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Dakota North (#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 ]
Dakota North — 2023 Price Guide Values #1-2
Issue Direct Edition Value Type 1A
Variant
Cover Price		 Type 1A Variant Value CGC-Confirmed
Guide A
(NM)		   9.2
NM-		 9.0
VF/NM		 8.0
VF		 6.0
FN		 4.0
VG		 2.0
GD
#1 Dakota North 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $0.95 $30
▲ $5		 $26 $21 $15 $10 $5 
 Marvel, 6/1986  Doug notes: First appearance of DAKOTA NORTH; ** DAKOTA NORTH is a SEXY Private Detective REDHEAD WOMAN, Her Agency has small branches in New York, Rome, Tokyo and Paris. ** DAKOTA NORTH is an above average athlete, Dakota North is skilled in several forms of hand-to-hand combat, and is an excellent markswoman. She speaks passable French, Japanese and Italian, and is familiar with other, unspecified, languages. She is also proficient in driving high-end CARS and MOTORCYCLES; ** Supporting Characters: First appearance of Mad Dog; First appearance of Amos Culhane; First appearance of Ricky North; First appearance of Samuel J. North; ** Antagonists: First appearance of Cleo Vanderlip; First appearance of Anna Stasio; First appearance of Otto Shanks; ** DAKOTA NORTH in Design for Dying; ** Some Fans are Speculating she might appear in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) in the DAREDEVIL, LUKE CAGE or Jessica Jones TV Series; (Or in a Captain Marvel related Movie); ** Dakota North later Joined the Marvel Comics Mainstream Universe;
CGC label note: 1st appearance of Dakota North.		  
#2 Dakota North 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $0.95 $15
▼ $1		 $13 $11 $7 $5 $2 
 Marvel, 8/1986   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Dakota North CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 9/21/2021
Census Count		 9/27/2022
Census Count		 Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
1191855+66+4
2----1--+1--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant 		19
~95% 		1
~5% 		86
~95% 		5
~5% 		 +67
  ~94%  		 +4
  ~6% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Dakota North Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Dakota North in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 95¢ cover price variants exist within the Dakota North title.

Which issues of Dakota North have cover price variants in the 1980s?

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

Why don't more Dakota North issues have variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: The cover price variant window in the 1980s was only open from October of 1982 to August of 1986 for Marvel (and September of 1988 for DC) which means that only those Dakota North issues published within this specific window have Type 1A price variants. Newsstand copies from before the window opened were priced the same for the Canadian market as for the US market, whereas the closing of the window was the result of the merger of the two single-price newsstand batches into one big dual-price batch (i.e. with both US and CAN prices included) to cover all of North America.

Are the Dakota North cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Dakota North 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, Dakota North 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 Dakota North 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, by definition Dakota North 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 Dakota North price variants, having originated in the USA as first print originals, were then shipped North to their destination market.

Are Dakota North cover price variants more valuable?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, as seen in more detail in the Dakota North 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 Dakota North 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 Dakota North 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 Dakota North cover price variants. A more reasonable grade to shoot for would be 9.0-and-up.

Dakota North (#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 ]

Dakota North Values — 2023 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price		 CPV
Value
9.2		 CGC-Confirmed
#1 Dakota North 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $30
▲ $5
 Marvel, 6/1986  Doug notes: First appearance of DAKOTA NORTH; ** DAKOTA NORTH is a SEXY Private Detective REDHEAD WOMAN, Her Agency has small branches in New York, Rome, Tokyo and Paris. ** DAKOTA NORTH is an above average athlete, Dakota North is skilled in several forms of hand-to-hand combat, and is an excellent markswoman. She speaks passable French, Japanese and Italian, and is familiar with other, unspecified, languages. She is also proficient in driving high-end CARS and MOTORCYCLES; ** Supporting Characters: First appearance of Mad Dog; First appearance of Amos Culhane; First appearance of Ricky North; First appearance of Samuel J. North; ** Antagonists: First appearance of Cleo Vanderlip; First appearance of Anna Stasio; First appearance of Otto Shanks; ** DAKOTA NORTH in Design for Dying; ** Some Fans are Speculating she might appear in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) in the DAREDEVIL, LUKE CAGE or Jessica Jones TV Series; (Or in a Captain Marvel related Movie); ** Dakota North later Joined the Marvel Comics Mainstream Universe;
CGC label note: 1st appearance of Dakota North.		  
#2 Dakota North 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $15
▼ $1
 Marvel, 8/1986   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Dakota North CGC Census Data:
Issue # 9/27/2022
Census Count		 Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
1855+66+4
21--+1--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant 		86
~95% 		5
~5% 		 +67
  ~94%  		 +4
  ~6% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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