Howard the Duck (#32) Values 2023

Question 1

Do cover price variants exist for Howard the Duck in the 1980s?

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

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✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issue #32 of Howard the Duck.

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✔️Accepted answer: The Howard the Duck 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, Howard the Duck 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.

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

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

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✔️Accepted answer: We recommend lowering your grade expectations for all of the 1980s cover price variants, including those in the Howard the Duck 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 Howard the Duck cover price variants. A more reasonable grade to shoot for would be 9.0-and-up.

Question 2

Which issues of Howard the Duck have cover price variants in the 1980s?

Question 3

Are the Howard the Duck cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

Question 4

Are Howard the Duck 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

Question 5

Are Howard the Duck cover price variants more valuable?

Question 6

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

Issue #	9/21/2021 Census Count		9/27/2022 Census Count		Year over year change

Howard the Duck CGC Census Changes:
Issue #	Regular	Variant	Regular	Variant	Regular	Variant
32	25	1	40	1	+15	--
Title Totals: % regular / % variant	25 ~96%	1 ~4%	40 ~98%	1 ~2%	+15 100%	--

Issue		CPV Cover Price	CPV Value 9.2	CGC-Confirmed
#32		$0.75	$22 ▲ $7	1
Marvel, 1/1986	Origin of Howard the Duck Conan notes: A raw 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/5/2020 for $10 Doug notes: ONLY Canadian Price Variant in Title CGC label note: 1st issue since 5/79

Issue #	9/27/2022 Census Count		Year over year change

Howard the Duck CGC Census Data:
Issue #	Regular	Variant	Regular	Variant
32	40	1	+15	--
Title Totals: % regular / % variant	40 ~98%	1 ~2%	+15 100%	--

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