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Marvel · Iron Man · #3 · Silver Age · ID-2392604
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $4,056.00 |
| 9.8 | $3,120.00 |
| 9.6 | $525.50 |
| 9.4 | $296.00 |
| 9.2 | $202.50 |
| 9.0 | $170.21 |
| 8.0 | $146.74 |
| 7.0 | $90.00 |
| 6.0 | $80.00 |
| 5.0 | $75.10 |
| 4.0 | $49.70 |
| 3.0 | $43.07 |
| 2.0 | $34.00 |
| Raw | $37.16 |
Single-source econometric valuation across 65 verified monthly observation epochs (5.26Y runway)
Hedonic age factor + census scarcity weighting.
80% Interval: [$1,491.76 – $5,332.12]
Wholesale realization (30% haircut · THIN_AUCTION_FLOAT)
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $35.20 | $87.99 | 60.0% |
| 4.0 | $22.00 | $54.99 | 60.0% |
| Raw | $16.40 | $40.99 | 60.0% |
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Iron Man #3 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
High-conviction equity with strong appreciation upside and momentum.
Home of Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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.
The issue begins with Iron Man saving some workers at the Uranus-12 Rocket construction site when there's an accident and the rocket starts falling. Unfortunately, he overstrains his armor, as its power levels were already low from fighting the Demolisher, and his heart starts bothering him again.He makes it to his office, ignoring Jasper Sitwell and Whitney Frost waiting in the hall, but once there, he discovers he cannot disconnect the recharge cable, as his heart is weaker then ever. To counter this Tony draws the blueprints for revisions to his armor, and then has the visiting Happy Hogan construct the new armor. In the final stage of the construction Happy overworks a cobalt bombarder as he wants to hurry it up because Tony's chestplate is giving out due to overcharging, but the bombarder explodes, bathing Happy in its energies and causing him to slowly transform into the Freak as he puts the new armor on an unconscious Tony who wakes up to see the transformation finish. The Freak goes through the wall and takes Pepper with him as he leaves. Iron Man catches up with the Freak atop a partially constructed building where he has to defeat the Freak so that the Enervator can be used to transform him back into Happy Hogan. Finally the Freak is lured into a van, where he is gassed into unconsciousness and carried off to get treated.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Iron Man #3.
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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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2392604. 65 dated nightly snapshots on file for this book.
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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 |
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Panel Profits(Exchange FMV) | $37.16 | — | $43.07 | $49.70 | $75.10 | $80.00 | $90.00 | $146.74 | $170.21 | $202.50 | $525.50 | $3,120.00 | $4,056.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $16.40 | — | — | $22.00 | — | $35.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $40.99 | — | — | $54.99 | — | $87.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 150 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 150 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.
Panel Profits decodes auction transaction feeds into sovereign econometric market valuations and bid-ask spreads. CGC, CBCS, and PSA never carry RAW prices.