Dark Horse·Aliens·#2·Copper Age·ID-2422891
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 52 of 303 slabs (17.2%) | 52 | SOV | $165.50 | 8 | $8,606 | (41.1x) |
| 9.6 | 80 of 303 slabs (26.4%) | 80 | ANC | $59.00 | 10 | $4,720 | (14.6x) |
| 9.4 | 63 of 303 slabs (20.8%) | 63 | $59.75 | 6 | $3,764 | (14.8x) | |
| 9.2 | 39 of 303 slabs (12.9%) | 39 | $51.00 | 1 | $1,989 | (12.7x) | |
| 9.0 | 23 of 303 slabs (7.6%) | 23 | $44.37 | 2 | $1,021 | (11.0x) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $4.03 | 26 | — | (1.0x Base) |
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.
Mark Verheiden
Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson
Willie Schubert
Known for Hellboy, Sin City, and licensed properties.
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.









Copper Age (1984–1991) — the speculator boom begins. Direct market matures, prestige formats launch. First appearances from this era have become blue chips. High print runs mean condition is the differentiator.
Inspectable mathematical proof, blockchain/ledger provenance, data integrity validation, and asset taxonomy.
A pricing discrepancy between an auction listing and the prevailing cleared consensus value across organized exchanges, allowing rapid liquidity capture before market equilibrium reconverges.
Dwayne Hicks breaks Newt out of the mental hospital. They go off to find the aliens in their homeworld.
Each cover variant, retailer incentive, and subsequent printing represents an independent atomic tradeable instrument with unique supply elasticity, barcode registration, and secondary market demand.
Strict algorithmic segregation separating clean single-issue Cover A sales from multi-issue lot bundles, retailer exclusives, and foreign variants.