DC·Justice League International·#16·Copper Age·ID-26393
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 5 of 22 slabs (22.7%) | 5 | SOV | $95.39 | 5 | $476.95 | (17.0x) |
| 9.6 | 4 of 22 slabs (18.2%) | 4 | — | — | — | (18.2%) | |
| 9.4 | 5 of 22 slabs (22.7%) | 5 | — | — | — | (22.7%) | |
| 9.2 | 2 of 22 slabs (9.1%) | 2 | $31.21 | 2 | $62.42 | (5.6x) | |
| 9.0 | 3 of 22 slabs (13.6%) | 3 | — | — | — | (13.6%) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $5.61 | — | — | (1.0x Base) |
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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.
Keith Giffen
Kevin Maguire
Al Gordon
Gene D'Angelo
Bob Lappan
Andrew Helfer
Home of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Justice League.
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.
Bialyan dictator Rumaan Harjavti announces the scheduled unveiling of a secret weapon that will make his country a world power. Recognizing that Harjavti should never have access to such power, Batman is convinced by Maxwell Lord to take the League undercover to Bialya. His team consists of Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Green Flame. While Batman readies himself for the trip to Bialya, Big Barda, G'nort, and the Martian Manhunter try to track down Mister Miracle. Miracle is currently unconscious aboard Lord Manga Khan's Cluster Ship—a fact that even surprises Khan. After surveying the situation, Khan retires to his quarters to talk loudly to himself and the Cluster disappears into hyper-space warp drive, with the heroes having no way to find them. In Bialya, Batman poses as Bruce Wayne with Beetle and Booster serving as his personal valets. Green Flame attends as Bruce's gal-pal. He tells the other League members that the real Bruce Wayne "owed him a favor", and so he let him "impersonate" him for the Bialya mission (the other League members are unaware of Batman's true identity). While those two are out on the streets keeping up appearances, Harjavti's goons knock out Beetle and Booster with a gas and attempt to abduct Wayne but they are easily beaten by the billionaire playboy. With their cover blown, he now pretends to be Maxwell Lord. Harjavti holds an assemblage to unveil his new super-weapon including his partner the Queen Bee whose behavioral modification techniques have proven useful towards giving Bialya their own defense force. In front of dozens of spectators, Harjavti introduces Wandjina the Thunderer—revived from the massive radiation he was exposed to but in a miserable state. However, he doesn't realize that Wandjina is not in service to Rumaan, but to the Queen Bee. Upon her orders, Wandjina uses his corrosive touch to kill Harjavti in front of the entire assembly. The Queen Bee declares herself the new Queen of Bialya.
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.