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Marvel·X-Men and the Micronauts·#3·Copper Age·ID-13196189
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Market operates purely on organic buyer and seller auction discovery. Zero artificial price interventions or emergency liquidity halts on record.
Understand how physical sales, invested dollars, and liquidity friction divide across grades.
Historical price records
Relative market value allocation
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Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
Bill Mantlo
Jackson Guice
Bob Wiacek
Julianna Ferriter
Bob Budiansky
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Home of Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The direct market matures. Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen redefine the medium. Speculator boom begins.
High print runs mean condition is the key differentiator. 9.8 census numbers matter more than total prints.
Copper Age (1984–1991) — the speculator boom begins. Direct market matures, prestige formats launch. First appearances from this era have become blue chips. High print runs mean condition is the differentiator.
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A pricing discrepancy between an auction listing and the prevailing cleared consensus value across organized exchanges, allowing rapid liquidity capture before market equilibrium reconverges.
The X-Men and the Micronauts under the control of the Entity invade a dog solider kennel in the Microverse. He arrives and admires the particular ruthlessness of Kitty Pryde whose mind is still under the control of Baron Karza. Back on Earth, the New Mutants fret about the state of Professor X who continues having restless sleep. Back on Homeworld, Baron Karza’s body is under the control of Kitty Pryde and causes confusion to DeGrayde by showing uncharacteristic concern towards the loss of numerous dog soldiers. The Entity is meanwhile rewarding the Baron Karza controlled body of Kitty Pryde with opulent quarters due to her ruthlessness in battle while the other X-men and Micronauts seek to find a way out of their dungeon-like surroundings despite their uncontrollable desire to please The Entity. Back in Professor X’s quarters on Earth, he manages to create a psi-link with Danielle Moonstar as she’s watching after him while sleeping and allows him to shift his consciousness into the astral plane. The Entity detects this and chooses to meet him there but this offers an opportunity for Karza/Pryde to slay his physical body. Professor X and The Entity fight on the astral plane where The Entity reveals his true nature to be a physical manifestation of Xavier’s evil dark side and that he was only able to overpower his mind while he was asleep and succeeds in completing the process during their fight. The X-Men and the Micronauts continue their trek through Entity’s citadel and Karza/Pryde detects them and seeks to kill them to avoid any future challenges after his apparent defeat of The Entity. Danielle meanwhile insists she continue to watch over Professor X without realizing that his consciousness has been subsumed by The Entity.
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