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Independent · Unexpected · #162 · Bronze Age · ID-2425258
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Unexpected #162 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $1,445.00 |
| 9.8 | $1,111.46 |
| 9.2 | $205.52 |
| 8.0 | $113.30 |
| 6.0 | $65.05 |
| 4.0 | $26.00 |
| 3.0 | $21.00 |
| 2.0 | $17.00 |
| Raw | $22.50 |
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $28.80 | $71.99 | 60.0% |
| 4.0 | $8.70 | $28.99 | 70.0% |
| Raw | $7.50 | $24.99 | 70.0% |
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High-conviction equity with strong appreciation upside and momentum.
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Comics grow darker and more socially aware. Wolverine, Punisher, Swamp Thing debut. Creator-driven storytelling emerges.
Newsstand variants carry meaningful scarcity premiums. First appearances from this era are blue-chip investments.
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.
Mobsters set up a listening device in order to learn the location of a murdered man's money. Imagine the surprise when the bug picks up the dead man's voice giving instructions as to where the money is hid. His killers rush to the location only to die in a bomb blast. The ghost had lured the men to die so that his relatives could be left his money.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Unexpected #162.
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.
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Casey's electric eavesdropping equipment picks up the ghost of the man he killed.
Sir Byron McCabe, on the run from the law, makes a deal with the beings of an unseen invisible world.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2425258. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Someone is killing citizens and the suspicions all lead to Mr. Erghon, a purveyor of hexes.
A criminal steals a pair of wooden shoes.
When a mugger steals his wallet and then dies, Cyrus Marshall is allowed to attend his own funeral to see how he'll be remembered.
A man is killed by a windmill.
Thirteen men and women form a club to debunk superstition, but one by one they meet violent deaths. They don’t die, however, because they challenge fate, but because they touched a poisoned gavel to smash a mirror with.
Jeff misses all his old poker buddies.
Private investigator Carter Blake falls head over heels in love with Jean Brewster. Without knowing anything about her, he's willing to marry her. Checking old newspaper clippings, Blake finds out that his fiancée seems to possess witch-like powers. Three of her former husbands died after her "kiss of death."
A treasure-hunting adventurer is trapped by the vibrations of a giant bell.
Inventor Jon Garson's duplicator machine has an unexpected voodoo effect which Garson attempts to capitalize on by killing a romantic rival, but retribution still makes him pay for his crime.
A film director turns out to be the one man who can stop an alien invasion.
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) | $22.50 | — | $21.00 | $26.00 | — | $65.05 | — | $113.30 | — | $205.52 | $550.00 | $1,111.46 | $1,445.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $7.50 | — | — | $8.70 | — | $28.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $24.99 | — | — | $28.99 | — | $71.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 sold | — |
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