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| Alpha Flight — 2020 Price Guide Values | #1-37 | |||||||||||
| Issue | Direct Edition Value | CPV Cover Price |
Type 1A Canadian Price Variant Value | CGC-Confirmed | ||||||||
| Guide A (NM) |
Guide B (NM-) |
9.2 NM- |
9.0 VF/NM |
8.0 VF |
6.0 FN |
4.0 VG |
2.0 GD |
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| #1 |  | $6 | $14 | $1.25 | $45 ▲ $5 |
$34 | $27 | $19 | $13 | $6 | ||
| Marvel, 8/1983 | 1st Appearances of Tundra, Puck, Marrina, Wildheart (not identified), Diamond Lil (not identified), Box (not identified), Smart Alec (not identified), Flashback (not identified), Madison Jeffries (not identified), Wild Child (not identified) Angelo notes: Multiple 9.8's CGC sold for $400, $390, $351, $350 and $330 in 2019. Bill notes: A CGC 9.2 variant sold for $134 in July 2018 Conan notes: A CGC 9.8 Alpha Flight 1 variant sold at MyComicShop for $390 in 2019 Doug notes: A CGC 9.4 variant sold at dougcomicworld.com in 2018 for $75; ORIGIN; 1st PUCK & MARRINA; Byrne |
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| #2 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 9/1983 | 1st Appearances of Guardian (James Hudson), The Master (Eshu); Origins of Marrina and Alpha Flight | |||||||||||
| #3 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 10/1983 | Origin of Alpha Flight; Origin of The Master of the World; Origin of Marrina; Origin of Guardian Ben notes: Classic cover contender: John Byrne stated this is his personal favorite cover he's ever created. |
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| #4 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 11/1983 | Origin of Marrina | |||||||||||
| #5 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 12/1983 | 1st Appearance of Elizabeth Twoyoungmen; Origin of Elizabeth Twoyoungmen; Origin of Shaman | |||||||||||
| #6 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $20 ▲ $6 |
$18 | $14 | $10 | $7 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 1/1984 | 1st Appearance of Kolomaq; Origin of Shaman Doug notes: WHITE Cover (Scarcer in High Grade); |
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| #7 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 2/1984 | 1st Appearances of Smart Alec (full), Delphine Courtney, and Deadly Ernest; Origin of Snowbird | |||||||||||
| #8 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 3/1984 | 1st Appearance of Nemesis; Origin of Deadly Ernest | |||||||||||
| #9 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 4/1984 | Origin of Aurora | |||||||||||
| #10 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 5/1984 | Origin of Northstar; Origin of Sasquatch; Versus Super-Skrull Doug notes: Origin Sasquatch |
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| #11 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 6/1984 | 1st Appearances of Diamond Lil (full), Wild Child (full), Box (full), Flashback (full), and Omega Flight; Origin of Sasquatch | |||||||||||
| #12 |  | $2 | $4 | $1.25 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 7/1984 | Death of Guardian; Versus Omega Flight; Double-size | |||||||||||
| #13 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 8/1984 | Wolverine appearance and cover; Heather Hudson becomes team leader Ben notes: Wolverine cover: "Okay, sucker, the only way to get to the lady is through ME" |
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| #14 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 9/1984 | ||||||||||||
| #15 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 10/1984 | ||||||||||||
| #16 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 11/1984 | 1st Appearance of Madison Jeffries (full); Versus The Master Doug notes: Wolverine cameo |
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| #17 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $18 ▲ $4 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 12/1984 | X-Men 109 cover homage; X-Men appearance Doug notes: Wolverine cameo |
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| #18 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 1/1985 | 1st Appearance of Ranaq the Devourer | |||||||||||
| #19 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 2/1985 | 1st Appearance of Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen); Origin of Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen); Versus Ranaq The Devourer | |||||||||||
| #20 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 3/1985 | 1st Appearance of Gilded Lily; New headquarters | |||||||||||
| #21 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 4/1985 | Origin of Gilded Lily | |||||||||||
| #22 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 5/1985 | 1st Appearance of Pink Pearl | |||||||||||
| #23 |  | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 6/1985 | 1st Appearance of Caliber; Origin of Sasquatch | |||||||||||
| #24 |  | $2 | $4 | $1.50 | $18 ▲ $4 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | ||
| Marvel, 7/1985 | 1st Appearances of Somon the Great Artificer, Kariooq the Corruptor, and Tolomaq the Fire Beast; Versus Great Beasts; Double-size | |||||||||||
| #25 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 8/1985 | ||||||||||||
| #26 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 9/1985 | ||||||||||||
| #27 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 10/1985 | ||||||||||||
| #28 |  | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 11/1985 | Last Byrne issue; Secret Wars II | |||||||||||
| #29 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 12/1985 | ||||||||||||
| #30 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 1/1986 | ||||||||||||
| #31 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.95 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 2/1986 | ||||||||||||
