Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Gambit [Newsstand] #1 (1993): price difference

Gambit [Newsstand] #1 (1993) value — Ungraded $16 vs Grade 8.0 $42. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.63× Ungraded (+163%). Prices updated September 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$16—eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$241.5× · +50%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$422.63× · +163%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$16→$42

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.63× (+163%) the Ungraded price — a $26 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$24→$42

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.75× (+75%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $18 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Gambit [Newsstand] #1 (1993), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $26 (2.63×) — 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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