In the January 2010 Comiclink auction, this terrific copy of X-Men 98 set the record for a X-Men 30 cent price variant bringing a final price of $1875. This copy is currently one of two 9.6s on the census followed by a single 9.4. Here is the Comiclink scan of the book.
Of course the NEW X-Men first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men 1 followed by X-Men 94 and just four issues later, in X-Men 98, the phenomenon was still just starting to catch on. These bronze-age x-men issues are particularly prized by numerous X-men collectors.
CGC census numbers for the regular edition are currently 10 9.8s, 34 9.6s and 91 9.4s. There have been a total of 602 copies of the regular edition certified by CGC versus 53 of the variant edition. In comparison a regular edition X-Men 98 in 9.6 would typically sell for $350 in an auction. The 12 month average price for a regular edition X-Men 98 is $1700. If a 9.8 copy of the variant edition ever showed up at an auction, I wonder what it would fetch?
CGC census data for this book can be found here. http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=X%2DMen&publisher=Marvel%20Comics&issue=98&year=1976&issuedate=4%2F76
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