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Image · Curse of the Spawn · #5 · Modern Age · ID-27617
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Curse of the Spawn #5 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $64.00 |
| 9.8 | $48.89 |
| 9.2 | $22.07 |
| 8.0 | $15.43 |
| 6.0 | $9.80 |
| 4.0 | $3.27 |
| 3.0 | $3.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $3.87 |
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 |
| Raw | $0.90 | $4.29 | 79.0% | 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.
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.
Tom Orzechowski
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John Mawbley sits in a small diner in Hell's Kitchen. He pulls out hidden guns and execute everyone in the shop. Sam Burke and Twitch Williams arrive at the murder scene where the detectives give them a hard time for being P.I.'s They find the victim was sawed in half with a chainsaw and had a rise placed where his decapitated head would be located. They are informed, "rose" is written in blood and is the 4th victim they've found like this. The body is identified as Hillary Reece, one of Sam and Twitch's clients. Sam explains they were investigating her husband who was a member of a sex humiliation cult, where people defecate on each other. After refusing to give more information, Detective Edland scolds then saying they are a disgrace to the badge. As they take off in their Crimemobile, they nearly run over the attractive Gretchen Culver. She was walking to a nearby coffee shop. As she turns the corner, she sees Mawbley extracting the eyes of recently murdered patrons. She escapes and runs into traffic and is run over by a police vehicle in her stupor. Meanwhile, news and crowds gather around the coffee shop murders. At a deli, Twitch bemoans their new job to Sam. He's worried about bringing value to the world and putting food on his family's plate. Outside, the ambulance with Gretchen drives by. Inside, Sergeant Doug Halliday pulls them over a instructs his men to rape Gretchen while she's knocked out. The new cop on the street, Kenny Osbourne, starts to feel uneasy. When Gretchen wakes up and starts fighting back, she pulls the officer's gun and shoots officer Michelli's fingers off. They kill her and decide to hide the body. They take her to Jeremiah Euden, a dedicated body dumper.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Curse of the Spawn #5.
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 27617. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
John Mawbley goes on a killing spree in a diner. At the same time four cops rape and try to kill an unconscious woman.
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) | $3.87 | — | $3.00 | $3.27 | — | $9.80 | — | $15.43 | — | $22.07 | $49.00 | $48.89 | $64.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $0.90 | — | — | — | — | $2.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $4.29 | — | — | — | — | $10.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 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.