Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 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 - | $166 |
9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $111 |
8.0 | Very Fine | $89 |
6.0 | Fine | $62 |
4.0 | Very Good | $42 |
2.0 | Good | $21 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, Archie, Aug-88, Published in the USA
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series Comics, Full Price Guide Page
As one of the top 100 most valuable variants in our guide this year, we rate $1.25 price variant copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 FIVE STARS as a collectible, and the hands-down preferable type to collect for the issue as compared to regular copies. In addition to everything the issue has going for it (as detailed in the issue notes in the page above), we note the price guide value movement since 2020. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $90 since 2020, or about +300% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $111 since 2020, or about +202%. With a $1.25 variant NM- value of $166, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 is part of the proverbial cream of the CPV crop, with a value greater than approximately 98% of our guide's entire coverage universe.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1?
I have a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $166 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check the cover price of your copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1, and if it is $1.25 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).
How rare is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 cover price variant?
✔️Accepted answer:
As of the October 2023 CGC census, the price variant has census rarity of 1.5%, with 48 price variant copies on record versus 3214 regular copies.
What is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version is worth about $80 in VF/NM whereas the $1.25 variants are worth $111.
Why are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 cover price variants worth so much more than the regular copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
Among surviving copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1, the market area that received the $1.25 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 $1.25 copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $1.25 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $1.25 variant approximately 39% 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 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 is worth about $64 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.25 variants are worth $89.
What is the value of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 is worth about $45 whereas the $1.25 variants are worth $62.
What is the approximate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 is worth about $30 whereas the $1.25 variants are worth $42.
What is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 is about $15 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $1.25 variants are worth $21.
Has the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 variant from Archie been a good investment?
✔️Accepted answer:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Mini Series #1 $1.25 variant copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $111 since 2020, or about +202% in 5 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2024 guide edition).
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