DuckTales #1 $1.95 Variant Value
From: The 2024 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]
9.2 | Near Mint - | $48 |
9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $36 |
8.0 | Very Fine | $29 |
6.0 | Fine | $20 |
4.0 | Very Good | $14 |
2.0 | Good | $7 |
DuckTales #1 $1.95 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, Gladstone, Oct '88, Published in the USA
DuckTales #1 $1.95 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
Giant Size Issue
CGC label note: $1.95 cover price.
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Within the top 500 most valuable variants of our 2024 CPV Price Guide, you'll find DuckTales #1, at a $1.95 variant NM- value of $48. With everything the issue has going for it (as detailed in the issue notes in the page above), and a value that puts it in the top ten percent of all variants in our guide, $1.95 price variant copies of DuckTales #1 are watchlist-worthy and we give them a rating of FOUR POINT TWO FIVE STARS as a collectible. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $22 since 2020, or about +367% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $36 since 2020, or about +300%.
DuckTales #1 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of DuckTales #1?
I have a copy of DuckTales #1 and I want to know what this comic book is worth in different grades as a first printing?
✔️Accepted answer:
The answer depends on whether you own a Type 1A cover price variant copy, or a regular/plain copy of DuckTales #1. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $48 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check the cover price of your copy of DuckTales #1, and if it is $1.95 then congratulations, you own the more-rare cover price variant type which has a higher value. If not, then you own the regular type which has a lower value.
Suggested answer:
The higher the grade, i.e. the better the condition, the stronger the value. Our guide only goes as high as 9.2 (Near Mint-), with values for DuckTales #1 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).
What is DuckTales #1 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version is worth about $25 in VF/NM whereas the $1.95 variants are worth $36.
Why are the DuckTales #1 cover price variants worth so much more than the regular copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
Among surviving copies of DuckTales #1, the market area that received the $1.95 cover price copies was a restricted area representing less than 10% the population of the total North American comics market. That's because the destination market for $1.95 copies of DuckTales #1 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $1.95 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $1.95 variant approximately 44% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2024 CPV Price Guide Edition).
In VF condition, how much is DuckTales #1 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version version of DuckTales #1 is worth about $20 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.95 variants are worth $29.
What is the value of DuckTales #1 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of DuckTales #1 is worth about $14 whereas the $1.95 variants are worth $20.
What is the approximate DuckTales #1 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of DuckTales #1 is worth about $9 whereas the $1.95 variants are worth $14.
What is the DuckTales #1 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for DuckTales #1 is about $5 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $1.95 variants are worth $7.
Has the DuckTales #1 $1.95 variant from Gladstone been a good investment?
✔️Accepted answer:
DuckTales #1 $1.95 variant copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $36 since 2020, or about +300% in 5 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2024 guide edition).
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