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Amazing Spider-Man (#233-279, Annual #16-19) Price Guide 2020


Canadian Price Variant Price Guide 2020 Values
From: The 2020 CPV Price Guide for 1980's Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Paul Clairmont, Walter Durajlija, Jay Halstead, Jon McClure, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]
Amazing Spider-Man — 2020 Price Guide Values #233-279, Annual #16-19
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
#233 Amazing Spider-Man 233 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$10 $0.75 $26
▲ $2
$23 $18 $13 $9 $
 Marvel, 10/1982  Versus Tarantula
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $643 in November 2019.

Doug notes: FIRST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
#234 Amazing Spider-Man 234 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$10 $0.75 $20
▲ $2
$18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 11/1982  Marvel Guide to Collecting Comics  
#235 Amazing Spider-Man 235 Canadian Price Variant picture$11$10 $0.75 $24
▲ $2
$21 $17 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 12/1982  Origin of Will O' the Wisp  
#236 Amazing Spider-Man 236 Canadian Price Variant picture$11$10 $0.75 $22
▲ $2
$19 $15 $11 $7 $
 Marvel, 1/1983  Death of Tarantula I (Anton Rodriguez)  
#237 Amazing Spider-Man 237 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$10 $0.75 $20
▲ $2
$18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 2/1983   
#238Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 238 Canadian Price Variant picture$195$170 $0.75 $475
▲ $50
$318 $255 $178 $119 $60 
 Marvel, 3/1983  1st Appearance of Hobgoblin; Came with Tattooz
#2 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: A 6.5 CGC sold for $210. A 9.6 CGC sold in August 2018 for $2,300. None in this grade have appeared in months. This has become a must have book for the serious C.P.V. collector and/or investor. A double cover in 9.4-9.4 CGC has been confirmed to exist!
Paul notes: 75¢ variants of this issue did indeed come with Tattooz included; book is considered incomplete at CGC (green qualified label) if absent — read Jon's note as well, regarding CGC's treatment. A VF- Amazing Spider-Man #238 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $160 in 2018
Ben notes: Classic cover contender. Also refer to my prior note in this separate blog post »
Jon notes: Amazing Spider-Man #238 is not incomplete without Tattooz. It was printed in a standard, old fashioned way, independent of the Tattooz inserted later, just like many other in-house or paid advertisement inserts from any era. I believe this problem originates from the fact that the comic's cover mentions Tattooz, as does the cover to Fantastic Four #252(3/83). Ideally, the Tattooz ARE absent due to the slow degradation of the contents that will eventually effect the paper quality inside. Overstreet listings are confused, forced to respond to CGC's myopic view. Once upon a time, I called Bob Overstreet and told him that the FF #252's Tattooz were being used as ASM #238's Tattooz and that the cure was to list them as same value, which he agreed with and subsequently did so. Collectors aren't sure what to believe and that's how the myth is perpetuated, the myth of being incomplete without Tattooz. At some point, although my original note remains in the guide about the switching of Tattooz between books, this was changed back to the original mistaken listing (including the explicit mistaken statement that NO Type 1a Canadian variants exist with Tattooz) with two values, with and without Tattooz. The FF #252s are listed in Overstreet #48(2019) at $8 with Tattooz and $6 without in NM-, and ASM #238 is listed at $170 with and $80 without in NM-, a discrepancy that highlights this dilemma, with Tattooz worth between $2 and $80 for the same item. All any grading company would have to do is say ''no Tattooz'' on the label and have a blue label, leaving it to the collector to decide on the relative importance of its inclusion. There is little difference between the mistaken use of the term ''Canadian Edition'' for Type 1A variants and insisting books without inserts are incomplete; thankfully the misidentification of "Canadian Edition" now reads "Canadian Price Variant." Any real NM- or better copy should be taken seriously with or without the insert. Tattooz were inserted in Amazing Spider-Man #238 and Fantastic Four #252 and advertised on the covers; Captain America #279(3/83) and Star Wars #69(3/83) were all given Tattooz inserts without any advertising on the covers. Because neither of the latter books are considered incomplete without the inserts and would receive CGC blue labels, it stands to reason that ASM #238 and FF #252 are not incomplete without Tattooz either, as the books are complete, having been printed in a standard way, independent of the Tattooz that were then inserted. The only difference is the ads on the covers, and those are irrelevant as they are part of the cover of the comic book.
 
