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On 11/28/2020 at 2:24 PM, Shark said:

My 2nd copy of this harder to find Whitman DC variant.  A local comic shop had a Black Friday sale yesterday where all $1.00 comics were $.25 each.  Found it in one of those boxes.  

Pressing it as we speak....

Have yet to find one of those in the wild

I love collecting sealed packs. A neat time capsule of the hobby. I never open mine.

This came in the mail today. Never knew Gladstone books had CPVs. Got these in a blind buy. 

On 10/11/2020 at 5:09 AM, buddy2 said:

There are some great comic racks in this thread. Thanks for sharing.   While the ones I have are a little newer than Golden Age.  I thought people interested in Comic Racks might appreciate my Whitman Rack/Marvel Rack (with original Box).  

Where did you find that Whitman rack?

This week’s finds 

12 minutes ago, telerites said:

Hi all

I posted this in the Accurate DC Whitman list thread but think it might be more appropriate here.  Not anything I collect but I picked up 21 DC Whitman variants.  I think they average mid-grade.  Not really looking to sell but it was an impulse bid so I am curious if there is any premium for these in this condition.  I am almost certain I tremendously overpaid since looking through these threads, nothing seems particularly HTF.

And I am sure it is most likely in this thread but some have the strikethrough UPC code while most have the Superman logo there.  Is there a difference in rarity in these?

There’s a bit of premium over the standard versions on those issues. Very nice find!

Lunch time trade deal. When it rains, it pours. 

4 minutes ago, Warlord said:

What?  No stack of DCCP22s? 

I wish. It’s not because I wasn’t trying

3 hours ago, BishopT said:

I saw it last night, too, but it’s not there anymore... huh.

The week this came out I don’t think my local shop got any, but I did find one crammed into my shopping bag from a store sale out of town. Rough shape, and an impractical size... high grade copies might be hard to come by.

Same. Went back to look for it and it’s gone. Weird. 

Some have been graded I think. I remember seeing a pic of a 9.4 recently.  Update. Can’t see any in the registry 

It was a feeble given away at comic shops and it’s believed to have low distribution (I suspect Covid related) Features art from the first issue. Thing is. Book was supposed to be released last week but has been pushed back to late October. They are re-doing the art. 

A copy of the  Last Ronin Ashcan/Preview sold for 300.00 today. 

Man. All those Marvel Tales are going to be worth a fortune. “Marvel Tales 106-Rare first cover appearance of the Punisher”

1 hour ago, Legion HQ said:

I'm sending one in that's a strong candidate for 9.8. Fingers crossed!

Where does your print run data come from? Is that copies sold, or copies printed? Those are two totally different things. 

One week’s unwanted variant could become next week’s must have variant. Look at Invincible Iron Man 9. For a while, no one wanted the variant; now; it’s the must have. 

Part trois

Part deux

I was asked to catalog the Canadian Price variants for the Whitman books published in 1984. Funny thing about these, they were never sold on newsstands, only bagged sets. I’ll post all the pics in the next few posts. 

39 minutes ago, Avi said:

Can the previews be graded? Asking for a friend...

Yes

1 minute ago, Lazyboy said:

Nor are commercials/trailers.

Who collects commercials and trailers and how does this apply to printed media? I agree it's a fringe area, but then again someone paid 3000 for a 9.8 previews that had Miles Morales on the cover. There is no logic to what people are losing their minds over.