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EC · Tales from the Crypt · #44 · Atomic Age · ID-2417303
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| Grade |
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| Panel Profits |
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| 10.0 | $100,791.00 |
| 9.8 | $77,531.16 |
| 9.6 | $2,336.25 |
| 9.4 | $6,107.00 |
| 9.2 | $9,877.02 |
| 9.0 | $2,318.00 |
| 8.0 | $3,867.80 |
| 7.0 | $1,297.88 |
| 6.0 | $700.00 |
| 5.0 | $554.40 |
| 4.0 | $533.75 |
| 3.0 | $367.00 |
| 2.0 | $305.00 |
| Raw | $268.00 |
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 (30% haircut · THIN_AUCTION_FLOAT)
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 | $462.00 | $770.00 | 40.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $352.20 | $587.00 | 40.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $147.50 | $295.00 | 50.0% | Arnveld Capital |
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Market-wide signal (top 4) · Issue-specific signal (bottom 2 · tagged ISSUE)
Tales from the Crypt #44 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
Institutional-grade core holding providing high liquidity and stability.
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Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Tales from the Crypt #44.
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 2417303. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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A man kills an old man for thirty gold coins and thinks that there must be more to the treasure when he finds a treasure map locating a spot just offshore underwater. The old man claimed he had been 'prepared' for him and when he visits the location marked underwater he realizes the old man was right as it is a grave marker with his name on it that falls over on his diving suit keeping him pinned until he drowns.
A burglar breaks into a house and threatens the occupants; a wife and her young son. The wife is married to a lab assistant at a chemical plant. Her son shoots the burglar in the face with his water pistol. The burglar begins screaming as his face melts away. You see the son filled his water pistol with some of daddy's sulphuric acid. Something his mother had told him not to do many times!
A woman who uses men to stay surrounded by the finer things in life finally hears what she wants to hear: "I want you for my wife." In this case, her intended sucker literally wants her for a meal to his undead bloodsucker wife.
An executioner during the Terror, who takes money from a relative in order to guillotine his brother, finds he has a difficult time in getting rid of the head. Eventually he becomes frustrated with his efforts to dispose of the ever-returning head and picks up a cleaver and minces it. That evening, he receives a visit from the corpse who wants its head back, and finding that not possible, rips the head from the executioner's shoulders to use in its place.
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) | $268.00 | — | $367.00 | $533.75 | $554.40 | $700.00 | $1,297.88 | $3,867.80 | $2,318.00 | $9,877.02 | $2,336.25 | $77,531.16 | $100,791.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $147.50 | — | — | $352.20 | — | $462.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $295.00 | — | — | $587.00 | — | $770.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 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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