#239Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 239 Canadian Price Variant picture$42$65 $0.75 $100
▼ $2
$67 $54 $38 $25 $13 
 Marvel, 4/1983  2nd Appearance of Hobgoblin
#32 in this year's Top 100.
Ben notes: First Spider-Man vs. Hobgoblin battle.
Bill notes: An Amazing Spider-Man 239 variant in CGC 9.8 sold for $667, Nov-2019
 
#240 Amazing Spider-Man 240 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$10 $0.75 $20
▲ $3
$18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 5/1983   
#241 Amazing Spider-Man 241 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$10 $0.75 $22 $19 $15 $11 $7 $
 Marvel, 6/1983  Origin of Vulture  
#242 Amazing Spider-Man 242 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$10 $0.75 $20
▲ $3
$18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 7/1983  Versus Mad Thinker  
#243 Amazing Spider-Man 243 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $3
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 8/1983   
#244 Amazing Spider-Man 244 Canadian Price Variant picture$13$18 $0.75 $30
▲ $2
$26 $21 $15 $10 $
 Marvel, 9/1983  Versus Hobgoblin; 3rd Appearance of Hobgoblin (cameo)  
#245 Amazing Spider-Man 245 Canadian Price Variant picture$15$22 $0.75 $35
▲ $5
$31 $25 $17 $12 $
 Marvel, 10/1983  Lefty Donovan becomes Hobgoblin; 4th appearance Hobgoblin (cameo)
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $193 in November 2019.
 
#246 Amazing Spider-Man 246 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$10 $0.75 $20
▲ $3
$18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 11/1983   
#247 Amazing Spider-Man 247 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $3
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 12/1983  Versus Thunderball  
#248 Amazing Spider-Man 248 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$10 $0.75 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 1/1984  Versus Thunderball  
#249 Amazing Spider-Man 249 Canadian Price Variant picture$13$16 $0.75 $32
▲ $2
$28 $23 $16 $11 $
 Marvel, 2/1984  Versus Hobgoblin  
#250 Amazing Spider-Man 250 Canadian Price Variant picture$16$16 $0.75 $30 $26 $21 $15 $10 $
 Marvel, 3/1984  Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $492 in November 2019.  
#251 Amazing Spider-Man 251 Canadian Price Variant picture$17$16 $0.75 $30 $26 $21 $15 $10 $
 Marvel, 4/1984  Versus Hobgoblin; Last old costume; Secret Wars gateway  
#252Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 252 Canadian Price Variant picture$114$100 $0.75 $195
▼ $33
$131 $105 $73 $49 $25 
 Marvel, 5/1984  1st Appearance of the black costume; Amazing Fantasy 15 cover homage
#9 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: In August 2018, a 9.8 CGC variant sold for $1,150 and a 9.6 CGC variant sold for $764. Book has settled for lower prices since because an increased supply came up for sale. Then in November 2019, a CGC 9.8 variant (white pages) sold for $1750. Along with Marvel Team-up #141, Spectacular #90 and Secret Wars #8 this book is a must have for the Spider-man collector/investor interested in the black suit which eventually becomes Venom.
Paul notes: Example ASM #252 variant sales at PNJ Comics: A CGC 9.8 Amazing Spider-Man #252 variant sold for $1,020.00 on 12/24/2017, an NM+ variant sold for $250.00 on 3/7/2018, and an NM variant sold for $215 in 2018.
Ben notes: An "event" comic that received immediate collector interest, it is likely that many collectors may have not been able to load up at their local comic shop with as many copies as they wanted, and thus headed to the newsstands to add additional copies. We see an extraordinarily high number of CGC census copies of both the variant and the "regular" types for this particular issue.
Bill notes: A CGC 9.8 variant sold for $1,282 in October 2018; back in December 2017 a CGC 9.8 variant sold for $1,000; a VG/FN variant sold for $107.58 in August 2018
Conan notes: A CGC 9.4 Amazing Spider-Man 252 variant sold at MyComicShop for $300 in 2019
 
#253 Amazing Spider-Man 253 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$15 $0.75 $40
▲ $4
$30 $24 $17 $11 $
 Marvel, 6/1984  1st Appearance of The Rose
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $428 in November 2019.

