Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Wizard Magazine #5 (1992): price difference

Wizard Magazine #5 (1992) value — Ungraded $19 vs Grade 8.0 $45. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.37× Ungraded (+137%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$19eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$331.74× · +74%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$452.37× · +137%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$19$45

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.37× (+137%) the Ungraded price — a $26 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$19$33

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.74× (+74%) the Ungraded price — a $14 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Wizard Magazine #5 (1992), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $26 (2.37×) — 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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