Official Canadian Newsstand Cover Price V****** Thread

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The copy from the collection I picked up the other newsstand variants in was a stinking direct edition......

How dreadful. However did you manage...?

What would the most valuable Canadian Newsstand cover price variant be? Is it Swamp Thing #37 (1st Constantine)? Or, ASM #238 (1st Hobgoblin)? I can't think of any more significant price variants off the top of my head. ASM #252 or Secret Wars #8 are significant as well, but more plentiful than the other two.

 

Spidey #238 75 cents is the clear winner (for the moment.)

I almost wishbone hadn't read my copy 238 times...Almost...

What would the most valuable Canadian Newsstand cover price variant be? Is it Swamp Thing #37 (1st Constantine)? Or, ASM #238 (1st Hobgoblin)? I can't think of any more significant price variants off the top of my head. ASM #252 or Secret Wars #8 are significant as well, but more plentiful than the other two.

 

Spidey #238 75 cents is the clear winner (for the moment.)

 

I don't know about that - a Swamp Thing 37 95 center would do extremely well in this market right now, as would a 75 cent New Teen Titans 2.

 

Yeah, ST #37 makes a pretty fair answer, but there is no 75 cent NTT #2. The Canadian versions didn't come about (for DC) until 1982.

I knew that. I meant 44. There is a sexy 15p NTT 2.

What would the most valuable Canadian Newsstand cover price variant be? Is it Swamp Thing #37 (1st Constantine)? Or, ASM #238 (1st Hobgoblin)? I can't think of any more significant price variants off the top of my head. ASM #252 or Secret Wars #8 are significant as well, but more plentiful than the other two.

 

Spidey #238 75 cents is the clear winner (for the moment.)

 

I don't know about that - a Swamp Thing 37 95 center would do extremely well in this market right now, as would a 75 cent New Teen Titans 2.

 

Yeah, ST #37 makes a pretty fair answer, but there is no 75 cent NTT #2. The Canadian versions didn't come about (for DC) until 1982.

 

I knew that. I meant 44. There is a sexy 15p NTT 2.

A couple of 9.8 95 cent NTT #44 have sold...not for near as much as the Spidey #238.

The copy from the collection I picked up the other newsstand variants in was a stinking direct edition......

 

How dreadful. However did you manage...?

 

I know. I had to settle for buying that POS 9.0 I posted to ensure I had a decent CDN newsstand copy.

FWIW, the direct edition only came back as a 9.6 so it is just as well it was not a CDN variant.......

I posted scans of these a few pages back when I got the collection last year, and now here is how the books graded out:

 

 

 

 

 

I paid 45 ¢ents for this a year ago!

 

Have one as well. Funny thing, I can't remember when I picked it up. Years and years ago

Hi all,

I'm just putting together a set of The Transformers Price Variants. They went from #1-#19 as far as I can tell. If anyone has some they'd like to get rid of, let me know.

Drop me a PM with the issues you need.

I found these awhile ago and just noticed they are Canadian newstand's, anyone have an estimate on value of these? $0 is a value right?

I am not sure what the value is, but I remember those packs on the rack when I was a kid. Maybe Donut or one of the other Canadian Newsstand experts can speak to pricing.

The Return of the Jedi Canadian Price Variants can bring a decent premium in

high grade ( ie. 9.2 to 9.8 )

The problem with the poly-bagged copies is that they are generally not better

than true VF/NM. The bags hide a lot of damage and they were never stored correctly. The are neat as they are in original presentation but mostly as a curiosity.

In the bag there is no premium as it's too tough to accurately grade them but single high grade issues can bring 25% premium in 9.2 to 200% to 400% premium in 9.8.

Due to the upcoming Star Wars movies, I've been selling any Star Wars book at 100% to 1000% premium whether it's Canadian Price Variant, Direct Edition or Newsstand copies.

Received another Canadian Newsstand Swamp Thing #37 back from CGC this week.

Received another Canadian Newsstand Swamp Thing #37 back from CGC this week.

 

9.0??

Throw it back!

Received another Canadian Newsstand Swamp Thing #37 back from CGC this week.

 

Why is it not noted on the CGC label as a Canadian Price V*****? They should have noted that, right?

Received another Canadian Newsstand Swamp Thing #37 back from CGC this week.

 

 

Why is it not noted on the CGC label as a Canadian Price V*****? They should have noted that, right?

CGC miss the Canadian Price Variants more often than not.

I have to be diligent about staying on top of submissions and even when they are told they will still not adjust the label notation correctly.

It's frustrating for a couple of reasons.

1) It misrepresents the real census data

2) CGC always mislabels them as "Canadian Edition" when these circa 80's books should be truly labeled as "Canadian Price Variant".

Received another Canadian Newsstand Swamp Thing #37 back from CGC this week.

 

 

Why is it not noted on the CGC label as a Canadian Price V*****? They should have noted that, right?

 

CGC miss the Canadian Price Variants more often than not.

I have to be diligent about staying on top of submissions and even when they are told they will still not adjust the label notation correctly.

It's frustrating for a couple of reasons.

1) It misrepresents the real census data

2) CGC always mislabels them as "Canadian Edition" when these circa 80's books should be truly labeled as "Canadian Price Variant".

 

I agree with you 100%. I checked the census for issue 37, and they do have a Canadian Edition slot with a single graded 9.0. There should obviously be 2 (if not more) in that spot now. I wonder if this copy was sent back to them, if they would correct the label and census.

I have the complete Moore Swamp Thing run in CGC 9.8 or better (minus 3 issues), and have expressed interest in 9.0 or better Canadian Price Variants to further my high grade run (addiction) Haha. My OCD would need it noted on the label, so it would be available for another slot. (With an update to the registry set to include Canadian Editions)

 

I have the complete Moore Swamp Thing run in CGC 9.8 or better (minus 3 issues),

Sexy! I'm working on the entire run in 9.8 SS. I'm about 2/3 there.

I agree with you 100%. I checked the census for issue 37, and they do have a Canadian Edition slot with a single graded 9.0. There should obviously be 2 (if not more) in that spot now. I wonder if this copy was sent back to them, if they would correct the label and census.

Here is what the other 9.0 looks like.......

Nice!!! Have any other ST Canadian CGCs?