Doug notes: SECOND issue in series with Spider-Man in Alien Symbiote BLACK Costume that later becomes VENOM; First appearance of Richard Fisk the original ROSE partial cover & Story; Richard Fisk, the ROSE is the son of Wilson Fisk the KINGPIN;
 
#254 Amazing Spider-Man 254 Canadian Price Variant picture$8$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 7/1984  Versus Jack O Lantern
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $257 in November 2019.
 
#255 Amazing Spider-Man 255 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 8/1984  Versus Red Ghost  
#256 Amazing Spider-Man 256 Canadian Price Variant picture$14$18 $0.75 $40
▲ $4
$30 $24 $17 $11 $
 Marvel, 9/1984  1st Appearance of Puma; Origin of Puma; Versus Puma  
#257 Amazing Spider-Man 257 Canadian Price Variant picture$8$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 10/1984  2nd Appearance of Puma; Versus Puma  
#258 Amazing Spider-Man 258 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$10 $0.75 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 11/1984  Bill notes: The alien symbiote's weakness to sound wave vibrations is revealed  
#259 Amazing Spider-Man 259 Canadian Price Variant picture$12$18 $0.75 $28 $25 $20 $14 $9 $
 Marvel, 12/1984  Origin of Mary Jane Watson; Spider-Man back to old costume  
#260 Amazing Spider-Man 260 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$18 $0.75 $25 $22 $18 $12 $8 $
 Marvel, 1/1985  Versus Hobgoblin  
#261 Amazing Spider-Man 261 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$14 $0.75 $30 $26 $21 $15 $10 $
 Marvel, 2/1985  Versus Hobgoblin; Painted cover
Ben notes: Charles Vess Painted Cover, Hobgoblin; A CGC 9.0 variant sold for $75 in 2017.
 
#262 Amazing Spider-Man 262 Canadian Price Variant picture$8$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 3/1985  Photo cover; Spider-man unmasked  
#263 Amazing Spider-Man 263 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$8 $0.75 $36 $32 $25 $18 $12 $
 Marvel, 4/1985  1st Appearance of Spider-Kid (Ollie Osnick)
Ben notes: Birth of Norman ("Normie") Osborn Jr.
Bill notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold for $249 in July 2018
 
#264 Amazing Spider-Man 264 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 5/1985   
#265Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 265 Canadian Price Variant picture$33$45 $0.75 $105
▲ $11
$70 $56 $39 $26 $13 
 Marvel, 6/1985  1st Appearance of Silver Sable
#29 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: Silver and Black movie has been announced and delayed. News is scarce and waiting for an update. Female super-heroes is a market that has earned Marvel's expansion interests. Tough to find in very high grade. A CGC 9.0 sold in October 2019 for $90
Doug notes: FIRST appearance of Silver Sablinova aka SILVER SABLE; Spider-Man vs the Black Fox cover & story; Sony Pictures is developing a BLACK CAT / SILVER SABLE Big Screen MOVIE
 
#266 Amazing Spider-Man 266 Canadian Price Variant picture$6$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 7/1985   
#267 Amazing Spider-Man 267 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 8/1985   
#268 Amazing Spider-Man 268 Canadian Price Variant picture$6$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 9/1985  Secret Wars II; Cover forms diptych with Web of Spider-Man #6  
#269 Amazing Spider-Man 269 Canadian Price Variant picture$6$10 $0.75 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 10/1985  Versus Firelord  
#270 Amazing Spider-Man 270 Canadian Price Variant picture$10$10 $0.75 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 11/1985  1st Appearance of Kate Cushing; Versus Firelord  
#271 Amazing Spider-Man 271 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 12/1985   
#272 Amazing Spider-Man 272 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 1/1986  1st Appearance of Slyde; Versus Slyde  
#273 Amazing Spider-Man 273 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.95 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 2/1986   
#274 Amazing Spider-Man 274 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$8 $0.95 $18
▲ $4
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 3/1986  Versus Beyonder; Secret Wars II
Doug notes: Spirit of Vengeance
 
