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Heroes For Hope (#1) 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 ]
Heroes For Hope — 2025 Price Guide Values #1
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
#1 Heroes For Hope 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$10 $1.75 $50 $38 $30 $21 $14 $
 Marvel, 12/1985  Famine relief
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a CGC 8.5 on 6/14/2022 for $23 (at auction), a CGC 8.5 on 8/16/2022 for $21 (at auction), a CGC 9.0 on 5/12/2022 for $30 (at auction), a CGC 9.2 on 8/9/2022 for $45 (buy it now), a CGC 9.4 on 6/28/2022 for $76 (at auction), a CGC 9.8 on 1/18/2022 for $305 (at auction)
Doug notes: Wolverine cover; 52 page Giant; O SCRIPTS by STEPHEN KING, Jim Starlin, Mike Grell , Bernie Wrightson, Harlan Ellison, ALAN MOORE; ** Features ART by; Bernie Wrightson, John Byrne, John Romita Jr, Jim Starlin, John Buscema, Brent Anderson, Jeff Jones, Richard Corben, Mike Kaluta-, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, Craig Russell, John Bolton, Steve Rude, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Paul Gulacy, Bob Layton, Jackson Guice, Howard Chaykin
CGC label note: Stephen King scripts. Famine relief issue. $1.75 cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Heroes For Hope CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
13691141711+48--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
369
~97%
11
~3%
417
~97%
11
~3%
 +48
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Heroes For Hope Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Heroes For Hope in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.75 cover price variants exist within the Heroes For Hope title.

Which issues of Heroes For Hope have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issue #1 of Heroes For Hope.

Are the Heroes For Hope cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Heroes For Hope 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, Heroes For Hope 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 Heroes For Hope 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Heroes For Hope cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Heroes For Hope (#1) 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 ]

Heroes For Hope Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Heroes For Hope 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $50
 Marvel, 12/1985  Famine relief
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a CGC 8.5 on 6/14/2022 for $23 (at auction), a CGC 8.5 on 8/16/2022 for $21 (at auction), a CGC 9.0 on 5/12/2022 for $30 (at auction), a CGC 9.2 on 8/9/2022 for $45 (buy it now), a CGC 9.4 on 6/28/2022 for $76 (at auction), a CGC 9.8 on 1/18/2022 for $305 (at auction)
Doug notes: Wolverine cover; 52 page Giant; O SCRIPTS by STEPHEN KING, Jim Starlin, Mike Grell , Bernie Wrightson, Harlan Ellison, ALAN MOORE; ** Features ART by; Bernie Wrightson, John Byrne, John Romita Jr, Jim Starlin, John Buscema, Brent Anderson, Jeff Jones, Richard Corben, Mike Kaluta-, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brian Bolland, Craig Russell, John Bolton, Steve Rude, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Paul Gulacy, Bob Layton, Jackson Guice, Howard Chaykin
CGC label note: Stephen King scripts. Famine relief issue. $1.75 cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Heroes For Hope CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
141711+48--
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
417
~97%
11
~3%
 +48
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Other comic book titles you may also like:
Heroes Against Hunger (#1) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Legion of Substitute Heroes (#1) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Legion of Super-Heroes (#292-313, Annual #2-3) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (#1-12) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes (#314-354, Annual #4-5) Newsstand CPV Price Guide

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