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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series — 2024 Price Guide Values | #1-3 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
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#1
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 | $120 | $1.25 | $166 ▼ $56 |
$111 | $89 | $62 | $42 | $21 | ||
| Archie, Aug-88 | 1st Appearances of Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady in comics. Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist"
#17 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Not one but THREE first comic book appearances; Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady! In July of 2023 an 8.5 CGC sold for $135. Similar to 2022, prices in 2023 have softened making this book a great buy in higher grades. In 2021: 9.6 CGC sold in January for $1250, an 8.5 CGC sold in March for $400. Prices in 2020 and 2021 have gone up for many grades. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. It is such an interesting circumstance that in addition to the single-price NEWSSTAND copies, Archie also produced single-price DIRECT EDITION copies of this issue as well (in other words, rather than placing both $1.00 and $1.25 CAN on all direct editions, they produced two distinct batches, a $1.00 direct edition and a $1.25 direct edition). In connection with CGC's decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, CGC apparently went back through their database of images and separated the census for this issue into two CPV entries: the DIRECT EDITION CPV is categorized as "Canadian Price Variant" while the NEWSSTAND CPV is categorized as "Canadian Newsstand Price Variant." Also, see my separate two-part post on this issue: Part I & Part II Doug notes: 8/1988; FIRST appearance of BEBOP and ROCK STEADY in Comics; Adapts TV Cartoons; FIRST Printing; Canadian Newsstand VARIANT Edition with Single original Cover Price of $1.25, with UPC barcode; CGC label note: 1st comic book appearance of Krang, Bebop & Rocksteady. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #1DE
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 | $120 | $1.25 | $130 ▼ $35 |
$87 | $70 | $49 | $33 | $16 | ||
| Archie, Aug-88 | 1st Appearances of Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady in comics. Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist"
#29 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Not one but THREE first comic book appearances; Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady! In 2023: 9.8 CGC/May $868; 3.0 CGC/June $45. In 2022 prices have ranged between $500-1000. In 2021: a 9.8 CGC sold in February for $1965 and a second copy for $1610, two copies in 9.6 CGC sold in February $623 and $610; 9.4 CGC sold in February for $325. A 9.8 CBCS sold in November 2020 for $1875. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. It is such an interesting circumstance that in addition to the single-price NEWSSTAND copies, Archie also produced single-price DIRECT EDITION copies of this issue as well (in other words, rather than placing both $1.00 and $1.25 CAN on all direct editions, they produced two distinct batches, a $1.00 direct edition and a $1.25 direct edition). In connection with CGC's decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, CGC apparently went back through their database of images and separated the census for this issue into two CPV entries: the DIRECT EDITION CPV is categorized as "Canadian Price Variant" while the NEWSSTAND CPV is categorized as "Canadian Newsstand Price Variant." Also, see my separate two-part post on this issue: Part I & Part II CGC label note: 1st comic book appearance of Krang, Bebop & Rocksteady. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #2 |  | $30 | $1.25 | $60 ▼ $4 |
$45 | $36 | $25 | $17 | $8 | ||
| Archie, Oct-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Angelo notes: Great book with lots of future potential investment-wise. A 9.6 sold for $300 in April of 2021. This issue still has room to grow being a Newsstand. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. A CGC 9.4 newsstand CPV copy sold for $125 in October 2023. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #2 in the future (or upon submitter request?). Bill notes: Bebop and Rocksteady seen in mutant form for the first time CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #2DE |  | $30 | $1.25 | $47 ▼ $5 |
$35 | $28 | $20 | $13 | $7 | ||
| Archie, Oct-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Angelo notes: A 9.8 CGC in May of 2023 sold for $480. In 2022 9.8 CGC's ranged between $200-$350. A 9.8 CGC sold for $307 in August of 2021. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #2 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3 |  | $30 | $1.25 | $60 | $45 | $36 | $25 | $17 | $8 | ||
| Archie, Dec-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #3 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3DE |  | $30 | $1.25 | $40 ▼ $15 |
$30 | $24 | $17 | $11 | $6 | ||
| Archie, Dec-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #3 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series CGC Census Changes: | ||||||
| Issue # |
9/27/2022 Census Count |
10/3/2023 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 2,652 | 302 | 3,214 | 48 | +562 | +-254 |
| 1DE | -- | 302 | -- | 343 | -- | +41 |
| 2 | 247 | 35 | 351 | 47 | +104 | +12 |
| 2DE | -- | 35 | -- | 47 | -- | +12 |
| 3 | 211 | 25 | 269 | 34 | +58 | +9 |
| 3DE | -- | 25 | -- | 34 | -- | +9 |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
3,110 ~81% |
724 ~19% |
3,834 ~87% |
553 ~13% |
+724 > 99% |
+-171 < 1% |
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| Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed | |
| #1
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$1.25 | $166 ▼ $56 |
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| Archie, Aug-88 | 1st Appearances of Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady in comics. Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist"
