Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Uncanny X-Men [Newsstand] #214 (1987): price difference

Uncanny X-Men [Newsstand] #214 (1987) value — Ungraded $5 vs Grade 8.0 $23. Grade 8.0 sells for 4.6× Ungraded (+360%). Prices updated September 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$5eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$91.8× · +80%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$234.6× · +360%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$5$23

Grade 8.0 sells for 4.6× (+360%) the Ungraded price — a $18 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$9$23

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.56× (+156%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $14 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Uncanny X-Men [Newsstand] #214 (1987), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $18 (4.6×) — 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.

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