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Independent · Baffling Mysteries · #8 · Atomic Age · ID-25797
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 9.2 | $16,470.00 |
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Baffling Mysteries #8 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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typeset (Leroy lettering)
| 7.0 | $6,600.00 |
| 6.0 | $1,020.00 |
| 4.0 | $673.82 |
| 3.0 | $420.00 |
| 2.0 | $336.00 |
| Raw | $99.25 |
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)
Rigorous options modeling requires empirical prices for both legs (raw acquisition and target slab FMV). One or both legs currently lack recorded market observations; synthetic assumptions are disabled.
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $673.20 | $1,122.00 | 40.0% |
| 4.0 | $444.60 | $741.00 | 40.0% |
| Raw | $54.50 | $109.00 | 50.0% |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
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.
Small-time punk kills a shopkeeper in Calcutta, then conjures up a mystical being using the drum that he stole from his victim. The drum's "djinn", Airi, grants him three wishes. The man's last wish is to be hidden from the police. Airi takes him down with him to his "fiery underworld domain".
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Baffling Mysteries #8.
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.
Special black & white noir printings, facsimile editions, and anthology collections licensed or published domestically.
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"One spring day in 1912, Richard Wentworth an American business man, checked in at a well known hotel in London ..." The ghost of a burning man warns Wentworth that the hotel is on fire. The building can be safely evacuated with no one getting harmed.
Professional hunters in northern India stalk a black panther guided by Ra-La, goddess of destruction. Stealing Ra-La's ruby eyes, the hunters flee to London, but Ra-La catches on with them and takes bloody revenge.
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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.
Total graded population from the stored CGC census snapshot for this title and issue.
"History tells us of the murderous career of Lucrezia Borgia who was one of the most feared women of Italy..." Actors rehearsing a play at the Borgia palace in 1933 are attacked by the ghost of Lucrezia.
Small-time punk kills a shopkeeper in Calcutta, then conjures up a mystical being using the drum that he stole from his victim. The drum's "djinn", Airi, grants him three wishes. The man's last wish is to be hidden from the police. Airi takes him down with him to his "fiery underworld domain".
A pilot goes down on a glacier. He finds a cave and frozen viking warriors therein. By making a fire they come alive. The pilot is imprisoned but can escape.
Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course.
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) | $99.25 | — | $420.00 | $673.82 | — | $1,020.00 | $6,600.00 | — | — | $16,470.00 | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $54.50 | — | — | $444.60 | — | $673.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $109.00 | — | — | $741.00 | — | $1,122.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 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.