Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Straight Shooter #3 (2004): price difference

Straight Shooter #3 (2004) value — Ungraded $17 vs Grade 8.0 $26. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.53× Ungraded (+53%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$17eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$211.24× · +24%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$261.53× · +53%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$17$26

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.53× (+53%) the Ungraded price — a $9 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$17$21

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.24× (+24%) the Ungraded price — a $4 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Straight Shooter #3 (2004), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $9 (1.53×) — 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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