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Phoenix: The Untold Story (#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 ]
Phoenix: The Untold Story — 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 Phoenix: The Untold Story 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$20 $2.25 $38 $33 $27 $19 $13 $
 Marvel, 4/1984  X-Men #137 with unpublished alternate ending; Wraparound cover
Conan notes: A raw VF variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/6/2023 for $11.00 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Wraparound cover. $2.25 cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Phoenix: The Untold Story CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
14151244614+31+2
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
415
~97%
12
~3%
446
~97%
14
~3%
 +31
  ~94% 
 +2
  ~6% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Phoenix: The Untold Story Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Phoenix: The Untold Story in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 2.25 cover price variants exist within the Phoenix: The Untold Story title.

Which issues of Phoenix: The Untold Story have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issue #1 of Phoenix: The Untold Story.

Are the Phoenix: The Untold Story cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Phoenix: The Untold Story 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, Phoenix: The Untold Story 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 Phoenix: The Untold Story 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Phoenix: The Untold Story cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Phoenix: The Untold Story (#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 ]

Phoenix: The Untold Story Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Phoenix: The Untold Story 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $2.25 $38
 Marvel, 4/1984  X-Men #137 with unpublished alternate ending; Wraparound cover
Conan notes: A raw VF variant sold at MyComicShop on 12/6/2023 for $11.00 (buy it now)
CGC label note: Wraparound cover. $2.25 cover price.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Phoenix: The Untold Story CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
144614+31+2
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
446
~97%
14
~3%
 +31
  ~94% 
 +2
  ~6% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Special Edition X-Men (#1) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
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