These books always came with an apology from the writer or editor on the letters page. This is one of those issues where a reprint story had to be hastily pushed out to get the book out on schedule. The reprints were usually more welcome than the badly crafted fill in stories that someone thought was a better alternative. So whats a reprint worth?
In fair condition, about a buck. In near mint? About 5 or 6 bucks, but because its a reprint, but usually you can pick it for a lot less if you look around. Don't believe the inflated hype about what the guide says its worth; the guide was and is, a tool for comic book dealers and speculators to inflate the price of a comic book.
there is a partial reprint of Avengers 16, the first time the roster changed for the book. Fantastic Four 154 is another such example, reprinting an old Strange Tales story, with a framework added.
If you really want or need this issue, find a medium grade that looks good, buy it, read it, bag it, and forget it. Its a reprint, so try to get a good price.
And for God's sake, do not slab a reprint book, even if its a part of a comic's regular run! Save the slabbing cost for something that is rare!
Please consider that Marvel already had several reprint titles that churned out some great reading matter during the 1970s, so slabbing a reprint should only happen to the 1960s run of Marvel Tales and Marvel Collector's Item Classics. The reprints of the 1970s were generally thinner than these books and, were and are, not particularly rare.
