Thing — 2021 Price Guide Values | #1-36 | |||||||||||
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 | $11 | $32 | $0.75 | $65 | $49 | $39 | $27 | $18 | $9 | |||
Marvel, 7/1983 | Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm); Origin of the Fantastic Four #79 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Prices have come down on the top grades for this book, however a Fantastic Four movie should help the value bounce back. Lets not forget the iconic artist who created the cover! Conan notes: A raw 6.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 9/7/2020 for $10 Doug notes: JOHN BYRNE cover art & story; ORIGIN and LIFE HISTORY of BEN GRIMM, from Yancy Street Gang Days, College Football Days, First Meeting with Reed Richards & the Rocket that Made him into the THING of the Fantastic Four |
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#2 | $3 | $6 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 8/1983 | Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm) CGC label note: Reed & Sue Richards appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#3 | $3 | $6 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 9/1983 | Doug notes: Inhumans-c/s; BYRNE-s; CGC label note: Inhumans appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#4 | $1 | $6 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 10/1983 | CGC label note: Lockjaw appearance 75¢ cover price. | |||||||||||
#5 | $2 | $6 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 11/1983 | Doug notes: Wonder Man, She-Hulk & Spider-Man-c/s; CGC label note: Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Wonder Man & Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#6 | $3 | $5 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 12/1983 | Versus Puppet Master; All-black issue CGC label note: Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#7 | $2 | $5 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 1/1984 | ||||||||||||
#8 | $2 | $5 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 2/1984 | CGC label note: She-Hulk appearance. 75¢ cover price. | |||||||||||
#9 | $2 | $5 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 3/1984 | ||||||||||||
#10 | $2 | $5 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 4/1984 | Doug notes: Torch & Fantastic Four-c/s; CGC label note: Fantastic Four appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#11 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 5/1984 | Doug notes: 1st Appearance of Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s; | |||||||||||
#12 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 6/1984 | Conan notes: A raw 8.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 5/22/2019 for $8 | |||||||||||
#13 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 7/1984 | Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/10/2019 for $8 | |||||||||||
#14 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 8/1984 | ||||||||||||
#15 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 9/1984 | ||||||||||||
#16 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 10/1984 | ||||||||||||
#17 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 11/1984 | ||||||||||||
#18 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 12/1984 | ||||||||||||
#19 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 1/1985 | CGC label note: Story continued in Fantastic Four #274 | |||||||||||
#20 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 2/1985 | ||||||||||||
#21 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 3/1985 | ||||||||||||
#22 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 4/1985 | Returns to Earth Doug notes: Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s; CGC label note: Battleworld is destroyed. 75¢ cover price. |
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#23 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 5/1985 | Quits Fantastic Four | |||||||||||
#24 | $1 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 6/1985 | Death of Miracle Man; Versus Rhino Doug notes: RHINO-c/s; CGC label note: Rhino appearance. |
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#25 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 7/1985 | CGC label note: Mister Fantastic & She-Hulk appearance. | |||||||||||
#26 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $20 | $18 | $14 | $10 | $7 | $3 | |||
Marvel, 8/1985 | Versus Taskmaster Doug notes: FIFTH Full appearance of the TASKMASTER-c/s; CGC label note: Taskmaster appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#27 | $8 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 9/1985 | 1st Appearance of Sharon Ventura | |||||||||||
#28 | $3 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 ▲ $2 |
$10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 10/1985 | 1st Appearance of Demolition Dunphy (later becomes D-Man) | |||||||||||
#29 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $3 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 11/1985 | ||||||||||||
#30 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $12 | $10 | $8 | $6 | $4 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 12/1985 | Doug notes: Secret Wars-II; Beyoner-c/s; | |||||||||||
#31 | $2 | $4 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
$14 | $11 | $8 | $5 | $3 | |||
Marvel, 1/1986 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Devil Dinosaur-c/s; | |||||||||||
#32 | $2 | $4 | $0.95 | $18 ▲ $2 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | |||
