Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Amazing Spider-Man [Newsstand] #252 (1984): price difference

Amazing Spider-Man [Newsstand] #252 (1984) value — Ungraded $185 vs Grade 8.0 $202. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.09× Ungraded (+9%). Prices updated September 2026.

Rising · +20%
GradeSold medianvs Grade 6.0
Ungraded$1851.32× · +32%eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$140eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$2021.44× · +44%eBay ↗

Medians of real sold listings per grade, updated September 2026 how we compute values.

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$185$202

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.09× (+9%) the Ungraded price — a $17 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$140$202

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.44× (+44%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $62 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Amazing Spider-Man [Newsstand] #252 (1984), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $17 (1.09×) — at today's prices that doesn't cover the fee — grading this one is for the collection, not the flip. A grade below the top one changes the math, so run your exact numbers first.

Run the grading break-even math →
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