2025 Archie Comics Price Guide

Archie Comics Price Guide for 2025

Archie is one of the very few comic book characters to be published concurrently since his first appearance in 1941.

Ironically, his heyday was the 1950s, when superhero comic books were at their lowest ebb.

DC Comics and Marvel Comics cancelled many of their long-running hero series in the fifties.

Heroes were out of style. Comic book consumers demanded crime, horror and romance titles.

Archie spoke to a neglected demographic, teenagers growing up in the 50s, dating, learning to be adults.

Stories around the love triangle between Archie, Betty and Veronica were hugely popular.

Archie Comics revolved around cheesy dad joke-style punchlines and featured the hapless redheaded freckled kid getting himself into hijinks.

As the popularity exploded, more and more Archie titles were published. By the end of the 1960s, the comics were in decline.

A TV series, Riverdale, modernized Archie for a new generation.

Even today, you can find Archie comics for sale on the checkout of supermarkets.

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Archie Comics Price Guide for 2025

Pep Comics #22: 1st Archie Appearance

Pep Comics #22 (1941)
First appearance of Archie Andrews, Betty and Jughead

Lowest price $35,000

Average price $70,000

Record price $252,000

Archie Andrews is still being published today, albeit in far fewer comic books than during his golden years of the 1950s.

This first appearance is exceptionally rare, with just 21 unrestored copies in the CGC census. Long, long overdue to break its sales record.

Pep Comics #36: 1st Archie Cover

Pep Comics #36
First Archie cover appearance

Lowest price $1,200

Average price $2,500

Record price $39,500

Archie's first cover appearance (face in a circle) was on Jackpot Comics #4, but this is his first full cover appearance. This reflects the move towards Archie titles and away from superhero content that MLJ experienced in the 1940s.

Archie Comics #1-3: 1st Solo Issues

Archie Comics #1
1st solo title

Lowest price $10,000

Average price $35,000

Record price $167,000

Archie was so popular that he was spun off out of Pep Comics into his own title. Archie Comics were published for decades!

The record sale for the CGC 8.5 was set in 2011, so when it comes back up for sale a new top price will be set for sure. There are only 57 unrestored copies in the census.

1st Appearance of Supporting Characters

Pep Comics #26
1st Veronica

Lowest price $2,000

Average price $7,000

Record price $19,200

Just as with Pep Comics #22, this issue doesn't reflect Archie at all. It's still a WWII-themed image. Veronica Lodge first appears in this important issue. It's seriously under-valued on the Archie Comics price guide in our opinion.

Archie's Madhouse #22
1st Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Lowest price $150

Average price $650

Record price $18,000

Sabrina the Teenage Witch became very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and her first appearance is significant.

Top-Notch Comics #28
1st Suzie

Lowest price $500

Average price $1,300

Record price $2,300

There are only nine copies certified by CGC of this important issue! When it does change hands, new records are always set.

Pep Comics #78
1st Dilton Doiley

Lowest price $40

Average price $300

Record price $750

With only 17 copies in the CGC census, Pep Comics #78 is an extremely rare comic book and should be worth far more.

Its scarcity is not reflected in the value of this Archie Comics price guide.

Life with Archie #110
1st Chuck Clayton, first regular African American comic character in Archie

Lowest price $5

Average price $20

Record price $100

This is a minor key issue and they seldom sell in CGC holders.

Archie Comics Price Guide for Books With Sexy or Innuendo Covers

Archie Comics #78
Innuendo "Clutch" Cover

Lowest price $75

Average price $350

Record price $3,350

One of the more popular of the Archie's car cover images.

Josie and the Pussycats #45
1st Pussycats band

Lowest price $40

Average price $250

Record price $3,500

This 1969 issue is critical in the history of Archie Comics, as the Pussycats became a brief TV series.

Archie Comics #11
Archie dressed as adult baby

Lowest price $80

Average price $600

Record price $3,100

This is the first time, but not the last time, that Archie appears dressed as a baby. Weird? Yep.

Archie Comics #271
"Pearl Necklace" innuendo cover

Lowest price $20

Average price $250

Record price $1,025

If you need to ask what this means, I suggest you Google it... A 1978 cover.

Archie Comics Price Guide for Spin-Off #1 Issues

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #1

Lowest price $150

Average price $500

Record price $5,500

A popular and scarce 1950 issue which was effectively one of the annual issues when it appeared.

Archie Giant Series #1
1st Archie's Christmas Stocking

Lowest price $80

Average price $400

Record price $3,650

This 1954 issue was effectively a Christmas annual. Archie's Christmas Stocking became an annual event, but it sometimes appeared in regular Archie comics.

Archie's Madhouse #1

Lowest price $30

Average price $200

Record price $1,800

Another spin-off, this time one which pokes fun at MAD Magazine. Madhouse went from oddball to horror and science fiction over the years.

Archie's Pals and Gals #1

Lowest price $50

Average price $350

Record price $2,650

This 1953 issue strongly resembles the Archie annuals of the period. Pals and Gals was published over many years, but initially as annual issues.

Everything's Archie #1

Lowest price $15

Average price $100

Record price $600

This 1969 issue was the first in the series of the last "swinging 60s" style Archie issues.

Ginger #1

Lowest price $100

Average price $400

Record price $3,750

Ginger was meant to be a female version of Archie. She never really caught on.

Laugh Comics #20 (#1)
Renamed from Black Hood Comics

Lowest price $75

Average price $600

Record price $2,800

Black Hood was a hero-style series, but the growing interest in Archie issues saw them rename the series to Laugh Comics.

Archie's Rival Reggie #1

Lowest price $100

Average price $500

Record price $2,500

Another 1950 series spinning off the main Archie Comics series, this time focusing on his rival.

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