#275 Amazing Spider-Man 275 Canadian Price Variant picture$21$28 $1.50 $54 $40 $32 $23 $15 $
 Marvel, 4/1986  Origin of Spider-Man; Double-sized  
#276 Amazing Spider-Man 276 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$12 $0.95 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 5/1986  Death of the Fly; Versus Hobgoblin  
#277 Amazing Spider-Man 277 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$8 $0.95 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 6/1986  Doug notes: VESS-c/a  
#278 Amazing Spider-Man 278 Canadian Price Variant picture$6$8 $0.95 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 7/1986  Death of Wraith  
#279 Amazing Spider-Man 279 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$8 $0.95 $22
▲ $2
$19 $15 $11 $7 $
 Marvel, 8/1986  Jack O Lantern versus Silver Sable; Jack O Lantern cover/story
Doug notes: LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
Annual #16Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 Canadian Price Variant picture$38$30 $1.25 $88
▲ $18
$59 $47 $33 $22 $11 
 Marvel, 12/1982  1st Appearance of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau); Origin of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
#44 in this year's Top 100.
Doug notes: First appearance & ORIGIN of Monica Rambeau, as she becomes the new Black Female CAPTAIN MARVEL cover & story; Monica Rambeau is currently known as Spectrum; Monica Rambeau Later became a Member of the AVENGERS;
 
Annual #17 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #17 Canadian Price Variant picture$6$8 $1.25 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 12/1983   
Annual #18 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 Canadian Price Variant picture$7$8 $1.25 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 12/1984  Wedding of J. Jonah Jameson  
Annual #19 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 Canadian Price Variant picture$8$8 $1.50 $18 $16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 11/1985   
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
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Amazing Spider-Man CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 8/21/2018
Census Count
8/27/2019
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
23320412204+16+3
23421552388+23+3
23519412142+20+1
23624852837+35+2
23718522032+18--
2384,788655,646104+858+39
2391,749201,90936+160+16
24024922702+21--
24123652637+27+2
24215511721+17--
24321132225+11+2
24433843617+23+3
24544454819+37+4
246215--2351+20+1
24715421684+14+2
24822822454+17+2
24924322743+31+1
25044724865+39+3
25136243885+26+1
2528,90919810,820287+1,911+89
253403845916+56+8
25436034065+46+2
25532924505+121+3
25640715184+111+3
257257--2894+32+4
25841325457+132+5
25951935594+40+1
26037254126+40+1
26136884129+44+1
262263--2971+34+1
26329034385+148+2
264321--3561+35+1
2651,255111,79221+537+10
266224--2471+23+1
26728613014+15+3
268429--4711+42+1
269269--2981+29+1
270196--2203+24+3
27117811961+18--
272310--3451+35+1
273200--2141+14+1
27431823582+40--
27574538083+63--
27637224032+31--
277249--268--+19--
278225--244--+19--
279166--192--+26--
Annual #16245156311+318+10
Annual #1760--65--+5--
Annual #189411101+16--
Annual #1994--127--+33--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
29,991
~99%
386
~1%
35,461
~98%
623
~2%
 +5,470
  ~96% 
 +237
  ~4% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Amazing Spider-Man (#233-279, Annual #16-19) Values 2020


From: The 2020 CPV Price Guide for 1980's Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Paul Clairmont, Walter Durajlija, Jay Halstead, Jon McClure, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]

Amazing Spider-Man — 2020 Price Guide Values

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#233 Amazing Spider-Man 233 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $26
▲ $2
 Marvel, 10/1982  Versus Tarantula
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $643 in November 2019.

