Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 The Spectacular Spider-Man #229 (1995): price difference

The Spectacular Spider-Man #229 (1995) value — Ungraded $5 vs Grade 8.0 $21. Grade 8.0 sells for 4.2× Ungraded (+320%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$5eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$102× · +100%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$214.2× · +320%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$5$21

Grade 8.0 sells for 4.2× (+320%) the Ungraded price — a $16 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$10$21

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.1× (+110%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $11 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On The Spectacular Spider-Man #229 (1995), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $16 (4.2×) — 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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