Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Spawn [Newsstand] #49 (1996): price difference

Spawn [Newsstand] #49 (1996) value — Ungraded $8 vs Grade 8.0 $21. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.63× Ungraded (+163%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$8eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$151.88× · +88%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$212.63× · +163%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$8$21

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.63× (+163%) the Ungraded price — a $13 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$8$15

Grade 6.0 sells for 1.88× (+88%) the Ungraded price — a $7 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Spawn [Newsstand] #49 (1996), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $13 (2.63×) — 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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