Comic Dispatch: scan, grade and value comic books

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How it works
Identify, grade and value
Scan one comic or a whole stack
Want, Own and Log
Smart buying through eBay
See it in action

Watch it work in under 40 seconds

Photograph a comic, queue a whole stack, grade it from several photos, even value a whole rack at once.

Inside the app

Scan, grade and value comic books, screen by screen

Real screenshots from the Comic Dispatch iPhone app, and what each screen does.

Comic Dispatch scan screen with Camera, Photos and Files buttons for scanning a comic book, plus Grade and Rack modes

Scan a comic with your camera, your photos, or files

Photograph the book in front of you, pick photos you already have, or load files. You can also type a title and issue number instead.

Short on signal at a shop or con? Grading is off until you turn it on: a plain scan gives a value estimate from matching eBay listings, and tapping Grade adds a condition grade to the photos you take after it.

  • Camera, Photos and Files
  • Type a title and number if you have no photo
  • Grade on or off, scan by scan
Comic Dispatch scan queue holding seven comic book photos ready to dispatch in one tap

Queue a whole stack, then dispatch it in one tap

Every photo joins the queue. A front cover starts a new comic, and you can add more shots of the same book. When the stack is ready, tap Dispatch and each comic is identified, graded and given a value estimate.

  • Scan a whole stack in one go
  • Each front cover becomes its own comic card
Comic Dispatch queue with five photos of the same comic, including close-ups of the corner and edge, linked together for a more accurate grade

Take multiple photos of the same book for more accurate grading

A single cover shot only shows so much. Add close-ups of the corners, edges, spine and back, link them to the book with same, and Comic Dispatch has more to work from when it estimates the condition grade.

  • Corners, edges, spine and back cover
  • Link every extra photo to its book
  • More photos, a more accurate grade
Comic Dispatch rack scan: a photo of a comic shop rack with three covers marked so each book is identified and valued individually

Photograph an entire rack and have each book valued individually

Snap a shelf or a rack, then tap the covers you want. Each marked cover becomes its own comic card with its own grade and value estimate. Each book counts as one scan.

  • Mark just the covers you care about
  • One card, one grade and one value estimate per book
Comic Dispatch Log listing comic books with their variant cover names, artists, grades and value estimates, with search, sort and filter controls

Your whole collection in one searchable Log

Every comic you scan lands in your Log with its exact issue and variant, the cover artist, the grade and a value estimate. Search it, sort it, and filter it to find any book fast.

  • Variant covers and cover artists named
  • Grade and value estimate on every row
  • Search, sort and filter
Comic Dispatch compact Log view showing many comic books at once, each with its cover, variant, grade and value estimate

A compact view when your collection is big

When you have a lot of books, a tighter list shows many more of them on one screen, still with the cover, the variant, the grade and the value estimate for each.

What it does

Your whole collection, understood

Point your iPhone at a comic and Comic Dispatch does the rest — no catalog numbers, no guesswork. Keep every book in Want, Own or Log.

Pinpoint the issue

Identifies the exact title, issue number and variant — including hard-to-spot cover swipes, printings, and newsstand vs. direct editions.

Estimate the grade

Reads condition from your photos and suggests a grade — with a value ladder across the whole grade scale, so you can see how the estimate changes at a 9.4.

Value estimate

Looks at live eBay listings for comparable copies and estimates what they're asking — with a confidence rating and the date on every number. Asking prices, not sale prices.

Buy it on eBay

Browse matching live listings and jump straight to the eBay purchase — the fastest path from "what's this?" to owning it.

How it works

From photo to purchase in four steps

1

Photograph

Snap the cover with your iPhone, or pick photos you already have. Add close-ups for a sharper condition read; shoot a whole shelf and every book becomes its own card.

2

Identify & grade

Comic Dispatch names the exact issue and variant, checks it against the catalog, then estimates the grade from your shots.

3

Value

Get an estimate from what comparable copies are asking on eBay right now, with the date it was checked.

4

Buy on eBay

Found a copy you want? Tap Buy and Comic Dispatch takes you straight to eBay, where you complete the purchase.

Live eBay integration

An estimate from live asking prices — then find it on eBay

Comic Dispatch looks at live eBay listings for your exact issue and variant and estimates what comparable copies are asking right now, dated so you know how fresh it is. It's an estimate from asking prices, not a sale price or an appraisal. Then it links you to those listings so you can find the copy you want on eBay.

  • Real matching eBay listings, fetched on demand
  • Low / Medium / High confidence on every estimate
  • Every cover of the issue, side by side, when the variant is in doubt
  • One tap straight to the listings on eBay

Proud member of the eBay Partner Network — we send collectors to eBay to buy.

Comic Dispatch Log with several comics, each showing its cover, grade and value estimate A Comic Dispatch card for Venom #27: grade 9.4, estimated value $8 with a range of $7 to $9, and grade and value sliders
eBay

How Comic Dispatch uses eBay

We keep this simple and in plain words.

Values are estimates

Each value is an estimate from what sellers are asking for comparable copies on eBay, with the date it was checked. It is not a sale price and not an appraisal.

Buy links go to eBay

The Buy buttons in the app are eBay Partner Network affiliate links. You complete every purchase on eBay. As an eBay Partner, Comic Dispatch may be compensated if you make a purchase.

Listings stay in the app

eBay listings, pictures and prices are shown inside the app, not on this website. Comic Dispatch is not affiliated with or endorsed by eBay.