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Adventure Comics (#492-503) Newsstand CPV Price Guide 2025


Canadian Price Variant Values, 2025 Price Guide
From: The 2025 Newsstand CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Greg Holland, Jon McClure, Salvatore Miceli, Jayden Mitchell, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]
Adventure Comics — 2025 Price Guide Values #492-503
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
#492 Adventure Comics 492 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $40 $30 $24 $17 $11 $
 DC, 10/1982  Doug notes: FIRST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Shazam story.
 
#493 Adventure Comics 493 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 11/1982  Conan notes: A raw 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $30
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#494 Adventure Comics 494 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 12/1982  Conan notes: A raw VF- 7.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/6/2023 for $18.50 (buy it now)
Conan notes: A raw 4.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $23
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#495 Adventure Comics 495 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 1/1983  Conan notes: A raw 6.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $33
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#496 Adventure Comics 496 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 2/1983  CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.  
#497 Adventure Comics 497 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 3/1983  Conan notes: A raw VF 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/14/2024 for $10.50 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#498 Adventure Comics 498 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 4/1983  Conan notes: A raw VF- 7.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/8/2024 for $10.50 (buy it now)  
#499 Adventure Comics 499 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 5/1983  Conan notes: A raw 2.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $13  
#500 Adventure Comics 500 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $2.00 $46 $34 $28 $19 $13 $
 DC, 6/1983  Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw FN/VF 7.0 on 2/15/2022 for $25 (buy it now), a raw 8.0 on 2/6/2021 for $40
Doug notes: Anniversary issue
CGC label note: 3 page text feature written by E. Nelson Bridwell commemorating 500th issue of Adventure Comics.
 
#501 Adventure Comics 501 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 7/1983  Conan notes: A raw 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $30
Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/13/2023 for $24.00 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Hitler cover.
 
#502 Adventure Comics 502 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $37 $33 $26 $18 $12 $
 DC, 8/1983  Conan notes: A raw 3.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $18
Conan notes: A raw VG 4.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/5/2024 for $10.00 (buy it now)
 
#503 Adventure Comics 503 Canadian Price Variant picture$18 $1.50 $46 $34 $28 $19 $13 $
 DC, 9/1983  Conan notes: A raw FN/VF 7.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/19/2023 for $15.00 (buy it now)
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST issue & LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Last issue. Digest size.
 
Issue Guide NM- CPV
Cover Price
9.2
NM-
9.0
VF/NM
8.0
VF
6.0
FN
4.0
VG
2.0
GD
CGC-Confirmed
Direct Edition Value Newsstand Canadian Price Variant Value
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Adventure Comics CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
49216--16------
49310--10------
494121121----
4959191----
4963131----
4974141----
4983131----
4997--7------
50015--15------
5015--5------
5024141----
5033131----
  Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
91
~93%
7
~7%
91
~93%
7
~7%
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CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Adventure Comics Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Adventure Comics in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.50, and 2.00 cover price variants exist within the Adventure Comics title.

Which issues of Adventure Comics have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #492-503 of Adventure Comics.

Are the Adventure Comics cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Adventure Comics 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, Adventure Comics 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 Adventure Comics 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, by definition Adventure Comics 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 Adventure Comics price variants, having originated in the USA as first print originals, were then shipped North to their destination market.

Are Adventure Comics cover price variants more valuable?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, as seen in more detail in the Adventure Comics 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 Adventure Comics 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 Adventure Comics 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 Adventure Comics cover price variants. A more reasonable grade to shoot for would be 9.0-and-up.

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Adventure Comics (#492-503) Newsstand CPV Values 2025


From: The 2025 Newsstand CPV Price Guide for Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Greg Holland, Jon McClure, Salvatore Miceli, Jayden Mitchell, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]

Adventure Comics Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#492 Adventure Comics 492 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $40
 DC, 10/1982  Doug notes: FIRST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Shazam story.
 
#493 Adventure Comics 493 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 11/1982  Conan notes: A raw 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $30
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#494 Adventure Comics 494 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 12/1982  Conan notes: A raw VF- 7.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/6/2023 for $18.50 (buy it now)
Conan notes: A raw 4.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $23
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#495 Adventure Comics 495 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 1/1983  Conan notes: A raw 6.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $33
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#496 Adventure Comics 496 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 2/1983  CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.  
#497 Adventure Comics 497 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 3/1983  Conan notes: A raw VF 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/14/2024 for $10.50 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Challengers of the Unknown story.
 
#498 Adventure Comics 498 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 4/1983  Conan notes: A raw VF- 7.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 3/8/2024 for $10.50 (buy it now)  
#499 Adventure Comics 499 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 5/1983  Conan notes: A raw 2.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $13  
#500 Adventure Comics 500 Canadian Price Variant picture $2.00 $46
 DC, 6/1983  Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw FN/VF 7.0 on 2/15/2022 for $25 (buy it now), a raw 8.0 on 2/6/2021 for $40
Doug notes: Anniversary issue
CGC label note: 3 page text feature written by E. Nelson Bridwell commemorating 500th issue of Adventure Comics.
 
#501 Adventure Comics 501 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 7/1983  Conan notes: A raw 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $30
Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/13/2023 for $24.00 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Hitler cover.
 
#502 Adventure Comics 502 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $37
 DC, 8/1983  Conan notes: A raw 3.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/28/2020 for $18
Conan notes: A raw VG 4.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/5/2024 for $10.00 (buy it now)
 
#503 Adventure Comics 503 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $46
 DC, 9/1983  Conan notes: A raw FN/VF 7.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/19/2023 for $15.00 (buy it now)
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST issue & LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: Last issue. Digest size.
 
Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Adventure Comics CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
49216------
49310------
494121----
49591----
49631----
49741----
49831----
4997------
50015------
5015------
50241----
50331----
  Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
91
~93%
7
~7%
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CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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