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Why is Star Wars #1 "king of the price variants?"
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rjrjr

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7 hours ago, NoMan said:

I believe there were price variants before SW so why is SW #1 the most valuable variant?  

Thank you in advance.

I believe there are several reason:

1) The Star Wars $0.35 variant was identified before the other $0.35 variants and broken out in the guide early on.  This allowed it to get an early jump on the other $0.35 variants, not only in price, but in interest.

2) Star Wars, despite not being a comic property, has a huge fan base.  (Consider this, the new Marvel Star Wars title has been Marvel's top selling ongoing series for close to 3 years now.)

3) Disney's acquisition of Star Wars has many believing the property will not fade.  If you are going to get the first Star Wars comic, you might as well get the least common version.

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Star Wars 1 sold over 6 million copies in all forms. At the time ASM was only selling 280k. Everybody but their brother had one. Then it was learned a tiny test market had been sent SW1 with a $.35 cover. Many a buyer has been gravely disappointed to learn that their new variant is in fact a dreaded reprint. 

 

 

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