Cpt Kirk

Here's Detective 590 newsstand variant with an extra cover inserted into the centerfold. I think I found these types of errors when searching for Mark Jewelers variants. Just like the Mark Jeweler insert, an extra cover in the centerfold sticks out like a sore thumb when you are looking at the tops of the comic books when they are stored vertically in a shop. I'm sure I bought this comic book for no more than $2.

I'm not gung-ho to collect the one-off misprints, but I do like to find the ones where multiple copies of the same error were made. Almost all Superman fans are aware of and can find images of the recalled beer bottle variant of Action Comics 869 (it was only root beer -- but just the mention on beer on the cover caused DC to recall and make new ones). So I'm not going to show my copies of Action 869. But here's a more recent and less known error variant in the title of Superman. On issue #14, the regular and variant covers were produced in error and recalled. The new versions had different ads and did not have the "Year of Villain" banner on them. 1st printing Variant cover And then there's Action Comics New 52 #7 combo pack variant. Remember the combo packs where the digital code came with hard copy of the comic book? (I wonder whoever thought that one up.) Action #7 combo pack was produced with the error of a missing bar code for the digital comic book. Pictured below are the front covers of the error and non-error versions, along with the inside back cover showing the missing digital code and the non-error digital code. (Sorry about the rotation... I don't know how to rotate my images on this darn website)

Going into the archives now. Here's Superman 74 (with correct cover), Superman 75 (with incorrect #74 on the cover), and Superman 75 (with correct cover). I remember when I started collecting Superman as a teenager in the late 1970's seeing this in the Overstreet Price Guide and thinking to myself "I'm never going to find that error copy". Back then it was really hard to find Golden Age when you were growing up in Nebraska and Iowa. While I was looking through my archives, I found a replica of Superman #1 that I suspect very few people have ever seen before. Check for my postings and you will see it.

Attached are some images of a replica of Superman #1 that you have probably never seen before. It was supposedly made for the movie Superman Returns, but I don't have proof positive of that. I was also told that only 4 of these were made. I'm curious to see if anyone else has ever seen this. The interior feels thick (probably 64 pages or so) like a Golden Age comic book from the era of Superman #1. The interior story (and make believe ads) just repeat themselves until the end of the comic book. There are no artist or writer credits, and no indicia to indicate when or where it was made. I would love it if someone could identify the artist and ask them if they recall what they drew this story for. Front Cover: Inside Front Cover: Examples of the Story Pages: Inside Back Cover: Back Cover:

Batman 302 with the no blue dot, one blue dot, and double blue dot. To me, this means the printer was running out of one color in just that particular spot. Note that I have seen at least 4 Mark Jeweler variants of Batman 302 and all of them have the double blue dot. That makes me think the Batman 302 Mark Jeweler variants were created at the end of the print run.

Action Comics 759 Newsstand. The original bar code had an error with the number "10" on it (for October). It should have been "11" for November. For some reason, the error was corrected with more than one type of bar code sticker. I found at least a few of these exact same stickers more than once, so I believe some of the stickers originated with the printer or distributor.

great observation !

Thanks. Take a look at my post on approximately page 5 (the second to last page) in the following thread. I will have to keep going on this thread too. I've got newsstand bar codes that were wrong and were covered over by stickers, Superman (1939 series) misnumbered front cover (74 was on the front cover instead of 75), and many others.

Here's just a few of my favorites, and I can post more: Batman 382 with two covers (one in the regular outside position, and another one in the centerfold) Justice League of America 182 with a cover that was accidentally installed backwards (if that's how you say it). In other words, in this error copy the inside back cover of a normal copy was installed as the front cover, the normal back cover was installed as the inside front cover, and the front cover of a normal copy was installed as the inside back cover. I hope that's no too confusing. Action Comics 223 with the correct front cover, Action 223 with the '233' error on the front cover (the ebay seller apologized for sending me a copy with that error on the front cover), and Action 233 with the correct front cover on it.

I just went through my database and could provide several error examples in Batman and Superman titles not already mentioned about if you would like to see them. Examples include extra cover in centerfold, front cover attached inside out, printing errors (some rather notorious golden age and silver age examples that are essentially variants because more than one exists).

What a great topic for the boards.... but I'm going to hate myself for replying to this topic, because now I'm going to get constant reminders of manufacturing errors that I'm going to want to buy...

