Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 $1.65 Variant Value

From: The 2022 CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Jay Halstead, Jon McClure, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions]

Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 has a $1.65 variant NM- value of $22, putting it in the top quartile of our guide's coverage universe. We think this variant is worth keeping an eye on (check out the issue notes in the page above for more details), and as a collectible we give the price variant FOUR STARS. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $2 since 2020, or about +33% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have outperformed notably, increasing in value by $12 since 2020, or about +120%.

What is the value of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2?
I have a copy of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 and I want to know what this comic book is worth in different grades as a first printing?

✔️Accepted answer: The answer depends on whether you own a Type 1A cover price variant copy, or just a regular/plain copy of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2. If you own a price variant, lucky you, it is worth $22 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).

  Suggested answer: Check the cover price of your copy of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2, and if it is $1.65 then congratulations, you own the more-rare cover price variant type which has a higher value. If not, then you own the regular type which has a lower value.

  Suggested answer: The higher the grade, i.e. the better the condition, the stronger the value. Our guide only goes as high as 9.2 (Near Mint-), with values for Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).

✔️Accepted answer: The regular cover price version is worth about $6 in VF/NM whereas the $1.65 variants are worth $19.

✔️Accepted answer: Among surviving copies of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2, the market area that received the $1.65 cover price copies was a restricted area representing less than 10% the population of the total North American comics market. That's because the destination market for $1.65 copies of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $1.65 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $1.65 variant approximately 217% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2022 CPV Price Guide Edition).

✔️Accepted answer: The regular cover price version version of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 is worth about $5 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.65 variants are worth $15.

✔️Accepted answer: In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 is worth about $3 whereas the $1.65 variants are worth $11.

✔️Accepted answer: Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 is worth about $2 whereas the $1.65 variants are worth $7.

✔️Accepted answer: The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 is about $1 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $1.65 variants are worth $4.

✔️Accepted answer: Sonic's Friendly Nemesis Knuckles #2 $1.65 variant copies in 9.2 have produced gains, increasing in value by $12 since 2020, or about +120% in 3 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2022 guide edition).