Independent·Challengers of the Unknown·#16·Silver Age·ID-2424533
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 0 slabs | 0 | $4,231.36 | — | — | (325.7x) | |
| 9.6 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.4 | 2 of 36 slabs (5.6%) | 2 | — | — | — | (5.6%) | |
| 9.2 | 2 of 36 slabs (5.6%) | 2 | SOV | $348.58 | 1 | $697.16 | (26.8x) |
| 9.0 | 6 of 36 slabs (16.7%) | 6 | ANC | $191.20 | 6 | $1,147 | (14.7x) |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $12.99 | 23 | — | (1.0x Base) |
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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
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Bibliographic provenance, creator credits, historical significance, and multimedia documentation.
Ed Herron
Bob Brown
Jack Schiff
Publisher profile coming soon
Marvel revolution. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko create the modern superhero. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men debut.
The sweet spot for collectors — significant enough to be culturally important, scarce enough to be valuable. 9.8 copies are extremely rare.
Silver Age (1956–1970) — the era that redefined the superhero genre. Scientific themes, moral complexity, and Stan Lee's Marvel revolution define this period. High-grade copies command aggressive premiums.
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While chasing a crook named Albom, the Challengers must face his creation Halanka, a creature composed of metal. Nothing the Challengers do can fight off the beast until they run into an alien who informs them that the creature Halanka is not a creation of Albom, but an alien from another world. With the aid of the alien, the Challengers manage a way to stop Halanka, and both parties manage to collect their targets. Two Challengers rescue an interplanetary lawman, Thark, who comes to their aid. Using Thark's force-field gun, the Challengers get close enough to "bowl" Halanka over.
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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