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Image · Curse of the Spawn · #26 · Modern Age · ID-27611
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Curse of the Spawn #26 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $50.00 |
| 9.8 | $38.52 |
| 9.2 | $19.67 |
| 8.0 | $13.70 |
| 6.0 | $8.39 |
| 4.0 | $2.37 |
| 3.0 | $2.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $2.92 |
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)
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $1.80 | $9.19 | 80.4% |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Creator-owned publisher. Home of Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible.
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.
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.
Margaret Eschens is a wealthy entrepreneur who barks orders at others and preoccupies herself with greed. Her limo suddenly swerves of the road to avoid hitting Travis Quinn. Travis had into the ravine below to retrieve her. Later, Margaret wakes up to find Travis lurching towards her. He claims to want to repair her soul. Margaret attempts to flee. Later, Sam Burke and Twitch Williams arrive at Fenton Sanitarium. Sam remarks that the place is disgusting and a few grenades would tidy the place up. Dr. Carl Marsh gets them and informs them he is offering a large fee. A recent patient, Roger Bonner, was released and he afraid he will be charged with murder for crimes he didn't commit. Zender calls in a limo murder. Says he will need help with investigation. In Washington, D.C., Marc Simmons finds the Unknown Soldier has murdered everyone in the building. He attempts to negotiate and feigns surrender but ends up taking Mitchell's life. As a psychiatrist, he mourns the loss of a patient he couldn't save. He gets a call that he is needed in New York. On the plane ride over, he's haunted by visions of past failures. Upon arriving, he's told his number one lead if Roger Bonner. Sam and Twitch arrive at Roger Bonner's apartment. They're disgusted to see dead rats and cats strewn across the place. Suddenly Marc Simmons bursts into the place to arrest Bonner. Meanwhile, across town Travis Quinn grabs a family to murder.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Curse of the Spawn #26.
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 27611. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Marc Simmons, a profiler, is sent to help capture The Crocodile-Killer. Sam and Twitch are hired to prove that Roger Bonner is not The Crocodile Killer.
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) | $2.92 | — | $2.00 | $2.37 | — | $8.39 | — | $13.70 | — | $19.67 | $45.00 | $38.52 | $50.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | — | — | — | — | — | $1.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $3.19 | — | — | — | — | $9.19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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.
Panel Profits decodes auction transaction feeds into sovereign econometric market valuations and bid-ask spreads. CGC, CBCS, and PSA never carry RAW prices.
“Screw mercy. Drop a couple grenades down there. Problem solved.”
Meanwhile, across town Travis Quinn grabs a family to murder.