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Suicide Squad (#1-17) 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 ]
Suicide Squad — 2025 Price Guide Values #1-17
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
#1Top 100 CPVs Suicide Squad 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$70 $1.00 $83
▼ $10
$56 $44 $31 $21 $10 
 DC, 5/1987  #86 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: It's still an affordable book with much upside provided other movie installments are made. The dark cover also makes it difficult to find very high grades.
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw VG+ 4.5 on 1/25/2022 for $41 (buy it now), a raw FN 6.0 on 1/25/2022 for $54 (buy it now), a raw 4.5 on 5/14/2021 for $16, a raw 5.0 on 9/9/2020 for $17
Conan notes: A CGC 9.2 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/22/2023 for $29.00 (at auction)
Doug notes: New Modern Copper Age SUICIDE SQUAD Team s First series begins = Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, DEADSHOT, Enchantress, Mindboggler, Nightshade, Plastique & Rick Flag; Amanda Waller Begins;
CGC label note: 1st appearance of the Jihad (Rustam, Ravan, Manticore, Jaculi & Djinn). $1.00 cover price.
 
#2 Suicide Squad 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 DC, 6/1987  Death of Mindboggler
Conan notes: A CGC 9.4 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/14/2023 for $12.00 (at auction)
CGC label note: $1.00 cover price.
 
#3 Suicide Squad 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 7/1987  Versus Female Furies
Doug notes: Vs Female Furies;
 
#4 Suicide Squad 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 DC, 8/1987  Join Chronos; Join Nightshade
Doug notes: Chronos & NIGHTSHADE Join;
 
#5 Suicide Squad 5 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 DC, 9/1987  Origin of Enchantress (June Moone); Join Penguin  
#6 Suicide Squad 6 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 10/1987   
#7 Suicide Squad 7 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 11/1987   
#8 Suicide Squad 8 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 12/1987   
#9 Suicide Squad 9 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 1/1988  Captain Atom #11; Millennium Week 4 Crossover, Cover forms image with Spectre #10, Detective Comics #582; Julianna Ferriter credit in #13  
#10 Suicide Squad 10 Canadian Price Variant picture$6 $1.00 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 DC, 2/1988  1st Appearance Reverand Craemer
Doug notes: Batman & Amanda Waller-c/s; 1st Appearance Reverand Craemer
CGC label note: Batman appearance.
 
#11 Suicide Squad 11 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 DC, 3/1988  Doug notes: Speedy and VIXEN Guest Star-c/s; Black Orchid-c/s;  
#12 Suicide Squad 12 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 DC, 4/1988  Join Vixen
Doug notes: VIXEN Joins
 
#13 Suicide Squad 13 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $16 $14 $11 $8 $5 $
 DC, 5/1988  Suicide Squad view of Justice League on cover; Continued from Justice League International #13
Doug notes: Justice League vs Suicide Squad Battle-c/s;
 
#14 Suicide Squad 14 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $15 $13 $11 $7 $5 $
 DC, 6/1988  Doug notes: NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#15 Suicide Squad 15 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.00 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 7/1988  Doug notes: NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#16 Suicide Squad 16 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.35 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 DC, 8/1988  Doug notes: RE-INTRO and First appearance of Rac Shade, the Copper Age SHADE the Changing Man; Later affiliated with SUICIDE SQUAD and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK; NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#17 Suicide Squad 17 Canadian Price Variant picture$4 $1.35 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 DC, 9/1988  Versus Jihad
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
Issue Guide NM- CPV
Cover Price
9.2
NM-
9.0
VF/NM
8.0
VF
6.0
FN
4.0
VG
2.0
GD
CGC-Confirmed
Direct Edition Value Newsstand Canadian Price Variant Value
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Suicide Squad CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 10/3/2023
Census Count
10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
11,671271,74029+69+2
2363404+4+1
328--31--+3--
419--21--+2--
511--12--+1--
640--41--+1--
78--9--+1--
85--7--+2--
915--15------
1014--14------
1110--10------
128--8------
137--7------
142--2------
152--2------
161--1------
173--3------
  Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
1,880
~98%
30
~2%
1,963
~98%
33
~2%
 +83
  ~97% 
 +3
  ~3% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Suicide Squad Comics CPV FAQ

Do cover price variants exist for Suicide Squad in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: Yes, Type 1A 1.00, and 1.35 cover price variants exist within the Suicide Squad title.

Which issues of Suicide Squad have cover price variants in the 1980s?

