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DC · Flash · #1 · Copper Age · ID-2390843
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Flash #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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The 1994 independent phenomenon that established Event Comics as a creative powerhouse, serving as the direct springboard to Joe Quesada becoming Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.
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The 1994 independent phenomenon that established Event Comics as a creative powerhouse, serving as the direct springboard to Joe Quesada becoming Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.
Mike Baron
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $130.00 |
| 9.8 | $99.99 |
| 9.6 | $60.97 |
| 9.4 | $48.50 |
| 9.2 | $48.00 |
| 9.0 | $26.46 |
| 8.0 | $43.15 |
| 7.0 | $35.00 |
| 6.0 | $26.00 |
| 4.0 | $5.89 |
| 3.0 | $5.00 |
| 2.0 | $4.00 |
| Raw | $5.53 |
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 (30% haircut · THIN_AUCTION_FLOAT)
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 | $8.70 | $28.99 | 70.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $1.30 | $6.49 | 80.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $1.20 | $6.09 | 80.3% | Arnveld Capital |
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Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
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.
Jackson Guice
Larry Mahlstedt
Carl Gafford
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Mike Gold
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Wally's Titans friends throw a surprise party for his twentieth birthday. During the party, he gets an emergency call from the hospital. He is needed to deliver a heart for a transplant patient, writer Eugenie Hedstrom, from New York to Seattle. He convinces the doctors to give him health insurance in return for his help. While passing through Wyoming, he witnesses Vandal Savage throttle a private investigator to death. After delivering the heart and speaking with Hedstrom, Wally flies back to New York. The Third World Liberation Army attempts to hijack the flight, but Wally stops them, spraining his wrist in the process. Upon returning to his apartment, he discovers that a lottery ticket he had purchased before the party just made him a millionaire. Then he notices a present he had not seen before. Opening it, he discovers a human heart. Vandal Savage is in his apartment.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Flash #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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Wally starts dealing with being on his own and being the Flash, after a 20th birthday party with the Teen Titans. Along the way, he wins the lottery and then is confronted by Vandal Savage.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2390843. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
A hurricane unearths Jaime Sanchez, a long-buried member of Ponce DeLeon's expedition who had drunk from the Fountain of Youth. He causes havoc and eludes the superheroes.
John Ravenhair is turned into Black Bison by a spell cast by his grandfather and rampages thru a museum during a school field trip. Ronnie changes to Firestorm and attempts to stop him but Black Bison escapes into Central Park.
Chris and Vicki battle Belladonna.
Wally sieht sich mit einer außerirdischen Störung in der Speed Force konfrontiert, während Grodd seine Soldaten auf eine mysteriöse Mission in die Stadt schickt.
Wally sieht sich einem gefährlichen Außerirdischen gegenüber, der aus der Speed Force auftaucht, und wird dann von einer mysteriösen Gruppe von Außerirdischen namens „Stillness“ gerettet. Wally muss nun herausfinden, was Grodd mit seinen Angriffen auf die Stadt vorhat.
Wally bekommt Hilfe von Max Mercury, um die Veränderungen in der Speed Force zu verstehen, aber am Ende sind sie außerhalb der Realität gefangen.
Wally begibt sich in den Teil der Speed Force, der als „Galerie“ bekannt ist, wo er eine verzerrte Sicht auf die aktuellen Ereignisse hat. Währenddessen untersuchen Irey und Jesse eine Störung in der Speed Force, die sie zu einer Frau führt, die über Supergeschwindigkeit verfügt.
Jai wird von einem gewissen Inspector Pilgrim angesprochen, der ihm helfen will, mit den Veränderungen seiner Kräfte umzugehen. Die Wissenschaftler von Terrifictech versuchen, die Veränderungen der Realität zu verstehen, die sich auf die Speed Force auswirken. Wally interviewt Grodd, um die Motive hinter Grodds Experimenten zu verstehen.
Wally und Linda stoßen in London auf ein seltsames Phänomen, das zu einer Begegnung mit den Stillness und Barry Allen führt, der sich unberechenbar verhält. Währenddessen hat in Central City das Auftauchen geisterähnlicher Kreaturen dazu geführt, dass Schüler, darunter Irey und Maxine, in Stasis erstarrt sind.
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) | $5.53 | — | $5.00 | $5.89 | — | $26.00 | $35.00 | $43.15 | $26.46 | $48.00 | $60.97 | $99.99 | $130.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.20 | — | — | $1.30 | — | $8.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $6.09 | — | — | $6.49 | — | $28.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 160 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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