4 top 99.9%	2 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.0	2 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
0.5	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --

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