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DC · Aquaman · #1 · Silver Age · ID-2391429
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $49,525.00 |
| 9.8 | $38,096.43 |
| 9.6 | $25,436.00 |
| 9.4 | $12,774.76 |
| 9.2 | $9,600.00 |
| 9.0 | $5,246.00 |
| 8.0 | $1,897.88 |
| 7.0 | $909.00 |
| 6.0 | $689.00 |
| 5.0 | $488.55 |
| 4.0 | $389.76 |
| 3.0 | $383.40 |
| 2.0 | $265.00 |
| Raw | $293.00 |
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)
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $454.80 | $758.00 | 40.0% |
| 4.0 | $214.50 | $429.00 | 50.0% |
| Raw | $161.00 | $322.00 | 50.0% |
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Aquaman #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Generational apex asset with museum-grade historical prestige.
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
Marvel revolution. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko create the modern superhero. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men debut.
The sweet spot for collectors — significant enough to be culturally important, scarce enough to be valuable. 9.8 copies are extremely rare.
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.
While cleaning up their home, Aquaman and Aqualad soon start witnessing their various undersea friends acting odd, and soon realize that they are the playful pranks of a water sprite named Quisp. Quisp asks for the two heroes help because his undersea home is being terrorized by fire trolls that were unleashed during an undersea volcanic eruption. After a quick battle, the fire trolls begin heading for the surface world. With the help of Quisp and the army, Aquaman and Aqualad attempt to fight back the fire trolls, but their attacks have no effect. Figuring that maybe a new experimental freeze device would be powerful enough to stop the creatures the heroes obtain the device against the fire trolls. Spraying the trolls with the chemical, they soon find that it doesn't work, but Aquaman and Aqualad find that their legs have been frozen in place. In order to save their lives, Quisp uses his magical powers to shrink Aquaman and Aqualad down to size in order to get away. Finding themselves weakened due to their time away from water, the two battle many miniature menaces in an attempt to find water. Thinking they've lucked out by finding a car, they find it's radiator doesn't have any water left in it. Tricking a pelican to drop it's meal (spilling the water in it's mouth on them) Aquaman and Aqualad soon find that the effect of Quisp's magic is wearing off and they resume their normal size. Returning to the sea they're met by Quisp who tells them that the fire trolls stole a bunch of experimental rockets in a plot to turn the surface world into a blazing inferno that they will rule. Aquaman sends Quisp to trick the fire trolls to the surface to destroy a lab that supposedly has an even more powerful freezing solution than before. On the surface, they are sprayed with the remainder of the freeze solution, which immobilizes them long enough for Quisp to use his magic powers to shrink the creatures in size. Gathered up and restrained, the fire trolls are returned to the underworld via a crack in the ocean floor that's later sealed with the help of Aquaman's undersea friends. After the trolls defeat, Aquaman and Aqualad bid their new friend Quisp farewell.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Aquaman #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.
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.
Aquaman #1
Special black & white noir printings, facsimile editions, and anthology collections licensed or published domestically.
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Aquaman being swept into a whirlpool that has teeth, along with various skeletons.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2391429. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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Aquaman returns to Atlantis to find it controlled by unseen invaders.
Review of the Aquaman strip during the Golden Age.
The history of Atlantis in the DC universe.
Mervin is miserable.
Quisp accidently shrinks Aquaman and Aqualad after they are attacked by the Fire Trolls. In their tiny forms, the duo gets attacked by a scorpion, lizard and pelican.
After the shrinking spell wears off, Aquaman and Aqualad team up with Quisp to freeze the Fire Trolls and return them to their underwater volcano, sealing it up.
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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) | $293.00 | — | $383.40 | $389.76 | $488.55 | $689.00 | $909.00 | $1,897.88 | $5,246.00 | $9,600.00 | $25,436.00 | $38,096.43 | $49,525.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $161.00 | — | — | $214.50 | — | $454.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $322.00 | — | — | $429.00 | — | $758.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 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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