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Blue Devil (#1-31, Annual #1) Newsstand CPV Price Guide 2024


Canadian Price Variant Values, 2024 Price Guide
From: The 2024 Newsstand CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, 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 ]
Blue Devil — 2024 Price Guide Values #1-31, Annual #1
Issue Direct Edition Value CPV
Cover Price
Newsstand Canadian Price Variant Value CGC-Confirmed
Guide NM- 9.2
NM-
9.0
VF/NM
8.0
VF
6.0
FN
4.0
VG
2.0
GD
#1 Blue Devil 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $0.95 $30 $26 $21 $15 $10 $
 DC, 6/1984  1st Appearance of Nebiros; Origin of Blue Devil (Daniel Cassidy)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#2 Blue Devil 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 7/1984  1st Appearance of Shockwave (Arnold Pruett); Versus Shockwave (Arnold Pruett)  
#3 Blue Devil 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 8/1984  Versus Metallo (Roger Corben)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#4 Blue Devil 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 9/1984  Versus Nebiros
Angelo notes: Origin Nebiros
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#5 Blue Devil 5 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 10/1984  Versus Nebiros
CGC label note: Zatanna appearance. 95 cent cover price.
 
#6 Blue Devil 6 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 11/1984  1st Appearance of Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky)
CGC label note: 16 page "Flash Force 2000" preview. 95 cent cover price.
 
#7 Blue Devil 7 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 12/1984  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#8 Blue Devil 8 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 1/1985  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#9 Blue Devil 9 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 2/1985  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#10 Blue Devil 10 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 3/1985  CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.  
#11 Blue Devil 11 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 4/1985  Blue Devil hallucinates
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#12 Blue Devil 12 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 5/1985  Versus Shockwave (Arnold Pruett)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#13 Blue Devil 13 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 6/1985  CGC label note: Green Lantern, Zatanna & Demon appearance.  
#14 Blue Devil 14 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 7/1985  1st Appearances of Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg), Vanquisher (Van Vanucci)
CGC label note: Origin & 1st appearance of Kid Devil. Detective Comics #38 cover homage.
 
#15 Blue Devil 15 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 8/1985  Versus Vanquisher (Van Vanucci)  
#16 Blue Devil 16 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 9/1985   
#17 Blue Devil 17 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 10/1985  Doug notes: CRISIS on Infinite Earths Crossover story;  
#18 Blue Devil 18 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $0.95 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 11/1985  Crisis on Infinite Earths
Doug notes: CRISIS on Infinite Earths Crossover story;
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#19 Blue Devil 19 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 12/1985  Versus Captain Cold; Versus Trickster  
#20 Blue Devil 20 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 1/1986  CGC label note: Cain & Abel appearance. 95 cent cover price.  
#21 Blue Devil 21 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 2/1986   
#22 Blue Devil 22 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 3/1986  Versus alien bounty hunters
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#23 Blue Devil 23 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 4/1986  Versus Mindboggler; Versus Bolt; Versus Hyena; Versus Slipknot; Versus Multiplex; Continued from Fury of Firestorm #46
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#24 Blue Devil 24 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 5/1986  Versus Toyman  
#25 Blue Devil 25 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 6/1986   
#26 Blue Devil 26 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 7/1986  Versus Green Gargoyle  
#27 Blue Devil 27 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $0.95 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 8/1986  Encounters animated character brought to life  
#28 Blue Devil 28 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $1.00 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 9/1986  Featuring real-life contest winner Bryan Buck  
#29 Blue Devil 29 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $1.00 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 10/1986   
#30 Blue Devil 30 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $1.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 DC, 11/1986  Versus Flashs Rogues Gallery; Double-size  
#31 Blue Devil 31 Canadian Price Variant picture$3 $1.75 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 DC, 12/1986  Final Issue; Giant-size
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST issue & LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: $1.75 cover price.
 
Annual #1 Blue Devil Annual #1 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $16 $14 $11 $8 $5 $
 DC, 11/1985  Versus Felix Faust
CGC label note: $1.60 cover price.
 
Issue Guide NM- CPV
Cover Price
9.2
NM-
9.0
VF/NM
8.0
VF
6.0
FN
4.0
VG
2.0
GD
CGC-Confirmed
Direct Edition Value Newsstand Canadian Price Variant Value
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Blue Devil CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 9/27/2022
Census Count
10/3/2023
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
118032075+27+2
28--9--+1--
38181----
43131----
55151----
65252----
72131+1--
81121+1--
92121----
101111----
113141+1--
125151----
134--4------
149--10--+1--
153--3------
164--4------
176--6------
183131----
191--1------
201111----
21------------
223232----
233131----
244--4------
253--3------
261--1------
272--2------
281--1------
292--2------
301--1------
31--2--2----
Annual #121121+10--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
276
~93%
22
~7%
318
~93%
24
~7%
 +42
  ~95% 
 +2
  ~5% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Blue Devil Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Blue Devil in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 95¢, 1.00, and 1.75 cover price variants exist within the Blue Devil title.

