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Independent · DC Special · #4 · Silver Age · ID-2432048
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
DC Special #4 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
News linked to this book, the Grand Comics Database record, variants and the source of each figure.
Mark Hanerfeld
Bill Draut
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Joe Orlando
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $2,253.00 |
| 9.8 | $1,733.24 |
| 9.2 | $499.99 |
| 9.0 | $280.04 |
| 8.0 | $100.00 |
| 7.0 | $88.00 |
| 6.0 | $75.72 |
| 4.0 | $34.60 |
| 3.0 | $28.00 |
| 2.0 | $22.00 |
| Raw | $22.29 |
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 | $33.20 | $82.99 | 60.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $15.20 | $37.99 | 60.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $7.50 | $24.99 | 70.0% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
High-conviction equity with strong appreciation upside and momentum.
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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.
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.
A group of children have "kidnapped" the Three Witches' assistant, Egor, by leading him astray with a bag of jelly beans. One by one, the children challenge some of DC's horror hosts to tell them a satisfying horror tale, forming a frame story for the rest of the book. Harvey, the leader of the children, reject each story in turn, until the Phantom Stranger arrives and tells one final story. While Harvey accepts this final tale, but when his friend Harlan disagrees, the Phantom Stranger distracts them by vanishing. The children run after him, leaving Egor with the horror hosts.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for DC Special #4.
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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The children watch a trial...and are also watched.
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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 2432048. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Billy Conway; Mike Foster (death)
Gerald Bard finds Thor's hammer and uses it as a rainmaker, but Thor arrives to retrieve it. The story explains that Thor’s hammer was stolen from him by Loki.
While rummaging through the house of a deceased man, reporter George Hackett finds a treasure, and commits a crime trying to get his hands on it.
The murderer James Martin is pardoned because the electric chair is not functioning. Stepping outside he is killed accidentally by a ricocheting bullet.
Cyrus Perkins experiences his adventures through the help of a "dream lamp.
Don Miguel learns a valuable lesson after he tries to cheat a poor village out of a magical artifact which nearly traps him in another dimension.
Mrs. Dutton's cat Wendy is in reality a shape-shifting alien from the planet Deneb. At night it leaves the house and goes on a killing spree to decimate human life.
Stage magician Salzo commits crimes by hypnotizing his victims.
A thief returns to the Alps to recover stolen money previously lost there, but the search ends in his capture.
Due to a mixture of elements from a meteorite and scrap metal from an atomic research lab in his ID tag, inmate Chick Durant is able to leave his cell for 25 minutes at a time. But Durant is stuck on an uncharted island when he reshapes his tag, altering the mixture.
Elmo Hackett, collector of death masks of people who died unnatural deaths, leads the reader through his exhibition. Until he finds his own mask on display.
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) | $22.29 | — | $28.00 | $34.60 | — | $75.72 | $88.00 | $100.00 | $280.04 | $499.99 | $1,380.00 | $1,733.24 | $2,253.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $7.50 | — | — | $15.20 | — | $33.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $24.99 | — | — | $37.99 | — | $82.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 42 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.