Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Star Wars [Newsstand] #104 (1986): price difference

Star Wars [Newsstand] #104 (1986) value — Ungraded $15 vs Grade 8.0 $42. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.8× Ungraded (+180%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$15eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$281.87× · +87%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$422.8× · +180%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$15$42

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.8× (+180%) the Ungraded price — a $27 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$15$28

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.87× (+87%) the Ungraded price — a $13 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Star Wars [Newsstand] #104 (1986), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $27 (2.8×) — 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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