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Thing (#1-36) Price Guide 2021


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From: The 2021 CPV Price Guide for 80's & 90's Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Jay Halstead, Jon McClure, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]
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
#1Top 100 CPVs Thing 1 Canadian Price Variant picture$11$32 $0.75 $65 $49 $39 $27 $18 $
 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
 
#2 Thing 2 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$6 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 8/1983  Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm)
CGC label note: Reed & Sue Richards appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#3 Thing 3 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$6 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 9/1983  Doug notes: Inhumans-c/s; BYRNE-s;
CGC label note: Inhumans appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#4 Thing 4 Canadian Price Variant picture$1$6 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 10/1983  CGC label note: Lockjaw appearance 75¢ cover price.  
#5 Thing 5 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$6 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 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.
 
#6 Thing 6 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$5 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 12/1983  Versus Puppet Master; All-black issue
CGC label note: Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#7 Thing 7 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$5 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 1/1984   
#8 Thing 8 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$5 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 2/1984  CGC label note: She-Hulk appearance. 75¢ cover price.  
#9 Thing 9 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$5 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 3/1984   
#10 Thing 10 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$5 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 4/1984  Doug notes: Torch & Fantastic Four-c/s;
CGC label note: Fantastic Four appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#11 Thing 11 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 5/1984  Doug notes: 1st Appearance of Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s;  
#12 Thing 12 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 6/1984  Conan notes: A raw 8.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 5/22/2019 for $8  
#13 Thing 13 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 7/1984  Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/10/2019 for $8  
#14 Thing 14 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 8/1984   
#15 Thing 15 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 9/1984   
#16 Thing 16 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 10/1984   
#17 Thing 17 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 11/1984   
#18 Thing 18 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 12/1984   
#19 Thing 19 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 1/1985  CGC label note: Story continued in Fantastic Four #274  
#20 Thing 20 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 2/1985   
#21 Thing 21 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 3/1985   
#22 Thing 22 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 4/1985  Returns to Earth
Doug notes: Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s;
CGC label note: Battleworld is destroyed. 75¢ cover price.
 
#23 Thing 23 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 5/1985  Quits Fantastic Four  
#24 Thing 24 Canadian Price Variant picture$1$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 6/1985  Death of Miracle Man; Versus Rhino
Doug notes: RHINO-c/s;
CGC label note: Rhino appearance.
 
#25 Thing 25 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 7/1985  CGC label note: Mister Fantastic & She-Hulk appearance.  
#26 Thing 26 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $20 $18 $14 $10 $7 $
 Marvel, 8/1985  Versus Taskmaster
Doug notes: FIFTH Full appearance of the TASKMASTER-c/s;
CGC label note: Taskmaster appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#27 Thing 27 Canadian Price Variant picture$8$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 9/1985  1st Appearance of Sharon Ventura  
#28 Thing 28 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.75 $12
▲ $2
$10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 10/1985  1st Appearance of Demolition Dunphy (later becomes D-Man)  
#29 Thing 29 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $10 $8 $6 $4 $3 $
 Marvel, 11/1985   
#30 Thing 30 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $
 Marvel, 12/1985  Doug notes: Secret Wars-II; Beyoner-c/s;  
#31 Thing 31 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.75 $16
▲ $2
$14 $11 $8 $5 $
 Marvel, 1/1986  Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Devil Dinosaur-c/s;  
#32 Thing 32 Canadian Price Variant picture$2$4 $0.95 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 2/1986  Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy-c/s;  
#33 Thing 33 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.95 $18
▲ $2
$16 $13 $9 $6 $
 Marvel, 3/1986  Death of Titania
Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run;
 
#34 Thing 34 Canadian Price Variant picture$3$4 $0.95 $14 $12 $10 $7 $5 $
 Marvel, 4/1986  Death of The Sphinx
Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run;
CGC label note: Sphinx & Puppet Master appearance.
 
#35 Thing 35 Canadian Price Variant picture$9$4 $0.95 $32
▲ $2
$28 $23 $16 $11 $
 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.
 
#36 Thing 36 Canadian Price Variant picture$5$4 $0.95 $24 $21 $17 $12 $8 $
 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.
 
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
Thing CGC Census Changes:
Issue # 8/27/2019
Census Count
9/15/2020
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
15102264229+132+7
218--271+9+1
310--131+3+1
411--172+6+2
512--181+6+1
617--193+2+3
78--82--+2
86--62--+2
97--81+1+1
107--81+1+1
119--101+1+1
1222--221--+1
135--7--+2--
1413--13------
1517--17------
167--7------
176--7--+1--
186--6------
196--7--+1--
205--6--+1--
214--4------
225--51--+1
234--61+2+1
248--12--+4--
2510--10------
267--81+1+1
276--6------
284--4------
297--7------
3013--13------
314--4------
324--6--+2--
334242----
341--3--+2--
35462723+26+1
36152282+13--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
844
~97%
28
~3%
1,060
~95%
55
~5%
 +216
  ~89% 
 +27
  ~11% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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Thing (#1-36) Values 2021


