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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...)
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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.
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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.
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Trim figures, but knowing how 95% of our Archie fan base are pervs...
anything is possible !
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.
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I posted this in another thread but I think these are two undiscovered innuendo covers.
Agreed.
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This Week in Your Bronze Age Collection!!
in Bronze Age Comic Books
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Acquired today in a trade
One of the best reads among Bronze origin stories, IMO...my 4th copy![:cloud9:](//content.invisioncic.com/r266625/emoticons/cloud9.gif.d3f300dd2318546a8b7b2c356cfeacb9.gif)