Stronguy

On 10/7/2021 at 8:51 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'd say that was a printing error, as the yellows are vibrant still. What say others?

  

 

Agreed.  Sun fade hits the heavy metal colors, yellow and red, the hardest.  This looks more like a problem with the blue plate.

On 10/14/2021 at 2:56 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

See the pictures at the bottom of this journal entry Stronguy:

 

Thanks.  I guess it makes sense that it is the number of issues published thus far that year.  So in the 90's, when they were publishing weeklys for a few months, I would expect to see numbers easily into the 30s. 

It wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that I realized, the digits of the smaller barcode on the right are the publication month. 

On 10/13/2021 at 5:36 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

And then this happened 

Another Mark Jeweler 1st appearance 

Looks better than 7.0, but that lower left corner might keep it at 7.5

 

FYI... Andy has several more posted for sale in his FB albums.

9.0.  9.2 with a clean/press

7.5 as it sits.  Probably 9.0 (maybe 9.2) with a proper clean and press.

On 10/13/2021 at 6:48 AM, BabyAteMyDingo said:

I have never seen a Wrightson sig like that fully spelled out.

He signed this about 20 years ago; Len signed it at SDCC 2002 and Bernie had already signed it by then.  I have several other books that are signed similarly, all from the same timeframe.

On 10/12/2021 at 6:51 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

I can't read the article

Pssst... https://archive.is/an8kM

So did we ever reach a consensus about late-'70s Marvel Whitmans? 
Fat Diamond (with a date)/UPC books were distributed in multi-packs in early '77 but those packs are not branded Whitman.
Later (when exactly?), Fat Diamond (w/o date)/No UPC books started showing up in Whitman bags.

Has anyone figured it all out yet?

It would have helped but, based on what's in the pictures, I don't think it would have bumped you.

Just prescreen for your minimum desired grade.

Knowing that the Batman 423-425 (Board 11) books are all 2nd or 3rd print, I wonder how many of the other books are later printings.

I decided to take a peek at the only DC 3-Pack I have and apparently it is one of the missing ones. 
Board #11
 53   Lex Luthor
 61   Hawk
 69   Crisis #8
 77   Metamorpho
 85   Forever People #1
100   Gorilla Grodd
108   Batman #164
116   Batman Family #1

Comics are Batman 423, 424, 425 (all either 2nd or 3rd print)

@underthebigw Thoughts?

On 9/27/2021 at 10:20 AM, oakenfelder said:

Were these reprints part of multi packs? I know that they had 3 or 4 packs of some comics that they would sell in grocery stores or book stores. I am pretty sure that's how I got my original Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Star Wars 1-6, Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark

I think they were.  Every book I can recall from that time that got a 2nd print I know was sold in a multi-pack.  I don't know if they were every sold individually; I don't recall ever seem that.

The easiest way to tell reprints from this era is by looking at the issue/price box and the barcode box.  On 1st print Direct editions you will have a Marvel logo of some sort in the barcode box (Spidey head or something other than a barcode) and the issue/price box will be an "M" shape (as opposed to rectangular on Newsstand editions).  Reprints have a rectangular issue price box (like Newsstand) but the barcode does not have a bar code.  This applies to most (if not all) mid-80s reprints... Secret Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, etc.

On 9/23/2021 at 10:25 AM, Robot Man said:

OK, drop the mike!

Wow, a little speechless with this one. A beautiful copy and signature with perfect placement. Stunning. 

But part of me says, I would never get that copy signed especially on the cover. It’s just too nice. 

It’s just my singular opinion and I am in no way ramming my opinion down anyone’s throat. 

When I was way younger, I had Jerry Siegel sign my Superman #9 and Wrightson sign a beautiful House of Mystery #92 on the cover. Have always regretted it a bit. 

Then, again, I’m an old school geezer and still prefer inside sigs. 

It is restored.  I had it for 25 years and got stand to sign it at SDCC in 2002 (before he was signing everything under the sun).  Alas, I sold it about 5 years ago.