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Went to Midtown in Times Square this morning before work. One of the covers for 3 was no longer on the shelf. Not sure whether they have more stock elsewhere. While I was there one of the employees was taking a call from someone asking them to pull the book for them. Book is hot.

If Marvel is going to make a martial arts movie, they're probably going to do it with Iron Fist.

As many as Marvel thinks people will buy, I imagine.

Except War Machine, Ant Man, Venom, and even Cable all appeared in costume 2nd and those are the money books right? Insofar that Venom is a combination of a person and a symbiote, it's not until the two come together that it's really Venom.

If we establish this as one of the criteria for a first appearance, then we're still waiting on Black Bolt's first "full" appearance*. That book is going to be huge! *first full comic appearance; he speaks a work in the Inhumans graphic novel in the '80s

Night Flyer is going to be the new Wolverine.

For my set I placed the cut at 1993... essentially once Marvel started putting "Direct Edition" into the UPC I stopped considering them Copper. The vast majority of the 2nd/3rd prints are from 1990 to 1992 anyway. The exception may be the Hulk 377 3rd print from 1994 as the original was from 1991. BTW, does anyone know if there are any cover differences between the Nam #1 1st and 2nd prints? I can't seem to tell them apart online. I don't think so. I have multiple copies of each and I've never noticed a difference. And the 2nd print copy in the indicia almost looks like it was printed separately as well. Somewhat odd. Thanks guys, does the 2nd print have another month or year from the 1st print? I don't recall if this was a big seller in 1987 but 2nd prints were rare back then so I wonder is this was done immediately after the 1st print and even before the 1st prints were distributed? I picked up the 2nd print pretty much the same time I started collecting. I think #4 was out at that time (and the 2nd print was on the shelf, not in back issues). My guess is that they used the same printing plates as the first print and just stripped in the 2nd print copy on the indicia.

How is that even allowed?

For my set I placed the cut at 1993... essentially once Marvel started putting "Direct Edition" into the UPC I stopped considering them Copper. The vast majority of the 2nd/3rd prints are from 1990 to 1992 anyway. The exception may be the Hulk 377 3rd print from 1994 as the original was from 1991. BTW, does anyone know if there are any cover differences between the Nam #1 1st and 2nd prints? I can't seem to tell them apart online. I don't think so. I have multiple copies of each and I've never noticed a difference. And the 2nd print copy in the indicia almost looks like it was printed separately as well. Somewhat odd.

I recently read an article online that was published a couple of years ago that suggested that Silver Sable was bundled with the Spider-man rights. Is that confirmed? Also, do we know the status of Alpha Flight and individual members?

? I'm going to guess that that was a typo and was supposed to be 217 (first Marvel Boy/Quasar)

Thoughts?: http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/front-page-comic-news/85550-speculator-corner-next-7-a.html

No. Maybe not that extreme. However, the Starlin Surfer run has been gaining steam. 34 through 50 What I've learned from following various threads on these boards recently is that it's really time I had those Silver Surfer 50 later printings slabbed. Pretty sure the 2nd print is a 9.8. If not for a minor roughed up corner the 3rd print would be too, but I think it could still be a 9.6.

I have to list a few more on ebay, I have easily 10-15 copies of this book. Wow. Even raws are selling for $9.99 consistently. Time to back up the truck and dump them if you have some..... I'm trying to pare down my collection a bit. Pretty sure that cosmic Marvel is going to be part of it that goes, considering a lot of it is at a high right now. Just gotta be smart when you sell your books. Marvel cosmic, or anything Marvel really is going to be all over the place inbetween movies and announcements. There might be tonnage of some books out there, but its all about what the supply is when the uptick in demand blows in with the wind. True supply doesnt seem to matter these days. Waiting for a better deal? No way ,I want it now! Whatever happens to be out there for sale during that window wins. Yeah. I'm kicking myself now for not getting my GotG 2008 #1 slabbed recently. And my 2 1990 GotG #1s.

