Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Action Comics [Lee] #1 (2011): price difference

Action Comics [Lee] #1 (2011) value — Ungraded $12 vs Grade 8.0 $18. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.5× Ungraded (+50%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$12eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$141.17× · +17%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$181.5× · +50%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$12$18

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.5× (+50%) the Ungraded price — a $6 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$14$18

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.29× (+29%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $4 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Action Comics [Lee] #1 (2011), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $6 (1.5×) — 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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Action Comics [Lee] #1 (2011): Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Price Difference