Which issues of Blue Devil have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-31 and Annual #1 of Blue Devil.

Why don't more Blue Devil 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 Blue Devil 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 Blue Devil cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Blue Devil 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, Blue Devil 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 Blue Devil 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Blue Devil cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Blue Devil (#1-31, Annual #1) Newsstand CPV Values 2024


From: The 2024 Newsstand CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, 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 ]

Blue Devil Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2024 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Blue Devil 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $30
 DC, 6/1984  1st Appearance of Nebiros; Origin of Blue Devil (Daniel Cassidy)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#2 Blue Devil 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 7/1984  1st Appearance of Shockwave (Arnold Pruett); Versus Shockwave (Arnold Pruett)  
#3 Blue Devil 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 8/1984  Versus Metallo (Roger Corben)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#4 Blue Devil 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 9/1984  Versus Nebiros
Angelo notes: Origin Nebiros
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#5 Blue Devil 5 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 10/1984  Versus Nebiros
CGC label note: Zatanna appearance. 95 cent cover price.
 
#6 Blue Devil 6 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 11/1984  1st Appearance of Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky)
CGC label note: 16 page "Flash Force 2000" preview. 95 cent cover price.
 
#7 Blue Devil 7 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 12/1984  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#8 Blue Devil 8 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 1/1985  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#9 Blue Devil 9 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 2/1985  Versus Bolt (Larry Bolatinsky); Versus Trickster (James Jesse)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#10 Blue Devil 10 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 3/1985  CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.  
#11 Blue Devil 11 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 4/1985  Blue Devil hallucinates
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#12 Blue Devil 12 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 5/1985  Versus Shockwave (Arnold Pruett)
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#13 Blue Devil 13 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 6/1985  CGC label note: Green Lantern, Zatanna & Demon appearance.  
#14 Blue Devil 14 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 7/1985  1st Appearances of Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg), Vanquisher (Van Vanucci)
CGC label note: Origin & 1st appearance of Kid Devil. Detective Comics #38 cover homage.
 
#15 Blue Devil 15 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 8/1985  Versus Vanquisher (Van Vanucci)  
#16 Blue Devil 16 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 9/1985   
#17 Blue Devil 17 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 10/1985  Doug notes: CRISIS on Infinite Earths Crossover story;  
#18 Blue Devil 18 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $12
 DC, 11/1985  Crisis on Infinite Earths
Doug notes: CRISIS on Infinite Earths Crossover story;
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#19 Blue Devil 19 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 12/1985  Versus Captain Cold; Versus Trickster  
#20 Blue Devil 20 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 1/1986  CGC label note: Cain & Abel appearance. 95 cent cover price.  
#21 Blue Devil 21 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 2/1986   
#22 Blue Devil 22 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 3/1986  Versus alien bounty hunters
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#23 Blue Devil 23 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 4/1986  Versus Mindboggler; Versus Bolt; Versus Hyena; Versus Slipknot; Versus Multiplex; Continued from Fury of Firestorm #46
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
#24 Blue Devil 24 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 5/1986  Versus Toyman  
#25 Blue Devil 25 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 6/1986   
#26 Blue Devil 26 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 7/1986  Versus Green Gargoyle  
#27 Blue Devil 27 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $10
 DC, 8/1986  Encounters animated character brought to life  
#28 Blue Devil 28 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $10
 DC, 9/1986  Featuring real-life contest winner Bryan Buck  
#29 Blue Devil 29 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $10
 DC, 10/1986   
#30 Blue Devil 30 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $10
 DC, 11/1986  Versus Flashs Rogues Gallery; Double-size  
#31 Blue Devil 31 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $14
 DC, 12/1986  Final Issue; Giant-size
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST issue & LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: $1.75 cover price.
 
Annual #1 Blue Devil Annual #1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $16
 DC, 11/1985  Versus Felix Faust
CGC label note: $1.60 cover price.
 
Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Blue Devil CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
12075+27+2
29--+1--
381----
431----
551----
652----
731+1--
821+1--
921----
1011----
1141+1--
1251----
134------
1410--+1--
153------
164------
176------
1831----
191------
2011----
21--------
2232----
2331----
244------
253------
261------
272------
281------
292------
301------
31--2----
Annual #1121+10--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
318
~93%
24
~7%
 +42
  ~95% 
 +2
  ~5% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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