Rallas

The Spiderman 2099 issue most certainly does have some visible creasing, I was not as careful handling this one, and I think from memory pretty much all of the copies on the newsstand had some kind of minor creasing on the cover, not sure why. I doubt it would have a particularly high grade score. I suppose the one saving grace for this one is the comment made in the article I quoted about that only somewhere between 5% to 15% survived (200 to 600 copies) and most are in low grade condition. The Venom comic on the other hand is pretty much free of creases or other handling damage, the only real 'flaw' as far as I can tell is a small white corner imperfection (bottom left) which might have happened either during production, or perhaps while on the newsstand. If not for that one thing, its basically mint. Anything that looks like a crease in the image on this one is most likely my shadow being cast over it while taking a picture, or a reflection.

I am just going off what little information I could find about them (sources below)..... as I mentioned originally, I don't know much about comics, which is why I am here asking questions. https://alternateworlds.com.au/australian-price-variants-apv/ https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2019/09/22/australian-price-variants-apvs/ The survival rates are apparently very low due to the fact these were sold on newstands here in AU (ie: not to collectors who purchased through comic shops who purchased USA price copies) and many of the APV variants were thrown out by the casual readers who picked them up from the newsstands (like me). Cheers, D

Hi there, I have two comics which I think 'might' be quite rare and therefore collectable, and I am just hoping to hear some opinions on value and whether it is worthwhile paying to have them graded. The first is an APV 'Red Foil Venom Lethal Protector #1, and while I don't know much about grading based on the information I have found online this comic should grade in the 9's somewhere as its virtually mint condition. I believe only 4000 of these APV's were printed, and only 10-15% are estimated to have survived. The second is an APV 'Red Foil Spiderman 2099 #1, this one I think will grade in the high 8's or low 9's. Only 4000 of these were printed for the AU market also, and again 10-15% estimated survival rate. Interested to hear some thoughts and opinions on what I should do with these comics - I am not really a collector at all, just someone who bought these as a kid and took good care of them. Many thanks, Dallas