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Savage Tales (#1-6) 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 ]
Savage Tales — 2025 Price Guide Values #1-6
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 Savage Tales 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.75 $45
▲ $5
$34 $27 $19 $13 $
 Marvel, 10/1985  1st Appearances of Skywarriors and Blood & Gutz;1st Nam story; Magazine; B&W
Ben notes: These are magazines, but there exist both dual-price copies with logos and single-price copies with bar codes, with the Type 1A variant carrying a single cover price of $1.75.
Doug notes: Nasty Sexy Biker Girls Painted-c by Mike Golden; First app of The 'NAM = Doug Murray-s, Michael Golden-a; 1st app Skywarriors, starring Marla = Herb Trimpe-s/a; 1st app the Avenger = Archie Goodwin-s & John Severin-a; 1st app Blood & Gutz = Will Jungkuntz-s/a; Across the Rio Grande = Gray Morrow-a;
CGC label note: Indicia states: Vol.1 No.1 The 'Nam "5th to the 1st" by Murray & Golden
 
#2 Savage Tales 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $25
▲ $1
$22 $18 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 12/1985  2nd Nam story
CGC label note: Arthur Suydam cover. Armando Gil frontispiece.
 
#3 Savage Tales 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $25
▲ $1
$22 $18 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 2/1986   
#4 Savage Tales 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $25
▲ $1
$22 $18 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 4/1986  CGC label note: Joe Jusko cover. Art Nichols frontispiece.  
#5 Savage Tales 5 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $25
▲ $1
$22 $18 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 6/1986  CGC label note: Bob Camp cover Gary Kwapisz frontispiece  
#6 Savage Tales 6 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.75 $27
▲ $1
$24 $19 $13 $9 $
 Marvel, 8/1986   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Savage Tales CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
137--41--+4--
24--4------
31--1------
42--4--+2--
51--1------
6------------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
45
 100%
--
 
51
 100%
--
 
 +6
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Savage Tales Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Savage Tales in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.75 cover price variants exist within the Savage Tales title.

Which issues of Savage Tales have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-6 of Savage Tales.

Why don't more Savage Tales 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 Savage Tales 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 Savage Tales cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Savage Tales 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, Savage Tales 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 Savage Tales 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Savage Tales cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Savage Tales (#1-6) 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 ]

Savage Tales Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Savage Tales 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $45
▲ $5
 Marvel, 10/1985  1st Appearances of Skywarriors and Blood & Gutz;1st Nam story; Magazine; B&W
Ben notes: These are magazines, but there exist both dual-price copies with logos and single-price copies with bar codes, with the Type 1A variant carrying a single cover price of $1.75.
Doug notes: Nasty Sexy Biker Girls Painted-c by Mike Golden; First app of The 'NAM = Doug Murray-s, Michael Golden-a; 1st app Skywarriors, starring Marla = Herb Trimpe-s/a; 1st app the Avenger = Archie Goodwin-s & John Severin-a; 1st app Blood & Gutz = Will Jungkuntz-s/a; Across the Rio Grande = Gray Morrow-a;
CGC label note: Indicia states: Vol.1 No.1 The 'Nam "5th to the 1st" by Murray & Golden
 
#2 Savage Tales 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $25
▲ $1
 Marvel, 12/1985  2nd Nam story
CGC label note: Arthur Suydam cover. Armando Gil frontispiece.
 
#3 Savage Tales 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $25
▲ $1
 Marvel, 2/1986   
#4 Savage Tales 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $25
▲ $1
 Marvel, 4/1986  CGC label note: Joe Jusko cover. Art Nichols frontispiece.  
#5 Savage Tales 5 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $25
▲ $1
 Marvel, 6/1986  CGC label note: Bob Camp cover Gary Kwapisz frontispiece  
#6 Savage Tales 6 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.75 $27
▲ $1
 Marvel, 8/1986   
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Savage Tales CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
141--+4--
24------
31------
44--+2--
51------
6--------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
51
 100%
--
 
 +6
    100% 
--
  
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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