Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Fantastic Four #216 (1980): price difference

Fantastic Four #216 (1980) value — Ungraded $2 vs Grade 8.0 $32. Grade 8.0 sells for 16× Ungraded (+1500%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$2eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$105× · +400%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$3216× · +1500%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$2$32

Grade 8.0 sells for 16× (+1500%) the Ungraded price — a $30 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$2$10

Grade 6.0 sells for (+400%) the Ungraded price — a $8 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Fantastic Four #216 (1980), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $30 (16×) — 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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