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Independent · Ronin · #1 · Bronze Age · ID-3698173
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A look back at Frank Miller's six-issue DC miniseries Ronin, blending Moebius, Goseki Kojima's Lone Wolf and Cub, and European color printing on heavy matte stock paper.
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $475.00 |
| 9.8 | $71.00 |
| 9.6 | $42.04 |
| 9.4 | $25.00 |
| 9.2 | $29.00 |
| 9.0 | $26.00 |
| 8.0 | $22.00 |
| 6.0 | $13.27 |
| 4.0 | $5.84 |
| 3.0 | $5.00 |
| 2.0 | $4.00 |
| Raw | $4.08 |
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 | $3.80 | $14.99 | 74.6% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $1.30 | $6.39 | 79.7% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $0.90 | $4.49 | 80.0% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Ronin #1 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Ronin #1 — The Cyberpunk Samurai Blueprint
A look back at Frank Miller's six-issue DC miniseries Ronin, blending Moebius, Goseki Kojima's Lone Wolf and Cub, and European color printing on heavy matte stock paper.
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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Comics grow darker and more socially aware. Wolverine, Punisher, Swamp Thing debut. Creator-driven storytelling emerges.
Newsstand variants carry meaningful scarcity premiums. First appearances from this era are blue-chip investments.
Frank Miller
Frank Miller
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A samurai and his lord are out and about when they are attacked by three assassins. They dispatch the assassins and the lord's sword drinks its enemy's blood. The lord tells the samurai that his enemy the demon Agat wants this sword more than anything, because one it has drank the blood of an innocent, it can be used to destroy Agat. That evening, Agat takes the form of a dancing girl and slays Lord Ozaki. The samurai fights off Agat, but not before receiving a scar over his left eye. The spirit of Lord Ozaki tells the samurai to take Ozaki's sword and disappear. To roam as a ronin and once he has honed his skills to face Agat and avenge his death. In the bowels of the Aquarius Complex, a biotechnology facility in a dystopic future New York City, Billy Challas is awakened from a day dream by Virgo, the facility's computer. Together they listen in on the spiel Mr. Learnid gives to the visitors on their tour of the facility. They take a tour of the place and meet the security chief, Casey McKenna. Billy goes to sleep and dreams of a Japanese ronin. The ronin kills two samurai who were about to take sexual advantage of a woman. Then he makes a fire for the woman and her child. He tells them how at dawn he will kill an innocent with his master's sword and then kill Agat. In the morning, the ronin goes to the demon's castle and slays his gate guard, a four armed man-rat. He enters the castle and fights Agat. He plunges the sword through his own body and into Agat. Before Agat can die he curses the ronin, trapping him in the sword with Agat. Billy awakens from the dream, telling Virgo about it. Virgo searches her memory banks and finds a news article about the sword resurfacing in South America. It was acquired by an inventor who used a laser on it in an experiment that incinerated everyone there. The sword vanished. Billy tells Virgo that the ronin and Agat's souls were freed when the laser hit the sword and that the ronin wants Billy's body. He surmises that Agat must want someone else's body also. Suddenly an intruder alert sounds. Virgo calls up an image of Agat killing some guards on her screen. Billy's face scars just like the ronin's. Billy begins transforming and Agat comes for him. There is an explosion blowing both of them into the city. Billy rises in the sewer of New York. He has now assumed the form of Ronin.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Ronin #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.
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All prices are current market price based on historic completed sales with a buyer and seller agreeing on price. Calculated via proprietary algorithm tracking end-of-month historical sales. Unsold items are excluded.
Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 3698173. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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) | $4.08 | — | $5.00 | $5.84 | — | $13.27 | — | $22.00 | $26.00 | $29.00 | $42.04 | $71.00 | $475.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $0.90 | — | — | $1.30 | — | $3.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $4.49 | — | — | $6.39 | — | $14.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 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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