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Independent · Star Spangled War Stories · #97 · Silver Age · ID-2415913
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Star Spangled War Stories #97 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 9.2 | $497.00 |
| 9.0 | $440.00 |
| 8.0 | $382.40 |
| 5.0 | $99.99 |
| Raw | $25.39 |
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.
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| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | $8.40 | $27.99 | 70.0% | Arnveld Capital |
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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.
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.
After a US Submarine is found crushed on the shore, the US army sends a team of soldiers out on a PT Boat to find and destroy what army intelligence believes to be a new weapon created by the Japanese army. However, while out at sea the cause proves to be even more fantastic than anyone originally thought: The subs are literally being crushed in the hands of a gigantic prehistoric creature. Although another sub is destroyed, the PT boat soldiers on and comes face to face with the ship crusher when it catches the boat after it pilots off a waterfall. Killing the creature, the soldiers find that they now must ferry their way through the waterways of an uncharted island filled with prehistoric dangers. They are first attacked, and succeed in killing a gigantic ape that attempts to crush them with gigantic boulders and trees, although the attack expends the last of their bullets. They have to resort to guile and quick thinking when being attacked by gigantic alligators, when they fire torpedoes at the creatures they miss, however it allows them the time to speed past the beasts. One of their torpedoes is picked up by a Pterodactyl who drops it on their ship destroying it and killing all it's crew except one. The lone survivor is about to be attacked by both the gators and the Pterodactyl when he finds the second torpedo and when the three beasts fight over each other launches it at them killing them in an explosion. Picked up by an air rescue team, the soldier reports back to his superiors who then sanction an air raid of the island destroying it totally.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Star Spangled War Stories #97.
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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Total graded population from the stored CGC census snapshot for this title and issue.
The March Brothers part to their PT boat and sub. The sub is grabbed from underwater by a giant claw and crushed. The PT visits an island for repairs. They're grabbed by a giant dinosaur, bombed by a giant ape with coconuts and attacked by aquatic dinosaurs. A pterodactyl snatches their torpedo and destroys the PT boat. Captain Pete drifts, the only survivor, out to sea. And sees the sub crew and PT crew in lifeboats, attacked again. Pete shoves a torpedo and the dinosaurs are killed. Days later, the brothers watch as the island is carpet-bombed into an inferno.
Sgt. Rock thanks many readers by name, then answers questions on an ace's qualification, "Nuts!", foxhole spacing, and the B-47 Stratojet.
In England, bombers crash and burn or ditch in the Channel. Only "Lady Luck" returns without a scratch. "We just drew a lucky ship." For their last mission, they're assigned a milk run. But their bomb bay doors jam, and as lead ship they must circle over the target. The ship is shredded by flak and enemy aircraft, but finally drops its bomb load. They limp back home. The ship pancakes and flies to pieces. Lady Luck's luck ran out! No, "There's the luck of the ship! The crew who always brought it back!"
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) | $25.39 | — | — | — | $99.99 | — | — | $382.40 | $440.00 | $497.00 | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $8.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $27.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 sold | — |
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Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
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