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DC · Showcase · #4 · ID-2388748
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Robert Kanigher
Carmine Infantino
Joe Kubert
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Julius Schwartz
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 9.6 | $851,960.79 |
| 9.2 | $99,450.00 |
| 9.0 | $92,920.47 |
| 8.0 | $76,500.00 |
| 7.0 | $66,425.00 |
| 6.0 | $35,656.58 |
| 5.0 | $16,517.50 |
| 4.0 | $14,294.74 |
| 3.0 | $11,478.24 |
| 2.0 | $7,899.41 |
| Raw | $8,111.79 |
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $23,533.20 | $39,222.00 | 40.0% |
| 4.0 | $9,434.40 | $15,724.00 | 40.0% |
| Raw | $5,353.80 | $8,923.00 | 40.0% |
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Showcase #4 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
In illiquid alternative asset markets, sovereign blue-chip holdings trade at an exponential multiple over mid-grade float due to institutional accumulation and inelastic seller reservation prices.
Barry Allen is a police scientist who is doused with chemicals that are struck by lightning. Barry soon finds that he has been endowed with super-speed and creates a costume which contracts and hides in his ring). He takes on the name of his favorite comic book character: The Flash. In his first mission as the Flash, Barry goes after the criminal known as the Turtle Man, dubbed the world's slowest man. The Turtle Man tries to rob a bank. However, he is ultimately thwarted by the Flash, despite the fact that his super-speed often worked against him going after the plodding Turtle Man. Ultimately, the Flash captures his opponent and turns him over to the police.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Showcase #4.
CGC, CBCS, PSA Universal certified high-grade specimens (9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4). The gold standard for institutional alternative investment.
Official witnessed creator-signed slabs (Yellow label). Valued based on creator historical stature and inscription provenance.
Certified specimens from landmark historical collections (Edgar Church / Mile High, White Mountain, Kansas City, Pacific Coast).
Original newsstand barcode distribution copies. Extremely scarce in high grade due to newsstand rack wear and unsold return pulping.
Regional price test market copies (Canadian 75¢/95¢ variants, Marvel 30¢/35¢ test variants). Highly coveted micro-population rarities.
Exclusively allocated copies requiring retailer orders of 1:25, 1:50, 1:100, or 1:500 standard copies. Immediate manufactured scarcity.
Unslabbed collector copies inspected under standard Overstreet physical guidelines. The primary pool for grading arbitrage.
Alternative artistic interpretations, virgin covers, metal foil, and convention exclusives with dedicated collector followings.
Standard specialty comic shop printings sold through non-returnable distribution. The baseline circulation foundation.
Green label copies with significant manufacturing flaws, unwitnessed signatures, or missing coupons that do not affect the main story.
Purple label copies with professional or amateur color touch, tear seals, piece fill, or spine rebuilds.
Blue/Grey label copies treated exclusively with archival preservation techniques (leaf-casting, rice paper tear reinforcement, solvent wash).
Official second, third, or later printings released to satisfy secondary market sellouts. Distinct cover art and trade dress.
International editions licensed by La Prensa (Mexico), Editora Abril (Brazil), Panini (Europe), or Titan (UK).
Certified printing oddities (missing foil, inverted interior, double covers, foil color error). Unique curiosity pieces.
Advance promotional black-and-white booklets, ashcans created to secure trademark rights, and preview giveaways.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
Foreign editions (licensed through Panini, Urban Comics, Editorial Novaro, Novedades, Otto Simon, etc.) represent physical tradeable instruments in international secondary markets. Geographic scarcity and currency differentials drive global cross-border arbitrage.
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Special black & white noir printings, facsimile editions, and anthology collections licensed or published domestically.
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Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly #105
Superman et Batman #13
Flash #25
Spécial DC #23
Superman #16/1968
Showcase präsentiert Nr.4 #4
Showcase präsentiert Nr.4 #4
Showcase präsentiert Nr.4 #4
Batman #925
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The Super Heroes #8
By a freak accident involving lab chemicals and lightning, Barry Allen becomes the fastest man alive and originates a costume based on the comic adventures of the Flash from the 1940's. And it's a good thing too: for he must now face the Turtle Man, termed "The Slowest Man Alive".
The criminal Mazdan was tried for his crimes and sentenced to be sent to a future time period where he could harm nobody but was accidentally sent backwards to the 20th century, where he is captured by the Flash.
“I wonder what it would really be like -- to be the **fastest man on Earth**?”
— Barry Allen)
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) | $8,111.79 | — | $11,478.24 | $14,294.74 | $16,517.50 | $35,656.58 | $66,425.00 | $76,500.00 | $92,920.47 | $99,450.00 | $851,960.79 | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $5,353.80 | — | — | $9,434.40 | — | $23,533.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $8,923.00 | — | — | $15,724.00 | — | $39,222.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 sold | — |
Highest verified price observed. Non-9.8 books never receive a 9.8 price or synthetic valuation.
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Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
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