Knuckles' Chaotix #1 $2.50 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]
| 9.2 | Near Mint - | $38 |
| 9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $33 |
| 8.0 | Very Fine | $27 |
| 6.0 | Fine | $19 |
| 4.0 | Very Good | $13 |
| 2.0 | Good | $6 |
Knuckles' Chaotix #1 $2.50 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, Archie, Jan-96, Published in the USA
Knuckles' Chaotix #1 $2.50 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
CGC label note: Pat Spaziante cover.
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Within the top 500 most valuable variants of our 2025 CPV Price Guide, you'll find Knuckles' Chaotix #1, at a $2.50 variant NM- value of $38. With everything the issue has going for it (as detailed in the issue notes in the page above), and a value that puts it in the top ten percent of all variants in our guide, $2.50 price variant copies of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 are watchlist-worthy and we give them a rating of FOUR POINT TWO FIVE STARS as a collectible. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $7 since 2020, or about +140% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have outperformed notably, increasing in value by $26 since 2020, or about +217%.
Knuckles' Chaotix #1 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of Knuckles' Chaotix #1?
I have a copy of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 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 Knuckles' Chaotix #1. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $38 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check the cover price of your copy of Knuckles' Chaotix #1, and if it is $2.50 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 Knuckles' Chaotix #1 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).
What is Knuckles' Chaotix #1 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version is worth about $10 in VF/NM whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $33.
Why are the Knuckles' Chaotix #1 cover price variants worth so much more than the regular copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
Among surviving copies of Knuckles' Chaotix #1, the market area that received the $2.50 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 $2.50 copies of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $2.50 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $2.50 variant approximately 230% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2025 CPV Price Guide Edition).
In VF condition, how much is Knuckles' Chaotix #1 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version version of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 is worth about $8 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $27.
What is the value of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 is worth about $6 whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $19.
What is the approximate Knuckles' Chaotix #1 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Knuckles' Chaotix #1 is worth about $4 whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $13.
What is the Knuckles' Chaotix #1 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Knuckles' Chaotix #1 is about $2 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $2.50 variants are worth $6.
Has the Knuckles' Chaotix #1 $2.50 variant from Archie been a good investment?
✔️Accepted answer:
Knuckles' Chaotix #1 $2.50 variant copies in 9.2 have produced gains, increasing in value by $26 since 2020, or about +217% in 6 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2025 guide edition).
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