Ms Marvel Comic Book Price Guide
Value of Ms Marvel Comic Books
The Captain Marvel movie has been and gone. If you didn't sell in 2018, then you've really missed the boat on this character.
The impact on prices of the important comic books featuring Carol Danvers is reflected in the new reality in this update to our price guide.
Find out what yours are worth here.
Carol Danvers (First Appearance, Marvel Super-Heroes #13, March 1968)
Carol Danvers (First Appearance, Marvel Super-Heroes #13, March 1968).Marvel Super-Heroes #13
1st Carol Danvers
Record sale: $3,600
Minimum value (poor but complete): $20
Carol Danvers was just another Air Force security officer, when she found herself working alongside Mar-Vell in his human guise as Dr. Walter Lawson.
She finds him mysterious, but is strangely attracted to him. When she sees Captain Marvel, she is also suitably impressed.
Marvel Super-Heroes #13 was hot property for a while, thanks to the Captain Marvel movie, but it has fallen hard from the heights.
The record sale of $31,000 now is a true fantasy. It will probably never be beaten.
Carol Danvers (Exposed to Psyche-Magnetron, Captain Marvel #18, November 1969)
Captain Marvel #18
Record sale: $1,000
Minimum value: $5
After being kidnapped by Kree Colonel Yon-Rogg, in Captain Marvel #18 Carol was caught by the effects of the Psyche-Magnetron along with Mar-Vell.
This combined her human DNA with his Kree DNA, although she would not know it for several years.
This event was to lead to her transformation into Ms. Marvel.
Carol Danvers (First Appearance as hero, Ms Marvel #1, January, 1977)
Ms. Marvel #1
Record sale: $1,000
Minimum value: $10
Carol Danvers was back, with super-powers from having her DNA combined with Mar-Vell's.
She was now Ms. Marvel, with a snazzy and revealing costume based on Captain Marvel's to go along with her new super-strength, flight, super-speed, and the ability to project and absorb energy.
This classic Bronze Age cover briefly touched the giddy heights of $4,000 in CGC 9.8. It's crashed back down to a quarter of that value today.
Carol Danvers (New Costume, Ms. Marvel #20, October, 1978)
Ms. Marvel #20
New-look costume
Record sale: $230
Minimum value: $1
Carol gets a makeover, the front cover promising an "A new era of greatness for the fighting fury!"
In reality, little changed other than her outfit, which was now black and boasted thigh-high boots. Which we'll settle for.
Carol Danvers Joins the Avengers, Avengers #183, May, 1979
Avengers #183
Ms. Marvel joins the team
Record sale: $165
Minimum value: $1
The Ms. Marvel comic book series was cancelled, after #23, in April of 1979.
Wasting no time, Ms. Marvel became a member of the Avengers, replacing the Scarlet Witch, who was on an assignment.
Carol Danvers (Carol Danvers Kidnapped, The Avengers #200, October 1980)
Avengers #200
Record sale: $85
Minimum value: $1
A controversial story in which Danvers is kidnapped by Marcus (seemingly Immortus' son) and taken to an alternate dimension, brainwashed, seduced, and impregnated.
She gives birth to a child who seems to be a duplicate of Marcus.
This storyline was decried as "The Rape of Ms. Marvel."
Retcon of Marcus Story, Avengers Annual #10 1981
Avengers Annual #10
First appearance of Rogue; Marcus story reboot
Record sale: $880
Minimum value: $15
In this issue, a retcon explains that Carol Danvers had returned to Earth without being forcibly impregnated, but who lost her memory after a battle with the mutant Rogue.
Did Marvel Comics get cold feet about the previous controversial storyline?
Carol Danvers (First Appearance as Binary, Uncanny X-Men #164, December 1982)
Uncanny X-Men #164
Record sale: $150
Minimum value: $1
The alien race known as The Brood performs an experiment on Carol Danvers.
They draw on the energy of the rare White Hole type of star, transforming her into a new being who can generate the power of a star.
She takes the name Binary, and there is no longer a Ms. Marvel in the Marvel Universe.
Sharon Ventura (First Appearance, The Thing #27, September, 1985)
The Thing #27
Record sale: $90
Minimum value: $1
Sharon Ventura was a young woman who was interested in the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation that The Thing had become involved with.
This issue marks her first interaction with him.
Sharon Ventura (First Appearance as Ms. Marvel, The Thing #35, May 1986)
The Thing #35
Record sale: $200
Minimum value: $1
In this issue, Sharon, having signed up for the Power Broker's program of strength augmentation, takes the name to begin wrestling professionally in the ring.
She is no relation to Carol Danvers.
Sharon Ventura (Becomes She-Thing, Fantastic Four #310, January 1988)
Fantastic Four #310
Record sale: $50
Minimum value: $1
Sharon Ventura, now part of the Fantastic Four, is mutated by exposure to Cosmic Rays, and becomes She-Thing, with a form similar to Ben Grimm's.
She drops the name at this point.
Karla Sofen (First Appearance, Captain America #192, December 1975)
Captain America #192
Record sale: $500
Minimum value: $1
Karla Sofen, who will become Moonstone and then Ms Marvel, makes her first appearance here in the employ of villain Dr. Faustus.
At this point she has no super-powers.
Karla Sofen (First Appearance as Ms Marvel, Dark Avengers #1, March 2009)
Dark Avengers #1
Record sale: $125
Minimum value: $1
Formerly the villain Moonstone, Karla Sofen joined Norman Osborn's group the Dark Avengers, impersonating the super heroine.
She wore Ms. Marvel's costume and used the name while she was in the group.
Carol Danvers (Returns as the Heroine, New Avengers Vol. 2 #7, June 2010)
New Avengers v2 #7
Record sale: $30
Minimum value: $1
Carol Danvers reclaims the name Ms Marvel, having been transformed back into human form and using the name Warbird for a time.
She regained her old powers and her old form, and joined the New Avengers for Volume 2.
Carol Danvers (First Appearance as Captain Marvel, Avenging Spider-Man #9, July 2012)
Avenging Spider-Man #9
Record sale: $325
Minimum value: $10
Carol Danvers finally assumes the mantle of Captain Marvel when she realizes that the name Captain Marvel should continue.
She would rejoin the Avengers under this new name, and continues at present with a new costume, based on Mar-vell's 1970s outfit.
Her next appearance is in Captain Marvel Vol. 7 #1:
Record sale: $50
Minimum value (poor but complete): $1
Kamala Khan (First Cameo Appearance, Captain Marvel #14, August 2013)
Captain Marvel v7 #14
1st Kamala Khan
Record sale: $550
Minimum value: $25
Kamala Khan, soon to be the new Ms Marvel, has an intentionally obvious cameo in this issue of the new Captain Marvel.
Kamala Khan (First Appearance as Ms Marvel, All New Marvel NOW.1 #1, March 2014)
All-New Marvel Now! Point One
Record sale: $700
Minimum value: $30
Becoming the first female Muslim character in the title role of a comic book is a historic event, and Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani-American from Jersey City, NJ, is up to the task.
The new Ms Marvel has mutant powers.
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