Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Captain Marvel Adventures #52 (1946): price difference

Captain Marvel Adventures #52 (1946) value — Ungraded $83 vs Grade 8.0 $275. Grade 8.0 sells for 3.31× Ungraded (+231%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$83eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$1441.73× · +73%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$2753.31× · +231%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$83$275

Grade 8.0 sells for 3.31× (+231%) the Ungraded price — a $192 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$144$275

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.91× (+91%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $131 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Captain Marvel Adventures #52 (1946), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $192 (3.31×) — if your copy grades at the top, that premium can cover the fee. A grade below the top one changes the math, so run your exact numbers first.

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