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not quite. the OA auctioned was for the statue. the head tilt positions for SS20 and this are different https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/marvel-black-cat-sideshow-collectibles-200232 also the OA is the same as the amazing spiderman 14 variants which were based off of his sideshow statue designs.

I guess it can vary but ASM607 direct and newsstand both have the same glossy type of paper used in recent moderns

if there is no price difference then cgc will not note the difference between newsstand and direct editions. which is why Power Girl 27 and Tec880 do not get the same differentiation as ASM607 newsstand

That's amazing... so I wonder what's in their $5 box. AF15? (An original and not the facsimile)

that's correct. another distinction warranting the notation on the label

love this book. hope mine comes back 9.6+ with the correct newsstand designation on account of being a price variant (1.95 vs 2.50 direct)

i really like this. here's a place to preorder cheap https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/117002

Could be the first "action figure" themed cover... followed by Batman Gotham Adventures 3

I think it's a lot harder to find than other ratio books of the era. not going to go into suspected print runs but there just doesn't seem to be many high grade options on ebay.

wheres the color 9.8 of ASM648 ?? all kidding aside, what a wonderful set of books

agree. would be curious if there's a listing of each title and issue where a newsstand version exists

I want a losh23 as well... sigh but dare i say this is a better compliment to it than the ww38 finch?

Looooove that superior spider-man ... my first graded campbell book Here's a great clip showing that being drawn,

This is a great resource, https://www.conventionscene.com/schedules/comicbookconventions/

very happy to add this htf newsstand version to my jsc collection

it's cause they're in the $10, sometimes $5, bins

back from cgc really happy with these even if they're 9.6 the Freddy Jason Ash were purchased recently and the real surprise

I like your approach. I've been doing the same of getting the book signed and graded as 9.8 to match the cover. so far 4 for 5. 😁

lol. might have been my 9.8. sold it at start of 2018. super hard to find but got mine from midtown.

got to meet Sean at Baltimore and talked about his upcoming ww2 project. said he only got 2 comp copies of cap marvel 8. he was very surprised when I had one for him to sign. might've been the first hes seen

Wow!... amazing sculpt here. Figured I'd share for the JSC fans here https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/marvel-spider-man-and-mary-jane-sideshow-collectibles-200556

Agree!!! Thankfully there are still people looking for classic stories. Had someone pull a set of Crisis on Infinite Earths and then ask for Secret Wars issues (not 8) at a recent show. A different person bought my Kingdom Come 1-4 set. Thought this group would enjoy this collector https://collectinsure.com/collectors-corner additional details & pics https://comicspectrum.com/guinness-record

found this at nycc for a few bucks. not too shabby

actually now I believe he has them for sale at the booth (price unknown). At Nycc I saw a guy looking at a remark of the 1:100 Xmen Black Juggernaut variant. you probably just need to ask his staff... Coupled with the new cgc bagging service it's easier to now get it yellow labeled.

Apologies if I didn't link this right ... but the guy who traded Kwan Chang 3 copies for some OA apparently didn't have a tough time sourcing these. Which is what probably led to the spike in gradings, along with some grade/crack/press/repeat. I suspect there are more copies like this. Buried in ASM collections by folks who get every ASM related book that their LCS gets in. We anecdotally know of a store that got a copy and did not order the required 100 copies of cover A (UK shop). Why can't any of those exist in the US. Also, if they did order a 100 maybe the store gives variants to their loyal subscribers (an ASM run collector fits that bill) at cover price. It's possible we'll never see them in the census since they're the type of collector that doesn't grade books and it's buried in their long boxes. Bat608 is not entirely comparable due to the fact that it went immediately into the hands of retailers who wanted to capitalize on it. (most of them at least). ASM667 DO is not easy to find. But bottom line we can't glean any production numbers from the Diamond ordering system.