badkneecollector93

Amazing Spiderman #42 (attached is a stock image of the cover). If i remember right, shes only in the last few frames of this one, although its the first time her face is ever seen. I believe she is more fully featured in #43. Its currently sitting in a bag and board, inside a frame on my wall. That one was the most i ever paid for a comic, but it was still undervalued for its condition (ungraded by an official source, but obviously over a 4 at least from first glance)

That's kind of where I am with it (I was more curious with this post than anything else). I got them dirt cheap (as in cheaper than I've gotten any 90s comic for), and since I can't find a reliable source to price them, they are more display comics than anything (I've got the UV frames and all). It really shows my Spider-Man fandom when 6 of my 9 display comics are Spider-Man (including the first appearance of Mary Jane Watson) in addition to my Spider-Man PS4 skin and Spider Man collectibles. 😬

Sorry, i read the first series date on some of the sale sites. My bad But it is books like ASM #19 (MJ in a spider man outfit), ASM #257(MJ reveals she knew Peter was Spidey), ASM #259 (Mary Jane Watson's backstory, american Versions in worse quality than mine are going for $40-$60, yet i found the Canadian version for less than $15). Spectacular Spider Man #110, and Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider Ham #3. Nothing uber rare like an Amazing Fantasy or ASM #252 (i did find a 252 from the same seller as my 257, but it looked like it had been pulled out of a sewer and stomped on by small children every day since its was printed, and thus not worth keeping or framing). I do wonder if people not knowing how to price them also tanks the value, as people will always buy the cheaper option, and make them easier for someone who needs anything for it,to move it faster. Mine are all the books that have the higher cover price than the American version (due to the exchange rates being different than earlier in the 80s),mostly the 75c or 95c versions. yet they arent worth near as much as the American version in 80% of the cases of my 5. I get ASM #19 isnt worth much to anyone outside of MJ fans, but when a 4.4 American version goes for higher than my 6.5 Canadian Version,it seems like the whole price variant thing is just a big myth (if that makes sense?). The only book i have that is worth more than its American verison is Peter Porker The Spectacular Spider-Ham (which has gained interest since Spider-Ham was in the Into the Spider-verse Movie). That one is worth almost 3x as much as an American version in the same quality (i did manage to get mine for dirt cheap becuase the person who had it, didnt even know CPV existed and just assumed it was an American version) I'll admit that I dont mind picking them up for cheaper than the American Version (although less were produced for the Canadian Market when the Variant occurred, and stores could return the unsold ones, whereas comic stores cant (hence the difference between the ones with the spider man logo and the ones with barcodes), but weren't as big of a distributor as newsstands until about mid 1986). It is still estimated that less than 5% of the newstand versions even exist any more due to things like improper handling at the store, and parents getting them for kids who didn't care for them (i have an Action Comics from December 1946 that i got for practically dirt cheap because a kid wrote their name on the front cover. I didn't really care as an Original Action Comics from Dec. 1946 is almost always worth framing for the simple fact it survived from 1946). I just dont know if me, as a huge Spiderman fan, should frame the CPVs or keep them in their dark, dry drawer until the demand shoots up.

So i managed to come into possession of 5, good to very fine Canadian Price Variant comics. While I get they are re-issues, the American version of the same comics go for $80-hundreds of dollars depending on the comic. Yet the Canadian Price Variant ,in which enough for about the size of 70s California alone were made, go for less than $10 in many. Arent decent condition comics from runs that less than 2% are still in existence for, be worth more than a teenager allowance? If they arent going to be worth anything, then why are we preserving them to begin with (especially those in the 1984-early 1986 window), outside of just a love for comic books (like i have, especially for captain america and spider-man since i would find those in bookstores and the lost and found at my dads theater)? I hope i dont seem too catty,it just doesnt make much sense to me. My infinity gauntlet run (in Very fine condition), is worth 10x more than all of my Canadian price variants put together, despite more of the Infinity gauntlet having way more printed.

This may be a dumb question, but are Canadian Price Variants from 1984-1986 really that rare? I ask because I managed to get my hands on a few for less than $10 a piece, and I'm thinking the person who sold them to me didn't know how to price them. Ebay has been unreliable as many posts arent labeled as Canadian Price Variants (many don't appear to be either when I compared the US and Canada covers). Checking the CGC census, I tend to find less than 10 of the Canadian Price Variantsbfoe the issues o have come into possession of. All of my copies are unofficially Very Good to very fine (so obviously less than say a 9.8). I say unofficial due to not knowing if the seller is a comic dealer who would understand conditions or not . Some are reissues of 60s and 70s Spiderman storylines, but the American versions of the same reissues on places like MyComicShop are going for hundreds of dollars. One is a Peter Porker as Spider-Ham (#3). I can provide more details if that helps. Part of me wants to send them in for grading, part of me wants to keep them for the simple fact they are a Canadian Price Variant that I got for less than a 90s Marvel Comic. How can I be sure of the rarity (for things like insurance claims should something happen) and price I should ask for them. Sorry if this a dumb noob question.