Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.
1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2517511
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $3.66 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 6.0 | $11.30 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 8.0 | $19.19 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 9.2 | $29.77 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 9.6 | $92.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 9.8 | $83.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| RAW | $3.16 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 10.0 | $109.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1983-03-01 |
| 9.8 | $2.50 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
Reading this edition’s market
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The table includes 8 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 28 graded copies for Dreadstar #3 (1983). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Holocaust
The Lord High Papal destroys 15,000,000 people in his city of Chichano in an effort to get Dreadstar and Syzygy, who are acting as bait while the rest of the crew steal a teleportation device.
Creative credits
Writers: Jim Starlin
Interior art: Jim Starlin
Color: Glynis Wein
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
COMICBASE: comicbase:381429
GCD: 37221
PANEL PROFITS: 2517511