| #32 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.95 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 3/1986 | ||||||||||||
| #33 |  | $11 | $18 | $0.95 | $45 | $34 | $27 | $19 | $13 | $6 | ||
| Marvel, 4/1986 | Yuriko Oyama becomes Lady Deathstrike | |||||||||||
| #34 |  | $3 | $6 | $0.95 | $32 | $28 | $23 | $16 | $11 | $5 | ||
| Marvel, 5/1986 | Origin of Wolverine Doug notes: First FULL appearance of Yuriko as LADY DEATHSTRIKE on 13 Pages inside; First LADY DEATHSTRIKE cover; First WOLVERINE vs LADY DEATHSTRIKE battle; ORIGIN of Wolverine story includes details on how Yuriko's father Lord Dark Wind gave Wolverine his unbreakable bones; |
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| #35 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.95 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 6/1986 | ||||||||||||
| #36 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.95 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 7/1986 | Wolverine | |||||||||||
| #37 |  | $2 | $3 | $0.95 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | ||
| Marvel, 8/1986 | Revival of Pestilence Doug notes: LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title |
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| Issue | Guide A (NM) |
Guide B (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 | Type 1A Canadian Price Variant Value | |||||||||||
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| Alpha Flight CGC Census Changes: | ||||||
| Issue # |
8/21/2018 Census Count |
8/27/2019 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 1,059 | 11 | 1,323 | 34 | +264 | +23 |
| 2 | 75 | -- | 83 | -- | +8 | -- |
| 3 | 58 | 2 | 67 | 4 | +9 | +2 |
| 4 | 39 | 1 | 40 | 2 | +1 | +1 |
| 5 | 54 | 1 | 56 | 2 | +2 | +1 |
| 6 | 62 | -- | 66 | 1 | +4 | +1 |
| 7 | 39 | -- | 39 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 8 | 38 | -- | 39 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 9 | 35 | -- | 36 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 10 | 31 | -- | 32 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 11 | 33 | -- | 38 | -- | +5 | -- |
| 12 | 54 | -- | 55 | 2 | +1 | +2 |
| 13 | 59 | 3 | 67 | 5 | +8 | +2 |
| 14 | 13 | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 15 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 2 | -- | +1 |
| 16 | 24 | -- | 24 | -- | -- | -- |
| 17 | 121 | 1 | 136 | 3 | +15 | +2 |
| 18 | 9 | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 19 | 15 | -- | 21 | -- | +6 | -- |
| 20 | 11 | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- |
| 21 | 15 | -- | 15 | -- | -- | -- |
| 22 | 11 | -- | 12 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 23 | 15 | -- | 16 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 24 | 14 | -- | 14 | -- | -- | -- |
| 25 | 14 | -- | 14 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 26 | 7 | -- | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 27 | 13 | -- | 14 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 28 | 18 | -- | 18 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 29 | 13 | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 30 | 11 | -- | 11 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 31 | 8 | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 32 | 14 | -- | 16 | 1 | +2 | +1 |
| 33 | 355 | 4 | 426 | 8 | +71 | +4 |
| 34 | 54 | -- | 59 | 2 | +5 | +2 |
| 35 | 7 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 36 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | -- | +1 |
| 37 | 6 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
2,439 ~99% |
25 ~1% |
2,847 ~97% |
75 ~3% |
+408 ~89% |
+50 ~11% |
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| Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed | |
| #1 | |
$1.25 | $45 ▲ $5 |
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| Marvel, 8/1983 | 1st Appearances of Tundra, Puck, Marrina, Wildheart (not identified), Diamond Lil (not identified), Box (not identified), Smart Alec (not identified), Flashback (not identified), Madison Jeffries (not identified), Wild Child (not identified) Angelo notes: Multiple 9.8's CGC sold for $400, $390, $351, $350 and $330 in 2019. Bill notes: A CGC 9.2 variant sold for $134 in July 2018 Conan notes: A CGC 9.8 Alpha Flight 1 variant sold at MyComicShop for $390 in 2019 Doug notes: A CGC 9.4 variant sold at dougcomicworld.com in 2018 for $75; ORIGIN; 1st PUCK & MARRINA; Byrne |
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| #2 | |
$0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 9/1983 | 1st Appearances of Guardian (James Hudson), The Master (Eshu); Origins of Marrina and Alpha Flight | |||
| #3 | |
$0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
|
| Marvel, 10/1983 | Origin of Alpha Flight; Origin of The Master of the World; Origin of Marrina; Origin of Guardian Ben notes: Classic cover contender: John Byrne stated this is his personal favorite cover he's ever created. |
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| #4 | |
$0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 11/1983 | Origin of Marrina | |||
| #5 | |
$0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 12/1983 | 1st Appearance of Elizabeth Twoyoungmen; Origin of Elizabeth Twoyoungmen; Origin of Shaman | |||
| #6 | |
$0.75 | $20 ▲ $6 |
|
| Marvel, 1/1984 | 1st Appearance of Kolomaq; Origin of Shaman Doug notes: WHITE Cover (Scarcer in High Grade); |
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| #7 | |
$0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 2/1984 | 1st Appearances of Smart Alec (full), Delphine Courtney, and Deadly Ernest; Origin of Snowbird | |||
| #8 | |
$0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 3/1984 | 1st Appearance of Nemesis; Origin of Deadly Ernest | |||
