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On 11/23/2023 at 12:37 PM, stormflora said:

At the moment, asking one seller for combined shipping on three rare Whitman issues. If it works out, I'll have acquired them at about $10 USD each after shipping + taxes.

Below is what I found at prices that are either cheap or don't break the bank. If anyone wants them for their collection, you can find them on eBay or MyComicShop now. I'm not really interested in them myself.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #483-484. Uncle Scrooge #180-182. Super Goof #63. Mickey Mouse #207. Little Lulu #262. Huey, Dewey and Louie #67. Donald Duck #221 and #224-225. Daisy and Donald #45. Daffy Duck #129-130. Bugs Bunny #223.

That's all for now. I took a few more too; they're shown in the attachment below. They aren't super rare though, just low supply. Came out to be $12.13 USD each after fees. I originally found this seller through the Tweety issue, but since they had two more rare issues, I figured I'd pick them up as well. (The other two sellers above had no other rare issues from what I could tell.)

Nice, be aware that there are two versions of Bugs 222, and 223, WDCS 484, Scrooge 182, Super Goof 63, Lulu 262, Huey Dewey and Louie 67, Donald Duck 225. The rare versions of those books have 40 cent cover prices. The more common ones are priced at 50 cents. Great finds though! Congrats!

On 11/21/2023 at 7:28 PM, stormflora said:

So... The white W variants are cheaper direct variants and the typical yellow W variants are newsstand/comic store?

I wonder why the white variants seem rarer than the yellow ones. Could it be because not many people bothered to order them directly?

The Whitman comics with the 50 cent and 60 cent covers are the most common of the bunch. Both white logo and yellow logos are plentiful. (With perhaps a few exception) 

On 11/21/2023 at 7:20 PM, stormflora said:

Is this Whitman list of any use to anyone? Also, what's the real difference between the yellow and white W logos? Which one is rarer? I see yellow ones on eBay a lot, but rarely the white ones, so I would imagine that the latter is rarer.

Personally, I'm more of a Gold Key fan, although I pick up Whitman if there's no Gold Key "variant". But I do entire series, not just individual issues of various characters.

On a side note, I had to buy a large Chip 'n' Dale lot to fill some gaps for the series, so I'll end up with a handful of Whitman copies to have to resell, which I plan to do so at cost + shipping (I'm not looking to profit off of it). If anyone is interested in any of these issues, let me know and I'll hold onto them for you: Chip 'n' Dale #71, 74, 76, 77, 78, 82. (Grades for each of them are not yet available as I have to wait for the package to arrive in the mail first, but they are likely to be at least VG.)

This was from the Comic Buyers Guide from back in the day. They started selling Whitman books to comic shops directly on top of the bagged sets. They went to white to distinguish them from their bagged counterparts. 

On 11/19/2023 at 8:17 AM, Brock said:

Yes, sorry - I'm poaching your territory. It was Snap, though I did visit Treasure Cove as well. I paid more than I'm usually comfortable with for them, but they were pretty nice copies. 

Happy you found some. Had I known you were there, I might have driven down from Edmonton. If you’re still in YYC on Sunday, check out the Hillhurst market 

On 11/18/2023 at 9:17 AM, Brock said:

Here's my latest finds from this week, and more circumstantial evidence that the 8-12/80 Gold Key Whitmans had stronger distribution in Canada. These are all tough 10/80 books. The Flash Gordon and Looney Tunes book (there it is again!) were found in Moncton, New Brunswick on Wednesday, and the others just outside of Calgary, Alberta ion Thursday.

Where near Calgary? Was it Snap or Treasure Cove?

On 11/9/2023 at 6:20 PM, Michael Browning said:

I found this for a dollar.

JC Penny/Stridex variant/reprint! Great score!

On 11/3/2023 at 4:20 PM, OtherEric said:

Agreed.  Definitely the ones I see most, 2 and 3 in particular.

Most of the books that came in Superman packs 1978/1979 are the most common thanks to the popularity of the Superman movie. Have seen tons of sealed examples in my travels. 

Was able to dig out my copies of Beagle Boys Vs Uncle Scrooge 11 now that my arm has started to heal. 

On 9/27/2023 at 11:34 AM, Lazyboy said:

Okay, that's better.

Interesting.

Managed to hook the original poster with a copy. Here’s one of the copies I have in my collection. 

And lo and behold, just found another Beagle Boys Vs Uncle Scrooge 11 Whitman. 

On 9/30/2023 at 6:00 PM, Brock said:

OK, so I'm traveling at the moment in Prince Edward Island, and was inspired by @bellrules success yesterday. And look what I found today:

Great score! That Looney 34 is tough

On 9/29/2023 at 10:19 PM, Williamtt said:

Thought I would share a few 

Very nice! Congrats! You’ve managed to find a lot of the expensive ones as well as some of the rarer ones. 

Here are some of the other books I found at that same shop. Nothing high grade but tough to resist at those prices 

On 9/28/2023 at 11:32 AM, Williamtt said:

Big THANK YOU for all the information I have renewed ambition for the hunt (you have a buyer if you want to unload one of those copies) for 11 and mycomicbookshop has sold copies of 10 so both are really out there and since issue 12 was with issue 221 there not bagged together as a series again thanks for all the support and fast responses 🤩 well done 

Funniest thing just happened. Since I’m off work at the moment due to I jury, decided to hop into my Time Machine and check out a shop I usually avoid and found this. It’s yours for the selling price (plus shipping) if you want it. (There was no #10 unfortunately) PM me if you do. 

Happy to help out. These types of discussions are my favourite thing about the hobby and the community that has formed here on the boards 

So I went through my rare Whitman boxes and I did not store the Beagle Boys issues with the rest of these so they are mixed into the rest of the collection. ( I didn’t think they were correctly classified as 8-80 to 12-80 rare Whitmans) Unfortunately I can’t do much lifting at this point so I cannot dig them out but I did find a pic I sent a friend at the time I picked them up.  (Looks like there were only two copies) I also found a pic of a sealed pack that contained beagle boys 12 Whitman. It came with Donald Duck 221 which is a rare Whitman from 1980. 

Looks like another high sale for Legion 264. Anyone know how much it actually went for?

A friend sent me a link to a LOSH 264 Whitman that was for sale at what I thought was an astronomical price. I go back today, and it apparently sold. I’m shocked! 

I would have to agree even though I’ve only seen anecdotal evidence of that. Found a picture online from a seller that was selling fantastic four and Thor books out of the UK and they posted a pick of the books they had. All unbagged large diamond books that were old store stock. 

On 8/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Microchip said:

Amnesia 

Looks like it. Lol

On 8/15/2023 at 8:42 AM, Warlord said:

Hey, leave some out there for the rest of us to find!

I’ll try.