Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 75¢ Variant Value

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]

Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 has a 75¢ variant NM- value of $35, putting it in the top quartile of our guide's coverage universe. We think this variant is worth keeping an eye on (check out the issue notes in the page above for more details), and as a collectible we give the price variant FOUR STARS. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $2 since 2020, or about +11% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have outperformed notably, increasing in value by $7 since 2020, or about +25%.

What is the value of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544?
I have a copy of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 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 Archie Giant Series Magazine #544. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $35 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).

  Suggested answer: Check the cover price of your copy of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544, and if it is 75¢ 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 Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).

✔️Accepted answer: The regular cover price version is worth about $18 in VF/NM whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $31.

✔️Accepted answer: Among surviving copies of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544, the market area that received the 75¢ 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 75¢ copies of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for 75¢ Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the 75¢ variant approximately 72% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2025 CPV Price Guide Edition).

✔️Accepted answer: The regular cover price version version of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 is worth about $14 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $25.

✔️Accepted answer: In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 is worth about $10 whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $17.

✔️Accepted answer: Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 is worth about $7 whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $12.

✔️Accepted answer: The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 is about $3 for the regular cover price version version whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $6.

✔️Accepted answer: Archie Giant Series Magazine #544 75¢ variant copies in 9.2 have produced gains, increasing in value by $7 since 2020, or about +25% in 6 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2025 guide edition).