Ungraded vs Grade 8.0 Simpsons Comics #38 (1998): price difference

Simpsons Comics #38 (1998) value — Ungraded $9 vs Grade 8.0 $19. Grade 8.0 sells for 2.11× Ungraded (+111%). Prices updated August 2026.

GradeSold medianvs Ungraded
Ungraded$9eBay ↗
Grade 6.0$131.44× · +44%eBay ↗
Grade 8.0$192.11× · +111%eBay ↗

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

Ungraded vs Grade 8.0
$9$19

Grade 8.0 sells for 2.11× (+111%) the Ungraded price — a $10 difference per comic.

Grade 6.0 vs Grade 8.0
$13$19

Grade 8.0 sells for 1.46× (+46%) the Grade 6.0 price — a $6 difference per comic.

Should you get this comic graded?

Grading runs about $30 per comic all-in. On Simpsons Comics #38 (1998), the jump from Ungraded to Grade 8.0 is worth $10 (2.11×) — 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.

Run the grading break-even math →
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