Cpt Kirk

what does this GL 36 look like on the front cover? Does it have a little roman numeral II and DCU symbol in UPC box?

So far I've got Steel 4, Batman 529, TEC 695 and 696 with 2nd print in indicia. The Batman 529, TEC 695 and 696 all came from Contagion sets. All the comic books that came in those 2 Contagion box sets had "second printing" in the indicia. More to follow....

Very nice. Which of these two DC Universe variants has the same front and back covers as the direct sales (1st printing) Flash 96?

I can hear it now.... it goes something like this: Boss: So Mysterio, I've noticed you have been at least 15 to 30 minutes late each day this week... what's up with that? Mysterio: Well, I've been busy checking the fine print at the bottom of several hundred comic books that have a funny looking "DC Universe" symbol on their front cover. Boss: OK.... totally understandable... let me know how it turns out.

Very interesting.... if you could let us know which issues you found with notes like this, it would be much appreciated.

thanks. I will give a report this weekend.

I would love to hear form another other DCU collectors like you, LikeEmScanned, Warlord, Revat, etc about which ones say "2nd print" in the indicia. Now I'm going through my inventory of all DCUs (hundreds of them, to see which have 2nd printing on them). I will report back on this forum.

Yes, the Looney Tunes 15 is truly rare... that is a great find.

You got that right.... Now I've got to check about 200 DC Universe variants to see if any others say "2nd printing" in the indicia. To LIttleRandR, all I can say is: 1. That was great detective work, and 2. Golblammitt!

Heck no!

Very cool ... thanks for posting photo. Unfortunately, none of those are the really rare ones.

Yes, CGC should point this out. The direct sales versions with 457 and 000 in the indicia a very easy to find. The newsstand variant with 000 in the indicia is hard to find (my guess is about 1 in 100 have 000 in newsstand format). And the 2nd print news is the one where only 16 or so have been found

wow... that is amazing. How many different bidders were bidding on it? Could you please post a link to the auction?

wow... awesome.

SM 106 DCU probably came from a 2-pack. I think Revat is right on the money about price.... the people who would be willing to pay $50 for it already have it in hand. So I would say a reasonable asking price is about $20.

nice... congrats!

exactly. I wish I would have paid attention to those packs at the time they were coming out. Back then most of us collectors avoided 2nd printings like the plague... only a first printing would do!

I hear you. I've noticed that some of those packs are not consistent regarding whether or not they contained a DCU vs a regular copy of a particular comic book. My wedding pack had a DC variant of Superman 118. Did your wedding back have the same or was it direct sales version of Superman 118?

I know of some DC Universe variants that showed up in more than one place, and those are pretty easy to find. Examples: 1. I have a Superman 118 DCU in a two-pack and also one from a boxed Superman wedding set. 2. I have a two-pack that contains Superman Man of Steel 31 and Superman 88 DCUs; but both also came in 20-pack bricks are both are easy to find. 3. I saw a two-pack that contains Adv of Superman 509 and Action 696 DCUs; but both also came in 20-pack bricks are both are easy to find.

Interesting. Adv of SM 532 is among the hard to find. I've noticed that if a DCU doesn't come in a 20-pack brick nor a boxed set (in other words, it came from a 2-pack), it can be hard to find.

Nice! Now what is on the other side of the pack?

Here's another Adv of Superman 521 with DC Universe logo. I paid $100 for this beat up copy, because this is only the 2nd one to surface after several of us have been on the hunt for years now. I would gladly pay another $100 to trade this copy for one in better condition if someone finds another copy.

Just to pile on to Warlord’s posting: As stated on Revat’s list, there are two separate DC Universe variants of Superman the Wedding Album, but some other versions as well. Following is a summary of all known ones: 1. Warlord showed the photo of the Wedding Album that came out in newsstands, which has the newsstand bar code on the front cover. He also shows in the photo above the corresponding direct sales copy of that issue, which had a DC Universe symbol on the front cover and a bar code with the words “DIRECT SALES” next to it on the back cover (I have a record of buying that exact same direct sales copy from Geppi’s comic book stores when it came out). Following is front and back cover of the newsstand copy: following is front and back cover of the non-deluxe direct sales copy that I got from Geppi's when it originally came out 2. At the same time I bought the non-deluxe direct sales copy shown above, I also bought the deluxe white embossed variant from Geppi’s, which has a bar code on the back cover with words “DIRECT SALES” next to it. Photos of front and back covers below. 3. Then there is also a deluxe white embossed cover that had a DC Universe symbol on the back cover. I have two of those in hand… one was pulled from a Superman wedding boxed set and the other was pulled from a Superman Fiercest Foes boxed set. Photos below of the front and back cover of the comic book, as well as both of the packs that contained this DC Universe variant: Foes Pack: Wedding Pack: 4. And for some reason, there is also a direct sales version that has the words “DIRECT SALES” next to the bar code on the front cover. It is the same as the newsstand version above, but with bar code on the front that has the words "DIRECT SALES" next to it (exact same back cover, though). I can only assume that it was also sold in comic book shops (but my copy came from ebay, so I don’t know for sure…. But it does seem odd that one non-deluxe version has the direct sales bar on the front cover, and the other non-deluxe version has DC Universe symbol on front cover the direct sales bar code the back cover…. go figure). 5. And to make matters worse, there’s a sixth (RRP version) as well from 1996. You can see those on ebay (asking price is $1K and more). Fortunately, for collectors of DCU variants, there’s no DC Universe symbol on that one!)

Thanks Joosh. By the way, today I found out from a reliable source inside Mile High comics that they did indeed obtain almost all their newsstand issues in the last six years from two different Barnes and Nobles stores in the Denver area.