Cover Price

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The term 'cover price' refers to the price printed on the cover of the publication, indicating the cost at the time of printing.

2000AD[]

The 2000AD comic cost 8 pence when it first hit the newsagents' shelves in 1977. The price has gradually increased over time to the current price of £3.10. Progs have been priced as follows:

8p - Prog 1 to Prog 20 (Feb 1977 - Jul 1977)
9p - Prog 21 to Prog 82 (Jul 1977 - Sep 1978)
10p - Prog 83 to Prog 121 (Sep 1978 - Jul 1979)
12p - Prog 122 to Prog 172 (Jul 1979 - Aug 1980)
14p - Prog 173 to Prog 192 (Aug 1980 - Dec 1980)
15p - Prog 193 to Prog 223 (Jan 1981 - Aug 1981)
16p - Prog 224 to Prog 270 (Aug 1981 - Jun 1982)
18p - Prog 271 to Prog 310 (Jul 1982 - Apr 1983)
20p - Prog 311 to Prog 360 (Apr 1983 - Mar 1984)
22p - Prog 361 to Prog 402 (Mar 1984 - Jan 1985)
24p - Prog 403 to Prog 463 (Feb 1985 - Mar 1986)
26p - Prog 464 to Prog 515 (Apr 1986 - Mar 1987)
28p - Prog 516 to Prog 554 (Apr 1987 - Dec 1987)
30p - Prog 555 to Prog 588 (Jan 1988 - Aug 1988)
35p - Prog 589 to Prog 649 (Aug 1988 - Oct 1989)
40p - Prog 650 to Prog 699 (Oct 1989 - Oct 1990)
45p - Prog 700 to Prog 749 (Oct 1990 - Sep 1991)
50p - Prog 750 to Prog 799 (Sep 1991 - Sep 1992)
60p - Prog 800 to Prog 851 (Sep 1992 - Sep 1993)
70p - Prog 852 to Prog 888 (Sep 1993 - May 1994)
75p - Prog 889 to Prog 900 (May 1994 - Aug 1994)
80p - Prog 901 to Prog 949 (Aug 1994 - Jul 1995) - with the exception of Prog 920 (the 1994 Christmas issue) which was priced at £1.30
£1 - Prog 950 to Prog 1013 (Jul 1995 - Oct 1996)
£1.10 - Prog 1014 to Prog 1062 (Oct 1996 - Sep 1997) - with the exceptions of Prog 1023 (the 1995 Christmas issue) which was priced at £1.30, and also Prog 1084 (the 21st Birthday issue) which was priced at £1.80
£1.20 - Prog 1063 to Prog 1138 (Oct 1997 - Mar 1999) - with the exception of Prog 1124 (the 1998 Christmas issue) which was priced at £1.80
£1.30 - Prog 1139 to Prog 1199 (Apr 1999 - Jun 2000) - with the exception of Prog 1150 (a bumper-length Summer special) which was priced at £1.95
£1.40 - Prog 1200 to Prog 1350 (Jul 2000 - Jul 2003)
£1.60 - Prog 1351 to Prog 1431 (Jul 2003 - Mar 2005)
£1.75 - Prog 1432 to Prog 1554 (Mar 2005 - Sep 2007) - with the exception of Prog 1526 (a 30th anniversary special) which was priced at £2
£1.90 - Prog 1555 to Prog 1665 (Sep 2007 - Dec 2009)
£2 - Prog 1666 to Prog 1699 (Dec 2009 - Aug 2010)
£2.25 - Prog 1700 to Prog 1763 (Sep 2010 - Dec 2011)
£2.35 - Prog 1764 to Prog 1873 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2014)
£2.45 - Prog 1874 to Prog 1949 (Apr 2014 - Sep 2015)
£2.55 - Prog 1950 to Prog 1999 (Sep 2015 - Sep 2016) - with the exception of Prog 1961 (the 2015 Christmas issue) which was priced at £4.99
£3.99 - Prog 2000 (Sep 2016), Prog 2050 (Sep 2017), Prog 2100 (Sep 2018)
£2.65 - Prog 2001 to Prog 2049 (Sep 2016 - Sep 2017) - with the exception of Prog 2011 (the 2016 Christmas issue) which was priced at £4.99
£2.75 - Prog 2051 - Prog 2099 - with the exception of Prog 2061 (the 2017 Christmas issue) which was priced at £4.99
£2.85 - Prog 2101 - Prog 2150 - with the exceptions of Prog 2111 (the 2018 Christmas issue), Prog 2130 (the first all-ages takeover) and Prog 2150 which were all priced at £4.99
£2.99 - Prog 2151 - Prog 2200 - with the exceptions of Prog 2162 (the 2019 Christmas issue), Prog 2170, Prog 2183, Prog 2196 (all-ages takeovers) and Prog 2200 which were all priced at £4.99
£3.10 - Prog 2201 - Present - with the exceptions of Prog 2206, Prog 2220, Prog 2233, Prog 2246 (all-ages takeovers) and Prog 2250 which were all priced at £4.99, and Prog 2212 (the 2020 Christmas issue) which was £5.99

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Judge Dredd Megazine[]

