Independent·Omega Men·#26·Copper Age·ID-2407551
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1 of 2 slabs (50.0%) | 1 | SOV | $85.87 | 1 | $85.87 | (50.0% / <0.01%) |
| 9.6 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.4 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.2 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.0 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Empirical cash settlement intelligence, cross-grade elasticity curve, and secondary liquidation velocity.
Empirical step multipliers between adjacent condition tiers. Pinpoints the exponential premium transition and capital efficiency frontier.
Realized turnover cadence and capital absorption depth across certified auction comps.
Autonomous institutional strategies, financial equilibrium, scarcity modeling, and algorithmic risk profiling.
Market operates purely on organic buyer and seller auction discovery. Zero artificial price interventions or emergency liquidity halts on record.
Verified historical transaction line with quarterly equilibrium baseline anchor.
Understand how physical sales, invested dollars, and liquidity friction divide across grades.
Completed market sales by grade
Relative market value allocation
Estimated execution friction
Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
Todd Klein
Shawn McManus
Bob Smith
Carl Gafford
Alan Gold
Publisher profile coming soon
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.
Inspectable mathematical proof, blockchain/ledger provenance, data integrity validation, and asset taxonomy.
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.
While Nimbus battles against an insane X'hal and Auron, the Omega Men take on the problem of the Spider Guild.
Strict algorithmic segregation separating clean single-issue Cover A sales from multi-issue lot bundles, retailer exclusives, and foreign variants.
As the Omega Men, along with a Green Lantern, limp home in a ship badly damaged by the Spider Guild. Nimbus discovers that X'Hal and Auron plan to destroy the entire Vegan system in an attempt to end their immortal lives.
Strand-Captain Fhomalhopos is sent by the Spider Guild to conquer a world where the lifeforms live life in a different time-frame.
Alan Gold discusses his future plans for the Omega Men title, as there are no letters to print for Omega Men #22.
While Nimbus battles against an insane X'hal and Auron, the Omega Men take on the problem of the Spider Guild.
"Brief Lives" is reprinted in Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore (Collected), DCU: The Stories of Alan Moore (Collected)and DC Universe by Alan Moore (Collected).