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Independent · Hercules · #1 · Postmodern Age · ID-31894
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Hercules #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
News linked to this book, the Grand Comics Database record, variants and the source of each figure.
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Mark Texeira
Jimmy Palmiotti
Raul Trevino
Randy Gentile
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $50.00 |
| 9.8 | $38.53 |
| 9.2 | $20.17 |
| 8.0 | $14.55 |
| 6.0 | $9.73 |
| 4.0 | $3.58 |
| 3.0 | $3.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $5.19 |
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 | $0.80 | $3.89 | 79.4% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $1.10 | $5.69 | 80.7% | 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.
Axel Alonso
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While working on a new television show, Ty Stone gets the idea to include the real Hercules. Elsewhere, Hercules bursts into the memorial service for the recently killed Avengers, and demands to know why Thor was not included. Iron Man claims they didn't know, he'd been missing for a few weeks, but it's not the first time he's been gone. Later at a bar, Hercules recounts who he is for the lovely female bartender, and his twelve labors, but she has no clue who he is. He gets up to use the restroom, and is attacked by Achelous, who knocks him out and drags him outside to a waiting limo, with Eurystheus inside.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Hercules #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 31894. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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The story takes place between both halves of the epic Anglo-Saxon saga Beowulf. After the battle with Grendel, Beowulf gave vast tracts of land to his thanes. After the passing of Wigmenric, his eldest son Hrothelac became Thane of Bagarth. When peasants are killed by a guardsman of neighboring Rothor, there is retaliation from a Bagarth guardsman. King Beowulf seeks the truth and demands proof from Hrothelac that Garmscio, Thane of Rothor, was the perpetrator. Hrothelac seeks out his younger brother Eowanda for help; unaware that like Garmscio, he plots to usurp the current Thane of Bagarth.
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) | $5.19 | — | $3.00 | $3.58 | — | $9.73 | — | $14.55 | — | $20.17 | $39.00 | $38.53 | $50.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.10 | — | — | $0.80 | — | $2.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $5.69 | — | — | $3.89 | — | $10.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 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.
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