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On 3/11/2022 at 10:05 AM, awakeintheashes said:

Yeah, they were expecting more. 7000 is a very small number for this book given the Characters, writer, artist, and publishers involved. Would have been nice if that number was higher.  

They were severely allocated. Orders exceeded the 7000. Looks like it’s driving up prices on the earlier printings as well. 

On 3/8/2022 at 9:35 AM, Cpt Kirk said:

This makes me wonder how many DCU variants exists.  I know @revat has published the comprehensive list earlier in this thread, but I don't think anyone has added them all up to see how many there are.

Thanks to @onlyweaknesskryptonite, @archivist , @LikeEmScanned, , and others on this site, I've been able to get all of the known DCU variants in the titles I collect (namely, Batman, Detective, Adv of Superman, Action, Superman, Justice League, and Superman Man of Steel).  In just these 6 titles alone, I count approximately 200 DCU variants if you include the "stickered" ones as well.

Unrelated, but if you really want to go nuts, try to collect all the DC Mark Jeweler variants.   In just the titles of Batman, Detective, Superman, Action and JLA, I believe approximately 690 of those variants exist (I've found them except for 20 of them).

The answer to your query is 544 individual issues (not counting stickered variants or second prints like GL 51) I added all the issues listed and was shocked by the sheer amount of these.  I have 286 thus far.

I sorted through all the ones I’ve bought over the years, and separated them into their own boxes. Despite having 1 longbox, and 2.5 short boxes of DCUs, I’m still missing over a 100 of them. 

On 3/1/2022 at 5:05 AM, Cpt Kirk said:

Agreed.   Even though MOS 63, Action 728, and Adv of Superman 541 are all just barely within the dates (i.e. cover date of Dec 1996 or earlier) where a DCU variant could exist, we have never seen one.

Thanks all. I didn’t want to open mine up as I like to keep ‘em sealed

I don’t know if this has been addressed here yet, but did all the issues in the Superman Wedding set all have DCU barcodes? I was sorting through my collection to store them separately, and cross referencing the master list so I could see how many I’m still missing (a lot it seems) and noticed that some of the issues mentioned on the back of the pack, are missing from said list. (Action 728, advs of Superman 641)

On 2/24/2022 at 8:51 AM, Brock said:

Quick, where's your buddy's shop?

It’s called “We Have Issues” in Edmonton Alberta Canada 

On 2/23/2022 at 7:05 PM, Warlord said:

Another common DCCP #22! 

I hope your buddy didn't let them walk back out the door!   That Superboy/LSH in the top row looks sweet!

 

He didn’t. They were in a couple of long boxes he bought from a guy who just walked in with them. He didn’t see the DCCP 22 till he started sorting them

Does anyone know of any sales data on Superboy 32 DCU? I have no idea on how to price it as I cannot find any active or completed listings for one. 

On 2/10/2022 at 8:58 AM, Brock said:

I'm thinking out loud here a bit, but there have been some strong auction results for the DCCP 22 Whitman of late. There have been 4 on eBay in the past month (see picture), but I'm starting to think that perhaps the discussion needs to change a bit. Ten years ago, we weren't certain this book existed, then we thought there were fewer than 10 copies that had been found. These days, I know there's a single boardie who probably has 10 copies, and the CGC census has 32, which is probably more than any other DC Whitman has.

Has this book been over hyped? It's one of the least "noticeable" DC Whitmans, in that it is easily mistaken for a regular edition. Did this "invisibility" make it seem rarer than it actually is?

I think the high prices brought copies out of the woodwork. For me, the Batman was the toughest one to find. I think because a lot of copies might be locked up in collections as there are more Batman collectors than DC Comics Presents collectors. The same happened with Uncle Scrooge 179. It’s the highest priced of the 1980 issues, but not the scarcest. Oddly enough, when people found out Huey 65 came in the same Canadian packs, that book shot up in price. Given how high the prices are and how little copies are still out there, I don’t think it was over-hyped. The hype helped bring more copies to market, but not that many

Count me in please 

On 1/5/2022 at 10:14 PM, wormboy said:

Star Wars #2 also had both. Black diamond on both. UPC version is rare.

Only the 30 cent Diamond with a barcode is a first print, all other Diamond versions are reprints and have a 35 cent cover price

I’ve seen the pack before but have no idea what versions of the books are inside. A seller at a local show had one, but it was too expensive to justify buying it. I know there is a lower quality paper one for the McFarlane issue. Maybe that’s the version that came from this pack. It has a UPC on the back cover 

On 12/27/2021 at 4:01 PM, Rip said:

Donut is right. This book exists in crazy high numbers

Then this might be the one to get. 

On 12/1/2021 at 8:10 AM, Second Blight said:

store variant

But it doesn’t have the blank back cover as Marvel store variants havé. It has the regular back cover. 

It’s from an Alien pack. I’ve also seen the second version you pictured, come of the packs as well. Weird how none of the white from the text has been affected. 

On 11/29/2021 at 9:34 AM, Crops068 said:

What does the splash page show?  I have not seen a "blank" for War of the Bounty Hunters before, there is like a billion crossovers though.

It’s issue 4. Here’s the indicia. No indication of it being a second print, No hardcode anywhere on the book

On 11/28/2021 at 3:47 PM, Warlord said:

This pack mimics the contents of a 3-pack from about two months later with the same three titles.  This type of 3-pack had no flap, so no trimming here!

Contents:
Action #507
Legion of Super-Heroes #263
DC Comics Presents #21 (middle)

 

 

 

I have this one as well, and it’s the same. Bravo!

On 11/28/2021 at 3:46 PM, Warlord said:

Found a cool new DC Whitman 3-pack.  I've never seen Action #505 or LSH #261 in a DC Whitman 3-pack before!  Whitman quality control is on display here, with the middle comic inserted upside down!
Sadly, the top flap is trimmed. But from the remnant still visible and the timeframe, I think it would have been one of the "Super-Heroes" flaps.
I've included a sample image mockup of my guess to show how it might have looked with the top flap intact.

Contents:
Action #505
Legion of Super-Heroes #261 (middle)
DC Comics Presents #19

Beautiful!

Does anyone know the story behind this book? Can’t find any info on it apart from a few eBay listings. 

Has anyone spotted new packs yet? Apparently this is in the latest batch.