Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Detective Comics #566 (1986): price difference

Detective Comics #566 (1986) value — Ungraded $19 vs Grade 8.0 $49. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.58× Ungraded (+158%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$19eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$382× · +100%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$492.58× · +158%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$19$49

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.58× (+158%) the Ungraded price — a $30 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$19$38

Grade 6.0 sells for (+100%) the Ungraded price — a $19 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Detective Comics #566 (1986), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $30 (2.58×) — 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.

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