Rare Comics
| Blip — 2022 Price Guide Values | #1-7 | |||||||||||
| Issue | Direct Edition Value | CPV Cover Price |
Type 1A Canadian Price Variant Value | CGC-Confirmed | ||||||||
| Guide A (NM) |
Guide B (NM-) |
9.2 NM- |
9.0 VF/NM |
8.0 VF |
6.0 FN |
4.0 VG |
2.0 GD |
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#1
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 | $23 | $55 | $1.25 | $285 ▲ $145 |
$191 | $153 | $107 | $72 | $36 | ||
| Marvel, 2/1983 | 1st Appearances of Donkey Kong and Mario; Video game magazine in comic-book format #11 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: In 2021 two low grade raw copies sold between $200 to $300, and a CGC 6.0 sold for $284. In my opinion, a book that is investment-worthy with more upside potential. Ben notes: Something that really strikes me about the Blip series is that it is the only instance I am aware of among CPVs where there exist both dual-price newsstand copies *and* single-price newsstand copies (the CPVs) (here's pictures of what I mean). Doug notes: FIRST Comic Book appearance of MARIO BROS (in 6 Page Story); FIRST Comic Book appearance of DONKEY KONG (in same 6 Page Story); TV Star Matthew Laborteaux PHOTO cover; Video Games of the Stars; Atari 2600 & other early Video Games; Missile Command, Centipede, Pitfall, Arcadia-2001, Dig Dug; Steve Grant story; Bob Camp art; LOWER PRINT RUN and Scarcer Bronze Age Marvel Comics & Video Game Collectible item; CGC label note: Matthew Laborteaux photo cover. 1st comic book appearance of Mario & Donkey Kong. |
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| #2
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 | $10 | $20 | $1.25 | $95 ▲ $30 |
$64 | $51 | $36 | $24 | $12 | ||
| Marvel, 3/1983 | #47 in this year's Top 100. Doug notes: Spider-Man plays Spider-Man Video Game PHOTO cover; Spider-Man plays Spider-Man 4 page Photo article with STAN LEE and GREEN GOBLIN; Spider-Man in End Game, vs Green Goblin, 6 page Comics story by David Kraft, with John Romita art; SECOND Comic Book appearance of DONKEY KONG (in 2 Page BLIP TIPS II Article, showing the Game Screen & Tips on Playing the Game); TRON: Movie Bomb, Arcade Superhit (in 2 Page Article, showing 2 Game Screens & Tips on Playing the Game); Blip Tips-1: Basketball Games; Design Wizard, 2-1/2 page article on ROB FULOP, with image of DEMON ATTACK Screen; Blip Confidential (Game Secret Tips), 1-1/2 page article with a Paragraph Each on; Centipede, Frenzy, MS PACMAN, Mousetrap, Frogger, Qix, Tempest, Robotron, Turbo & Zaxxon, and Images of Centipede, Pacman & Ms Pacman; Socks & Parcheesi, 3 page short story by Robert Harras with Text illustrations by Rob Zaine; LOWER PRINT RUN and Scarcer Bronze Age Marvel Comics & Video Game Collectible item; CGC label note: 6-page Spider-Man story Green Goblin appearance. Photo cover. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3 |  | $7 | $8 | $1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
$48 | $38 | $27 | $18 | $9 | ||
| Marvel, 4/1983 | Doug notes: Ron Zamle painted-c; Video Variations; Video Hall of Fame; Colecovision = Players choice; Coleco's Venture; Frogger, Make Trax, Mousetrap & Dig Dug; | |||||||||||
| #4 |  | $10 | $8 | $1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
$48 | $38 | $27 | $18 | $9 | ||
| Marvel, 5/1983 | Doug notes: SCARCER Issue; Les Katz painted-c; Dona & Candy Factory - Atari headquarters & Centipede; Laverne & Shirley game; Future of Coleco; Escape, Burger Time, Preppie; | |||||||||||
| #5 |  | $11 | $9 | $1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
$48 | $38 | $27 | $18 | $9 | ||
| Marvel, 6/1983 | Doug notes: Indiana Jones, Jaws, ET, Tootsie, Pink Panter, Spock, Rocky, Eddie Murphy, Conan, Tron Painted cover by Sam Viviano & 3 page Video Games go to Hollywood article; Tron, Zaxxon tips; Know your enemy = Pacman, Mario & Donkey Kong cameos; Atari vs Intellivision; Brady Bunch game; | |||||||||||
