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Whipple`s Comic Book Rarity Scale/ guide
Rarity Value # of issues known
R10---------------Unique--------------------------------1
R9.9---------------Extremely-Rare----------------------2 - 10
R9.8---------------Very-Rare ----------------------------11- 25
R9.6---------------Rare------------------------------------26 - 50
R9.4---------------Very-Scarce----------------------------51 - 100
R9.2---------------Scarce ----------------------------------101 - 200
R9.0-------------- Scarce-Minus --------------------------201 - 300
R8.5-------------- Scarce-Minus-------------- -------------301 - 350
R8.0---------------Very-uncomon-to-scarce-------------351 - 400
R7.5---------------Very-uncommon-to-Scarce-----------401 - 600
R7.0---------------Very-uncommon-----------------------601 - 800
R6.5--------------Very-Uncommon----------------------- 801 - 1050
R6.0---------------Uncommon------------------------------1051 -1350
R5.5---------------Uncommon-----------------------------1351 - 1600
R5.0---------------Uncommon-Minus---------------------1601 - 2000
R4.5---------------Uncommon-Minus---------------------2001 - 2400
R4.0---------------Slightly-Uncommon--------------------2401 - 4000
R3.5---------------Slightly-Uncommon---------------------4001 - 5600
R3.0---------------Slightly-Uncommon---------------------5601 - 7200
R2.5---------------Slightly-Uncommon-to-Common-----7201 - 14800
R2.0---------------Slightly-Uncommon-to-Common-----14801 - 22400
*R1.5--------------Slightly-Uncommon-to-Common-----22401 - 30000
*R1.0 - R0 --------Vertualy-Common-----------------------30001 & up
*R1.0 = 90% of print run, but more than 30001 issues
*R0.5 = 95% of print run, but more than 30001 issues
**eg. if a print run is 1500 issues, then rarity would be R5.5 (Uncommon)
**eg. if 600 issues are known to exist, then rarity would be R7.5 (Very uncommon-to-Scarce)
**eg. if 250 issues are known to exist, then rarity would be R9.0 (Scarce Minus )
**eg. if 2500 issues are known to exist, then rarity would be R4.0 (Slightly uncommon)
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R1.0 and lower are relative to print run because the issue in question is going to be close to the actual print run. This is why we have 30,001 and up.
I hope this puts light on it, very comic friendly