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Someone posted this yesterday on one of the Facebook groups I'm a member of. I asked a few questions like which bookstore published this and if these came out the same time as Nationals. I was told that this was by Alemar's and these reprints were published later than Nationals. With those answers, I've learned A LOT of things. Someone please react as I feel as if I'm talking to myself.

Well that stinks.... The Tagalog Komics with a K are actually quite beloved on the islands. Its the bookstore editions that harbor a sort of lack of respect all the way to ill-will. I have met some Filipinos who love their local output of American stuff but many see no use for them if they can acquire the American original... hence the rarity. I beg to disagree. About 3 months ago i literally asked for 4 free komiks from the '80s (2 k's; see my sig line) from some people who found them in the garbage. A few days later found a few more from their ilk, but this time paid about $0.50 for the 4 copies (all 8 came from the same batch). Even komiks from the '90s are hard to find by now. Funny thing is, I largely ignored them when they were widely available. When the publishers went belly up, that was the only time I pursued them. Both comics and komiks got little, if any, respect because they are considered by most people to be disposable entertainment.

I never bothered knowing before. Marvel did introduce 2 unremarkable villains. Betty & Veronica seems more appropriate, considering my real name is Arthur. Plus they get their title relaunched this month. Neal Adams did maybe 10 covers for DC that month! 15 cent cover price? I feel so old PS I don't own any of them. In fact, I don't have any from my birth month.

Haven't visited this forum in a while. Not sure how many Goodwills I have (very few to be sure) but I get the impression that the last 2 digits, in this case 72, either represents the original publication year or the year they were reprinted in the Philippines. The numbers before those---they're quite a mystery to me. If I had more Goodwills, I probably can see a pattern. I didn't bother rereading everything. I was assuming someone already made the connection.

I only have Hulk 140. When I found it a few years back, I thought it was odd for a 40 year old comic to be in NM. I knew it had to be a latter print. The SA and BA are easy enough to identify but is there an easy way to identify these variants for the modern books? The Spidey on the UPC is it fool-proof? I don't recall if DS Marvel 1st prints ever used this version of Spidey on the UPC.

Attack the Casino's Vulnerable Games --John Gallehon Got it real cheap. About 20 cents. Taking me forever to finish it. It hasn't convinced me to visit the casino...yet. One chapter to go...

Thundercats 1. It's been like 10 years since I bought my copies but I believe they were 3rd prints. Got to check. So diappointed they weren't first prints. Got them real cheap though.

That was from a board game called Buckaroo...looks like it is missing some pieces. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LFGJ1W/ref=s9_simh_gw_p21_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0Z5ZMNMP2ZGX6ZAKJXWN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846 Thanks for the info! The real reason it caught my eye was that I thought it was Bullseye of Toy Story! Based on the Amazon page, there is a Bullseye version of it!

I got this real cheap. About $0.90. About 10 inch high. Says 2003 Hasbro. Any idea what this is? These were part of local fast food Jollibee's Justice League 2003 set. All missing the lasso. Plus 7 of the 8 had rusty screws on the back of the head. But for less than $2 for the lot, who am I to complain?

Didn't you notice that there's a new "official foreign bronze thread?" Seeing non-superhero comics do make these threads more interesting.

ah no that's not my handwriting It would've been too much of a coincidence. That only happens in movies...and comics.

www.ebay.com/itm/MARVEL-KID-COLT-205-NO-PRICE-VARIANT-NOT-25-30-Cent-National-Bookstore-/271408975592?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item3f313c4ee8&forcev4exp=true $27.51! Nice!! Was that you, Matt?

Posted the same issue in this thread last month. These are rare but there isn't a big market for them. Define999 seems to want to get them all though. :: And wttb!

Fast food restaurant Jollibee's Avengers movie comics (April 2012). First is a reprint of Earth's mightiest heroes # 1 with a new cover by Ron Lim. Second is a brand new 8 page comic by Macchio and Koblish (12 pages counting the covers).

At the risk of revealing my age