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IDW · The Transformers: Headmasters · #3 · Copper Age · ID-3345378
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The Transformers: Headmasters #3 demonstrates disciplined liquidity depth and stable sovereign grade spread characteristics across current secondary market trading.
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Frank Springer
Ian Akin
Nel Yomtov
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| Grade | Panel Profits |
|---|---|
| 10.0 | $393.00 |
| 9.8 | $302.50 |
| 9.6 | $69.99 |
| 9.4 | $28.99 |
| 9.2 | $45.00 |
| 9.0 | $25.00 |
| 8.0 | $24.74 |
| 6.0 | $20.27 |
| 4.0 | $9.33 |
| 3.0 | $7.00 |
| 2.0 | $6.00 |
| Raw | $6.50 |
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 | $6.60 | $21.99 | 70.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| 4.0 | $2.00 | $9.99 | 80.0% | Khamsin Custodial |
| Raw | $1.40 | $7.19 | 80.5% | Arnveld Capital |
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Continued from last issue.... The city of Splendora is attacked by the Terrorcons, Apeface and Snapdragon, until the Technobots, Brainstorm and Highbrow arrive to turn the tide. Even when the Terrorcons merge into Abominus, they are defeated by the Technobots who merge into Computron. The battle ends with the Decepticons fleeing. When Hardhead and Brainstorm reveal that they are piloted by Nebulan counterparts, a member of the Nebulan Council of Peers demands to witness the Autobots in action in future missions to see if they are a benefit to Nebulos and able to deal with the Decepticon menace. While at an industrial complex that has become the base of Scorponok and his Decepticons, Scorponok taunts Lord Zarak and forces his followers to be subject to their tests. They test out a new light weight polymer alloy. When Snapdragon and Apeface return to report their failure, Scorponok lashes out. However, Lord Zarak offers a solution: Having no love for Galen or the Autobots and wanting the Transformers off his home world he makes the Decepticons a deal: Use Zarak and his followers to become Headmasters themselves. Scorponok warns Zarak that to be binary bonded to him could twist him to become just as tyrannical as Scorponok. At the base of Galen and his followers, they are busy examining the weapons left behind by the Autobots when they are visited by the Council of Peers who insist on watching them in action next. When Llyra enters the room she delivers Galen a message from her father begging the Autobots to come and rescue them. Galen and the other Nebulans bond to the Autobot Headmasters and rush to the scene. There to their surprise they find that Lord Zarak and his followers have been converted into Headmasters as well. As the battle rages on, the Council's hover ship is shot out of the sky, and it's passengers are put under the hypnotic control of Mindwipe who lures them all into the industrial complex and seals them in polymer spheres, and lets them loose into the sky. Although Scorponok falters when he see's Zarak's daughter he allows them to serve their purpose: To distract the Autobots long enough to ambush them. After Fortress Maximus and the other Autobots get the humans to safety, they are all gunned down by the Decepticons. Defeated all the Autobots Headmasters disengage from their Autobot bodies and revert to human form knocked out from the assault. Figuring her father a hero, Llyra is glad that she saved him from the Autobots. This story is continued next issue....
Valuation parity across physical collectible manifestations for The Transformers: Headmasters #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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The Decepticon Terrorbots arrive to attack a Nebulan city, but the Technobots arrive to defend it. The Terrorbots combine into the giant Abominus, but the Technobots also combine into the giant Computron and win the battle. The Decepticons then copy the Headmaster technology, and create six Headmasters by combining with Lord Zarak and five of his co-conspirators. The Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters engage in fierce battle, but the Decepticons end up victorious after the Autobots are distracted trying to save some of the captured Nebulans.
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Stored PriceCharting 9.8 price for product 3345378. 1 dated nightly snapshot on file for this book.
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) | $6.50 | — | $7.00 | $9.33 | — | $20.27 | — | $24.74 | $25.00 | $45.00 | $69.99 | $302.50 | $393.00 |
Panel Profits(Bid (Buy Price)) | $1.40 | — | — | $2.00 | — | $6.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Ask (Sell Price)) | $7.19 | — | — | $9.99 | — | $21.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Panel Profits(Annual Volume) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 tracked sales | — |
Panel Profits(Realized Listings) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 sold | — |
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