DC·Batman and the Outsiders·#16·Copper Age·ID-2517872
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3 of 7 slabs (42.9%) | 3 | SOV | $141.19 | 3 | $423.57 | (47.2x) |
| 9.6 | 2 of 7 slabs (28.6%) | 2 | $35.17 | 2 | $70.34 | (11.8x) | |
| 9.4 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9.2 | 0 slabs | 0 | $39.61 | 1 | — | (13.2x) | |
| 9.0 | 0 slabs | 0 | — | — | — | — | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $2.99 | 24 | — | (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.
Mike W. Barr
Jim Aparo
Jim Aparo
Adrienne Roy
Jim Aparo
Mike W. Barr
No narrative synopsis recorded in GCD for this sequence.
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.
A pricing discrepancy between an auction listing and the prevailing cleared consensus value across organized exchanges, allowing rapid liquidity capture before market equilibrium reconverges.
After long investigations about Halo's past and background, Bruce Wayne asks private eye Jason Bard to track down Halo's home town and parents in Arlington, Missouri. Bruce provided him with the only the name "Violet" as a clue and Bard eventually locates Violet Harper's family. When the Outsiders learn of this, they start the preparations for Halo's return home, while Metamorpho, wanting to see his love, Sapphire Stagg has Dr. Jace create a device to counteract his weakness: The Orb of Ra. In Halo's hometown, the Outsiders leave their friend with her parents and say goodbye to the youngest member of their team, something specially hard on Halo's boyfriend, Geo-Force and her roommate, Katana. Meanwhile, Metamorpho gets in touch with Sapphire, but her father Simon has foreseen this event and attacks Metamorpho with an army of men, each one armed with an Orb or Ra, and Metamorpho is effectively killed. After the Outsiders have returned to their headquarters after dropping Halo off at home, they are startled when they find Dr. Jace and Sapphire waiting with a dead Metamorpho.
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.