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Unknown Soldier (#268) Newsstand CPV Price Guide 2024


Canadian Price Variant Values, 2024 Price Guide
From: The 2024 Newsstand 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 ]
Unknown Soldier — 2024 Price Guide Values #268
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
#268 Unknown Soldier 268 Canadian Price Variant picture$40 $0.75 $60
▼ $12
$45 $36 $25 $17 $
 DC, 10/1982  Fall of Berlin
Angelo notes: Fall of Berlin; Death of Unknown Soldier. One of the most infamous covers for price variants in the 1980's. A very scarce book to obtain in very high grade. A 9.0 CGC copy sold for $80 in November 2019.
Conan notes: A raw VG- 3.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/21/2022 for $12.50 (buy it now)
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw GD/VG 3.0 on 9/12/2022 for $14 (buy it now), a raw 2.5 on 4/19/2021 for $12, a raw 7.5 on 1/26/2021 for $17
Doug notes: LAST ISSUE; ONLY Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Last issue. 75 cent cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Unknown Soldier CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 9/27/2022
Census Count
10/3/2023
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
268274295+2+1
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
27
~87%
4
~13%
29
~85%
5
~15%
 +2
  ~67% 
 +1
  ~33% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Unknown Soldier Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Unknown Soldier in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 75¢ cover price variants exist within the Unknown Soldier title.

Which issues of Unknown Soldier have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issue #268 of Unknown Soldier.

Are the Unknown Soldier cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Unknown Soldier 1980s cover price variants were exclusive to the newsstand distribution channel (by contrast the well-preserved direct edition type sold in comic shops were not price variants). Within the newsstand distribution channel, the price variants were distributed only to a restricted geographic area within the larger North American newsstand market: that restricted area being Canada. Canada had one tenth the population of the United States in the 1980s. As a result, Unknown Soldier cover price variants from the 1980s are a dramatically more rare newsstand type, and collectors who care about relative rarity are keen to target the price variant version of issue numbers they seek for their collections of interesting and rare comic books.

Are Unknown Soldier 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, by definition Unknown Soldier Type 1A price variants are first printings which were published simultaneously with the other types, on the exact same manufacturing equipment, at the same time, on the same paper, using the same ink, and with publication origin being the USA. The indicia, interior pages, and all other aspects of the variants beyond the cover price box are 100% identical to their regularly priced newsstand counterparts. The Unknown Soldier price variants, having originated in the USA as first print originals, were then shipped North to their destination market.

Are Unknown Soldier cover price variants more valuable?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, as seen in more detail in the Unknown Soldier price guide page above, the variant values represent a sizable premium over the values of the commonplace direct editions in the same grades.

Help, I cannot find CGC 9.8 copies available for the Unknown Soldier cover price variants I am looking for?!

✔️Accepted answer: We recommend lowering your grade expectations for all of the 1980s cover price variants, including those in the Unknown Soldier title. Remember, the price variants were exclusive to the newsstand distribution channel, which means they were treated as reading material, not as collectibles, by both the staff that handled them, and the typical buyers who as a general rule were members of the general public actually interested in reading the comics. Collectors buying comics from newsstands was the exception, not the norm. As a result, surviving copies in the 9.8 NM/MT grade tier can be exceptionally difficult to find among the Unknown Soldier cover price variants. A more reasonable grade to shoot for would be 9.0-and-up.

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Unknown Soldier (#268) Newsstand CPV Values 2024


From: The 2024 Newsstand 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 ]

Unknown Soldier Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2024 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#268 Unknown Soldier 268 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $60
▼ $12
 DC, 10/1982  Fall of Berlin
Angelo notes: Fall of Berlin; Death of Unknown Soldier. One of the most infamous covers for price variants in the 1980's. A very scarce book to obtain in very high grade. A 9.0 CGC copy sold for $80 in November 2019.
Conan notes: A raw VG- 3.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/21/2022 for $12.50 (buy it now)
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw GD/VG 3.0 on 9/12/2022 for $14 (buy it now), a raw 2.5 on 4/19/2021 for $12, a raw 7.5 on 1/26/2021 for $17
Doug notes: LAST ISSUE; ONLY Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Last issue. 75 cent cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Unknown Soldier CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
268295+2+1
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
29
~85%
5
~15%
 +2
  ~67% 
 +1
  ~33% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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The information within CPVPriceGuide.com is presented on a best-efforts basis, but none of the included information is guaranteed to be free of error and therefore you should use this guide only as one tool among your comics research tool-belt, and you should verify information with other sources before acting. Please read the full methodology & guide usage information. Our latest price guide edition of our comprehensive guide to Canadian Price Variant comics is the 2021 Edition, published December 2020.