| #6 |  | $40 | $8 | $1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
$48 | $38 | $27 | $18 | $9 | ||
| Marvel, 7/1983 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT, SCARCER Issue; Imagic's Microsurgeon-c; Imagic's Headquarters; River Raid & Q-Bert tips; Atlantis, Beauty & the Beast; Mike Zeck player of the month, with illo; Mario playing Donkey Kong game pinup page; Tabletop & Pocket Arcades; | |||||||||||
| #7
|
 | $6 | $10 | $1.25 | $80 ▲ $10 |
$54 | $43 | $30 | $20 | $10 | ||
| Marvel, 8/1983 | #64 in this year's Top 100. Ben notes: Final issue, and extremely hard to find as the CPV. As mentioned in my note for #1, this whole series has the fascinating circumstance of having regular newsstand copies in existence with BOTH $1.00 US AND $1.25 CAN prices on them, raising the question of what purpose the CPV then served (and how widely was it distributed)? For this final issue, interestingly, the $1.25 price is repeated twice on the CPV ($1.25, CAN $1.25). Anybody trying to research sales comps for the CPV of this issue will have an exceedingly difficult time; I saw none whatsoever. However, I did find a "regular" newsstand copy advertised in VF condition having sold for $49.95 in September 2021. Thus, I'd expect a NM- CPV newsstand copy to be able to find interest at a considerably higher ask. Doug notes: LOWER PRINT, SCARCER LAST Issue; Ron Zamle-c; Super Pacman, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Dig Dug & Millipede cover & 2 page article; 6 pages HULK playing Rubiks Cube & Video Games Comics-s = Milgrom-a; Latest from Atari, Coleco; |
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| Blip CGC Census Changes: | ||||||
| Issue # |
10/27/2020 Census Count |
9/21/2021 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 66 | 2 | 99 | 3 | +33 | +1 |
| 2 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 2 | +4 | -- |
| 3 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 4 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 5 | 1 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 7 | -- | -- | 1 | -- | +1 | -- |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
83 ~95% |
4 ~5% |
122 ~96% |
5 ~4% |
+39 ~98% |
+1 ~2% |
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| Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed | |
| #1
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$1.25 | $285 ▲ $145 |
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| Marvel, 2/1983 | 1st Appearances of Donkey Kong and Mario; Video game magazine in comic-book format #11 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: In 2021 two low grade raw copies sold between $200 to $300, and a CGC 6.0 sold for $284. In my opinion, a book that is investment-worthy with more upside potential. Ben notes: Something that really strikes me about the Blip series is that it is the only instance I am aware of among CPVs where there exist both dual-price newsstand copies *and* single-price newsstand copies (the CPVs) (here's pictures of what I mean). Doug notes: FIRST Comic Book appearance of MARIO BROS (in 6 Page Story); FIRST Comic Book appearance of DONKEY KONG (in same 6 Page Story); TV Star Matthew Laborteaux PHOTO cover; Video Games of the Stars; Atari 2600 & other early Video Games; Missile Command, Centipede, Pitfall, Arcadia-2001, Dig Dug; Steve Grant story; Bob Camp art; LOWER PRINT RUN and Scarcer Bronze Age Marvel Comics & Video Game Collectible item; CGC label note: Matthew Laborteaux photo cover. 1st comic book appearance of Mario & Donkey Kong. |
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| #2
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$1.25 | $95 ▲ $30 |
