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Independent · Leading Comics · #2 · Golden Age · ID-24209
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Leading Comics #2 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 9.2 | $2,340.00 |
| 9.0 | $1,984.08 |
| 8.0 | $1,800.00 |
| 6.0 | $541.00 |
| 5.0 | $339.41 |
| 4.0 | $479.23 |
| 3.0 | $320.00 |
| 2.0 | $256.00 |
| Raw | $302.30 |
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.
Rigorous options modeling requires empirical prices for both legs (raw acquisition and target slab FMV). One or both legs currently lack recorded market observations; synthetic assumptions are disabled.
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $357.00 | $595.00 | 40.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $316.20 | $527.00 | 40.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $166.50 | $333.00 | 50.0% | Arnveld Capital |
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Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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The birth of superheroes. Superman, Batman, Captain America, and Wonder Woman debut. Comics became a mass medium.
Extreme scarcity drives value. Condition sensitivity is paramount — even low-grade copies of key issues command five figures.
A pricing discrepancy between an auction listing and the prevailing cleared consensus value across organized exchanges, allowing rapid liquidity capture before market equilibrium reconverges.
John Pemberton brings his son Sylvester to the bank where he works in the hopes of getting him interested in a financial career. While there, Sylvester and the family chauffeur Pat Dugan notice five suspicious-looking individuals working on a water main outside the bank. These men are not really construction workers, but small-time criminals who go by the names of Falseface, Captain Bigg, Hopper, the Brain, and the Rattler. The thugs deliberately burst a water main, forcing tons of pressurized water to blast open the side of the bank wall. They steal the money from the bank, then disguise themselves as police officers to make their getaway. Back at their lair, the thugs respond to a pre-recorded message from their ringleader the Black Star. The Black Star is pleased with their progress and gives them each their next mission - all of which take place in different cities. Meanwhile, Sylvester and Pat, having borne witness to this crime, change into their costumed identities as the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy and unite with the other Legionnaires. The Seven Soldiers of Victory investigate the crime, and Green Arrow manages to track down their getaway vehicle as well its driver, Mowse. They also recover footage of the Black Star's recorded instructions and learn where the thieves will strike next. They decide to split up and go after each criminal in turn.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Leading Comics #2.
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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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.
Total graded population from the stored CGC census snapshot for this title and issue.
When Pat Dugan spies five well-known criminals dressed as policemen, it piques the interest of the Star-Spangled Kid, who calls the Seven Soldiers of Victory to investigate. They discover, from a piece of film, that the Black Star is using those felons to commit crimes on a national basis.
Led by Falseface, the Black Star's criminal element strikes at many areas of the city of New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Captain Bigg, dressed as Santa Claus, and the rest of his men take on the guise of pirates in order to raid luxurious yachts and plunder their loot!
The Hopper and his men target Pleasure City, "home" of an eccentric millionaire named Coburn, who lives in the Castle of Fear at the fair grounds.
The Avenger and Wing travel to Twin City, scene of the annual convention of twins at the Hotel Double, attempting to foil the plans of the Brain, who is blackmailing millionaire Bandler in return for a life-saving blood transfusion.
The Western Waddy tangles with the Rattler at the Palace of Perpetual Play, where men who have worked all their lives can retire and learn how to be children. One of them has in his possession a stamp worth $100,000!
The Law's Legionnaires learn from Mr. Wilkens the real motive behind Black Star's crime wave: to obtain a ray invented by five partners in a chemical firm that will enlarge the size of all organic life. And when they attempt to track down the nefarious villains, they are greeted by a giant bird, ant, rabbit and spider that have been dispatched to destroy the Seven Soldiers.
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) | $302.30 | — | $320.00 | $479.23 | $339.41 | $541.00 | — | $1,800.00 | $1,984.08 | $2,340.00 | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $166.50 | — | — | $316.20 | — | $357.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $333.00 | — | — | $527.00 | — | $595.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 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.
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