Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 $1.50 Variant Value
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]
9.2 | Near Mint - | $148 |
9.0 | Very Fine / Near Mint | $99 |
8.0 | Very Fine | $79 |
6.0 | Fine | $56 |
4.0 | Very Good | $37 |
2.0 | Good | $19 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 $1.50 Newsstand Cover Price Variant, Archie, Aug-91, Published in the USA
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 $1.50 Canadian Price Variant Issue Notes:
#20 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: Scarce in very high grade. First appearance of Slash. Very desirable and Investment-worthy book. An 8.5 CGC sold in September of 2022 for $124.
Bill notes: 1st appearance of Slash
CGC label note: $1.50 cover price.
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As one of the top 100 most valuable variants in our guide this year, we rate $1.50 price variant copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 FIVE STARS as a collectible, and the hands-down preferable type to collect for the issue as compared to regular copies. In addition to everything the issue has going for it (as detailed in the issue notes in the page above), we note the price guide value movement since 2020. Regular copies in 9.2 have increased in value by $40 since 2020, or about +800% on a percentage basis. Meanwhile, CPV newsstand copies in 9.2 have outperformed notably, increasing in value by $139 since 2020, or about +1544%. With a $1.50 variant NM- value of $148, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 is part of the proverbial cream of the CPV crop, with a value greater than approximately 98% of our guide's entire coverage universe.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 Comic Book FAQ
What is the value of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23?
I have a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 and I want to know what this comic book is worth in different grades as a first printing?
✔️Accepted answer:
The answer depends on whether you own a Type 1A cover price variant copy, or a regular/plain copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23. If you own a price variant copy, then lucky you, it is worth $148 in 9.2 (Near Mint Minus).
Suggested answer:
Check the cover price of your copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23, and if it is $1.50 then congratulations, you own the more-rare cover price variant type which has a higher value. If not, then you own the regular type which has a lower value.
Suggested answer:
The higher the grade, i.e. the better the condition, the stronger the value. Our guide only goes as high as 9.2 (Near Mint-), with values for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 listed in various grades shown on this page down to 2.0 (Good).
What is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 worth in VF/NM condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version is worth about $34 in VF/NM whereas the $1.50 variants are worth $99.
Why are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 cover price variants worth so much more than the regular copies?
✔️Accepted answer:
Among surviving copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23, the market area that received the $1.50 cover price copies was a restricted area representing less than 10% the population of the total North American comics market. That's because the destination market for $1.50 copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 was Canada — hence the name Canadian Price Variant as a short-hand for $1.50 Price Variant. All of this adds up to a market value for the $1.50 variant approximately 191% higher than the regular copies in Very Fine / Near Mint condition (as of our 2025 CPV Price Guide Edition).
In VF condition, how much is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 worth?
✔️Accepted answer:
The regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 is worth about $27 in Very Fine (8.0) whereas the $1.50 variants are worth $79.
What is the value of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 in Fine condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
In FN (6.0) shape, the regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 is worth about $19 whereas the $1.50 variants are worth $56.
What is the approximate Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 value in very good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
Down in VG (4.0) Very Good condition, the regular cover price version version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 is worth about $13 whereas the $1.50 variants are worth $37.
What is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 price guide value in good condition?
✔️Accepted answer:
The price guide value way down in GD (2.0) Good condition for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 is about $6 for the regular cover price version version whereas the $1.50 variants are worth $19.
Has the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 $1.50 variant from Archie been a good investment?
✔️Accepted answer:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23 $1.50 variant copies in 9.2 have produced gains, increasing in value by $139 since 2020, or about +1544% in 6 years (from our 2020 guide edition to our 2025 guide edition).
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