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Blade Runner (#1-2) Values 2023


Canadian Price Variant Values, 2023 Price Guide
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 ]
Blade Runner — 2023 Price Guide Values #1-2
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
#1 Blade Runner 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$12$16 $0.75 $60
▲ $10		 $45 $36 $25 $17 $8 
 Marvel, 10/1982  Movie adaptation
Angelo notes: A series is coming to T.V. causing this issue to heat up. In February of 2022 a 9.8 CGC sold for $801; 9.6 CGC in April sold for $200.
Conan notes: Example variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw VG+ 4.5 on 7/22/2022 for $12 (buy it now), a raw FN+ 6.5 on 2/7/2022 for $24 (buy it now), a raw FN+ 6.5 on 12/2/2021 for $26 (buy it now), a raw 7.5 on 6/17/2021 for $16, a raw 3.5 on 7/20/2020 for $14, a raw 6.0 on 8/13/2020 for $24
Paul notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $140 in 2020.
CGC label note: Motion picture adaptation, part one of two. 75¢ cover price.		  
#2 Blade Runner 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$15$16 $0.75 $60
▲ $20		 $45 $36 $25 $17 $8 
 Marvel, 11/1982  Movie adaptation
Conan notes: Example variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw FN/VF 7.0 on 7/22/2022 for $20 (buy it now), a raw 7.0 on 6/17/2021 for $16, a raw 3.0 on 7/20/2020 for $12, a raw 6.0 on 10/8/2020 for $24, a raw 8.0 on 8/13/2020 for $32
Doug notes: Scarcer in High Grade than #1
Paul notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $140 in 2020.
CGC label note: Movie adaptation, part two of two. 75¢ cover price.		  
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Blade Runner CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 9/21/2021
Census Count		 9/27/2022
Census Count		 Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
14231157119+148+8
29371338+40+1
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant 		516
~97% 		18
~3% 		704
~96% 		27
~4% 		 +188
  ~95%  		 +9
  ~5% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Blade Runner Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Blade Runner in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 75¢ cover price variants exist within the Blade Runner title.

Which issues of Blade Runner have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-2 of Blade Runner.

Are the Blade Runner cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Blade Runner 1980s cover price variants were exclusive to the newsstand distribution channel (by contrast the well-preserved direct edition type sold in comic shops were not price variants). Within the newsstand distribution channel, the price variants were distributed only to a restricted geographic area within the larger North American newsstand market: that restricted area being Canada. Canada had one tenth the population of the United States in the 1980s. As a result, Blade Runner cover price variants from the 1980s are a dramatically more rare newsstand type, and collectors who care about relative rarity are keen to target the price variant version of issue numbers they seek for their collections of interesting and rare comic books.

Are Blade Runner 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, by definition Blade Runner Type 1A price variants are first printings which were published simultaneously with the other types, on the exact same manufacturing equipment, at the same time, on the same paper, using the same ink, and with publication origin being the USA. The indicia, interior pages, and all other aspects of the variants beyond the cover price box are 100% identical to their regularly priced newsstand counterparts. The Blade Runner price variants, having originated in the USA as first print originals, were then shipped North to their destination market.

Are Blade Runner cover price variants more valuable?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, as seen in more detail in the Blade Runner price guide page above, the variant values represent a sizable premium over the values of the commonplace direct editions in the same grades.

Help, I cannot find CGC 9.8 copies available for the Blade Runner cover price variants I am looking for?!

✔️Accepted answer: We recommend lowering your grade expectations for all of the 1980s cover price variants, including those in the Blade Runner title. Remember, the price variants were exclusive to the newsstand distribution channel, which means they were treated as reading material, not as collectibles, by both the staff that handled them, and the typical buyers who as a general rule were members of the general public actually interested in reading the comics. Collectors buying comics from newsstands was the exception, not the norm. As a result, surviving copies in the 9.8 NM/MT grade tier can be exceptionally difficult to find among the Blade Runner cover price variants. A more reasonable grade to shoot for would be 9.0-and-up.

Blade Runner (#1-2) Values 2023


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 ]

Blade Runner Values — 2023 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price		 CPV
Value
9.2		 CGC-Confirmed
#1 Blade Runner 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $60
▲ $10
 Marvel, 10/1982  Movie adaptation
Angelo notes: A series is coming to T.V. causing this issue to heat up. In February of 2022 a 9.8 CGC sold for $801; 9.6 CGC in April sold for $200.
Conan notes: Example variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw VG+ 4.5 on 7/22/2022 for $12 (buy it now), a raw FN+ 6.5 on 2/7/2022 for $24 (buy it now), a raw FN+ 6.5 on 12/2/2021 for $26 (buy it now), a raw 7.5 on 6/17/2021 for $16, a raw 3.5 on 7/20/2020 for $14, a raw 6.0 on 8/13/2020 for $24
Paul notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $140 in 2020.
CGC label note: Motion picture adaptation, part one of two. 75¢ cover price.		  
#2 Blade Runner 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $60
▲ $20
 Marvel, 11/1982  Movie adaptation
Conan notes: Example variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw FN/VF 7.0 on 7/22/2022 for $20 (buy it now), a raw 7.0 on 6/17/2021 for $16, a raw 3.0 on 7/20/2020 for $12, a raw 6.0 on 10/8/2020 for $24, a raw 8.0 on 8/13/2020 for $32
Doug notes: Scarcer in High Grade than #1
Paul notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $140 in 2020.
CGC label note: Movie adaptation, part two of two. 75¢ cover price.		  
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Blade Runner CGC Census Data:
Issue # 9/27/2022
Census Count		 Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
157119+148+8
21338+40+1
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant 		704
~96% 		27
~4% 		 +188
  ~95%  		 +9
  ~5% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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