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| Marvel, 3/1983 | #47 in this year's Top 100. Doug notes: Spider-Man plays Spider-Man Video Game PHOTO cover; Spider-Man plays Spider-Man 4 page Photo article with STAN LEE and GREEN GOBLIN; Spider-Man in End Game, vs Green Goblin, 6 page Comics story by David Kraft, with John Romita art; SECOND Comic Book appearance of DONKEY KONG (in 2 Page BLIP TIPS II Article, showing the Game Screen & Tips on Playing the Game); TRON: Movie Bomb, Arcade Superhit (in 2 Page Article, showing 2 Game Screens & Tips on Playing the Game); Blip Tips-1: Basketball Games; Design Wizard, 2-1/2 page article on ROB FULOP, with image of DEMON ATTACK Screen; Blip Confidential (Game Secret Tips), 1-1/2 page article with a Paragraph Each on; Centipede, Frenzy, MS PACMAN, Mousetrap, Frogger, Qix, Tempest, Robotron, Turbo & Zaxxon, and Images of Centipede, Pacman & Ms Pacman; Socks & Parcheesi, 3 page short story by Robert Harras with Text illustrations by Rob Zaine; LOWER PRINT RUN and Scarcer Bronze Age Marvel Comics & Video Game Collectible item; CGC label note: 6-page Spider-Man story Green Goblin appearance. Photo cover. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3 | |
$1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 4/1983 | Doug notes: Ron Zamle painted-c; Video Variations; Video Hall of Fame; Colecovision = Players choice; Coleco's Venture; Frogger, Make Trax, Mousetrap & Dig Dug; | |||
| #4 | |
$1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 5/1983 | Doug notes: SCARCER Issue; Les Katz painted-c; Dona & Candy Factory - Atari headquarters & Centipede; Laverne & Shirley game; Future of Coleco; Escape, Burger Time, Preppie; | |||
| #5 | |
$1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 6/1983 | Doug notes: Indiana Jones, Jaws, ET, Tootsie, Pink Panter, Spock, Rocky, Eddie Murphy, Conan, Tron Painted cover by Sam Viviano & 3 page Video Games go to Hollywood article; Tron, Zaxxon tips; Know your enemy = Pacman, Mario & Donkey Kong cameos; Atari vs Intellivision; Brady Bunch game; | |||
| #6 | |
$1.25 | $64 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 7/1983 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT, SCARCER Issue; Imagic's Microsurgeon-c; Imagic's Headquarters; River Raid & Q-Bert tips; Atlantis, Beauty & the Beast; Mike Zeck player of the month, with illo; Mario playing Donkey Kong game pinup page; Tabletop & Pocket Arcades; | |||
| #7
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$1.25 | $80 ▲ $10 |
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| Marvel, 8/1983 | #64 in this year's Top 100. Ben notes: Final issue, and extremely hard to find as the CPV. As mentioned in my note for #1, this whole series has the fascinating circumstance of having regular newsstand copies in existence with BOTH $1.00 US AND $1.25 CAN prices on them, raising the question of what purpose the CPV then served (and how widely was it distributed)? For this final issue, interestingly, the $1.25 price is repeated twice on the CPV ($1.25, CAN $1.25). Anybody trying to research sales comps for the CPV of this issue will have an exceedingly difficult time; I saw none whatsoever. However, I did find a "regular" newsstand copy advertised in VF condition having sold for $49.95 in September 2021. Thus, I'd expect a NM- CPV newsstand copy to be able to find interest at a considerably higher ask. Doug notes: LOWER PRINT, SCARCER LAST Issue; Ron Zamle-c; Super Pacman, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Dig Dug & Millipede cover & 2 page article; 6 pages HULK playing Rubiks Cube & Video Games Comics-s = Milgrom-a; Latest from Atari, Coleco; |
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| Blip CGC Census Data: | ||||
| Issue # |
9/21/2021 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 99 | 3 | +33 | +1 |
| 2 | 19 | 2 | +4 | -- |
| 3 | 1 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 4 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 5 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 7 | 1 | -- | +1 | -- |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
122 ~96% |
5 ~4% |
+39 ~98% |
+1 ~2% |
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