Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 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]

As one of the top 100 most valuable variants in our guide this year, we rate 75¢ price variant copies of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 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 $25 since 2020, or about +28% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $6 since 2020, or about +5%. With a 75¢ variant NM- value of $136, Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 is part of the proverbial cream of the CPV crop, with a value greater than approximately 98% of our guide's entire coverage universe.

What is the value of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161?
I have a copy of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 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's Pals 'n Gals #161. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $136 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).

  Suggested answer: Check the cover price of your copy of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161, 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's Pals 'n Gals #161 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).

✔️Accepted answer: The regular cover price version is worth about $77 in VF/NM whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $91.

✔️Accepted answer: Among surviving copies of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161, 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's Pals 'n Gals #161 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 18% 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's Pals 'n Gals #161 is worth about $62 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $73.

✔️Accepted answer: In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 is worth about $43 whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $51.

✔️Accepted answer: Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 is worth about $29 whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $34.

✔️Accepted answer: The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 is about $14 for the regular cover price version version whereas the 75¢ variants are worth $17.

✔️Accepted answer: Archie's Pals 'n Gals #161 75¢ variant copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $6 since 2020, or about +5% in 6 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2025 guide edition).