Dark Horse·Aliens·#4·Copper Age·ID-2422884
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 115 of 268 slabs (42.9%) | 115 | SOV | $130.73 | 115 | $15,034 | (14.3x) |
| 9.6 | 79 of 268 slabs (29.5%) | 79 | $62.95 | 79 | $4,973 | (6.9x) | |
| 9.4 | 32 of 268 slabs (11.9%) | 32 | $37.90 | 32 | $1,213 | (4.1x) | |
| 9.2 | 15 of 268 slabs (5.6%) | 15 | $40.50 | 15 | $607.50 | (4.4x) | |
| 9.0 | 13 of 268 slabs (4.9%) | 13 | $29.99 | 13 | $389.87 | (3.3x) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $9.15 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
Market operates purely on organic buyer and seller auction discovery. Zero artificial price interventions or emergency liquidity halts on record.
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
Randy Stradley
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.
General Spears succeeds in bringing his Alien army to Earth, but finds out to late that he was never able to tame the Aliens... He pays the ultimate price for his folly. Butler sacrifices himself in order to help Newt and Hicks escape to another space station where they meet Ellen Ripley. She intends to find out what the Aliens are actually doing on Earth.
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.