Cpt Kirk

Here is Detective 504 MJ. Both the regular and inverted versions of the jeweler variant are shown. The inverted one came from Belgium (it was originally sold in a military PX)

yes, I have seen them inserted incorrectly in the past. When that happens, it is usually a fluke because other I have also found the same comic book with the insert installed correctly.

Ok. Here we go: 1. I wonder who put those kids up to posing in their Mask "jammies" and what those kids are doing now? 2. If a comic book received the Mask mini comic book, then every single issue of that comic book (both direct and newsstand) contained the insert. In other words, if the insert is missing then it was removed from the comic book and the comic book is not complete. Examples include Batman 397, Superman 421, Justice League of America 254, and Green Lantern 204. 3. If a comic book received the Mask mini comic book, then they never attempted to add a Mark Jeweler advertising insert on top of it or instead of it (they probably didn't want to interrupt the flow of the Mask comic book with a jeweler insert, or something like that)

by the way, who in the H-E double hockey sticks orders something like that in 1986 and then never opens the mailer?

Well, if you really want to be nutty like me, here's what you do: 1. Keep the mailers sealed. 2. Buy near mint unsealed copies of the books that are contained within the mailers. Then you have one of each. And you can show your like-minded friends (all 2 of them) the comic book in the sealed mailer, and then show them the unsealed comic book as well.

Oh yeah.... I remember calling the 900 number and voting to kill him off! lol.

a little geezing here.... I remember the excitement in my LCS when this series came out originally. So I was super happy to see the alternate ending recently published. It was fun to read.

p.s. If you could find another jeweler variant of that Witching Hour #60 (good luck on that), you might even see that same stapling defect on another copy. A good example is the jeweler variant of Justice League of America 122. The jeweler insert of that comic book has the cover stapled onto the comic book after the insert was already stapled into the centerfold (go figure how that would happen). I've seen 3 copies that all had the double set of staples on them. In other words, I believe all jeweler variants of JLA 122 have 4 staples in them. If one didn't know better, they would guess that someone just stapled an insert into the comic book to make it look like a jeweler variant.

It is authentic. The key is that little "88" code in the lower right hand side of the insert. Almost all inserts that appeared in issues with cover dates of Nov 1975 have that code on the blue matted paper stock.

I too have never seen a stickered DCU variant in a 20 pack. I have seen them in 2-packs. Furthermore, I found a Superman 104 stickered DCU in the Superman Greatest Foes pack.

Great find. And I'm glad I don't recognize that song, and there's no way I'm going to hit the "play" button. That's the last thing I need going thru my head on a Monday...

First of all, that's a really awesome collector's item you have there. I hate to say it, but I remember 1988 very well. There was a lot of excitement associated with the "new" Superman that was released in 1988. I have no idea what the value of that press kit would be other than to say I would gladly pay $200 for it. If someone with a Worthpoint account could report the final sales price of the ebay auction, I would love to hear about it.

Thanks for pointing that out. Here is something to consider about those Adv of SM mall variants. They are so extremely rare (many of the ones I have are the only known copy). We know of 18 mall variants but I bet there may many, many more of them that were made but have not yet been found (and perhaps some of them will never be found.... I think they only made about 200 copies for each mall).

Nice job getting that Dollar Comic in 9.8. Yes, I count that comic book as a variant, but I can imagine that we could have an entire thread on what constitutes a variant vs a reprint.

Awesome. That's exactly the feedback I was looking for. p.s. The number of modern variants is crazy. If we didn't count variants that have been produced after the variant explosion that occurred with the New 52, then I think the Adventures of Superman mall variants would be the clear winner for most variants of a DC Comic book.