Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 $2.50 Variant Value
From: The 2023 CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Jay Halstead, Greg Holland, Jon McClure, Jayden Mitchell, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions]
9.2 | Near Mint - | $48 |
9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $36 |
8.0 | Very Fine | $29 |
6.0 | Fine | $20 |
4.0 | Very Good | $14 |
2.0 | Good | $7 |
Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 $2.50 Cover Price Variant, Archie, 1994, Published in the USA
Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 $2.50 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
Doug notes: 52 page Giant; One Shot; Classic Love Showdown with Betty & Veronica vs CHERYL BLOSSOM; DeCarlo-c/a & Centerfold Poster;
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What is the value of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1?
I have a copy of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 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 Archie's Love Showdown Special #1. If you own a price variant, lucky you, it is worth $48 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check the cover price of your copy of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1, and if it is $2.50 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 Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).
What is Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version is worth about $10 in VF/NM whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $36.
Why are the Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 cover price variants worth so much more than the regular copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
Among surviving copies of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1, the market area that received the $2.50 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 $2.50 copies of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $2.50 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $2.50 variant approximately 260% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2023 CPV Price Guide Edition).
In VF condition, how much is Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version version of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 is worth about $8 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $29.
What is the value of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 is worth about $6 whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $20.
What is the approximate Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 is worth about $4 whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $14.
What is the Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 is about $2 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $7.
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