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Happy Halloween 

On 10/22/2023 at 6:18 PM, Robot Man said:

New unexpected grocery store finds today!

I like the new Time Shifter

It’d be fabulous if you all could help a brother out with a freaky sitch.

A while back I picked up this FFFB #1 with a 75cent candy shell and chewy pink filling. Presumably a 13th print, as per CGC and GCD consensus.

Oddly it’s numbered “1014” out of what I understand to be a limited run of 1,000.

Also my Letter of Authenticity, with matching stamp, appears to be inauthentic as it has no raised seal and the letterhead does not match one currently displayed on eBay that does have a seal, which is also stamped somewhat differently than a third LoA example found at CBR.

I can wrap my head around the printed LoA, but the book itself appears perfectly norml other than the out of sequence stamp. Would there have been 13th prints with no number stamp, that someone stamped and printed a letter to accompany… for …some… weird reason? Were the folks at ROP mixing work with pleasure and let the press run a few extra copies? Book isn’t really worth shenanigans.

what am I missing? Appreciate any dank thoughts passed.

Key, baby!

The entire run was published under Gold Key, either prior to or along with any Whitman counterparts. It wasn’t uncommon for either house to skip publication of an issue or two during a series, so Whitman may have skipped over those two issues. Neither 10 or 11 appears on the CGC census and I don’t see them listed anywhere else under Whitman, just GK.

On 9/19/2023 at 8:32 AM, Jayman said:

I probably shouldn’t have drank this…

Comes in glass as well.

On 9/16/2023 at 8:09 PM, CGC Mike said:

The forum works great for me.  I have sent an e-mail to web help.  They are going to want more info.  So, I recommend people post their specific problem(s) you are having with the chat forum.  

For me it’s trying to zoom in and out, every attempt ends with the error message I posted above. Happens on IPad and IPhone, both devices fully updated(16.6.1). Sometimes refreshing fixes it but other time I have to shut down the browser.

On 9/16/2023 at 2:15 PM, B2D327 said:

This guy’s reviews crack me up even though he completely destroys a part of my childhood with every video post 

 

Great review, a bit long winded but funny.

On 9/16/2023 at 10:02 AM, CGC Mike said:

I can check again with web help regarding this.

 

It really is making coming here a frustrating experience. Pages with long strings of pics are almost impossible to enjoy.

On 8/22/2023 at 10:18 PM, Jayman said:

This site is HORRIBLE on my iPhone now. If I pinch/zoom to see an image close up, the page reloads (slowly). When it reloads, it’s zoomed in and when I resize to normal, the page reloads yet again. Pages reload just by changing the orientation of my phone till I get the error message for the page and have to manually reload the page. It’s been happening for over a month now.

This

So I just grabbed this Freak Brothers #1, it’s got a 75cent cover price and pink interior pages. So by all rights it can only be a 13th print right? Supposedly limited to 1,000 books, numbered, and accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity.

Here’s my problem.

My book came with a LoA that looks to be a photocopy or computer printout of what I assume could have been the original LoA. OK, that’s not super weird, unfortunate but not weird. The stamped numbers on the LoA and on the book match each other exactly, in number, size, font, color, etc. BUUUT, the stamps do NOT match the look of the only picture of a stamp I can find online. ComicBookRealm has a picture of a small section of a LoA, which not only shows a very different stamp than mine, but also shows the stamp placed on top of a raised seal, which mine does not have, not even as just a printed image. Seems like shenanigans to me, but SHOULDN’T a 13th print have a stamp in the book? ALSO, my production number is 1,014 out of 1,000 ?!?!?
Book appears to be a legit 13th and why wouldn’t it be, it’s not a high value item.
What am I missing?

Thanks

On 7/27/2023 at 9:09 AM, CAHokie said:

Ghostbusters and V are excellent examples of the simple covers that I like.  This one too..

Great cover. The holograms were stylish at the time, as they we’re with comics, better that they left this one as an un-affixed card, it’s better without it.

Some favorite covers I have. In no particular order.

They just keep hittin’ me with the Bats. 

With the exceptions of their yellowed covers and size these itty bitty Australian Frootloops minis are exact dupes right down to the indicia and page count.

Sorry…