Latest sale · click to enlarge
Independent · Witching Hour · #5 · Silver Age · ID-2423160
Stored prices by grade and source, exactly as recorded. A source with no price for a grade shows a dash.
Your cost basis next to the stored PriceCharting price for the grade you hold
Track your holding in your portfolio. Record your grade (0.5–10.0 or Raw), grading authority (CGC, CBCS, PSA, or Raw), acquisition cost basis, and purchase date to activate real-time equity valuation, unrealized ROI, and capital gains tracking.
Dated PriceCharting snapshots and recorded sales. Nothing is drawn where no dated price exists.
AI-scored · tracking Witching Hour · refreshes every 2 min
News linked to this book, the Grand Comics Database record, variants and the source of each figure.
Bernie Wrightson
Bernie Wrightson
typeset
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $4,126.00 |
| 9.8 | $3,174.20 |
| 9.6 | $960.00 |
| 9.4 | $191.20 |
| 9.2 | $292.32 |
| 9.0 | $290.74 |
| 8.0 | $141.00 |
| 7.0 | $105.00 |
| 6.0 | $136.90 |
| 5.0 | $50.00 |
| 4.0 | $64.74 |
| 3.0 | $52.00 |
| 2.0 | $42.00 |
| Raw | $40.00 |
Single-source econometric valuation across 65 verified monthly observation epochs (5.26Y runway)
Hedonic age factor + census scarcity weighting.
80% Interval: [$1,662.6 – $5,200.64]
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 | $75.50 | $151.00 | 50.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $28.40 | $70.99 | 60.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $17.60 | $43.99 | 60.0% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
This issue · Witching Hour · grade history
10-period volatility
Last 30 readings
Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Witching Hour #5 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
High-conviction equity with strong appreciation upside and momentum.
Publisher profile coming soon
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 bowsprit of a wrecked ship acts as a witness against the captain who caused the loss of all hands before reverting back to a piece of inanimate wood.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Witching Hour #5.
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.
?
?
typeset, ?
Cynthia's old boyfriend from college arrives at the castle and the witches tell their stories.
Captain Dandrigde recklessly sails his ship into a storm, killing his crew and stranding himself on a deserted island.
Mr. Scruje forecloses on Mr. Meek's house and Mr. and Mrs. Meek conspire to scare Mr. Scruje into signing the house back over to them.
Alfie is a clown who can't make the crowd laugh. He then finds a magical jester costumer that might be the answer to his problem.
A computer has the ability to generate life-like illusions and wants to take over the world.
Two explorers in Africa run into a tribe of headhunters.
Inspect underlying sources, timestamps, and confidence factors for any market claim
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.
Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2423160. 65 dated nightly snapshots on file for this book.
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) | $40.00 | — | $52.00 | $64.74 | $50.00 | $136.90 | $105.00 | $141.00 | $290.74 | $292.32 | $960.00 | $3,174.20 | $4,126.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $17.60 | — | — | $28.40 | — | $75.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $43.99 | — | — | $70.99 | — | $151.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 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.