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Indeed. But you have to stay positive, Reggie, and think of ways that you could make that dough. I've recently tried out after dinner speaking about my specialist subject of how to not make any money out of comics due to lousy timing. That page sold for $32,582.95. With the money I've made from my first speaking engagement alone, I now need only $32,582.95. It's possible I'm telling you, Reggie. It's possible.

@Spider-Variant

So you're suggesting that they split them into two piles, and then sold the two separate lots to two different people at different times? Maybe the one seller (Goldstar) bought them all and sold them in two waves, one pre / one post price increase. A few possibilities there, I think. Sorry, Waterbury? Is that in the US or UK? Keep in mind you know what you're talking about but the rest of us might not - quoting or reminding of your sources might help those of us without total recall Why, did you know him personally too? I like the idea that the books were sent over here in the normal way, but were then held up as a result of T&P's financial difficulties. That does seem more likely than someone else going out of their way to procure the gap issues after the event, either by formally importing or via a few suitcases. What I don't get is why those gap issues were not then picked up by the reinstated T&P network. Would they not have had an obligation to take them, late or otherwise, as they were presumably imported / set aside for them in respect of their ongoing, longs-tanding arrangement? Leaving Marvel with them wouldn't be a good start to their new post-bankruptcy relationship, would it? And I wonder how the Marvel date stragglers fit in to your theory, Rich, and those issues from other publishers. All good fun.

@themagicrobot From my Charlton UKPV journal entry: Note – Please do not confuse any Charlton books dated April 1973 onwards with pence prices on them with genuine UK Price Variants. They are not, as every copy is the same when dual pricing occurs. The only true Charlton UK Price Variants are those documented above between the 1960 to December 1963 period. I could probably word that a little better actually - I wrote it some time ago. And here's the relevant date extract from the summary sheet supporting my full 'Charlton in the UK' distribution piece, which I've yet to post anywhere (click to enlarge): It's a coincidence that you posted Midnight Tales #7 as your example, as I purchased stickered and unstickered copies of it in support of the article:

HEY! You don't get to claim dibs on that title!! The Fighting Yanks

Fabulous collection, EC - you must be in seventh heaven What is that 'M', mid-right on the cover out of interest - is it a stamp?

Welcome to the Whicker club, Eric. Nice Charlton Alan there

Apologies @CGC Mike, my earlier comment was born of frustration and ill judged. @workingdog @thehumantorch - sorry guys.

You're so rude and unhelpful at times, Mike. It was a reasonable request. Why would anyone want to hang around waiting for performance to improve here, if that's your attitude.

Never heard of them

You're welcome Paq. I like reading your posts too, as you're clearly a natural collector. Comics can be a personal thing, and I sometimes like to let them tell me their own story. Anyone can read a reference book, or Google someone else's work, but I like the people whose natural curiosity leads them here and there, and who aren't afraid to discuss and develop their understanding and interests as they go along. I took delivery of a parcel of old Charlton romance comics yesterday. They managed to answer a long standing UK distribution question for me, just through the composition and history of the issues. The smell, look and feel of them....there's nothing like it. It was the best couple of hours I've spent in a long time, scanning them, cataloguing them and giving them their own customised labels. Before I started, their existence had barely registered in the comic collecting community. Two more issues, and I pass 600 UK price variants. Most wouldn't understand - they're Charlton, after all - but I find them utterly enchanting and the hunt thrilling. Keep going my friend! I did a write up on Charlton Canadian Price Variants for Ben, by the way - it's buried somewhere on that site of his, if you can find it

There's a forum with lower participation than this one? Blimey, that place must be lively Any chance you could ring Dena and get a rough idea for us?

Zettaseconds, yottaseconds?

Can you be any more specific Mike? Days, weeks, months?

Well done for encouraging management to adopt what arguably should have been policy from the start, Mike.

Web help.

But the members that comprised it finally gave up and left.

On the Bay today...

Date stamp and a miscut. Love it

Right, Andy

Nice. You seem to be a recent convert to the pence copies, Paq. Have you noticed how the love of one type of variation eventually leads to another? You start with a newsstand, move on to a US price variant, then before you know it.... I think there are two types of comic collector. Those that love comics, but are indifferent to variations, and those that love comics but who are enchanted by variations. For some - the majority, I would say - they will love a comic whether it's a newsstand or direct. That aspect doesn't matter to them. Then there are the likes of us. Anything different has always floated my boat. Newsstands, directs, MJIs - or other insert types - price variants, printing errors, double covers and so on. A second dimension of collecting fantasticness on top of an already fantastic starting point. Yes, comics are fing fantastic, and differences, for me, are the icing on the cake.

I know. I really need to get a life, Yorick.

A final update on this from me - my Invision contact hasn't followed up and has ignored my (single) "did you speak to the tech guys?" chaser. It's hard to help some people, isn't it, and it's a little demeaning constantly chasing them. I'm trying to help them make their product better, after all, and have put a lot of effort into clarifying what the issues are and what could be done. Still, that seems to be the way of the world lately. I did find this on the Invision website while browsing blog related comments from other website users - someone was complaining that there were too many blog (journal) reference points on their site, prompting the Invision lead to respond with this: As that and this thread of mine shows, the journals do seem to annoy some people. I don't get it myself - they're just user content in a different format - but at least someone at Invision has a sense of humour about it! Anyway, it's clear that no one wants to help me with this, or is appreciative of the efforts I've put in, so I'm stepping back now and won't be using the journals here at CGC again. It's a shame, I enjoyed them and had a lot more to add, but there's really no point if no one knows that they even exist let alone that you're posting in them. I do think it was worth the effort however, over the last year or so to try and get some visibility - the software has much to commend it and could be used to great effect - but sooner or later you have to admit defeat and move on. No one likes a whinger, after all, and that's regrettably how you end up feeling when you take up a cause with CGC. It's their site though, and they can do as they please, when they please, if they please. See you at Wordpress!