I have to list a few more on ebay, I have easily 10-15 copies of this book. Wow. Even raws are selling for $9.99 consistently. Time to back up the truck and dump them if you have some..... I'm trying to pare down my collection a bit. Pretty sure that cosmic Marvel is going to be part of it that goes, considering a lot of it is at a high right now.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. Mycomicshop.com also lists Ka-Zar #1 (1997) as a second print, but I'm not sure. The UPC code ends with 00121, which normally means it is a variant cover. A second print would usually be 00112, correct? I guess the indicia would be definitive. "2nd print" "1st print" There were three versions of Ka-Zar (1997) #1 Newsstand Edition - Black Background Direct Edition (A) - White Background (pictured above) Direct Edition (B) - Black Background (pictured above) All three were released 5/1/1997. I don't believe there was a second print. Issues #2 and #3 also had cover variations #2 A (Regular Cover) #2 B (Alternate Cover #3 A ($1.95 Cover Price) #3 B ($1.99 Cover Price) Issues #1 and #2 should also be price variants. Marvel had newsstand price variants from *about* June of 1996 (I haven't nailed this down) until July of 1997. Newsstands were all (or almost all) $1.99, while Direct editions were $1.95. And at this point, Marvel was issuing variants for their #2s across the board, beginning in 1997. The "variant" is the book with "2" in the UPC code, but they were all issued in 50/50 formats, so neither is rarer for any of them. I have yet to see any sort of demand for any of these variants, one over the other. I remember plenty of 2 variants around that time. I think Marvel just wanted to avoid such a sharp drop in numbers at the beginning of a run.

Cool beans! Will you have a table, or will there be a 215Ink setup? (Or both?)

What is this Mythopolis I keep hearing off? Is this some cautionary tale I need to be aware of? Very curious. It doesn't fit you or your book. It came out maybe a year ago and had a great cover. It was a fairly limited print but I don't think anybody read it or suggested reading it. Issue #2 never came out, so you're already up by 100% in production. That, and you have a story to go with the pretty pictures. Don't sweat it. (thumbs u Edit: I still have mine but after 6 months of waiting for #2, I gave up. I bought the first issue but wasn't impressed. Also, there was supposed to be a "deleted scene" that you could find at a URL from the book, but when I checked, the link didn't led to anything.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. I think they're both in storage somewhere, so it's going to be a while. Comicspriceguide has an image of the Ka-Zar: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/ka-zar/scrq And an image of the splash page of Chronicles: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/x-men-chronicles/rltv Log in required. Yep, but I kinda figured that most people here would have an account for a site like comicspriceguide.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. I think they're both in storage somewhere, so it's going to be a while. Comicspriceguide has an image of the Ka-Zar: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/ka-zar/scrq And an image of the splash page of Chronicles: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/x-men-chronicles/rltv

No 181 in the 90's? There was a reprint of the first Hulk/Wolverine story in 1986. Not exactly a second print since there were multiple issues involved. In my mind, this is the difference between "reprint" and "second print": http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070311011443/marveldatabase/images/6/62/The_Incredible_Hulk_and_Wolverine_Vol_1_1.jpg

Depending on how late we want to go in defining the Copper Age, X-Men Chronicles (1995) #1 was reprinted. I have a reprint of Ka-Zar #1 (1997) as well.

I just read in another thread that apparently Nam #52 had a 2nd print as well. There may be more from this title (keeping in mind that OP specifically mentioned superhero books, but I would guess others are curious too). Pretty sure #52 features the Punisher, so it qualifies (even if the Punisher isn't "super")

These were handy, so I figured I'd scan:

Look at the barcode on the back. The end part of the code has 5 numbers, which will read either 00211 or 00221. The first three numbers indicate the issue #, the fourth number is the version #, the last is the printing. So assuming version 1 = A and version 2 = B, now you can figure that out.