Marvel, 2/1986 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy-c/s; | |||||||||||
#33 | $3 | $4 | $0.95 | $18 ▲ $2 |
$16 | $13 | $9 | $6 | $3 | |||
Marvel, 3/1986 | Death of Titania Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; |
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#34 | $3 | $4 | $0.95 | $14 | $12 | $10 | $7 | $5 | $2 | |||
Marvel, 4/1986 | Death of The Sphinx Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; CGC label note: Sphinx & Puppet Master appearance. |
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#35 | $9 | $4 | $0.95 | $32 ▲ $2 |
$28 | $23 | $16 | $11 | $5 | |||
Marvel, 5/1986 | 1st Appearance of Ms. Marvel II (Sharon Ventura); Origin of Ms. Marvel II Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; CGC label note: Sharon Ventura becomes the new Ms. Marvel. 1st Curtis Jackson as the Power Broker. 95¢ cover price. |
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#36 | $5 | $4 | $0.95 | $24 | $21 | $17 | $12 | $8 | $4 | |||
Marvel, 6/1986 | 2nd appearance of Ms. Marvel (Sharen Ventura),; Final Issue; Continued in West Coast Avengers #10 Doug notes: LAST ISSUE; Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title CGC label note: She Hulk & Ms. Marvel appearance. Last issue. 95¢ cover price. |
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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 |
Thing CGC Census Changes: | ||||||
Issue # |
8/27/2019 Census Count |
9/15/2020 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
1 | 510 | 22 | 642 | 29 | +132 | +7 |
2 | 18 | -- | 27 | 1 | +9 | +1 |
3 | 10 | -- | 13 | 1 | +3 | +1 |
4 | 11 | -- | 17 | 2 | +6 | +2 |
5 | 12 | -- | 18 | 1 | +6 | +1 |
6 | 17 | -- | 19 | 3 | +2 | +3 |
7 | 8 | -- | 8 | 2 | -- | +2 |
8 | 6 | -- | 6 | 2 | -- | +2 |
9 | 7 | -- | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
10 | 7 | -- | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
11 | 9 | -- | 10 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
12 | 22 | -- | 22 | 1 | -- | +1 |
13 | 5 | -- | 7 | -- | +2 | -- |
14 | 13 | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
15 | 17 | -- | 17 | -- | -- | -- |
16 | 7 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
17 | 6 | -- | 7 | -- | +1 | -- |
18 | 6 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
19 | 6 | -- | 7 | -- | +1 | -- |
20 | 5 | -- | 6 | -- | +1 | -- |
21 | 4 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
22 | 5 | -- | 5 | 1 | -- | +1 |
23 | 4 | -- | 6 | 1 | +2 | +1 |
24 | 8 | -- | 12 | -- | +4 | -- |
25 | 10 | -- | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
26 | 7 | -- | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
27 | 6 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
28 | 4 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
29 | 7 | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
30 | 13 | -- | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
31 | 4 | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
32 | 4 | -- | 6 | -- | +2 | -- |
33 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- |
34 | 1 | -- | 3 | -- | +2 | -- |
35 | 46 | 2 | 72 | 3 | +26 | +1 |
36 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 2 | +13 | -- |
Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
844 ~97% |
28 ~3% |
1,060 ~95% |
55 ~5% |
+216 ~89% |
+27 ~11% |
Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed | |
#1 | $0.75 | $65 | ||
Marvel, 7/1983 | Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm); Origin of the Fantastic Four #79 in this year's Top 100. Angelo notes: Prices have come down on the top grades for this book, however a Fantastic Four movie should help the value bounce back. Lets not forget the iconic artist who created the cover! Conan notes: A raw 6.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 9/7/2020 for $10 Doug notes: JOHN BYRNE cover art & story; ORIGIN and LIFE HISTORY of BEN GRIMM, from Yancy Street Gang Days, College Football Days, First Meeting with Reed Richards & the Rocket that Made him into the THING of the Fantastic Four |
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#2 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 8/1983 | Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm) CGC label note: Reed & Sue Richards appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#3 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 9/1983 | Doug notes: Inhumans-c/s; BYRNE-s; CGC label note: Inhumans appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#4 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 10/1983 | CGC label note: Lockjaw appearance 75¢ cover price. | |||
#5 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 11/1983 | Doug notes: Wonder Man, She-Hulk & Spider-Man-c/s; CGC label note: Spider-Man, She-Hulk, Wonder Man & Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#6 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 12/1983 | Versus Puppet Master; All-black issue CGC label note: Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#7 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 1/1984 | ||||
#8 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 2/1984 | CGC label note: She-Hulk appearance. 75¢ cover price. | |||
#9 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 3/1984 | ||||
#10 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 4/1984 | Doug notes: Torch & Fantastic Four-c/s; CGC label note: Fantastic Four appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#11 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 5/1984 | Doug notes: 1st Appearance of Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s; | |||
