Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Ultimate Spider-Man [Hardcover] #3 (2003): price difference
Ultimate Spider-Man [Hardcover] #3 (2003) value — Ungraded $16 vs Grade 8.0 $23. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.44× Ungraded (+44%). Prices updated August 2026.
Medians of real sold listings per grade, updated August 2026 — how we compute values.
Grade 8.0 sells for 1.44× (+44%) the Ungraded price — a $7 difference per comic.
Grade 8.0 sells for 1.28× (+28%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $5 difference per comic.
Should you get this comic graded?
Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Ultimate Spider-Man [Hardcover] #3 (2003), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $7 (1.44×) — 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 →Values are estimates from real sales data — not appraisals or offers. Some links earn JunkPal a commission at no cost to you (disclosure).