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- Jesse-Lee, Beastfeast, Roo_Phillip and 6 others
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Great topic with lots of tangents. In no particular order:
In previous years, there were other price variants that qualified for the list, but Overstreet will often miss a book or three. I have raised to their attention, but it takes time to get things corrected. Not sure if this year will be any different.
The variants were distributed in seven(?) test markets, so I can understand the view to separate (like an error may be treated in the card/coin/stamp hobby), even though these were intentional.
I don’t pretend to know how Cerebus was distributed, but if it was the same for all markets, I don’t think it follows the same fact pattern (giveaways, mail-ins, etc., were never on newsstands either). For the record, I think the aardvark qualifies.
Pedigrees are labels that were assigned by the hobby to certain collections. Personally, I don’t think the potential premium associated with a pedigree copy of any book should be considered for these type of lists (similar to copies signed after distribution).
I think cover variants could one day be the next type of comic that warrants this type of discussion. This concept did not exist in the first few decades of the hobby, but you can’t deny their existence or the prices being realized in the top tier. Distribution is the same for everyone if you’re willing to pay/order enough. “Purists” (my term) will often look at the ‘base’ model of whatever they collect and not consider errors, variants, multiple covers, later printings, etc.. I’m in the purist camp, but I’m not upset by the inclusion of the price variants. I think it’s interesting and informative to see how they stack up against the base models.
If the entire list were price variants, I’d probably be singing a different tune.
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Grand Comics Database has some info in Spanish, along with a cover gallery, publication dates, etc.
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I just dug up an older thread in Copper if you’d like to read about X-Men 302.
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Dug this up due to recent discussions in the Modern thread (Adventures in the dollar box).
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Second copy manetteska?
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Agreed. I never did it this way and it certainly costs more in the end. The keys increase at a much greater rate than the fillers.
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