Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Thor #222 (1974): price difference

Thor #222 (1974) value — Ungraded $8 vs Grade 8.0 $36. Grade 8.0 sells for 4.5× Ungraded (+350%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$8eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$293.63× · +263%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$364.5× · +350%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$8$36

Grade 8.0 sells for 4.5× (+350%) the Ungraded price — a $28 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$8$29

Grade 6.0 sells for 3.63× (+263%) the Ungraded price — a $21 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Thor #222 (1974), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $28 (4.5×) — 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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