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Those Library of Congress copyright dates are a handy indication, but all too often I see significantly different dates stamped on the actual comics themselves. I don't think there is a definitive answer myself, and it likely varied by location. The USA is a big place as you say, so would a book in a location close to the printers go on sale earlier than one that had to travel to the other side of the country? I don't know. All I know is that Mike's Comic Newsstand - a great reference site in many ways - has a set of dates as described above, and the comics themselves sometimes have different dates. In my research, I tend to trust what the actual comics themselves tell me. If, say, I see five different copies of the same issue all with roughly the same cover date stamped on them (and in different ways, suggesting multiple locations / actions), then I lean towards that being the approximate date that the comic went on sale. Others may know better. The comics in the examples I posted earlier tell me that one book was out in June, the other July. That's the order I would record them in the absence of someone posting compelling evidence to the contrary. Thanks for responding by the way, Pemart.

Thirty one....

Two June dates for ST Annual #1: Two July dates for ST #101:

Mike's Comic Newsstand has Strange Tales Annual #1 on sale July 3rd, 1962: For Strange Tales #101, Mike's has July 10th as the on sale date, one week later:

I'll do a Shaw Taylor on them.

Five new Barbies bring us up to 1,334 confirmed APVs It's an absolutely terrible picture on eBay Orstralier - typical - but you can see that they are AUS copies and not US newsstands if you know what you're doing: We have Barbie #26 and 34, and Barbie Fashion #23, 24 and 26. Someone buy them and send in better pictures, will ya? Interesting absence of both number 20's now...

I can't see that happening.

I picked this one up because it seemed to have a printed, or over printed UK price on it: I never got around to establishing whether all copies had it, or just those that made it over here...

RATATATATs had their place, but I always appreciated a well judged use of BHUD-UD-UD-AH!

Nukla #3 (June 1966) I only gather these examples in passing, so there may well be a later dated book out there.

Yes, it was never a favourite of mine. I didn't like the drawn one either. I did like the issue for all it's variants though, and had a few accordingly. Amazing what a Bose wrap can do, isn't it

March 1966 is the latest cover date I have so far, but I have about 20 issues saved that I've yet to date - I'll let you know if any go beyond that.

Is that Britney Spears?

Or he had a chopper.

Having had time to reflect, there's a lot in my earlier post above that is unfair, I think. I should - and do, I hope - know better. There are problems in the model, but it is both pointless and unkind to sling unfounded mud about as I did earlier. I should do less of it, I think, and have edited the post accordingly.

I worked in Barclays Bank for a bit, years back, on a Change Management team. It was our responsibility to set up a third party supplier to manage that year's ISA campaign (back in the days when an ISA actually paid a decent rate of interest). This was always a tough gig, as the ISA campaign was a one off event - a massive, immediate spike of time critical work - making it difficult to resource. The staff would be needed only for a few months, hence the third party supplier option. The Bank had years of ISA campaign volume data from which to estimate volumes. The experts did their very best 'maximum likely' calculations, and then added a bit more resource on top to ensure it would be a success. They then received ten times the volumes they were expecting. That was a fun one to work on. Absolute panic stations and 24HR disaster management. 200 processing staff trying to manage the time critical work of 2,000. In the end, a massive backlog grew. When submissions finally slowed down, they decided it was better to process the new incoming applications first - within Service Level Agreements (SLA) - rather than add them to the back of the queue in which case every application would fail SLA. Good for the late submitters, but rotten for those who got in early and had their application held up in the backlog. So even the most experienced outfit can get it wrong, and get caught out. The staff involved worked like dogs. The customers, and media, said they (Barclays) were useless.

Most of them usually are, Reggie. Geniuses, I mean. The cream doesn't always rise to the top in life, alas. But a few of us spotted it, and it made its mark.

Guy was a genius.

Yes. It can make an otherwise rational and cool person act out of character, can't it....

Come to think of it, most cards likely would have expired and been reissued after two years, wouldn't they!

No worries - two doubles, so only six parcels!

Just to be clear, I was of the opinion that the book didn't look natural, in the photos you provided, Poe. That doesn't necessarily mean it was trimmed, well or otherwise. Better photos, or scans, would help me to decide, but I've seen many books where it is hard to establish whether cuts that present as out of the ordinary are the result of production issues or post production intervention. I haven't read the posts in between yet - did you post more pictures? Can you, if not?

Hmm, lets' see. Room 222 is a January 1970 book and the T&P stamps stop on Dells around 1966 if the examples saved in my folder are any indication. So I would say the sticker is nothing to do with them. Just a random shop stamp I would say.