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Care Bears (#1-5) 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 ]
Care Bears — 2025 Price Guide Values #1-5
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
#1Top 100 CPVs Care Bears 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$50 $0.75 $111
▲ $12
$74 $59 $42 $28 $14 
 Star, 11/1985  #38 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: Characters with a long rich history. People did not care about Star Comics or their condition when purchased off the rack for their kids. Investment-worthy book without a doubt.
Conan notes: A raw FN- 5.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/6/2022 for $59.00 (buy it now)
Conan notes: A raw FN- 5.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/15/2022 for $55 (buy it now)
CGC label note: 1st appearance of Care Bears in comics. Based on the greeting card characters. 75 cent cover price.
 
#2 Care Bears 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$12 $0.75 $36 $32 $25 $18 $12 $
 Star, 1/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)
CGC label note: 75 cent cover price.
 
#3 Care Bears 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$12 $0.75 $36 $32 $25 $18 $12 $
 Star, 3/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)  
#4 Care Bears 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$12 $0.95 $36 $32 $25 $18 $12 $
 Star, 5/1986  CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.  
#5 Care Bears 5 Canadian Price Variant picture$12 $0.95 $40 $30 $24 $17 $11 $
 Star, 7/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
 = Flagged to highlight price guide disagreement
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Care Bears CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
181149615+15+1
2161191+3--
34--5--+1--
46171+1--
5101141+4--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
117
~87%
17
~13%
141
~89%
18
~11%
 +24
  ~96% 
 +1
  ~4% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Care Bears Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Care Bears in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 75¢, and 95¢ cover price variants exist within the Care Bears title.

Which issues of Care Bears have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-5 of Care Bears. Noteworthy cover price variant examples include #1(1st appearance of Care Bears in comics. Based on the greeting card characters. 75 cent cover price. ).

Are the Care Bears cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Care Bears 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, Care Bears 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 Care Bears 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Care Bears cover price variants more valuable?

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

Care Bears (#1-5) 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 ]

Care Bears Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1Top 100 CPVs Care Bears 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $111
▲ $12
 Star, 11/1985  #38 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: Characters with a long rich history. People did not care about Star Comics or their condition when purchased off the rack for their kids. Investment-worthy book without a doubt.
Conan notes: A raw FN- 5.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/6/2022 for $59.00 (buy it now)
Conan notes: A raw FN- 5.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/15/2022 for $55 (buy it now)
CGC label note: 1st appearance of Care Bears in comics. Based on the greeting card characters. 75 cent cover price.
 
#2 Care Bears 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $36
 Star, 1/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)
CGC label note: 75 cent cover price.
 
#3 Care Bears 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $36
 Star, 3/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)  
#4 Care Bears 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $36
 Star, 5/1986  CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.  
#5 Care Bears 5 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $40
 Star, 7/1986  Conan notes: A raw FN 6.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 2/28/2023 for $21.85 (buy it now)
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
CGC label note: 95 cent cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
 = Flagged to highlight price guide disagreement
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Care Bears CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
19615+15+1
2191+3--
35--+1--
471+1--
5141+4--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
141
~89%
18
~11%
 +24
  ~96% 
 +1
  ~4% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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