Fantastic Four #286 75¢ 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 - | $40 |
9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $30 |
8.0 | Very Fine | $24 |
6.0 | Fine | $17 |
4.0 | Very Good | $11 |
2.0 | Good | $6 |
Fantastic Four #286 75¢ Cover Price Variant, Marvel, 1/1986, Published in the USA
Fantastic Four #286 75¢ Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
Return of Jean Grey; Continues from Avengers #263
Conan notes: Example variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw VF on 12/2/2021 for $11 (buy it now), a raw 7.5 on 6/24/2019 for $11
Doug notes: Second appearance of X-FACTOR; Return of JEAN GREY; A CGC 9.6 variant sold at dougcomicworld.com in 2018 for $99.
Paul notes: A CGC 9.8 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $200 in 2020.
CGC label note: 75¢ cover price. Return of Jean Grey. Captain America & Hercules appearance. Formation of X-Factor begins.
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Fantastic Four #286 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of Fantastic Four #286?
I have a copy of Fantastic Four #286 and I want to know what this comic book is worth in different grades as a first printing?
✔️Accepted answer:
The answer depends on the type that you own. For Fantastic Four #286, Marvel published a direct edition type (exceptionally well preserved by collectors as direct edition comics were the type sold in comic shops), and two newsstand types which were sold to the general public on newsstands (a regular cover price version and the 75¢ price variant). If you own a price variant, lucky you, it is worth $40 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check whether the cover of your copy of Fantastic Four #286 has a graphical logo or a bar code box. If it has a graphical logo, sorry to break it to you but you own a commonplace direct edition copy which is worth about $18 (still, that's not too shabby).
Suggested answer:
If your copy of Fantastic Four #286 has a bar code box on the cover, then you've got a newsstand copy! Is it the more-rare price variant? Now for the moment of excitement: is the cover price of your newsstand copy 75¢? If so, congratulations, you own the cover price variant!!
How rare is the Fantastic Four #286 75¢ cover price variant?
✔️Accepted answer:
As of the September 2021 CGC census, the price variant has census rarity of 1.7%, with 10 price variant copies on record versus 563 regular copies.
What is Fantastic Four #286 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The direct edition (logo on cover) is worth about $16 in VF/NM whereas the 75¢ newsstand variants are worth $30.
Why are the Fantastic Four #286 newsstand cover price variants worth so much more than the direct edition copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
As collectibles, direct edition copies are already at a disadvantage compared to newsstand copies in the highest grades, because direct editions were extraordinarily well preserved as the distinct type sold in specialty comic shops. The comic shop owners ordered direct edition copies of Fantastic Four #286 at a discount to cover price, but on a non-returnable basis (the graphical logo was to tell non-returnable copies apart from their returnable newsstand counterparts). When their orders arrived, the comic shop staff handled the books with extreme care to preserve their condition, and then the comic book collectors who shopped there typically preserved their purchases in plastic bags with backing boards. By contrast, newsstand copies were treated as reading material with no staff training to handle the books with any semblance of care, and they were then sold to the general public; unsold copies were returned for credit and typically pulped/recycled forward. Only those newsstand copies of Fantastic Four #286 that were taken home and preserved by collectors would survive today in the highest grades. Among surviving newsstand copies of Fantastic Four #286, the market area that received the 75¢ cover price newsstand copies was a restricted area representing less than 10% the population of the total North American newsstand market. That's because the destination market for 75¢ copies of Fantastic Four #286 was Canadian newsstands — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for 75¢ Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the 75¢ variant approximately 88% higher than the direct edition in Very Fine / Near Mint (9.0) condition, as of our 2023 CPV Price Guide Edition.
In VF condition, how much is Fantastic Four #286 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The direct edition version of Fantastic Four #286 is worth about $13 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the 75¢ newsstand variants are worth $24.
What is the value of Fantastic Four #286 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the direct edition version of Fantastic Four #286 is worth about $9 whereas the 75¢ newsstand variants are worth $17.
What is the approximate Fantastic Four #286 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the direct edition version of Fantastic Four #286 is worth about $6 whereas the 75¢ newsstand variants are worth $11.
What is the Fantastic Four #286 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Fantastic Four #286 is about $3 for the direct edition version whereas the 75¢ newsstand variants are worth $6.
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