Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 What If? #30 (1981): price difference

What If? #30 (1981) value — Ungraded $8 vs Grade 8.0 $26. Grade 8.0 sells for 3.25× Ungraded (+225%). Prices updated July 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$8eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$182.25× · +125%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$263.25× · +225%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$8$26

Grade 8.0 sells for 3.25× (+225%) the Ungraded price — a $18 difference per comic.

Ungraded vs Grade 6.0
$8$18

Grade 6.0 sells for 2.25× (+125%) the Ungraded price — a $10 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On What If? #30 (1981), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $18 (3.25×) — 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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