Michael Browning

Jealous much? I'm not sure how you don't understand because I've told you this time and time again. If you'd done the research and the interviews to find out all about these -- and got them listed in the Overstreet Price Guide and Comics Buyer's Guide like I did -- then I'd give you the credit for discovering them. However, you did not. Matter of fact, I don't know of anything you have contributed to these threads or to comic fandom and history. Jon McClure can be credited as discovering the 30/35 cent variants because he was the first to research them and their sales and he got that research listed in the Guide. So, I (and many other collectors) do consider him to be the person who "discovered" those variants. Here's an idea to help you better understand: You go to work for Overstreet like I did for 15 years and dig up stuff previously not listed or not known to exist and record the sales of those rarities and then get that information listed in the Guide. Or, contribute something of note to these threads. That's really all I'd like to see you do.

I DISCOVERED them by finding the first copies that were sold and had those sales recorded for the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and Comics Buyer's Guide. Before that, no one knew, besides their owners, they even existed -- and most of them didn't have any idea what these were or that they were different/variants. My mistake on the Blind Justice. That's one thing you were correct on, it was 1989 and not 1992. I did the work on getting those listed in the Guide and I wrote the articles in Comics Buyer's Guide that told of their sale and existence. Same as I did the Miracleman Gold #1s and Blue #1s, the SoMuchFun! variants and the MPI cassette tape variants.

When I discovered the Man of Steel raffle edition and the 1992 Batman Blind Justice retailer giveaway, the first person I went to was Paul ... who told me that the books didn't exist and that DC had no record of it ever being printed. I had to do a lot of research on my own to find all the info on these. Paul is a GREAT source and a friend, but someone like Bob Rozakis might be the best person to go to. I'll see if I can get him to remember how these came about.

What is the comic inside the three-pack? It looks like a Marvel Adventures Spider-Man.

Where have you found them? I look for them all the time, thinking that, since they were sold through Family Dollar stores, they might be in longboxes that I go through in shops, but I have never found any in a store before these. I do find an occasional copy of the Iron Man, but never any of the Hulk 340s.

They came from the same shop and were in the same longbox.

And one more from earlier in the week (the photo doesn’t actually show the hologram’s true color - it is a dark blue and teal hologram. This is a different copy than the other one I posted earlier tonight):

More of my weekend finds:

It is actually the Hulk 340 Marvel Custom Comic that was sold only in three-packs in Family Dollar stores. This is the still-sealed three-pack. There's an Iron Man on the back and, I think, a Marvel Adventures Spider-Man comic in the middle. I never find these in the wild and they were sold through Family Dollar stores three or four years ago.

Found these in the wild:

Found these in the wild:

Tonight, I put up 10 of the best pieces from my collection with very fair prices (all at what I gave for them years ago). Please take a look and buy. In this group are covers by Erik Larsen, Tom Sutton and Tom Grindberg/Jackson Guice. These are great pieces at very affordable prices. Thanks for looking! http://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=192411

Here are the ones I have: Action Comics 700 (2 copies), 724, 726 Adventures of Superman 511, 513, 514 Aquaman Time and Tide 1 Batman and Robin Adventures 7 Batman 508, 514, 527, 533 Catwoman 12 Batman Shadow of the Bat 48 Detective 672, 673, 674, 695, 702 Final Night 1, 2, 3 (2 copies each), 4 Green Lantern 51, 53, 65, 66 (2 copies), 67, 75 Green Arrow 110, 111 Justice League Task Force 23 Robin 7, 8 and Annual 5 Sovereign Seven 1 Steel 24 (2 copies), 28 and 29 Superboy 1 Superman 92 Superman The Man of Steel 58 Superman The Wedding Album (Byrne cover) Superman Toyman 1 Wonder Woman 96 I bought all of these for research purposes and because I found this thread and then started finding these in longboxes in shops near me. This is not a "for sale" post, but I did sell my Showcase '94 #7 (I saw it pop up on here a couple posts back) and I really don't collect these, so I'm willing to let them go to help fill holes in collections.

Are those the Mighty Marvel Must Haves?

I had this happen when I was trying to buy a Jenny Frison Red Sonja cover. I paid and was told the art would ship on a certain day, but it didn't. Cadence's owner kept saying he was sending the art the next day and, after several days of waiting, I asked for my money back. I was banned from his site by him and Jenny Frison,. which was a blessing, since I used the cash to buy art that is drawn on one board and not in two pieces. I am so glad that happened because I hate art that is penciled on one sheet and then copied and those copied pencils are inked on another.

Wow, whoever graded that at a 6.0 is a terrible grader. That's NOT a Fine. It's a ragged copy.

Well, huh. I found a few of them recently and left them in the box because they don't seem that rare (I find them frequently). This will make me buy whatever I find now.

Are the blues going for much for any of these, or are they just cool to find?

I've got three in my area and none of them have them. Heck, no one there even knew what they were or that they were supposed to be getting them.

More stuff I had never found before yesterday:

I had four and opened all of them and didn't find a black cover.

From today:

In the wild, I have NEVER found an X-O Manowar 1/2 Gold and I've been looking for one since, well, they came out two decades ago.

I'd like to know how YOU so quickly came by this DEFINITE print run information? I worked on a set of these for years and know for a fact that the 14th print was the hardest to find and had the lowest print run.

I’ve got a few of both squarebounds, but I had no idea this one even existed. I keep buying these with the hope that Marvel will eventually bring back the Ultraverse and I’ll get rich. Lol