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DC · Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight · #42 · Modern Age · ID-2425490
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #42 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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John Francis Moore
P. Craig Russell
P. Craig Russell
Lovern Kindzierski
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $90.00 |
| 9.8 | $69.55 |
| 9.2 | $26.42 |
| 8.0 | $18.25 |
| 6.0 | $11.77 |
| 4.0 | $5.09 |
| 3.0 | $4.00 |
| 2.0 | $3.00 |
| Raw | $3.76 |
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.
| Grade | Dealer Buy (Bid) | Retail Sell (Ask) | Spread | Underwriting House |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $3.30 | $12.99 | 74.6% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $1.10 | $5.59 | 80.3% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $0.80 | $4.09 | 80.4% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
Variant cover era. Trade paperback culture. Independent movement flourishes. Digital distribution begins.
Census-registered copies anchor pricing. First appearances of characters adapted to screen drive the market.
Archie Goodwin
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.
While attending a charity event at Gotham University, Bruce Wayne spots university regent Ian Spencer attempting to commit suicide. Bruce changes into Batman and tries to save Spencer, but fails. Shortly after, he sees a familiar face in the crowd of rubberneckers: the recently-paroled Pamela Isley, now working at the university under a science grant approved by Spencer. Recalling Isley's obsession with him and Spencer's delusional mutterings about a woman, Batman suspects that Isley is back to her old tricks as Poison Ivy. Batman visits Isley's new greenhouse, where a hurt Isley tells him that she has been completely rehabilitated of both her insanity and her hypnotic pheromones. Batman then travels to Ian Spencer's home, where he finds several vials of a strange drug inside Spencer's secret safe. Batman spends most of the night analyzing the drug, all while fighting his strange new obsession with Isley. The analysis is interrupted by Isley herself, who uses the Bat-Signal to summon Batman to police headquarters. There, Isley explains to Batman that she had accidentally created the drug - dubbed "Edenspring" - while working under Spencer. Spencer, indebted to criminals and realizing Edenspring's value as a recreational drug, had shared its secret with art dealer and crime boss Dominique Alioso, who in turn has been forcing Isley to make more and more of the drug. It was Dominique, Isley fears, who had killed Spencer. Determined to prove Isley's innocence, Batman hunts down Dominique and her bodyguard Victor and sends them to the police for the murder of Ian Spencer and the marketing an untested drug. Afterwards, he joyfully phones Isley, thinking the case closed. But in truth, Isley has been concocting schemes of her own all along.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #42.
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.
Poison Ivy is back and Batman thinks she is up to her old tricks.
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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.
Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2425490. 1 dated nightly snapshot 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) | $3.76 | — | $4.00 | $5.09 | — | $11.77 | — | $18.25 | — | $26.42 | $74.00 | $69.55 | $90.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $0.80 | — | — | $1.10 | — | $3.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $4.09 | — | — | $5.59 | — | $12.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 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.