#17 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Not one but THREE first comic book appearances; Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady! In July of 2023 an 8.5 CGC sold for $135. Similar to 2022, prices in 2023 have softened making this book a great buy in higher grades. In 2021: 9.6 CGC sold in January for $1250, an 8.5 CGC sold in March for $400. Prices in 2020 and 2021 have gone up for many grades. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. It is such an interesting circumstance that in addition to the single-price NEWSSTAND copies, Archie also produced single-price DIRECT EDITION copies of this issue as well (in other words, rather than placing both $1.00 and $1.25 CAN on all direct editions, they produced two distinct batches, a $1.00 direct edition and a $1.25 direct edition). In connection with CGC's decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, CGC apparently went back through their database of images and separated the census for this issue into two CPV entries: the DIRECT EDITION CPV is categorized as "Canadian Price Variant" while the NEWSSTAND CPV is categorized as "Canadian Newsstand Price Variant." Also, see my separate two-part post on this issue: Part I & Part II Doug notes: 8/1988; FIRST appearance of BEBOP and ROCK STEADY in Comics; Adapts TV Cartoons; FIRST Printing; Canadian Newsstand VARIANT Edition with Single original Cover Price of $1.25, with UPC barcode; CGC label note: 1st comic book appearance of Krang, Bebop & Rocksteady. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #1DE
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$1.25 | $130 ▼ $35 |
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| Archie, Aug-88 | 1st Appearances of Krang, Bebop, and Rocksteady in comics. Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist"
#29 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Not one but THREE first comic book appearances; Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady! In 2023: 9.8 CGC/May $868; 3.0 CGC/June $45. In 2022 prices have ranged between $500-1000. In 2021: a 9.8 CGC sold in February for $1965 and a second copy for $1610, two copies in 9.6 CGC sold in February $623 and $610; 9.4 CGC sold in February for $325. A 9.8 CBCS sold in November 2020 for $1875. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. It is such an interesting circumstance that in addition to the single-price NEWSSTAND copies, Archie also produced single-price DIRECT EDITION copies of this issue as well (in other words, rather than placing both $1.00 and $1.25 CAN on all direct editions, they produced two distinct batches, a $1.00 direct edition and a $1.25 direct edition). In connection with CGC's decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, CGC apparently went back through their database of images and separated the census for this issue into two CPV entries: the DIRECT EDITION CPV is categorized as "Canadian Price Variant" while the NEWSSTAND CPV is categorized as "Canadian Newsstand Price Variant." Also, see my separate two-part post on this issue: Part I & Part II CGC label note: 1st comic book appearance of Krang, Bebop & Rocksteady. $1.25 cover price. |
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| #2 | |
$1.25 | $60 ▼ $4 |
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| Archie, Oct-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Angelo notes: Great book with lots of future potential investment-wise. A 9.6 sold for $300 in April of 2021. This issue still has room to grow being a Newsstand. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. A CGC 9.4 newsstand CPV copy sold for $125 in October 2023. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #2 in the future (or upon submitter request?). Bill notes: Bebop and Rocksteady seen in mutant form for the first time CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #2DE | |
$1.25 | $47 ▼ $5 |
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| Archie, Oct-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Angelo notes: A 9.8 CGC in May of 2023 sold for $480. In 2022 9.8 CGC's ranged between $200-$350. A 9.8 CGC sold for $307 in August of 2021. Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #2 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3 | |
$1.25 | $60 | |
| Archie, Dec-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 NEWSSTAND CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #3 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| #3DE | |
$1.25 | $40 ▼ $15 |
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| Archie, Dec-88 | Newsstand AND Direct Variant CPV exist
Ben notes: This entry is for the $1.25 DIRECT EDITION CPV. Please note that at the time our 2024 guide was assembled, CGC still "lumped together" both types by cover price on their census for this particular issue, making it impossible to know how many of their census copies are newsstand versus direct (so the CGC count number you see is inclusive of BOTH types and just gives the $1.25 cover price census count for the issue number at large), but we understand that in connection with their decision to recognize newsstand comics on their labels, that CGC is now tracking the numbers separately by type for issue #1 so they may apply the same treatment to issue #3 in the future (or upon submitter request?). CGC label note: $1.25 cover price. |
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series CGC Census Data: | ||||
| Issue # |
10/3/2023 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 3,214 | 48 | +562 | +-254 |
| 1DE | -- | 343 | -- | +41 |
| 2 | 351 | 47 | +104 | +12 |
| 2DE | -- | 47 | -- | +12 |
| 3 | 269 | 34 | +58 | +9 |
| 3DE | -- | 34 | -- | +9 |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
3,834 ~87% |
553 ~13% |
+724 > 99% |
+-171 < 1% |
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