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EC · Weird Science · #3 · Copper Age · ID-2424982
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
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| 10.0 |
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Weird Science #3 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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typeset
| $105.00 |
| 9.8 | $81.12 |
| 9.2 | $28.64 |
| 8.0 | $19.53 |
| 6.0 | $12.51 |
| 4.0 | $4.77 |
| 3.0 | $4.00 |
| 2.0 | $3.00 |
| Raw | $4.90 |
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 | $3.50 | $13.99 | 75.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $1.10 | $5.29 | 79.2% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $1.10 | $5.39 | 79.6% | Arnveld Capital |
Multi-tier analytical consensus distinguishing public truth, firm posture, desk urgency, and personal exposure
Speculative micro-allocation with high-beta risk/reward characteristics.
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The direct market matures. Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen redefine the medium. Speculator boom begins.
High print runs mean condition is the key differentiator. 9.8 census numbers matter more than total prints.
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.
A man awakens to find himself on a lab table, with two scientists looking down at him. They tell him his name is Peter and they give him an assignment to kill another man. Peter commits the murder, unquestioningly. Peter is then given a similarly amnesiac companion for another killing, but something goes wrong. His companion is shot, but there's no blood! When Peter arrives back at the lab, he overhears the scientists boasting that their new creations would allow them to rule the world. Peter realizes he's nothing more than a robot, and that moment of insight prompts him to kill his creators.
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for Weird Science #3.
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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After losing contact with the first mission to Venus, a second ship is launched to investigate. They find the lost ship floating in space. The crew of the Venus-2 board it, and find that all organic matter (flesh, rubber, plastic) has been eaten away. They find a hastily written note, warning them about a gray fog that attacked the first ship, causing the devastation. Before they can return to their own ship, the searchers see the fog moving to attack it, and the captain orders the remaining crew to flee back to Earth. The search party then watches resignedly as the fog turns towards them.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 2424982. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
The crew of the Polaris-B were in space, headed toward the second planet of the star Polaris, and experiencing zero gravity. But that wasn't the thing bothering Captain Dexter......it was the dog that Hawkins brought along with him that would not shut up. But the Captain and his crew would never comprehend what lay before them on an alien planet......as pets!
Larry intends to set the new world's altitude record for an atmospheric balloon. When he reaches an altitude of 15 miles, he spots an atomic explosion on Earth, which proceedes to destroy everything on the planet. After some time, he lands back on the devastated planet, and finds a lone survivor: his sister!
Married man Ronald Martin gets a new secretary that he had requested and immediately falls in love with her, not knowing anything about her. When a friend suggests building an android of Ron to be with Martin's wife so that Ron could run away and marry Ellen. Ron is all for it... until the unexpected rears its head.
Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines are trying to think of a hook for a new story, and they hit upon the concept of a "cosmic ray bomb" blowing up Washington DC. The story is a hit, but it catches the eye of both a Russian spy and the US government. Al and Bill are called to Washington to take a "loyalty test" and are warned not to write about such a bomb ever again. As they leave the building, Al and Bill are amused that anyone would take such a story seriously. Just then, Washington is destroyed by a massive explosion. I guess the Russians liked the idea, too.
A three man rocket to the moon discovers a stowaway, whose extra weight jeopardizes the carefully calculated mission.
Don's fiancee Adele died in a car crash, devastating Don and prompting him to embark on a desperate mission to save her. He has managed to build a time machine, and he heads back in time and ensures that the faulty tire on Adele's car is replaced with a safer model. But, it turns out the "safe" tire WAS the faulty one that killed her. Guilt-ridden over this discovery, Don once again plans to travel back in time to rectify matters. But, he trips and collides with the time machine, causing it to send him back much farther in time than he planned. He dies as a result of the trip.
It's 1946, and Karl and Paul have managed to piece together stolen plans for creating an atomic bomb, and they plan to sell it on the black market. When they find a buyer, they board a small plane and begin the flight across the Pacific Ocean. Karl tries to double-cross Paul, and in the ensuing struggle, the plane crashes into the ocean. Paul leaves an injured Karl behind to drown, and makes his way to a small deserted island. Hey, he still has the bomb plans, and the chance to make millions. Too bad he came aground on Bikini Atoll, the site of an imminent atomic bomb test.
In the year 2963 Jerome Kraft lands on a planet to catalog various life forms with four years of provisions. The rocket that dropped him off expects to return in four years but will later be destroyed and all records of Jerome's mission lost. Jerome encounters a primitive society and, using advanced technology, heals the sick and feeds the hungry. The people proclaim him their Savior sent by God, but he tells them that he is simply a man from a far distant star who possesses greater scientific advancement. The high priest orders Jerome brought before him and denounces the idea of other worlds as heresy. He tells Jerome that he must cease working his miracles for the poor and benefit only the wealthy. Jerome refuses. Thousands of years pass before another rocket lands on the planet and they find an advanced civilization. Many people wear curious designs around their neck and the space explorers ask what they represent. They are told it is a religious symbol representing a stretch rack, upon which their Savior was put to death.
Two mineralogists discover what they believe to be uranium in Monument Valley and decide to camp out near their find. But a electrical short in a generator causes an explosion and the duo find themselves hurled into a steaming tropical jungle during prehistoric times. When some aliens land in a spaceship, the pair discover they are in the midst of a large galactic zoo and their ancestors are being fed to the prehistoric beasts!
Melvin was a miserable, lonely man, who craved nothing more than someone to love. Then, one day, a package from the year 2952 arrived.....a package he didn't order....a package containing a De Lux Personal Harem Kit, containing five of the most beautiful harem girls ever dehydrated.
Some newlyweds blast off in a spaceship on their honeymoon, but Enid's heart is adversely affected during the journey and they land on a planet, realizing that she couldn't survive yet another take-off. Lon goes back to Earth for a pre-fab home and other supplies, and when he lands, he encounters a strange alien being and kills it.....then finds out the horrible truth about the creature!
Seymour refuses to marry Helen until he is rich, and one day he discovers a way to accomplish that goal, when he is visited by his relative from the year 2046. Together they conspire for Zenob to go back in time and murder a certain relative so that Seymour can become very wealthy.....but it backfires.
A Broadway promoter hears tales of an island monster, so he charters a ship and takes his expedition to that island, discoveres the creature, captures it and returns it to New York to be put on display at Madison Square Garden. Unknown to any of them, they too late discover the creature actually to be a peace-loving alien which came to Earth bringing a message of friendship from his home planet.
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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) | $4.90 | — | $4.00 | $4.77 | — | $12.51 | — | $19.53 | — | $28.64 | $49.00 | $81.12 | $105.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.10 | — | — | $1.10 | — | $3.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $5.39 | — | — | $5.29 | — | $13.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 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.