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These were they: Made up of remaindered coverless Archie titles.

Good spot Katman Backwards

https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/45-topic-view-summary-and-more-r1191/ This seems to show that only admin can switch it off. It looks very easy to do, just untick a box.

I know. They were yours for a while though. Nice memory to have.

My understanding is that the DD's and 1967 T&P annuals were comprised of stock that didn't sell in the UK (hence the occasional cover stamp in the still covered annuals). I've seen it mentioned that the DD's were effectively illegal, but I'm not sure why if T&P had paid for them and had distribution rights. If it's true that they were unsold UK copies, putting a new cover on would make them appear a new thing and increase the chances of a sale I would have thought. If none of those comics sold on their own, a group together with a lower overall price might encourage a sale. There are Archie equivalents in the US - repackaged remaindered comics. I'll dig some examples out later as I can't remember where I posted them now.

I'd like to know how you did that if you're willing to share For me, my daily digest email ( titled "Your CGC Comic Book Collectors Chat Boards digest") has the full post for each entry in the threads I follow. But my email notifications for individual events (person quoted me / responded to my post) and personal messages are cut to only the first line of text. I also would prefer those to revert to full text if possible. I also have a question about a change to journal entries outstanding which is important to me. I think we're long overdue an update on these things. Here's my issue summary from another thread:

I've probably told this story before, but I can't remember my first comic, or how I came to collect. But I have one burning memory of the first time I felt overwhelmed by the pursuit of comics. I was seven or eight years old and was on holiday in Clacton or Walton on The Naze. We alternated between those two seaside resorts most of the years of my childhood. Me and my brother were walking along the front - a big concrete thing as I recall, and we came across one of those beach huts which sold buckets and spades and such like. And there was a spinner rack with a load of back issue British Marvel reprints. I can remember the feeling to this day - that mix of intense amazement, like we had discovered the Arc of the Covenant or something, coupled with the sudden fear that we had no money. We ran back to our parents faster than gazelles and I can recall the sheer terror of the thought that someone might beat us to them. Back we went and bought a load. I have a rotten memory generally but can remember everything about that moment. I swear if I close my eyes I could almost describe the whole thing as if it were yesterday right down to smell, touch and the sense of the day. The feelings were raw and, though I can't remember what preceded them, clearly the startings of my lifelong love of comics and collecting. Last week I received a parcel in the post with 70 old comics in it. Nearly 50 years later, that same feeling of excitement came over me. I have always, it seems, loved comics.

I'd say yes, judging by the number of times he'd reprint the same one

If they followed the Alan Class approach, they'd be in the bin (Google his Fantastic Four #1 cover colour guide story)

Yeah. No way little Johnny "I keep my second detached cover separate and in super neat shape" would let his inner copy get all bashed and creased. He'd have it wrapped in cling-film, minimum

Exactly. Because stamping is womens work. On pig headed men's heads, usually Indeed. See? Just missing the wigwam innit. Dorothy got the branded stamp and Ethel lost hers and had to use a standard one.

It's a fair point Artboy, and just as likely as the one I proposed I suppose. I just think that the kid that takes the care to look after the outer wouldn't let the inner get in that state. He'd be careful with that too. But we'll never know. People do funny things and act in strange ways. It's probably pointless applying logical arguments retrospectively to their behaviours. Good discussion though.

I'm as confident as I can be that that is a T&P stamp based on some intensive plotting of Charlton examples. I Know Mr T thinks it is. Realistically, who else could it be? A similar scenario exists with unbranded Miller 6d stamps. Posts on both coming soon...

There's some cross over, but the middle of 1965. And it's a very important question Robot. A good example of the crossover from old to new 10d stamps here: Either #26 was late and arrived in a shipment after #27 or...

I've seen a lot of examples of things like that and I think you're right - old stuff made it's way through again, as did stuff that (if extant systematic examples are anything to go by) shouldn't have. I've got a good one coming up soon. A stamped book that technically should not exist. Kind of the reverse of your scenario above....

My tracking doc (unfinished) shows the DC dates (10d vs N10d) - Marvel are a few cover months behind, if we accept the stamp number correlation:

There's some cross over, but the middle of 1965. And it's a very important question Robot.

I know Randall, I'm just jabbering. I was always very attentive to condition as a kid. Records, books, comics - everything was looked after. I still have 7" singles that I bought at 10 years old and they look like new. Not all my storage solutions were successful though. I wrapped some old fanzines carefully in cling film once - it seemed like a good idea at the time - and years later when I tried to remove it it brought the newsprint with it. But it was the thought that counted - the notion that things needed to be protected.

Good point. But wouldn't the kid who cared enough to keep the outer cover, and eventually reunite it with its inner cousin, have taken better care of it?

Roc and Roll!

There's nothing better than sorting through a huge pile of comics, looking for treasure (and not just of the financial kind). When you consider how expensive everything is nowadays, you should factor into the price the value of the entertainment. $150 for all that fun is a bargain regardless of what you find, especially nowadays when we're all largely stuck indoors with not much to do.

Yeah. I tried to swap a Woolworths for a Pollards once but they were having none of it.

The grumpiness fits Mr T. You always had to leave your bag at the desk. I sold them all my Doctor Who memorabilia over a series of Saturday trips and thought that might excuse me. It didn't. LTS probably stood for "leave, the satchel" (at the desk)