| #9 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 4/1984 | Origin of Aurora | |||
| #10 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 5/1984 | Origin of Northstar; Origin of Sasquatch; Versus Super-Skrull Doug notes: Origin Sasquatch |
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| #11 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 6/1984 | 1st Appearances of Diamond Lil (full), Wild Child (full), Box (full), Flashback (full), and Omega Flight; Origin of Sasquatch | |||
| #12 | |
$1.25 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 7/1984 | Death of Guardian; Versus Omega Flight; Double-size | |||
| #13 | |
$0.75 | $18 ▲ $2 |
|
| Marvel, 8/1984 | Wolverine appearance and cover; Heather Hudson becomes team leader Ben notes: Wolverine cover: "Okay, sucker, the only way to get to the lady is through ME" |
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| #14 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 9/1984 | ||||
| #15 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 10/1984 | ||||
| #16 | |
$0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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| Marvel, 11/1984 | 1st Appearance of Madison Jeffries (full); Versus The Master Doug notes: Wolverine cameo |
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| #17 | |
$0.75 | $18 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 12/1984 | X-Men 109 cover homage; X-Men appearance Doug notes: Wolverine cameo |
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| #18 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 1/1985 | 1st Appearance of Ranaq the Devourer | |||
| #19 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 2/1985 | 1st Appearance of Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen); Origin of Talisman (Elizabeth Twoyoungmen); Versus Ranaq The Devourer | |||
| #20 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 3/1985 | 1st Appearance of Gilded Lily; New headquarters | |||
| #21 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 4/1985 | Origin of Gilded Lily | |||
| #22 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 5/1985 | 1st Appearance of Pink Pearl | |||
| #23 | |
$0.75 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 6/1985 | 1st Appearance of Caliber; Origin of Sasquatch | |||
| #24 | |
$1.50 | $18 ▲ $4 |
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| Marvel, 7/1985 | 1st Appearances of Somon the Great Artificer, Kariooq the Corruptor, and Tolomaq the Fire Beast; Versus Great Beasts; Double-size | |||
| #25 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 8/1985 | ||||
| #26 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 9/1985 | ||||
| #27 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 10/1985 | ||||
| #28 | |
$0.75 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 11/1985 | Last Byrne issue; Secret Wars II | |||
| #29 | |
$0.75 | $10 | |
| Marvel, 12/1985 | ||||
| #30 | |
$0.75 | $10 | |
| Marvel, 1/1986 | ||||
| #31 | |
$0.95 | $10 | |
| Marvel, 2/1986 | ||||
| #32 | |
$0.95 | $10 | |
| Marvel, 3/1986 | ||||
| #33 | |
$0.95 | $45 | |
| Marvel, 4/1986 | Yuriko Oyama becomes Lady Deathstrike | |||
| #34 | |
$0.95 | $32 | |
| Marvel, 5/1986 | Origin of Wolverine Doug notes: First FULL appearance of Yuriko as LADY DEATHSTRIKE on 13 Pages inside; First LADY DEATHSTRIKE cover; First WOLVERINE vs LADY DEATHSTRIKE battle; ORIGIN of Wolverine story includes details on how Yuriko's father Lord Dark Wind gave Wolverine his unbreakable bones; |
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| #35 | |
$0.95 | $10 | |
| Marvel, 6/1986 | ||||
| #36 | |
$0.95 | $12 | |
| Marvel, 7/1986 | Wolverine | |||
| #37 | |
$0.95 | $14 | |
| Marvel, 8/1986 | Revival of Pestilence Doug notes: LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title |
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| Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed | |
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| Alpha Flight CGC Census Data: | ||||
| Issue # |
8/21/2018 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
| 1 | 1,323 | 34 | +264 | +23 |
| 2 | 83 | -- | +8 | -- |
| 3 | 67 | 4 | +9 | +2 |
| 4 | 40 | 2 | +1 | +1 |
| 5 | 56 | 2 | +2 | +1 |
| 6 | 66 | 1 | +4 | +1 |
| 7 | 39 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 8 | 39 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 9 | 36 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 10 | 32 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 11 | 38 | -- | +5 | -- |
| 12 | 55 | 2 | +1 | +2 |
| 13 | 67 | 5 | +8 | +2 |
| 14 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 15 | 17 | 2 | -- | +1 |
| 16 | 24 | -- | -- | -- |
| 17 | 136 | 3 | +15 | +2 |
| 18 | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 19 | 21 | -- | +6 | -- |
| 20 | 11 | -- | -- | -- |
| 21 | 15 | -- | -- | -- |
| 22 | 12 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 23 | 16 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 24 | 14 | -- | -- | -- |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
| 27 | 14 | -- | +1 | -- |
| 28 | 18 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 29 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
| 30 | 11 | 1 | -- | +1 |
| 31 | 8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 32 | 16 | 1 | +2 | +1 |
| 33 | 426 | 8 | +71 | +4 |
| 34 | 59 | 2 | +5 | +2 |
| 35 | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 36 | 18 | 2 | -- | +1 |
| 37 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
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Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
2,847 ~97% |
75 ~3% |
+408 ~89% |
+50 ~11% |
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