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Image · Descender · #1 · Independent · ID-3686808
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Descender #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $48.00 |
| 9.8 | $37.21 |
| 9.6 | $19.00 |
| 9.2 | $18.26 |
| 8.0 | $13.35 |
| 6.0 | $9.20 |
| 4.0 | $3.57 |
| 3.0 | $3.00 |
| 2.0 | $2.00 |
| Raw | $6.52 |
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $2.00 | $9.99 | 80.0% |
| 4.0 | $0.80 | $3.89 | 79.4% |
| Raw | $1.40 | $7.19 | 80.5% |
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Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
Creator-owned publisher. Home of Spawn, The Walking Dead, Invincible.
Outside the Marvel/DC duopoly. Often creator-owned with outsized cultural impact and far greater natural scarcity.
No returnable copies, no overprint buffer. True scarcity with potential for explosive growth on media adaptation news.
No narrative synopsis recorded in GCD for this sequence.
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.
The residents of Niyrata go about their day when something shocks them. A sudden tremor causes them all to witness something horrible in the sky. Dr. Jin Quon receives a wake up call from Dr. Nagoki. He rushes to Central Comm to find a gigantic robot looming over Niyrata. He tells Quon that eight more robots have appeared and stand over the other eight major cities of Niyrata. Its eyes suddenly light up and prepare to fire some form of an energy attack. 10 years later at the Dirishu mining colony. Tim-21 wakes up and discoveres he is alone. The bodies of humans and robots are strewn across the facility. The computer informs him the colony was hit with a deadly gas and everyone had perished. He finds his assistant droid Bandit and fixes his communication circuit. Together, they head to the Comm room to discover what happened. Tim witnesses a broadcast of the nine Harvesters attacking planets across the Magacosm. He also learns that the humans retaliated in return and began a robot culling. 3 days later on Niyrata, Captain Telsa wakes up Dr. Quon. She has him re-explain the codex theory. Moments before the attack, Quon explains he was able to gather large amounts of data. He proclaimed the machines were too advanced to decipher, but in the same way humans are made of DNA, machines have a core base language. Telsa informed him the codex had been cracked. She tells him they are related to the Tim bots he invented 15 years ago. Quon is shocked as those were merely companion bots. They strap into a jet. Telsa informs him one Tim bot has recently connected to UGC computers and they're on their way to check it out. Meanwhile on Dirishu's moon, Tim spots a ship landing to respond to his distress signal. A group of Scrappers with guns emerge from the ship.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Descender #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.
Foreign editions (licensed through Panini, Urban Comics, Editorial Novaro, Novedades, Otto Simon, etc.) represent physical tradeable instruments in international secondary markets. Geographic scarcity and currency differentials drive global cross-border arbitrage.
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Special black & white noir printings, facsimile editions, and anthology collections licensed or published domestically.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 3686808. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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Meanwhile on Dirishu's moon, Tim spots a ship landing to respond to his distress signal. A group of Scrappers) with guns emerge from the ship.
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) | $6.52 | — | $3.00 | $3.57 | — | $9.20 | — | $13.35 | — | $18.26 | $19.00 | $37.21 | $48.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.40 | — | — | $0.80 | — | $2.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.19 | — | — | $3.89 | — | $9.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 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.