£1.50 - Meg 1.01 to Meg 1.13 (Oct 1990 - Oct 1991)
£1.65 - Meg 1.14 to Meg 1.20 (Nov 1991 - May 1992)
99p - Meg 2.01 to Meg 2.05 (May 1992 - Jul 1992)
£1.25 - Meg 2.06 to Meg 2.36 (Jul 1992 - Sep 1993)
£1.35 - Meg 2.37 to Meg 2.49 (Oct 1993 - Mar 1994)
£1.50 - Meg 2.50 to Meg 2.66 (Apr 1994 - Nov 1994)
£1.60 - Meg 2.67 to Meg 2.83 (Nov 1994 - Jul 1995)
£1.80 - Meg 3.01 to Meg 3.13 (Jul 1995 - Jan 1996)
£2 - Meg 3.14 to Meg 3.38 (Feb 1996 - Feb 1998)
£2.50 - Meg 3.39 to Meg 3.79 (Mar 1998 - Jul 2001)
£3.95 - Meg 4.01 to Meg 227 (Aug 2001 - Jan 2005) - with the exceptions of Megs 201 & 214 (the 2002 & 2003 Christmas special issues) which were both priced at £5.99
£4.50 - Meg 228 to Meg 251 (Feb 2005 - Nov 2006)
£2.99 - Meg 252 to Meg 274 (Dec 2006 - Aug 2008)
£4.99 - Meg 275 to Meg 299 (Sep 2008 - Jul 2010)
£5.99 - Meg 300 to Meg 302 (Aug 2010 - Oct 2010)
£5.49 - Meg 303 to Meg 318 (Nov 2010 - Jan 2012)
£5.60 - Meg 319 to Meg 346 (Jan 2012 - Apr 2014)
£5.70 - Meg 347 to Meg 364 (May 2014 - Oct 2015)
£5.80 - Meg 365 to Meg 374 (Nov 2015 - Aug 2016)
£5.99 - Meg 375 to Present (Sep 2016 to present) - with the exceptions of Meg 400 and Meg 424 (30 year anniversary issue) which were £7.99

Starlord[]

Starlord was priced at 12p for the duration of its 22 issue run, from May to October 1978.

Tornado[]

Tornado was priced at 10p for the duration of its 22 issue run, from March to July 1979.

Crisis[]

65p - Issue 1 to Issue 27 (Sep 1988 - Sep 1989)
75p - Issue 28 to Issue 38 (Sep 1989 - Feb 1990)
£1 - Issue 39 to Issue 49 (Mar 1990 - Jul 1990)
£1.75 - Issue 50 to Issue 63 (Sep 1990 - Oct 1991)

Annuals and Specials[]

The various annuals and other special publications have varied in price considerably over the years.

Softcovers[]

30p
- Dan Dare Poster Prog (1977)
- 2000AD Summer Special Supercomic (1977)
35p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1978
40p
- Starlord Summer Special 1978
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1979
- Tornado Summer Special 1979
45p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1980
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1981
50p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1982
55p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1983
60p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1984
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1985
65p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1986
75p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1987
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1988
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1988
80p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1989
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1989
95p
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1990
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1990
£1.50
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1991
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1992
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1993
- Sláine Poster Prog (1993)
- Judge Dredd Poster Prog #1 (1993)
- Judge Dredd Poster Prog #2 (1994)
- Judge Dredd Poster Prog #3 (1994)
- Rogue Trooper Poster Prog (1994)
- Strontium Dogs Poster Prog (1994)
£1.75
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1991
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1992
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1993
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1994
- 2000AD Action Special (1992)
- Nemesis Poster Prog (1994)
- Judge Dredd Poster Prog #4 (1994)
- Judge Dredd Poster Prog #5 (1995)
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1994
£1.95
- 2000AD Winter Special 1988
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1995
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1995
£2.25
- 2000AD Winter Special 1989
- 2000AD Winter Special 1990
£2.35
- 2000AD Winter Special 1992
- 2000AD Winter Special 1993
- Judge Dredd Mega Special 1996
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1996
£2.50
- 2000AD Winter Special 1994
£2.75
- 2000AD Winter Special 1995
£2.95
- Rogue Trooper Action Special (1996)
£2.99
- 2000AD Winter Special 2005
£3.50
- 2000AD Winter Special 2014
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2014
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2015
£3.95
- Prog 2000
- Prog 2001
- Prog 2002
- Prog 2003
- Prog 2004
- Prog 2005
- Prog 2006
- Prog 2007
£4.20
- Prog 2008
- Prog 2009
- Prog 2010
£4.50
- Prog 2011
- Prog 2012
- Prog 2013
- Prog 2014
- Prog 2015
£5.95
- 2000AD Yearbook 1992
- 2000AD Yearbook 1993
- 2000AD Yearbook 1994
- Judge Dredd Yearbook 1992
- Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993
- Judge Dredd Yearbook 1994
- Judge Dredd Yearbook 1995
£7.99
- 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2020

Hardcovers[]

£1
- 2000AD Annual 1978
£1.10
- 2000AD Annual 1979
£1.25
- 2000AD Annual 1980
- Starlord Annual 1980
- Tornado Annual 1980
£1.35
- Dan Dare Annual 1978
£1.50
- Dan Dare Annual 1980
- 2000AD Annual 1981
£1.80
£1.95
- 2000AD Annual 1982
£2.50
- 2000AD Annual 1984
- Judge Dredd Annual 1982
£2.75
- Judge Dredd Annual 1983
- 2000AD Annual 1985
£2.95
- Judge Dredd Annual 1984
- 2000AD Annual 1986
- 2000AD Annual 1987
£3.25
- Judge Dredd Annual 1985
- 2000AD Annual 1988
£3.50
- Judge Dredd Annual 1986
- Judge Dredd Annual 1987
- Judge Dredd Annual 1988
£3.75
- 2000AD Annual 1989
- Judge Dredd Annual 1989
£3.95
- 2000AD Annual 1990
- Judge Dredd Annual 1990
- Rogue Trooper Annual 1991
£4.95
- Judge Dredd Annual 1991