Marvel·Star Wars·Dark Empire·#1·Copper Age·ID-2423241
| Grade | Census & Float Distribution | Copies / Slabs | Role | FMV | Sales | Total Value | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 424 of 900 slabs (47.1%) | 424 | SOV | $81.95 | 424 | $34,747 | (9.6x) |
| 9.6 | 247 of 900 slabs (27.4%) | 247 | $31.00 | 247 | $7,657 | (3.6x) | |
| 9.4 | 100 of 900 slabs (11.1%) | 100 | $32.00 | 100 | $3,200 | (3.7x) | |
| 9.2 | 56 of 900 slabs (6.2%) | 56 | $33.00 | 56 | $1,848 | (3.9x) | |
| 9.0 | 35 of 900 slabs (3.9%) | 35 | $25.00 | 35 | $875.00 | (2.9x) | |
| RAW | Raw Uncertified Copies | — | RAW | $8.57 | — | — | (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.
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Cam Kennedy
Barbara Kesel
No narrative synopsis recorded in GCD for this sequence.
Home of Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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.
Six years after Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance has established a New Republic over three-fourths of the galaxy. The surviving Imperial Forces are torn by civil war and harassed by rebel attacks. One of these raids ends in disaster: Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian are shot down over the former Imperial City. When news reaches Han Solo and Leia Organa, they rush to the rescue...(along with Wookie Chewbacca and droid C3PO, of course!) But there's something else rushing toward the Imperial City...something that wants Luke.
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.