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Shazam: The New Beginning (#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 ]
Shazam: The New Beginning — 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 Shazam: The New Beginning 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $24
▼ $6
$21 $17 $12 $8 $
 DC, 4/1987  Origin of Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
Doug notes: First Copper Age BLACK ADAM?
 
#2 Shazam: The New Beginning 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 DC, 5/1987  Versus Black Adam
Conan notes: A raw VF variant sold at MyComicShop on 10/27/2021 for $10 (buy it now)
Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appears
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
#3 Shazam: The New Beginning 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 DC, 6/1987  Origin of Black Adam (Teth-Adam)
Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/26/2021 for $10
Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appears
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
#4 Shazam: The New Beginning 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 DC, 7/1987  Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appear
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Shazam: The New Beginning CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
184--89--+5--
260--601--+1
340--41--+1--
426--26------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
210
 100%
--
 
216
> 99% 
1
< 1% 
 +6
  ~86% 
 +1
  ~14% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Shazam: The New Beginning Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Shazam: The New Beginning in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.00 cover price variants exist within the Shazam: The New Beginning title.

Which issues of Shazam: The New Beginning have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-4 of Shazam: The New Beginning.

Are the Shazam: The New Beginning cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Shazam: The New Beginning 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, Shazam: The New Beginning 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 Shazam: The New Beginning 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Shazam: The New Beginning cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Shazam: The New Beginning (#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 ]

Shazam: The New Beginning Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1 Shazam: The New Beginning 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $24
▼ $6
 DC, 4/1987  Origin of Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)
Doug notes: First Copper Age BLACK ADAM?
 
#2 Shazam: The New Beginning 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $18
 DC, 5/1987  Versus Black Adam
Conan notes: A raw VF variant sold at MyComicShop on 10/27/2021 for $10 (buy it now)
Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appears
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
#3 Shazam: The New Beginning 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $18
 DC, 6/1987  Origin of Black Adam (Teth-Adam)
Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 8/26/2021 for $10
Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appears
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
#4 Shazam: The New Beginning 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $20
 DC, 7/1987  Doug notes: BLACK ADAM appear
CGC label note: Black Adam appearance.
 
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Shazam: The New Beginning CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
189--+5--
2601--+1
341--+1--
426------
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
216
> 99% 
1
< 1% 
 +6
  ~86% 
 +1
  ~14% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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