Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Spider-Man #1 (1990): price difference

Spider-Man #1 (1990) value — Ungraded $17 vs Grade 8.0 $40. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.35× Ungraded (+135%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$17eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$352.06× · +106%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$402.35× · +135%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$17$40

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.35× (+135%) the Ungraded price — a $23 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$17$35

Grade 6.0 sells for 2.06× (+106%) the Ungraded price — a $18 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Spider-Man #1 (1990), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $23 (2.35×) — 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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