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Legends #3 Newsstand $1.00 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]
9.2Near Mint -$56
9.0Very Fine / Near Mint$42
8.0Very Fine$34
6.0Fine$24
4.0Very Good$16
2.0Good$8
Legends #3 Comic Book Values
Legends #3 $1.00 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, DC, 1/1987, Published in the USA
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Legends #3 $1.00 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
1st Appearance of new Suicide Squad; Death of Blockbuster (Mark Desmond)
Angelo notes: Prices on this book have been down in 2023 making it a great opportunity to buy a copy in higher grade. The second installment of the Suicide Squad movie was well received but this book has yet to get the respect it deserves. A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $455 in November 2019.
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a CGC 9.0 on 11/12/2021 for $55 (buy it now), a raw 5.5 on 7/26/2021 for $25
CGC label note: 1st appearance of the new Suicide Squad. President Ronald Reagan appearance. $1.00 cover price.
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Legends #3 Comic Book FAQ

What is the value of Legends #3?
I have a copy of Legends #3 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 Legends #3, DC 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 $1.00 price variant). If you own a price variant, lucky you, it is worth $56 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).

  Suggested answer: Check whether the cover of your copy of Legends #3 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 $35 (still, that's not too shabby).

  Suggested answer: If your copy of Legends #3 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 $1.00? If so, congratulations, you own the cover price variant!!


How rare is the Legends #3 $1.00 cover price variant?

✔️Accepted answer: As of the October 2023 CGC census, the price variant has census rarity of 1.7%, with 27 price variant copies on record versus 1560 regular copies.

What is Legends #3 worth in VF/NM condition?

✔️Accepted answer: The direct edition (logo on cover) is worth about $31 in VF/NM whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $42.

Why are the Legends #3 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 Legends #3 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 Legends #3 that were taken home and preserved by collectors would survive today in the highest grades. Among surviving newsstand copies of Legends #3, the market area that received the $1.00 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 $1.00 copies of Legends #3 was Canadian newsstands — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $1.00 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $1.00 variant approximately 35% higher than the direct edition in Very Fine / Near Mint (9.0) condition, as of our 2024 CPV Price Guide Edition.

In VF condition, how much is Legends #3 worth?

✔️Accepted answer: The direct edition version of Legends #3 is worth about $25 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $34.

What is the value of Legends #3 in Fine condition?

✔️Accepted answer: In FN (6.0) shape, the direct edition version of Legends #3 is worth about $17 whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $24.

What is the approximate Legends #3 value in very good condition?

✔️Accepted answer: Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the direct edition version of Legends #3 is worth about $12 whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $16.

What is the Legends #3 price guide value in good condition?

✔️Accepted answer: The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Legends #3 is about $6 for the direct edition version whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $8.

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