Responding to you and @onlyweaknesskryptonite here. I believe the Detective 680 stickered version is a typo... Detective 690 has the stickered and non-stickered DCU variants. I can't recall on the Green Lanterns. I realize it would be like looking for a need in a haystack, but I think all of those stickered versions are discussed earlier in this thread. My post to this thread on March 21, 2016 started discussing the stickered variants.

great find. Those New 52 newsies around issues #1 thru #12 can be pretty hard to find.

A great debate for sure. It would be interesting to see some data. My own experience as a collector since about 1970 was that newsstands got beat up pretty well and were not closely watched. At that time, there were a lot fewer comic shops than there are today and grade was probably a little less of a concern to comic shops in the early days. But in general most shop owners were a little more guarded over their comic books (especially back issues), and as time went by condition became a greater concern. It seems like condition became more of a concern when the Edgar Church collection surfaced. Those beautiful comic books raised the bar for collectors who sought perfection. The pursuit of perfection suits OCD people very well (myself included, as seen by my ridiculous goal of trying to get every single Mark Jewelers variant in VF or better in the runs of Batman, Detective, Superman, Action and JLA, even though those bad boys normally had to go overseas and sit on the "newsstand" racks of military PX's). Speaking of Mark Jewelers, last year I found a collection from a dude who went to a PX in Germany every week or so and picked out his favorite comic books and then stashed them away until 35 years later. In my mind, it was the "Edgar Church" version of Mark Jewelers (some of his jeweler runs like Superman spanned almost 10 years).

Mile High Comics makes the same mistake quite often. I think there's loss of credibility when that happens. No DC comic books had DE until October 1980. Good example: Batman 327 (two different versions listed in Mile High's site even though there are no DE's. I think the other funny thing is that Mile High always charges more for the NE's than the DE's, even though the DE's are harder to find for the first few years. whoops!

you gotta love that 90's artwork!

yes, I believe that's it. I have a sealed pack like is shown here, and there is one for sale on ebay. If no one else can confirm for sure that the Superman Adventures with Superman symbol came from this pack, I can open it in the interest of variant science.

It is one of my all-time favorite covers. Really glad I was able to get the Mile High.

@MrBedrock recent acquisition?

That is a great looking copy and also "amazing" that you are only missing 14 of the ASMs.. If you friend has any jeweler variants in the title of Batman, Superman, Detective, Action or Justice League of America, I would love to get in touch with him. In those 5 titles, there's approximately 690 jewelers variants and I've managed to get all but 10 of them. I would gladly pay a hefty premium if anyone could find the following for me: Batman 245, 247, 390; Superman 255, 291, 292; Detective 470, 548; Action 579; and JLA 107.

Understandable that @tth2 may have thought there might be more to it than that. I put both Edgard Church and Mile High together in title of the thread with the hope that it would attract more postings, since some people only think of these books as the "Edgar Church" books, and others only think of them as the "Mile High" books. I am frankly amazed and grateful for all the images that got posted on this thread. I mean, what good is it to have awesome stuff in your collection if you can't share those cool collectibles and joy of collecting with others? Oh yeah, I guess the other good part is the investment value. After collecting for almost 50 years now, I continue to be astounded by the prices of the most sought-after items.

Thanks for sharing. In DC comics, I've seen 2 jeweler inserts within one comic book, but I have never seen a jeweler insert that was included in a comic book that had a double cover. And I have probably seen more than 2,000 jeweler issues in DC comics. Think about the rarity for a minute.... the chances of finding a DC comic book with a double cover is extremely rare (I'm not sure what the occurrence rate is, but I'm sure it is less than 1 in 200), and then on top of that only about 1 in 200 DC comics have the jeweler insert. So what are the chances of those two events occurring in the same comic book? I'd have to ask my wife, who has her PhD in math and is a wiz with statistical probability.

That's exactly what it means. So it is a triple cover, which is pretty rare for DC Comics. The rarest I have is a quadruple cover for Batman 394. They get pretty thick when that happens.

I really appreciate the info you guys have posted about staples. I can think of a notable example with Justice League of America 122. It has 4 staples (the two extras were probably added when the printer realized they forgot to insert the Mark Jeweler add. All three copies of the JLA 122 jeweler variants that I have seen were made that way.