Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Sonic the Hedgehog #138 (2004): price difference

Sonic the Hedgehog #138 (2004) value — Ungraded $15 vs Grade 8.0 $24. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.6× Ungraded (+60%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$15eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$191.27× · +27%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$241.6× · +60%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$15$24

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.6× (+60%) the Ungraded price — a $9 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$15$19

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.27× (+27%) the Ungraded price — a $4 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Sonic the Hedgehog #138 (2004), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $9 (1.6×) — 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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Sonic the Hedgehog #138 (2004): Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Price Difference