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Nice

That's too bad... I'll probably see about getting one once I get a few things in order.

I haven't seen that one. Might have to try tracking down a picture and possibly a copy of the book.

I'm kind of enjoying the differences in colors of Doom from all the different countries. Pink, blue, yellow, purple, green... it fits the '60s psychedelic motif.

Got these in today, large scans of them with thumbnails of their foreign cousins. (thumbs u

FF #5 Greece

 

 

Captain Marvel #s 25, 26 & 27

 

 

Gimme your Los Quatros Fantasticos #1…

This is REALLY funny to me because he still hasn't even seen it in person.

Greece

 

 

 

Nice one my friend.

 

Give it a couple of weeks and you'll be posting one that will knock everyone's jaw to the floor though. (thumbs u

How is it that a thread with over 100,000 views hasn't been stickied?

This was waiting for me when I got home, another small run (only 4 books) but another one COMPLETED.

 

Annnnnnnd the group shot.

Nice to see that is finally in your hands dude!!!

This sooooo belongs in the out of context thread.

 

haha yes out of context! Whether its a mexican cap or my weiner, yes Im glad to have both in my hands...at the same time...

Remind me to never handle any books that come from you without gloves.

Nice to see that is finally in your hands dude!!!

This sooooo belongs in the out of context thread.

Nice! I saw that Dizzy Dames and G.I. Jane listed and almost went after them but there were a few higher priority books that came up I couldn't pass on.

Just got this one from Australia, great Vince Colletta cover.

Did any of you guys see this one ?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BATMAN-256-MEXICAN-COMIC-NOVARO-1965-FLASH-DCs-FLASH-139-/261224703947?pt=US_International_Comics&hash=item3cd234a7cb#ht_946wt_917

I did, very cool. Just not really on my priority list at the moment.

Here's the one from Vid.

Vid Superman 111

 

And here's the Zinco one.

Zinco Superman 62

 

I believe this one is German.

Superman 29 Germany?

 

I'm sure there's more but at least this gives you a starting point. (thumbs u

Well... PLOD or not , looking at this one always makes me happy.

What issues are you thinking of doing this with?

Superman 29, from March 1989. My parents went to Germany in 1990, and they brought me back a copy of this issue. Its one of my favorite comic possessions. I believe its the unofficial start of Dan Jurgen's run on the series.

The one thing that will cost you the most is the amount of time it takes to find out how many countries published it and then tracking them down. Most likely when you do find them they won't be terribly expensive.

 

If it helps... I'm sure Zinco (Spain) probably published it and maybe Vid (Mexico) as well. I'll keep an eye out and let you know if I come across any. (thumbs u

Racetrack was looking for a #27, but wants it NM and I haven’t been able to look for it yet. Not to discourage you, but it seems there is little love for foreign Morbiuses – I have offered my italian three-set (102-103 and 119) in about VF last time but no one grabbed them.

 

I guess I’ll just have to wait and sell them to lscomics. I know he couldn’t resist…

Hey now! What exactly do you mean by that? Oh wait... nevermind... you're right. I'm definitely interested but I've gotta finish residing the house and get it refinanced first. If you're not in a hurry to move them the whole process shouldn't take more than 3 or 4 weeks.

 

For anyone who has tried to track down a lot (or all) of the foreign variants of 1 particular issue, how hard was the process? I've been toying with the idea of collecting all the foreign versions of one Superman issue, however my normal comic buying habits are much more sporadic. I'm not certain I have the patience (or bankroll) to do it.

It depends on the issue (which dictates demand), which countries it was printed in (some are harder than others to get books from) and how patient you are. In a fair amount of cases it's not a matter of them being expensive so much as it is the amount of time it takes to track them down. What issues are you thinking of doing this with?

I couldn't tell you on the US stuff but the market on the foreign ones seems to be growing.

I can't believe how white the pages are on it. It must not have been there long.

These just came in today from a trade between Define999 (Matt) and myself.

Love the IM #54 and Subby #59.

 

I always thought those two, along with IM #66 made a cool three book set.

I thought I'd post these here as some of you may not venture into Comics General and might appreciate seeing them.

 

I've been working on completing runs of Neal Adams and Bernie Wrightson covers from other countries. The one country that has probably the greatest amount of US material published is Mexico. One publisher specifically, Editorial Novaro, put out an absolutely staggering amount of DC material from the Silver Age through the mid 1980s. Finally after a little over three years I have completed two of the runs I've been working so diligently to complete. I'm very close to being done with a few more but these are the first ones finished. I'm fairly confident they're probably the only runs of their type in the US.

 

Now... on with the show!

 

Spectre

Granted there's only four Adams covers in this run but, ask anyone who knows foreign books, these are very difficult books to find.

 

Unexpected

Again not a large run, only nine books with Adams covers but it still took over three years to track down copies of them all.