From: The 2021 CPV Price Guide for 80's & 90's Canadian Price Variants (Type 1A) by Bill Alexander, Tim Bildhauser, Paul Clairmont, Jay Halstead, Jon McClure, Benjamin Nobel, Conan Saunders, Doug Sulipa, and Angelo Virone  [ introduction, table of contents, all titles, other price guide editions ]

Thing — 2021 Price Guide Values

Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
#1Top 100 CPVs Thing 1 Canadian Price Variant picture $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
 
#2 Thing 2 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 8/1983  Origin of Thing (Ben Grimm)
CGC label note: Reed & Sue Richards appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#3 Thing 3 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 9/1983  Doug notes: Inhumans-c/s; BYRNE-s;
CGC label note: Inhumans appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#4 Thing 4 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 10/1983  CGC label note: Lockjaw appearance 75¢ cover price.  
#5 Thing 5 Canadian Price Variant picture $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.
 
#6 Thing 6 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 12/1983  Versus Puppet Master; All-black issue
CGC label note: Puppet Master appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#7 Thing 7 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 1/1984   
#8 Thing 8 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 2/1984  CGC label note: She-Hulk appearance. 75¢ cover price.  
#9 Thing 9 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 3/1984   
#10 Thing 10 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 4/1984  Doug notes: Torch & Fantastic Four-c/s;
CGC label note: Fantastic Four appearance. 75¢ cover price.
 
#11 Thing 11 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 5/1984  Doug notes: 1st Appearance of Rocky Grimm Space Ranger-c/s;  
#12 Thing 12 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 6/1984  Conan notes: A raw 8.5 variant sold at MyComicShop on 5/22/2019 for $8  
#13 Thing 13 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 7/1984  Conan notes: A raw 8.0 variant sold at MyComicShop on 6/10/2019 for $8  
#14 Thing 14 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 8/1984   
#15 Thing 15 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 9/1984   
#16 Thing 16 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 10/1984   
#17 Thing 17 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 11/1984   
#18 Thing 18 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 12/1984   
#19 Thing 19 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 1/1985  CGC label note: Story continued in Fantastic Four #274  
#20 Thing 20 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 2/1985   
#21 Thing 21 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 3/1985   
#22 Thing 22 Canadian Price Variant picture $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.
 
#23 Thing 23 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 5/1985  Quits Fantastic Four  
#24 Thing 24 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 6/1985  Death of Miracle Man; Versus Rhino
Doug notes: RHINO-c/s;
CGC label note: Rhino appearance.
 
#25 Thing 25 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 7/1985  CGC label note: Mister Fantastic & She-Hulk appearance.  
#26 Thing 26 Canadian Price Variant picture $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.
 
#27 Thing 27 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 9/1985  1st Appearance of Sharon Ventura  
#28 Thing 28 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
▲ $2
 Marvel, 10/1985  1st Appearance of Demolition Dunphy (later becomes D-Man)  
#29 Thing 29 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $10
 Marvel, 11/1985   
#30 Thing 30 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $12
 Marvel, 12/1985  Doug notes: Secret Wars-II; Beyoner-c/s;  
#31 Thing 31 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.75 $16
▲ $2
 Marvel, 1/1986  Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Devil Dinosaur-c/s;  
#32 Thing 32 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 2/1986  Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run; Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy-c/s;  
#33 Thing 33 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $18
▲ $2
 Marvel, 3/1986  Death of Titania
Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run;
 
#34 Thing 34 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $14
 Marvel, 4/1986  Death of The Sphinx
Doug notes: LOWER PRINT Run;
CGC label note: Sphinx & Puppet Master appearance.
 
#35 Thing 35 Canadian Price Variant picture $0.95 $32
▲ $2
 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.
 
#36 Thing 36 Canadian Price Variant picture $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.
 
Issue CPV
Cover
Price
CPV
Value
9.2
CGC-Confirmed
 
 = Stand-out value  
 
CGC census data for Canadian Price Variant and Regular comic books
Thing CGC Census Data:
Issue # 9/15/2020
Census Count
Year over
year change
Regular Variant Regular Variant
164229+132+7
2271+9+1
3131+3+1
4172+6+2
5181+6+1
6193+2+3
782--+2
862--+2
981+1+1
1081+1+1
11101+1+1
12221--+1
137--+2--
1413------
1517------
167------
177--+1--
186------
197--+1--
206--+1--
214------
2251--+1
2361+2+1
2412--+4--
2510------
2681+1+1
276------
284------
297------
3013------
314------
326--+2--
3342----
343--+2--
35723+26+1
36282+13--
  Regular Variant Regular Variant
Title Totals:
% regular / % variant
1,060
~95%
55
~5%
 +216
  ~89% 
 +27
  ~11% 
CGC census data CPVs and regular bottom
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