Market Analysis
Market Vs. Guide: One Facsimile Surges; Most Others Get Marked Down
By Steve Roop
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August 26, 2026
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Avengers / JLA (2003) No. 4 (Facsimile Edition Cover) is beating the guide by +316.7%—but nearly everything else is drifting below guide.
Price guides are useful starting points, but they’re not settlement prices. eBay sold data is. Guides tend to lag when the market moves quickly—whether that’s a sudden rush to a new release, a quiet slide in run-filler demand, or just a lack of bids. This week’s snapshot shows a single standout premium and a long tail of titles where buyers simply aren’t meeting the guide. As always, we’re looking at median realized prices, which filter out extreme highs and lows and get us closer to what typica...
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