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

Gambit [Newsstand] #1 (1993) value — Ungraded $12 vs Grade 8.0 $42. Grade 8.0 sells for 3.5× Ungraded (+250%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$12eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$221.83× · +83%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$423.5× · +250%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$12$42

Grade 8.0 sells for 3.5× (+250%) the Ungraded price — a $30 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$22$42

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.91× (+91%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $20 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 $30 (3.5×) — 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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