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Independent · Astonishing Tales · #4 · Bronze Age · ID-2411000
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Astonishing Tales #4 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Sam Grainger
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Stan Lee
| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $910.00 |
| 9.8 | $700.00 |
| 9.6 | $215.99 |
| 9.4 | $50.78 |
| 9.2 | $34.36 |
| 9.0 | $33.75 |
| 8.0 | $30.40 |
| 7.0 | $28.00 |
| 6.0 | $25.77 |
| 5.0 | $10.50 |
| 4.0 | $9.27 |
| 3.0 | $7.00 |
| 2.0 | $6.00 |
| Raw | $5.93 |
| Grade | Dealer buy | Retail sell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $8.40 | $27.99 | 70.0% |
| 4.0 | $2.00 | $9.99 | 80.0% |
| Raw | $1.30 | $6.49 | 80.0% |
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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.
In illiquid alternative asset markets, sovereign blue-chip holdings trade at an exponential multiple over mid-grade float due to institutional accumulation and inelastic seller reservation prices.
Zaladane, Queen-Priestess of the Sun-Empire, leads her sky-warriors in a savage aerial assault on the City of the Vala-Kuri, raining torch-bombs on its helpless people in the name of Garokk the Sun God. Ka-Zar, riding a captured unicorn, races to stop her holy war before the peaceful city is utterly destroyed. Meanwhile, Garokk himself stalks the shadows of the Savage Land, haunted by his 500-year curse — drinking from the black pool made him immortal but slowly transformed him into a living replica of the Sun God statue, a fate he now longs to escape through death. When Ka-Zar confronts both Zaladane's forces and Garokk directly, he presses the tortured immortal to see the horror being committed in his name. The turning point comes when Garokk, having watched enough slaughter, reveals himself fully transformed and declares that the fighting must stop — commanding his followers to lay down their arms and bring peace. The warriors obey, and silence falls over the ruined city. Zaladane, furious at being denied her conquest and glory, refuses to accept this and seizes Ka-Zar, kidnapping him in the sky on her pterosaur as Garokk's ghostly form fades and Zabu and Tongah are left powerless below.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Astonishing Tales #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.
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The Petrified Man is turned into Garokk, the Sun God and he stops the attack on the Vala-Kuri by Zaladane and her people. Zaladane rejects Garokk and continues to attack Ka-Zar.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2411000. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
Wolverine and the Punisher prepare to take on the Predator X monsters that Viper has set on their trail.
Iron Man battles Commodore Q's helicarrier and brings in Jess's SHIELD helicarrier for support.
Daredevil tries to save a young boy from being sacrificed by demons.
Sam and Bobby decide to turn their movie making endeavors from action to comedy but take some time out to help Mojo try to get some tail (other than his own, that is).
“Dolts! Such insolence will not go unpunished!”
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) | $5.93 | — | $7.00 | $9.27 | $10.50 | $25.77 | $28.00 | $30.40 | $33.75 | $34.36 | $215.99 | $700.00 | $910.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.30 | — | — | $2.00 | — | $8.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $6.49 | — | — | $9.99 | — | $27.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 sold | — |
Highest verified price observed. Non-9.8 books never receive a 9.8 price or synthetic valuation.
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Historical cover price stamped on physical newsstand or direct copies at initial publication.
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