This is the regular first-print edition (Cover A). Collect the 1 variant cover on their own pages.
Market value
- Market value (all grades)
- $40.25
- Updated 8 Oct 2026
- Graded copies for sale
- $33.00 - $2,551
- 20 graded copies for sale, Updated 30 Sep 2026
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CGC Census
Strange Tales #178. Written by Jim Starlin and S.L with art by Herb Trimpe and Jim Starlin. A fantasy; science fiction; superhero comic. Published by Marvel in 1975. 36 pages. Featuring Adam Warlock, Borgia (introduction), Eddie Roberts (cameo flashback) and more. Add it to your collection and never lose track of it.
Cover date
February 1, 1975
On sale date
November 26, 1974
Pages
36
Cover price
$0.25
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
Len Wein
Price history
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Characters
Adam Warlock; Borgia (introduction); Eddie Roberts (cameo flashback); Magus; Matriarch; New-Men (flashback); Sphinxor; Bruce Banner; Herbert Edgar Wyndham; High Evolutionary; Hulk; Man-Beast; Thor; Thor Odinson; Victor Von Doom
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Collected in
- Fantasy Masterpieces #8
- Warlock #1
- Warlock #1
- Marvel Masterworks: Warlock #2
- Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #2
- Essential Warlock #1
- Warlock by Jim Starlin: The Complete Collection #[nn]
- The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin Omnibus #[nn]
- Warlock by Jim Starlin Gallery Edition #[nn]
- Adam Warlock Omnibus #[nn]
- Strange Tales No. 178 Facsimile Edition #[nn]