Doug notes: FIRST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
#234 Amazing Spider-Man 234 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
▲ $2
 Marvel, 11/1982  Marvel Guide to Collecting Comics  
#235 Amazing Spider-Man 235 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $24
▲ $2
 Marvel, 12/1982  Origin of Will O' the Wisp  
#236 Amazing Spider-Man 236 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $22
▲ $2
 Marvel, 1/1983  Death of Tarantula I (Anton Rodriguez)  
#237 Amazing Spider-Man 237 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
▲ $2
 Marvel, 2/1983   
#238Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 238 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $475
▲ $50
 Marvel, 3/1983  1st Appearance of Hobgoblin; Came with Tattooz
#2 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: A 6.5 CGC sold for $210. A 9.6 CGC sold in August 2018 for $2,300. None in this grade have appeared in months. This has become a must have book for the serious C.P.V. collector and/or investor. A double cover in 9.4-9.4 CGC has been confirmed to exist!
Paul notes: 75¢ variants of this issue did indeed come with Tattooz included; book is considered incomplete at CGC (green qualified label) if absent — read Jon's note as well, regarding CGC's treatment. A VF- Amazing Spider-Man #238 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $160 in 2018
Ben notes: Classic cover contender. Also refer to my prior note in this separate blog post »
Jon notes: Amazing Spider-Man #238 is not incomplete without Tattooz. It was printed in a standard, old fashioned way, independent of the Tattooz inserted later, just like many other in-house or paid advertisement inserts from any era. I believe this problem originates from the fact that the comic's cover mentions Tattooz, as does the cover to Fantastic Four #252(3/83). Ideally, the Tattooz ARE absent due to the slow degradation of the contents that will eventually effect the paper quality inside. Overstreet listings are confused, forced to respond to CGC's myopic view. Once upon a time, I called Bob Overstreet and told him that the FF #252's Tattooz were being used as ASM #238's Tattooz and that the cure was to list them as same value, which he agreed with and subsequently did so. Collectors aren't sure what to believe and that's how the myth is perpetuated, the myth of being incomplete without Tattooz. At some point, although my original note remains in the guide about the switching of Tattooz between books, this was changed back to the original mistaken listing (including the explicit mistaken statement that NO Type 1a Canadian variants exist with Tattooz) with two values, with and without Tattooz. The FF #252s are listed in Overstreet #48(2019) at $8 with Tattooz and $6 without in NM-, and ASM #238 is listed at $170 with and $80 without in NM-, a discrepancy that highlights this dilemma, with Tattooz worth between $2 and $80 for the same item. All any grading company would have to do is say ''no Tattooz'' on the label and have a blue label, leaving it to the collector to decide on the relative importance of its inclusion. There is little difference between the mistaken use of the term ''Canadian Edition'' for Type 1A variants and insisting books without inserts are incomplete; thankfully the misidentification of "Canadian Edition" now reads "Canadian Price Variant." Any real NM- or better copy should be taken seriously with or without the insert. Tattooz were inserted in Amazing Spider-Man #238 and Fantastic Four #252 and advertised on the covers; Captain America #279(3/83) and Star Wars #69(3/83) were all given Tattooz inserts without any advertising on the covers. Because neither of the latter books are considered incomplete without the inserts and would receive CGC blue labels, it stands to reason that ASM #238 and FF #252 are not incomplete without Tattooz either, as the books are complete, having been printed in a standard way, independent of the Tattooz that were then inserted. The only difference is the ads on the covers, and those are irrelevant as they are part of the cover of the comic book.
 
#239Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 239 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $100
▼ $2
 Marvel, 4/1983  2nd Appearance of Hobgoblin
#32 in this year's Top 100.
Ben notes: First Spider-Man vs. Hobgoblin battle.
Bill notes: An Amazing Spider-Man 239 variant in CGC 9.8 sold for $667, Nov-2019
 
#240 Amazing Spider-Man 240 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
▲ $3
 Marvel, 5/1983   
#241 Amazing Spider-Man 241 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $22
 Marvel, 6/1983  Origin of Vulture  
#242 Amazing Spider-Man 242 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
▲ $3
 Marvel, 7/1983  Versus Mad Thinker  
#243 Amazing Spider-Man 243 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $3
 Marvel, 8/1983   
#244 Amazing Spider-Man 244 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $30
▲ $2
 Marvel, 9/1983  Versus Hobgoblin; 3rd Appearance of Hobgoblin (cameo)  
#245 Amazing Spider-Man 245 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $35
▲ $5
 Marvel, 10/1983  Lefty Donovan becomes Hobgoblin; 4th appearance Hobgoblin (cameo)
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $193 in November 2019.
 
