Independent·Fallen Angels·#8·Copper Age·ID-2514930
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3 of 5 slabs (60.0%) | 3 | SOV | $78.00 | 3 | $234.00 | (53.8x) |
| 9.6 | 1 of 5 slabs (20.0%) | 1 | — | — | — | (20.0%) | |
| 9.4 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.2 | 0 slabs | 0 | $20.06 | — | — | (13.8x) | |
| 9.0 | 1 of 5 slabs (20.0%) | 1 | — | — | — | (20.0%) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $1.45 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
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.
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.
Jo Duffy
Joe Staton
Tony DeZuniga
Petra Scotese
Bill Oakley
Ann Nocenti
Publisher profile coming soon
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.
The recovery of third-party encapsulation and grading expenditures when an asset is acquired at a discount below the physical cost of replacement grading fees, shipping, and insurance.
The Angels have been imprisoned on the world of Coconut Grove and had their powers nullified so Unipar can experiment on them and discover the secrets of their mutant genes. Only one Angel remains free--a cybernetic lobster. Bill takes on Unipar's soldiers and frees his friends. The team even decides to free Ariel. Unipar's plans undone, the Angels return to earth and the Beat Street Club to continue their lives. Realizing that he makes an even worse villain that he did a hero and having learned valuable lessons, Sunspot decides to return to the New Mutants.
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.