Marvel Spotlight #6 – Star-Lord Comic-Book Debut & Origin – 8.5 VF+ (1980)
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Raw Grade

8.5 VF+ visual estimate; grading is subjective

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Actual Copy

Five photos, including indicia and interiors

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Original Printing

1980 Marvel US 40¢ newsstand

Marvel Spotlight #6 – Star-Lord Comic-Book Debut & Origin – 8.5 VF+ (1980)

£20.00

Marvel Spotlight #6 – Star-Lord Comic-Book Debut & Origin – 8.5 VF+ (1980)

An original May 1980 US 40¢ newsstand copy of Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2 #6, featuring “The Saga of Star-Lord”. This Bronze Age issue brings Peter Quill into standard comic-book format with an origin retelling by Doug Moench and Tom Sutton, behind a Bill Sienkiewicz and Joe Rubinstein cover. Offered at £20 with a raw visual grade estimate of 8.5 VF+.

Key Details

  • info Series Marvel Spotlight, Volume 2 (1979 series)
  • tag Issue #6
  • storefront Publisher Marvel Comics; indicia identifies Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadence Industries Corporation
  • event Publication date May 1980
  • newspaper Edition Original US 40¢ newsstand printing
  • info Era Bronze Age; Comics Code approved, not pre-Code
  • info Story The Saga of Star-Lord
  • info Condition Raw/ungraded; estimated 8.5 VF+ (Very Fine Plus)
  • info Price £20

Why It Matters

Star-Lord’s first appearance in traditional comic-book format makes this a collecting milestone for Peter Quill fans. His original debut was earlier, in the black-and-white magazine Marvel Preview #4; this issue retells his origin for the comic-book readership. It is the original 1980 issue, not a modern facsimile. The Sienkiewicz/Rubinstein cover adds further appeal for collectors of Bronze Age Marvel artwork.

Creators

Writer
Doug Moench.
Interior artist
Tom Sutton.
Cover
Bill Sienkiewicz and Joe Rubinstein.
Letterer
John Costanza.
Colourist
Ben Sean, as credited in the comic.
Editor
Jim Salicrup; editor-in-chief: Jim Shooter.

Collector Notes

This comic is raw and ungraded. The supplied 8.5 VF+ grade is a visual estimate; grading is subjective and no CGC or other professional grade is guaranteed. All five photographs show the actual copy and form part of the description. Please review the covers, centre spread and interior images for condition. Some outer edges of the supplied images show photographic distortion.

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