#246 Amazing Spider-Man 246 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
▲ $3
 Marvel, 11/1983   
#247 Amazing Spider-Man 247 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $3
 Marvel, 12/1983  Versus Thunderball  
#248 Amazing Spider-Man 248 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
 Marvel, 1/1984  Versus Thunderball  
#249 Amazing Spider-Man 249 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $32
▲ $2
 Marvel, 2/1984  Versus Hobgoblin  
#250 Amazing Spider-Man 250 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $30
 Marvel, 3/1984  Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $492 in November 2019.  
#251 Amazing Spider-Man 251 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $30
 Marvel, 4/1984  Versus Hobgoblin; Last old costume; Secret Wars gateway  
#252Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 252 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $195
▼ $33
 Marvel, 5/1984  1st Appearance of the black costume; Amazing Fantasy 15 cover homage
#9 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: In August 2018, a 9.8 CGC variant sold for $1,150 and a 9.6 CGC variant sold for $764. Book has settled for lower prices since because an increased supply came up for sale. Then in November 2019, a CGC 9.8 variant (white pages) sold for $1750. Along with Marvel Team-up #141, Spectacular #90 and Secret Wars #8 this book is a must have for the Spider-man collector/investor interested in the black suit which eventually becomes Venom.
Paul notes: Example ASM #252 variant sales at PNJ Comics: A CGC 9.8 Amazing Spider-Man #252 variant sold for $1,020.00 on 12/24/2017, an NM+ variant sold for $250.00 on 3/7/2018, and an NM variant sold for $215 in 2018.
Ben notes: An "event" comic that received immediate collector interest, it is likely that many collectors may have not been able to load up at their local comic shop with as many copies as they wanted, and thus headed to the newsstands to add additional copies. We see an extraordinarily high number of CGC census copies of both the variant and the "regular" types for this particular issue.
Bill notes: A CGC 9.8 variant sold for $1,282 in October 2018; back in December 2017 a CGC 9.8 variant sold for $1,000; a VG/FN variant sold for $107.58 in August 2018
Conan notes: A CGC 9.4 Amazing Spider-Man 252 variant sold at MyComicShop for $300 in 2019
 
#253 Amazing Spider-Man 253 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $40
▲ $4
 Marvel, 6/1984  1st Appearance of The Rose
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $428 in November 2019.

Doug notes: SECOND issue in series with Spider-Man in Alien Symbiote BLACK Costume that later becomes VENOM; First appearance of Richard Fisk the original ROSE partial cover & Story; Richard Fisk, the ROSE is the son of Wilson Fisk the KINGPIN;
 
#254 Amazing Spider-Man 254 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 7/1984  Versus Jack O Lantern
Angelo notes: A CGC 9.8 (white pages) copy sold for $257 in November 2019.
 
#255 Amazing Spider-Man 255 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 8/1984  Versus Red Ghost  
#256 Amazing Spider-Man 256 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $40
▲ $4
 Marvel, 9/1984  1st Appearance of Puma; Origin of Puma; Versus Puma  
#257 Amazing Spider-Man 257 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 10/1984  2nd Appearance of Puma; Versus Puma  
#258 Amazing Spider-Man 258 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
 Marvel, 11/1984  Bill notes: The alien symbiote's weakness to sound wave vibrations is revealed  
#259 Amazing Spider-Man 259 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $28
 Marvel, 12/1984  Origin of Mary Jane Watson; Spider-Man back to old costume  
#260 Amazing Spider-Man 260 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $25
 Marvel, 1/1985  Versus Hobgoblin  
#261 Amazing Spider-Man 261 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $30
 Marvel, 2/1985  Versus Hobgoblin; Painted cover
Ben notes: Charles Vess Painted Cover, Hobgoblin; A CGC 9.0 variant sold for $75 in 2017.
 