✔️Accepted answer: There are Type 1A cover price variants for issues #1-17 of Suicide Squad. Noteworthy cover price variant examples include #1(1st appearance of the Jihad (Rustam, Ravan, Manticore, Jaculi & Djinn). $1.00 cover price.).

Why don't more Suicide Squad 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 Suicide Squad 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 Suicide Squad cover price variants of the 1980s rare?

✔️Accepted answer: The Suicide Squad 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, Suicide Squad 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 Suicide Squad 1980s cover price variants 1st printings?

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

Are Suicide Squad cover price variants more valuable?

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

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Suicide Squad (#1-17) 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 ]

Suicide Squad Type 1A Newsstand Values — 2025 CPV Price Guide

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1Top 100 CPVs Suicide Squad 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $83
▼ $10
 DC, 5/1987  #86 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: It's still an affordable book with much upside provided other movie installments are made. The dark cover also makes it difficult to find very high grades.
Conan notes: Example past variant sales at MyComicShop: a raw VG+ 4.5 on 1/25/2022 for $41 (buy it now), a raw FN 6.0 on 1/25/2022 for $54 (buy it now), a raw 4.5 on 5/14/2021 for $16, a raw 5.0 on 9/9/2020 for $17
Conan notes: A CGC 9.2 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/22/2023 for $29.00 (at auction)
Doug notes: New Modern Copper Age SUICIDE SQUAD Team s First series begins = Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, DEADSHOT, Enchantress, Mindboggler, Nightshade, Plastique & Rick Flag; Amanda Waller Begins;
CGC label note: 1st appearance of the Jihad (Rustam, Ravan, Manticore, Jaculi & Djinn). $1.00 cover price.
 
#2 Suicide Squad 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $18
 DC, 6/1987  Death of Mindboggler
Conan notes: A CGC 9.4 variant sold at MyComicShop on 11/14/2023 for $12.00 (at auction)
CGC label note: $1.00 cover price.
 
#3 Suicide Squad 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 7/1987  Versus Female Furies
Doug notes: Vs Female Furies;
 
#4 Suicide Squad 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $14
 DC, 8/1987  Join Chronos; Join Nightshade
Doug notes: Chronos & NIGHTSHADE Join;
 
#5 Suicide Squad 5 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $14
 DC, 9/1987  Origin of Enchantress (June Moone); Join Penguin  
#6 Suicide Squad 6 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 10/1987   
#7 Suicide Squad 7 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 11/1987   
#8 Suicide Squad 8 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 12/1987   
#9 Suicide Squad 9 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 1/1988  Captain Atom #11; Millennium Week 4 Crossover, Cover forms image with Spectre #10, Detective Comics #582; Julianna Ferriter credit in #13  
#10 Suicide Squad 10 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $20
 DC, 2/1988  1st Appearance Reverand Craemer
Doug notes: Batman & Amanda Waller-c/s; 1st Appearance Reverand Craemer
CGC label note: Batman appearance.
 
#11 Suicide Squad 11 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $14
 DC, 3/1988  Doug notes: Speedy and VIXEN Guest Star-c/s; Black Orchid-c/s;  
#12 Suicide Squad 12 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $18
 DC, 4/1988  Join Vixen
Doug notes: VIXEN Joins
 
#13 Suicide Squad 13 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $16
 DC, 5/1988  Suicide Squad view of Justice League on cover; Continued from Justice League International #13
Doug notes: Justice League vs Suicide Squad Battle-c/s;
 
#14 Suicide Squad 14 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $15
 DC, 6/1988  Doug notes: NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#15 Suicide Squad 15 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.00 $12
 DC, 7/1988  Doug notes: NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#16 Suicide Squad 16 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.35 $20
 DC, 8/1988  Doug notes: RE-INTRO and First appearance of Rac Shade, the Copper Age SHADE the Changing Man; Later affiliated with SUICIDE SQUAD and JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK; NIGHTSHADE ODYSSEY  
#17 Suicide Squad 17 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.35 $12
 DC, 9/1988  Versus Jihad
Doug notes: Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Suicide Squad CGC Census Data:
Issue # 10/8/2024
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
11,74029+69+2
2404+4+1
331--+3--
421--+2--
512--+1--
641--+1--
79--+1--
87--+2--
915------
1014------
1110------
128------
137------
142------
152------
161------
173------
  Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
1,963
~98%
33
~2%
 +83
  ~97% 
 +3
  ~3% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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