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Frozen death to frozen monster

Not only is that all it takes, it's apparently all that works for some of this stuff anymore.

Absolutely awesome cover but it does make me wonder how Toro can't just burn through the ropes, or how red-hot pokers are a threat to a Torch-powered type. Still more awesome a cover than most anything from the ensuing decades though

Thx! Last one I needed to complete 40-48 I think, so I traded a starting-out collector--turned-dealer a small stack of etc for it (and a Special Marvel Edition 15). Lots of $10-$20 Batmans he could sell quickly, and a Star Wars 107 that he had a guy for. That sort of thing.

Green Lama to Green Turtle

Doc to Doc

This just in...

Acquired today in a trade One of the best reads among Bronze origin stories, IMO...my 4th copy

The Doctor to the Nurse (hey, it was $5, and I Wanted to read the editorial!)

Speed! Speed! to Speed Comics

Really, backstory please...."in the wild" as in in a LCS at a market-ish price, or "in the wild" as in antiques shop, yard sale, etc. (which is what I usually assume someone means by in the wild, but that's just me...)

The enchanted dagger to bondage, headlights, and a racially stereotyped villain with a dagger

If you're tapped out on the high-grade Subby sub-set, allow me to bail out the sub-mariner with...flat-top to flat-top:

Thx!

I have no dog in this fight, but I'd sure like to. As Mio said, they are what they are. Same book, same time, slightly altered for different markets, but those alterations do not include content or advertising. Forget the label nomenclature debate for a moment. They are almost parallel to 1985 Eclipse Comics Miracleman 1, except printing occurred in two different places. The less common UK release commands a premium. Then there's the 35-cent Star Wars 1. Same book, same time, same print, but a subset of 1,200 or 1,600 or somesuch was given a price bump and issued in a single Midwestern market within the overall U.S. Market. Again, huge premium. The pence books strike me as a similar situation. Same time, same run, price altered for a different market. Early globalization is all it is. I'll have to search but I read somewhere (one of the Overstreet market reports?) speculation that for shipping purposes the shorter UK run were first off the presses due to increased shipping time needed. The guy used FF#1 as an example, suggesting that the UK market copies had a deeper green monster on the cover, suggesting better ink saturation?? I'm not a printer, who knows? Anyway, I can see equal value one day. If anything, despite scarcity, I do not get the tremendous premium given to inconsequential "variants" in general, such as price variants or a jeweler's ad insert. At least with variant covers (and I'm not a modern collector) a different, less common is a difference of substance. These are not a huge motivator for me, though I'd pick up a fun one like the Betty and Veronica Hulk 181 homage or the Wolverine EC decapitation homage. I think I just argued a bit of both sides but that's how I see it. I don't get why slight, immaterial differences, however scarce, justify huge premiums, but I do not see them as inferior copies either.

Needle to hook

So we've got photo cover romance, Trues, and sports. I think most non-duck funny animals aren't too far ahead of this pack. Not saying I don't like them, but I don't think their market is all that hot either.

As promised, dug mine out. (Had 2 copies, but the other went along with 17 other books in a trade for Avengers 1 & 4. On the bright side, I now have two Avengers 4).

Thrilling 7 to Thrilling 14 (in a fraction of the grade!)

Redhead on platform to redhead on horseback

Always loved this one-shot

I was thinking the highlighted word "trimmed," and the corresponding level of detail given to certain of B&V's anatomy....kind of out there even for an Archie cover.

Agreed.

Just photographed mine, but I've had it since it was a run book: