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Marvel · Strange Tales · #1 · Copper Age · ID-2389008
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Strange Tales #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Bill Mantlo
Bret Blevins
Bret Blevins
Max Scheele
Ken Bruzenak
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $53.00 |
| 9.8 | $41.05 |
| 9.6 | $38.00 |
| 9.4 | $34.99 |
| 9.2 | $43.00 |
| 8.0 | $33.31 |
| 6.0 | $10.71 |
| 4.0 | $3.46 |
| 3.0 | $3.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $3.25 |
Single-source econometric valuation across 1 verified monthly observation epochs (0Y runway)
Hedonic age factor + census scarcity weighting.
80% Interval: Unmeasured (Insufficient Volatility Sample)
Wholesale realization (45% haircut · ILLIQUID_SPECIALTY)
Relative-value gravitational equilibrium anchored to the foundational genesis instruments of sequential art.
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $3.00 | $11.99 | 75.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $0.80 | $3.79 | 78.9% | Khamsin Custodial |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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.
Carl Potts
The recovery of third-party encapsulation and grading expenditures when an asset is acquired at a discount below the physical cost of replacement grading fees, shipping, and insurance.
In India, Cloak and Dagger are among hundreds of pilgrims aboard an overloaded night-ferry as it travels up the Ganges river towards Lashi, the 'City of Heavenly Delight.' When the ferry strikes something in the river and begins to capsize, Cloak saves Dagger while a large number of confused and fearful passengers rush to the rail, hastening the capsizing. From within the shadow dimension, Dagger sees men, women and children drowning and wants to help them but Cloak points out that there are hundreds, more than Dagger could protect from the Darkness within him, and that materializing would only get Dagger drowned as well. As they watch helplessly, Cloak and Dagger see glowing discs appear above the drowning pilgrims. As each of them nears death, a luminescence is released that is absorbed by the smaller glowdiscs and fed to the largest among them. Once the pilgrims are dead and the glow-discs, filled with their essence, have left for the city, Cloak and Dagger decide to follow them to see if they were feeding on the dead, as Cloak believes, or if Dagger was right and they were instead freeing the pilgrims' light so that some part of them could continue living. Cloak and Dagger arrive at Lashi as the people of the city begin mourning the victims of the ferry tragedy whose bodies are being reclaimed from the river. In the crowd, they see some mysterious strangers, all wearing disc symbols, who seem strangely interested in them. When more men wearing the sunburst medallion appear, the duo retreat into the shadow dimension but then find that they have been surrounded by the light discs they had been seeking. Entranced by the lights, Dagger persuades Cloak to follow them and they teleport to a temple high above the city where they observe the light discs reunite with the bodies of worshippers in the temple. Overjoyed as finding beings as light-filled as herself, Dagger begins to dance while Cloak, convinced that they have lured her there to feed upon her light, decides to feed them to his darkness. Before he can act, Cloak receives a massive infusion of light from someone behind him, enough light to transform him into his human form of Tyrone Johnson. The person who has caused this change is the leader whose disciples call him the Resplendent One or Radiant Luminescence but he prefers the title 'Lord of Light.' However, Tandy Bowen knows him by another name...
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Strange Tales #1.
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.
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Doctor Lemut from Saturn discusses his plans for Earth conquest with a captured Navy pilot, but the man succeeds in escaping. Unfortunately for Earth, when the pilot attempts to warn his superior of impending attack, the superior turns out to be one of Lemut's agents.
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All prices are current market price based on historic completed sales with a buyer and seller agreeing on price. Calculated via proprietary algorithm tracking end-of-month historical sales. Unsold items are excluded.
Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2389008. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Topaz is revealed as an empath.
A man encounters the ghost of a woman in the forest who used to lure travelers to their doom back in 1616.
A TV repairman has a dream wherein his wife becomes the victim of a man who encases people in bronze. When he wakes, he finds the circumstances of the dream coming true.
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) | $3.25 | — | $3.00 | $3.46 | — | $10.71 | — | $33.31 | — | $43.00 | $38.00 | $41.05 | $53.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | — | — | — | $0.80 | — | $3.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $3.59 | — | — | $3.79 | — | $11.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 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.
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