#262 Amazing Spider-Man 262 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 3/1985  Photo cover; Spider-man unmasked  
#263 Amazing Spider-Man 263 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $36
 Marvel, 4/1985  1st Appearance of Spider-Kid (Ollie Osnick)
Ben notes: Birth of Norman ("Normie") Osborn Jr.
Bill notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold for $249 in July 2018
 
#264 Amazing Spider-Man 264 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 5/1985   
#265Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man 265 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $105
▲ $11
 Marvel, 6/1985  1st Appearance of Silver Sable
#29 in this year's Top 100.
Angelo notes: Silver and Black movie has been announced and delayed. News is scarce and waiting for an update. Female super-heroes is a market that has earned Marvel's expansion interests. Tough to find in very high grade. A CGC 9.0 sold in October 2019 for $90
Doug notes: FIRST appearance of Silver Sablinova aka SILVER SABLE; Spider-Man vs the Black Fox cover & story; Sony Pictures is developing a BLACK CAT / SILVER SABLE Big Screen MOVIE
 
#266 Amazing Spider-Man 266 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 7/1985   
#267 Amazing Spider-Man 267 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 8/1985   
#268 Amazing Spider-Man 268 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 9/1985  Secret Wars II; Cover forms diptych with Web of Spider-Man #6  
#269 Amazing Spider-Man 269 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 10/1985  Versus Firelord  
#270 Amazing Spider-Man 270 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $20
 Marvel, 11/1985  1st Appearance of Kate Cushing; Versus Firelord  
#271 Amazing Spider-Man 271 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 12/1985   
#272 Amazing Spider-Man 272 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 1/1986  1st Appearance of Slyde; Versus Slyde  
#273 Amazing Spider-Man 273 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 2/1986   
#274 Amazing Spider-Man 274 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $18
▲ $4
 Marvel, 3/1986  Versus Beyonder; Secret Wars II
Doug notes: Spirit of Vengeance
 
#275 Amazing Spider-Man 275 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $54
 Marvel, 4/1986  Origin of Spider-Man; Double-sized  
#276 Amazing Spider-Man 276 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $20
 Marvel, 5/1986  Death of the Fly; Versus Hobgoblin  
#277 Amazing Spider-Man 277 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 6/1986  Doug notes: VESS-c/a  
#278 Amazing Spider-Man 278 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 7/1986  Death of Wraith  
#279 Amazing Spider-Man 279 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $22
▲ $2
 Marvel, 8/1986  Jack O Lantern versus Silver Sable; Jack O Lantern cover/story
Doug notes: LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title
 
Annual #16Top 100 CPVs Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.25 $88
▲ $18
 Marvel, 12/1982  1st Appearance of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau); Origin of Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau)
#44 in this year's Top 100.
Doug notes: First appearance & ORIGIN of Monica Rambeau, as she becomes the new Black Female CAPTAIN MARVEL cover & story; Monica Rambeau is currently known as Spectrum; Monica Rambeau Later became a Member of the AVENGERS;
 
Annual #17 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #17 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.25 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 12/1983   
Annual #18 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #18 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.25 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 12/1984  Wedding of J. Jonah Jameson  
Annual #19 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #19 Canadian Price Variant picture $1.50 $18
 Marvel, 11/1985   
Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Amazing Spider-Man CGC Census Data:
Issue # 8/21/2018
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
2332204+16+3
2342388+23+3
2352142+20+1
2362837+35+2
2372032+18--
2385,646104+858+39
2391,90936+160+16
2402702+21--
2412637+27+2
2421721+17--
2432225+11+2
2443617+23+3
2454819+37+4
2462351+20+1
2471684+14+2
2482454+17+2
2492743+31+1
2504865+39+3
2513885+26+1
25210,820287+1,911+89
25345916+56+8
2544065+46+2
2554505+121+3
2565184+111+3
2572894+32+4
2585457+132+5
2595594+40+1
2604126+40+1
2614129+44+1
2622971+34+1
2634385+148+2
2643561+35+1
2651,79221+537+10
2662471+23+1
2673014+15+3
2684711+42+1
2692981+29+1
2702203+24+3
2711961+18--
2723451+35+1
2732141+14+1
2743582+40--
2758083+63--
2764032+31--
277268--+19--
278244--+19--
279192--+26--
Annual #1656311+318+10
Annual #1765--+5--
Annual #181101+16--
Annual #19127--+33--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
35,461
~98%
623
~2%
 +5,470
  ~96% 
 +237
  ~4% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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