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Independent · Manhattan Projects · #3 · Postmodern Age · ID-2449265
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Manhattan Projects #3 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $44.00 |
| 9.8 | $33.63 |
| 9.2 | $19.34 |
| 8.0 | $14.37 |
| 6.0 | $10.34 |
| 4.0 | $4.47 |
| 3.0 | $4.00 |
| 2.0 | $3.00 |
| Raw | $6.47 |
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 | $2.80 | $10.99 | 74.5% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $1.00 | $4.89 | 79.6% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $1.40 | $7.09 | 80.3% | 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.
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Deconstructionist storytelling. Trade-first publishing. Creator prestige over character IP.
Value driven by creator reputation and adaptation potential rather than print scarcity.
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Four months ago at Los Alamos, Richard Feynman walked in to ask Albert Einstein for assistance in designing the delivery mechanism for the atomic bomb. Einstein continued to stare at his Monolith and tells him to just design both and acted annoyed. Previously, Mr. Groves talked to the boy Leslie Groves. He explains he left being a pastor when he was born to join the military as he felt he had a higher purpose with raising Leslie. He then has Leslie use his Hebrew to read a scripture. He learns that the commonly taught phrase, "The righteous who fear God" is wrong, and it's actually translatable to God fearing the righteous. He's shocked at this revolution. He learns that no one may exceed the right of the righteous. Now, Enrico Fermi and Harry Daghlian prep their nuclear suits to enter a room with radioactive plutonium. Daglian bes Fermi to hurry up as he hungers for the nuclear plutonium. In the room, Daghlian opens his suit to consume the plutonium and explains how his skin and organs may have disappeared but what was left was extended life. Fermi warns him even with a half-life of 24,000 years, it's nothing in the grand scheme of things. At the George Washington Masonic Memorial, Harry S. Truman is abducted by the United States Secret Service into safety as Franklin D. Roosevelt has just been reported dead. At the War Department, Roosevelt's body is rushed into Professor Daghlian's care. He plugs him into the mainframe, and cheers as the world's first artificial intelligence is created with Roosevelt's brain. Grove's watches over in excitement. At the White House, Harry Truman is befuddled with the assignment given to him as he sits across a stoic Joseph Oppenheimer. General Groves calls him on the phone to explain he's been left in the dark about the Manhattan Projects. He tells him it's a weapon that's been created that can kill 100,000 people if they're lucky. When Groves asks for permissions to drop it, Truman refuses. At the same time, the Roosevelt A.I. is asked what to do and it says the only thing they have to fear is themselves. Groves orders the bomb dropped as he recalls the learnings of his father that one may exceed the right of the righteous.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Manhattan Projects #3.
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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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2449265. 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) | $6.47 | — | $4.00 | $4.47 | — | $10.34 | — | $14.37 | — | $19.34 | $33.00 | $33.63 | $44.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.40 | — | — | $1.00 | — | $2.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.09 | — | — | $4.89 | — | $10.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 sold | — |
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Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
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