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

Action Comics [Lee] #1 (2011) value — Ungraded $11 vs Grade 8.0 $17. Grade 8.0 sells for 1.55× Ungraded (+55%). Prices updated September 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$11—eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$131.18× · +18%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$171.55× · +55%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$11→$17

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.55× (+55%) the Ungraded price — a $6 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$13→$17

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.31× (+31%) 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 (1.55×) — 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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