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Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes & Rivals #1 Pablo Villalobos Variant Cover signed with COA – Marvel Comics 2025 (NM/NM-)
Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes & Rivals #1 Pablo Villalobos Variant Cover signed with COA – Marvel Comics 2025 (NM/NM-)
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Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes & Rivals #1 Pablo Villalobos Variant Cover – Marvel Comics 2025 (NM/NM-)A Sizzling Investment with Vibrant Appeal!Dive into the vibrant Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes & Rivals #1 (Pablo Villalobos Variant Cover, Signed with COA), a collector’s gem from Marvel Comics, released July 9, 2025. Written by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs, with art by Nick Bradshaw, Mirka Andolfo, and others, this one-shot revives the ’90s Swimsuit Special. Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) leads Marvel heroes in a global swimwear photoshoot to counter Roxxon Comics’ unauthorized magazine, tackling AI ethics. Villalobos’s variant cover, featuring Wanda Maximoff and Johnny Storm, signed with a Certificate of Authenticity (COA), is a must-have in Near Mint/Near Mint- (NM/NM-, ~9.2-9.4) condition.
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Key Appearances: Features Avengers (Captain America, Thor, Black Widow), X-Men (Cyclops, Rogue, Phoenix), Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Black Panther, and Mary Jane Watson. The issue includes a redeemable “Unlimited Thing” skin for Marvel Rivals, boosting its gaming tie-in appeal.Current Value: The Pablo Villalobos Signed Variant, retailing at $5.99, commands $25-$50 in NM/NM- condition on secondary markets like eBay, driven by Villalobos’s dynamic art, signature, and COA exclusivity. CGC 9.8 graded copies with signature verification fetch $80-$120, while the 1:100 Villalobos Virgin Variant reaches $50-$100. July 2025 sales data ranks it among top Marvel variants.
Expected Value & Trends: The Marvel Rivals success and swimsuit skin tie-ins fuel speculative growth, with fan buzz on X praising the nostalgic art and Wanda/Johnny cover. Potential Season 3 Marvel Rivals updates (July 2025) could push NM/NM- signed copies to $50-$75 by late 2025, with CGC 9.8 copies hitting $120-$180. Monitor Marvel solicitations and Marvel Rivals news for catalysts.
Why Invest? Villalobos’s sizzling signed variant, paired with Seeley and Fleecs’ playful storytelling and Marvel Rivals tie-ins, makes this NM/NM- issue a top colle
