Independent·Astonishing Tales·#25·Bronze Age·ID-2410987
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 131 of 3,492 slabs (3.8%) | 131 | SOV | $1,615.05 | 131 | $211,572 | (40.9x) |
| 9.6 | 324 of 3,492 slabs (9.3%) | 324 | $510.00 | 324 | $165,240 | (12.9x) | |
| 9.4 | 425 of 3,492 slabs (12.2%) | 425 | ANC | $281.10 | 425 | $119,468 | (7.1x) |
| 9.2 | 394 of 3,492 slabs (11.3%) | 394 | $190.41 | 394 | $75,022 | (4.8x) | |
| 9.0 | 350 of 3,492 slabs (10.0%) | 350 | $170.21 | 350 | $59,574 | (4.3x) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $39.50 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
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Completed market sales by grade
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Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
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Rich Buckler
Rich Buckler
Glynis Wein
Roy Thomas
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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.
Bronze Age (1970–1984) — comics grew darker and more socially aware. The era of classic runs, creator-driven storytelling, and the birth of serious collecting culture. Newsstand variants carry a meaningful scarcity premium.
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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.
In the near future, U.S. soldier Luther Manning is killed in action and his body is used as a subject for Project Alpha Mech headed by his commanding officer, Simon Ryker. Manning is transformed into a Deathlok cyborg with machinery replacing the destroyed left side of his face and missing right arm. The strategic part of his mind is preserved, but the cyborg is meant to be controlled solely by a computer programmed for perfect obedience. Manning's original personality gradually reasserts itself, however, causing Deathlok to disobey orders and ultimately break out of Ryker's facility and go AWOL. Deathlok becomes a mercenary, seeking to earn enough to transfer his mind to a new human body. He takes an assassination job from mob boss Julian Biggs, taking out two men for reasons he doesn't care to delve into. However when Deathlok goes to collect his payment, Biggs only laughs at him. The Demolisher attacks, but Biggs turns out to be a cyborg as well controlled remotely by a vengeful Ryker. Ryker mocks Deathlok, promising that he will never realize his goal to regain his humanity. At that moment, Ryker's lover, Nina walks in on him and notices that he has made himself into a cyborg too, and Ryker coldly tells her that it's the last thing she will ever learn.
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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