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Independent · Ex Machina · #1 · Postmodern Age · ID-27399
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $39.00 |
| 9.8 | $30.00 |
| Raw | $7.07 |
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Ex Machina #1 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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | $1.60 | $7.79 | 79.5% | Arnveld Capital |
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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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A slow news day makes the publicly funded Lincoln portrait a front-page story. Mitchell promotes Journal to Special Adviser on Youth Affairs. The killings of snow plow drivers continue. Kremlin tries to convince Mitchell to become the Great Machine once again.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Ex Machina #1.
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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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 27399. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Mitchell survives an assassination attempt. We learn of the accident that turned Mitchell into the Great Machine and of his early political career.
Mitchell survives an assassination attempt. We learn of the accident that turned Mitchell into the Great Machine and of his early political career.
Mitchell appoints his police commissioner and chief of staff. A controversial portrait of Lincoln causes a crisis when it is revealed to have been paid for with government funds. A serial killer begins targeting snow plow drivers.
Mitchell survives an assassination attempt. We learn of the accident that turned Mitchell into the Great Machine and of his early political career.
A slow news day makes the publicly funded Lincoln portrait a front-page story. Mitchell promotes Journal to Special Adviser on Youth Affairs. The killings of snow plow drivers continue. Kremlin tries to convince Mitchell to become the Great Machine once again.
Mitchell appoints his police commissioner and chief of staff. A controversial portrait of Lincoln causes a crisis when it is revealed to have been paid for with government funds. A serial killer begins targeting snow plow drivers.
A slow news day makes the publicly funded Lincoln portrait a front-page story. Mitchell promotes Journal to Special Adviser on Youth Affairs. The killings of snow plow drivers continue. Kremlin tries to convince Mitchell to become the Great Machine once again.
Mitchell comes to the conclusion that Kremlin is behind the serial killings of several snow plow drivers. Journal confronts Trista Braving, the artist of a controversial piece of state funded art.
Mitchell and Bradbury confront Kremlin, who they find out has been spying on them, and who has learned the identity of the serial killer on the loose. Journal learns that Trista has destroyed her own painting.
Mitchell and Bradbury confront Kremlin, who they find out has been spying on them, and who has learned the identity of the serial killer on the loose. Journal learns that Trista has destroyed her own painting.
Mayor Hundred comes out in favor of gay marriage while a killer with ties to the Great Machine stalks the subway.
Mayor Hundred discusses strategies for promoting gay marriage. Symbols linked to the Great Machine begin appearing throughout New York City.
The FBI informs Mayor Hundred of the killer in the subway. Mitchell goes on his first date with Suzanne and prepares to officiate at New York's first gay marriage ceremony.
Mayor Hundred is shot after announcing his endorsement of gay marriage. Jackson Georges' corpse is discovered in the subway.
Mayor Hundred confronts Jackson's killer and officiates at New York's first gay marriage ceremony.
Mayor Hundred meets with a fortune teller.
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 |
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Panel Profits(Exchange FMV) | $7.07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $33.00 | $30.00 | $39.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 sold | — |
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