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Phantom Stranger (#1-4) 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 ]
Phantom Stranger — 2025 Price Guide Values #1-4
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 Phantom Stranger 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$5 $1.00 $24 $21 $17 $12 $8 $
 DC, 10/1987   
#2 Phantom Stranger 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$5 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 11/1987   
#3 Phantom Stranger 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$5 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 12/1987   
#4 Phantom Stranger 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$5 $1.00 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 DC, 1/1988   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Phantom Stranger CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
131--40--+9--
27--7------
35--5------
45--5------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
48
 100%
--
 
57
 100%
--
 
 +9
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Phantom Stranger Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Phantom Stranger in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.00 cover price variants exist within the Phantom Stranger title.

Which issues of Phantom Stranger have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-4 of Phantom Stranger.

Are the Phantom Stranger cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Phantom Stranger 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, Phantom Stranger 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 Phantom Stranger 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Phantom Stranger cover price variants more valuable?

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

Phantom Stranger (#1-4) 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 ]

Phantom Stranger Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Phantom Stranger 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $24
 DC, 10/1987   
#2 Phantom Stranger 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 11/1987   
#3 Phantom Stranger 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 12/1987   
#4 Phantom Stranger 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $14
 DC, 1/1988   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Phantom Stranger CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
140--+9--
27------
35------
45------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
57
 100%
--
 
 +9
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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The information within CPVPriceGuide.com is presented on a best-efforts basis, but none of the included information is guaranteed to be free of error and therefore you should use this guide only as one tool among your comics research tool-belt, and you should verify information with other sources before acting. Please read the full methodology & guide usage information. Our latest price guide edition of our comprehensive guide to Canadian Price Variant comics is the 2021 Edition, published December 2020.