Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Mad #1 (2018): price difference

Mad #1 (2018) value — Ungraded $20 vs Grade 8.0 $18. Ungraded sells for 1.11× Grade 8.0 (+11%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Grade 6.0
Ungraded$201.25× · +25%eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$16eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$181.13× · +13%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$18$20

Ungraded sells for 1.11× (+11%) the Grade 8.0 price — a $2 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$16$20

Ungraded sells for 1.25× (+25%) 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 Mad #1 (2018), the jump from Grade 8.0 to Ungraded is worth $2 (1.11×) — 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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