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Power of the Atom (#1-2) 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 ]
Power of the Atom — 2025 Price Guide Values #1-2
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 Power of the Atom 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.35 $32
▲ $8
$28 $23 $16 $11 $
 DC, 8/1988  CGC label note: $1.35 cover price.  
#2 Power of the Atom 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.35 $19
▲ $5
$17 $13 $9 $6 $
 DC, 9/1988   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Power of the Atom CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
1131181+5--
2------------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
13
~93%
1
~7%
18
~95%
1
~5%
 +5
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Power of the Atom Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Power of the Atom in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.35 cover price variants exist within the Power of the Atom title.

Which issues of Power of the Atom have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-2 of Power of the Atom.

Why don't more Power of the Atom issues have variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: The cover price variant window in the 1980s was only open from October of 1982 to August of 1986 for Marvel (and September of 1988 for DC) which means that only those Power of the Atom issues published within this specific window have Type 1A price variants. Newsstand copies from before the window opened were priced the same for the Canadian market as for the US market, whereas the closing of the window was the result of the merger of the two single-price newsstand batches into one big dual-price batch (i.e. with both US and CAN prices included) to cover all of North America.

Are the Power of the Atom cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Power of the Atom 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, Power of the Atom 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 Power of the Atom 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Power of the Atom cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Power of the Atom (#1-2) 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 ]

Power of the Atom Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Power of the Atom 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.35 $32
▲ $8
 DC, 8/1988  CGC label note: $1.35 cover price.  
#2 Power of the Atom 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.35 $19
▲ $5
 DC, 9/1988   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Power of the Atom CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
1181+5--
2--------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
18
~95%
1
~5%
 +5
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Captain Atom (#1-19, Annual #1) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Power Lords (#1-3) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Power Man and Iron Fist (#86-124) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
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Super Powers Vol 1 (#1-5) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Super Powers Vol 2 (#1-6) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
Super Powers Vol 3 (#1-4) Newsstand CPV Price Guide
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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.