Secret Wars II #1 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]
9.2 | 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 |
Secret Wars II #1 $1.00 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, Marvel, 7/1985, Published in the USA
Secret Wars II #1 $1.00 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a CGC 7.5 on 8/16/2022 for $16 (at auction), a raw VF- 7.5 on 2/8/2022 for $11 (buy it now), a raw VF 8.0 on 2/8/2022 for $12 (buy it now)
CGC label note: $1.00 cover price.
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Within the top 500 most valuable variants of our 2024 CPV Price Guide, you'll find Secret Wars II #1, at a $1.00 variant NM- value of $40. 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, $1.00 price variant copies of Secret Wars II #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 not changed in value since 2018. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have outperformed notably, increasing in value by $24 since 2018, or about +150%.
Secret Wars II #1 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of Secret Wars II #1?
I have a copy of Secret Wars II #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 the type that you own. For Secret Wars II #1, 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 $1.00 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 Secret Wars II #1 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 $6.
Suggested answer:
If your copy of Secret Wars II #1 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 Secret Wars II #1 $1.00 cover price variant?
✔️Accepted answer:
As of the October 2023 CGC census, the price variant has census rarity of 2.6%, with 25 price variant copies on record versus 931 regular copies.
What is Secret Wars II #1 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The direct edition (logo on cover) is worth about $5 in VF/NM whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $30.
Why are the Secret Wars II #1 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 Secret Wars II #1 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 Secret Wars II #1 that were taken home and preserved by collectors would survive today in the highest grades. Among surviving newsstand copies of Secret Wars II #1, 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 Secret Wars II #1 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 500% 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 Secret Wars II #1 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The direct edition version of Secret Wars II #1 is worth about $4 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $24.
What is the value of Secret Wars II #1 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the direct edition version of Secret Wars II #1 is worth about $3 whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $17.
What is the approximate Secret Wars II #1 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the direct edition version of Secret Wars II #1 is worth about $2 whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $11.
What is the Secret Wars II #1 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Secret Wars II #1 is about $1 for the direct edition version whereas the $1.00 newsstand variants are worth $6.
Has the Secret Wars II #1 $1.00 variant from Marvel been a good investment?
✔️Accepted answer:
Secret Wars II #1 $1.00 variant newsstand copies in 9.2 have produced gains, increasing in value by $24 since 2018, or about +150% in 7 years (from our 2018 guide edition to our 2024 guide edition).
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