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Independent · Spaceman · #4 · ID-8740505
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Spaceman #4 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Hank Chapman
Mike Sekowsky
Jack Abel
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 4.0 | $150.00 |
| 3.0 | $120.00 |
| 2.0 | $96.00 |
| Raw | $7.19 |
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $82.50 | $165.00 | 50.0% |
| Raw | $1.60 | $7.89 | 79.7% |
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While out on patrol Speed Carter and Johnny Day are attacked by a Saturnian fleet and end up crash landing on the moon. Although their ship is incapacitated they use its weapons to fend off their attackers before having no choice but to abandon ship. Stranded on the moon, the two Space Sentinels seek a means of getting off the Moon. They run into members of the Positpeople race who accuse them of being members of the Neganatives and threaten to kill them. The pair learn that the Positpeople, who live on the bright side of the moon, were attacked by Lunanimals that they believe were set upon them by the Neganatives who live on the dark side and have since gone to war. When the Neganatives begin lobbing explosives at the Positpeople, Speed and Johnny make a break for the dark side of the moon. There they are taken prisoner by the Neganatives who accuse them of being spies for the Positpeople and also claim that they were attacked by Lunanimals. When Speed explains that the Positpeople have accused the Neganatives of the same betrayal, the Neganatives realize the errors of their ways, and the spying Positpeople overhear this and also strive to make peace. Speed and Johnny then use their Hydro-Guns to slay the Lunanimals. When they spot the Saturnian ships in space over the moon, the Neganatives shoot them down. Finding a survivor, Speed and Johnny force a confession out of him: That the Saturnians were tricking the Neganatives and Positpeople to go to war in order to wipe them out and colonize the moon.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Spaceman #4.
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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| 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) | $7.19 | — | $120.00 | $150.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.60 | — | — | $82.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.89 | — | — | $165.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 sold | — |
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