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Independent · Capes · #3 · Postmodern Age · ID-11787505
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $1.90 | $9.69 | 80.4% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $0.80 | $4.09 | 80.4% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $6.60 | $21.99 | 70.0% | Arnveld Capital |
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $33.00 |
| 9.8 | $25.21 |
| 9.2 | $17.00 |
| 8.0 | $12.45 |
| 6.0 | $8.79 |
| 4.0 | $3.68 |
| 3.0 | $3.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $19.63 |
Recorded price evidence by source and grade tier. Ungraded / RAW pricing represents loose physical copies; certified grading authorities record authenticated slabbed grades only. Unpriced grades remain unpriced.
| Authority Source / Metric | RAWUNGRADED | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.8ANCHOR | 10.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panel Profits(Exchange FMV) | $19.63 | — | $3.00 | $3.68 | — | $8.79 | — | $12.45 | — | $17.00 | $25.00 | $25.21 | $33.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $6.60 | — | — | $0.80 | — | $1.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $21.99 | — | — | $4.09 | — | $9.69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 sold | — |
Highest verified price observed. Non-9.8 books never receive a 9.8 price or synthetic valuation.
ComicBase catalog guide reference valuation. Evaluated independently from newsstand cover prices and certified slabs.
Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
Panel Profits decodes auction transaction feeds into sovereign econometric market valuations and bid-ask spreads. CGC, CBCS, and PSA never carry RAW prices.
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The rest of the team follows to help out. The Nazi knocks Marshall away and then punches Batwing in half. Knockout heads inside to evacuate everyone before the building collapses. When she arrives to warn Big Brain she finds him in his office using his powers. She is surprised by this because his powers had supposedly been waning for years.
The other heroes are still outside fighting when Big Brain comes floating out of his office with an unconscious Knockout. He explains that he stumbled upon The Nazi back during the World War. Capes, Inc. had a bumpy start, he had to do something or they would have gone out of business. Big Brain used his mental powers to have The Nazi attack. The publicity from that first fight with The Nazi got them their initial government funding.
To sway suspicion, Big Brain pretended that his powers were beginning to fade until eventually everyone thought he was completely powerless. But his powers have actually been increasing and he is now more powerful than ever. He explains that the deaths today were unfortunate. But they were necessary. After this disaster, the government will realize that Capes is a necessary part of their budget.
He knows that many of them will now consider him their enemy. But he's just doing what he always does; looking out for the future of the company. Big Brain merges with the machinery from The Nazi's cyborg body. He advises them not to come after him because they would not stand a chance and then he flies off.
One month later, Bolt gets back to work. Headquarters is almost completely rebuilt. Commander Capitalism tells him that they actually have funding left over even after the repairs. It seems that Big Brain was right. But they agree that the cost was too high and that there had to have been a better way.
Kid Thor and Knockout arrive. They are not back to work yet because they are still healing, they are just back for the meeting with the new boss.
In his office, Marshall puts the urn with Ed's ashes in it up on his bookshelf. He says that he'll miss him.