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Marvels #1

Maker
Marvel Comics
Year
1994
Rank
100 of 100

Marvels #1

Marvels #1 by Marvel Comics (1994) is ranked 100 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It carried a market asking price of $100 in June 2026, which is not a sale. First issue of the Busiek/Ross painted limited series; a landmark of fully-painted mainstream comics.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First issue of the Busiek/Ross painted limited series; a landmark of fully-painted mainstream comics.

Marvels #1 (1st print, unsigned), CGC 9.8

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$100
Kind
Market asking price, not a sale
Date
June 2026

Plain (unsigned) 1st-print CGC 9.8 sold $99.95 (Jun 2 2026), per PriceCharting; corroborated by adjacent $85/$88 sales. Not the Ross-signed SS (~$1,500).

This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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2026-08-08