#12 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 6/1984 | Conan notes: A raw 8.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 5/22/2019 for $8 | |||
#13 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 7/1984 | Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/10/2019 for $8 | |||
#14 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 8/1984 | ||||
#15 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 9/1984 | ||||
#16 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 10/1984 | ||||
#17 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 11/1984 | ||||
#18 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 12/1984 | ||||
#19 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 1/1985 | CGC label note: Story continued in Fantastic Four #274 | |||
#20 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 2/1985 | ||||
#21 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 3/1985 | ||||
#22 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 4/1985 | Returns to Earth Doug notes: Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s; CGC label note: Battleworld is destroyed. 75¢ cover price. |
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#23 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 5/1985 | Quits Fantastic Four | |||
#24 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 6/1985 | Death of Miracle Man; Versus Rhino Doug notes: RHINO-c/s; CGC label note: Rhino appearance. |
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#25 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 7/1985 | CGC label note: Mister Fantastic & She-Hulk appearance. | |||
#26 | $0.75 | $20 | ||
Marvel, 8/1985 | Versus Taskmaster Doug notes: FIFTH Full appearance of the TASKMASTER-c/s; CGC label note: Taskmaster appearance. 75¢ cover price. |
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#27 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 9/1985 | 1st Appearance of Sharon Ventura | |||
#28 | $0.75 | $12 ▲ $2 |
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Marvel, 10/1985 | 1st Appearance of Demolition Dunphy (later becomes D-Man) | |||
#29 | $0.75 | $10 | ||
Marvel, 11/1985 | ||||
#30 | $0.75 | $12 | ||
Marvel, 12/1985 | Doug notes: Secret Wars-II; Beyoner-c/s; | |||
#31 | $0.75 | $16 ▲ $2 |
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Marvel, 1/1986 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Devil Dinosaur-c/s; | |||
#32 | $0.95 | $18 ▲ $2 |
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Marvel, 2/1986 | Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy-c/s; | |||
#33 | $0.95 | $18 ▲ $2 |
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Marvel, 3/1986 | Death of Titania Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; |
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#34 | $0.95 | $14 | ||
Marvel, 4/1986 | Death of The Sphinx Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; CGC label note: Sphinx & Puppet Master appearance. |
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#35 | $0.95 | $32 ▲ $2 |
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Marvel, 5/1986 | 1st Appearance of Ms. Marvel II (Sharon Ventura); Origin of Ms. Marvel II Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; CGC label note: Sharon Ventura becomes the new Ms. Marvel. 1st Curtis Jackson as the Power Broker. 95¢ cover price. |
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#36 | $0.95 | $24 | ||
Marvel, 6/1986 | 2nd appearance of Ms. Marvel (Sharen Ventura),; Final Issue; Continued in West Coast Avengers #10 Doug notes: LAST ISSUE; Scarcer LAST Canadian Price Variant in Title CGC label note: She Hulk & Ms. Marvel appearance. Last issue. 95¢ cover price. |
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Issue | CPV Cover Price |
CPV Value 9.2 |
CGC-Confirmed |
Thing CGC Census Data: | ||||
Issue # |
9/15/2020 Census Count |
Year over year change |
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Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
1 | 642 | 29 | +132 | +7 |
2 | 27 | 1 | +9 | +1 |
3 | 13 | 1 | +3 | +1 |
4 | 17 | 2 | +6 | +2 |
5 | 18 | 1 | +6 | +1 |
6 | 19 | 3 | +2 | +3 |
7 | 8 | 2 | -- | +2 |
8 | 6 | 2 | -- | +2 |
9 | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
10 | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
11 | 10 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
12 | 22 | 1 | -- | +1 |
13 | 7 | -- | +2 | -- |
14 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
15 | 17 | -- | -- | -- |
16 | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
17 | 7 | -- | +1 | -- |
18 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
19 | 7 | -- | +1 | -- |
20 | 6 | -- | +1 | -- |
21 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
22 | 5 | 1 | -- | +1 |
23 | 6 | 1 | +2 | +1 |
24 | 12 | -- | +4 | -- |
25 | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
26 | 8 | 1 | +1 | +1 |
27 | 6 | -- | -- | -- |
28 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
29 | 7 | -- | -- | -- |
30 | 13 | -- | -- | -- |
31 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
32 | 6 | -- | +2 | -- |
33 | 4 | 2 | -- | -- |
34 | 3 | -- | +2 | -- |
35 | 72 | 3 | +26 | +1 |
36 | 28 | 2 | +13 | -- |
Regular | Variant | Regular | Variant | |
Title Totals: % regular / % variant |
1,060 ~95% |
55 ~5% |
+216 ~89% |
+27 ~11% |