Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Wizard Magazine #18 (1993): price difference

Wizard Magazine #18 (1993) value — Ungraded $14 vs Grade 8.0 $34. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.43× Ungraded (+143%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$14eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$251.79× · +79%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$342.43× · +143%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$14$34

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.43× (+143%) the Ungraded price — a $20 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$14$25

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.79× (+79%) the Ungraded price — a $11 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Wizard Magazine #18 (1993), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $20 (2.43×) — 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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