Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $967.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 4.0 | $15.52 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $25.76 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $93.89 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $119.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 9.4 | $97.63 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $818.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $743.62 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
| RAW | $10.60 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1970-09-01 |
Reading this edition’s market
Compare the same cover, printing and grade before setting a bid. A raw guide or a higher-grade price does not establish a slab’s value. Include selling fees, shipping and the depth of completed-sale evidence when assessing an exit price.
The table includes 9 guide observations and 0 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 174 graded copies for Captain America #129 (1970). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Vengeance of -- the Red Skull
This issue centers on Red Skull executing a two-part geopolitical trap designed to trigger international war while eliminating Captain America at the same time. Disguised agents tamper with highway signs so Steve Rogers and visiting dignitary King Hassab are diverted toward different routes near a planned ambush zone. Skull’s team then deploys an artificial storm cloud and a magnetic aircraft rig to strike Hassab’s motorcade before military support can arrive. Cap spots the assault in progress, drops his civilian cover, and dives into the attack to protect the king and civilians. Even when Hassab’s car is yanked upward by a giant magnet and whisked toward Skull’s hidden mountain base, Cap refuses to break off and clings to the vehicle as it is carried into enemy territory.
Inside the mountain complex, the story becomes a high-speed rescue and sabotage battle: Cap fights through Skull’s armed operatives, frees himself from a barred holding area, and reaches Hassab just as Skull tries to launch him into space aboard a rocket sled. Skull’s larger objective is made explicit: engineer chaos between nations by assassinating key figures and pinning blame so global conflict erupts. Cap and Hassab survive the crash sequence and continue fighting through collapsing machinery and launch systems, with Cap ultimately stopping the immediate catastrophe and thwarting the war-triggering phase of the plan. The issue closes as a direct continuation setup, with Skull still dangerous and obsessive, but his precision scheme broken by Cap’s persistence, improvisation, and refusal to abandon his mission under impossible odds.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Captain America (Steve Rogers))
**Antagonists:** * Red Skull)||Astonishing Tales Vol 1 4 **Other Characters:** * King Hassab of Irabia) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * United States of America ** "Ashville" ** Clifton * Irabia **Items:** * Captain America's Shield * Captain America's Uniform
| Notes = * Cover art: the Red Skull vignette is from the cover of Captain America Vol 1 112. This piece of clip art was done by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia. * This issue features a letters page, **Let's Rap With Cap**. Letters are published from *Terry Close* and *Masao Kono*. * This issue also features an ad for Conan the Barbarian Vol 1 1.
| Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
* **The Grand Comics Database: Captain America Vol 1 129** [http://www.comics.org/issue/23713/]
Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee
Interior art: Gene Colan
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
GCD: 23713
PANEL PROFITS: 3229188