Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
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1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2404261
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | $650.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 4.0 | $12.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 6.0 | $15.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 8.0 | $59.54 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 9.2 | $77.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 9.4 | $69.91 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 9.6 | $550.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| 9.8 | $500.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
| RAW | $16.56 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1974-01-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 531 graded copies for Swamp Thing #8 (1974). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Lurker in Tunnel 13
The Swamp Thing) is warned by a dying old man not to go near the town of Perdition, whose played-out mines were restored by sorcery but from whom people have been disappearing without a trace.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Swamp Thing)
**Supporting Characters:** * Jason Monroe
**Antagonists:** * M'Nagalah)
**Other Characters:** * Abraham Monroe * Ezekiel Monroe * Hector * Jody Monroe * Lydia Monroe * Mayor Mutteridge
**Locations:** * Gotham City *Pennsylvania **Perdition
**Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| Notes = * This issue is reprinted in: ** Roots of the Swamp Thing Vol 1 4 ** DC Special Series Vol 1 20 ** Swamp Thing: Dark Genesis (Collected) ** Secret of the Swamp Thing (Collected) ** DC Comics Classics Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing (Collected) ** Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age Vol. 1 (Collected) * M'Nagalah) appears next in Challengers of the Unknown Vol 1 82.
| Trivia = | Recommended =
* Abigail Holland image gallery%2FGallery) * Abigail Holland appearances list%2FAppearances) * Abigail Holland quotes page%2FQuotes)
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Creative credits
Writers: Len Wein
Interior art: Bernie Wrightson
Source records & attribution
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