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I'm going for me dinner now Mr D, in case you reply, and I don't, and you think etc

Hello Ducky I call them "pence priced variants" because: They are first printings, produced in the US of A at the same time, in the same location, and on the same printing presses as their cents counterparts (according to online folklore) They have differences and therefore 'vary' from the cents copies They are priced in the currency of the pence So, "pence priced (the 'd' is important) variants" is factually accurate in my opinion. "UK Editions" to my mind suggest the UK reprints. Now I could call them "Dave" but that would just be silly. Have I converted you?

Here's a fun eBay story (is there another kind? ) Browsing away, I spot a KCO #97 with a 9d price on the bay. Terrible looking listing, tatty looking comic. But I collect the Kid in pence, and my current copy looks like this: Quite ironic that a book famed for it's 'hand written issue number' has been subsequently scribbled on! Anyway, because my copy is defaced, I bid on the other eBay copy and, despite a halfhearted attempt I win it for £8.61. Being of weary mind at the time, I see the same seller has a listing for, '3x vintage Superman comics'. Two are showing, one is not. The two look tatty. Curious as to what the third might be, I bid the 99p current price. And win, at 99p! Yay! So, I pay for both lots and incur double postage costs in doing so as I can't be bothered to wait for a combined invoice. You do that sometimes, don't you, when it's £1.26. Don't you? Anyway, they turn up, in the crappiest envelope ever. The Kid looks like this: OK, not great, but no writing (apart from the 'handwritten issue number' that is). Now, the two 'vintage' Supes are present, and they suck. 1986 'vintage'. But what's this - five additional books, one an old sixties Batman! The other books are terrible, suitable only for lining a budgie cage, and I leave the seller feedback thanking him for the 'freebies' which I assumed he added out of embarrassment given the state of the aforementioned 'vintage Supermans' (which I throw in the bin, with the freebies. I then get this eBay message from the seller. And I quote "send back purple vintage batman comic" Yes, just that. And then two more messages, giving me the address and telling me effectively to 'do it now'. No apologies, but my return postage 'will be refunded'. After I've sent them back. Laughing my sorry arse off, I duly return all the 'freebies' in a sturdy card backed envelope paying for recorded delivery 'as requested'. I note that three of the books that I was sent in error are still listed by the seller, and one has sold! Someone with a budgie I ponder. Days pass, and the recorded delivery confirmation tells me they have been delivered so I enquire accordingly with the seller - "Did you get the books back?" His reply (in full): "yes" I'm going to leave it there, as there is a swearing filter on the boards and I want to keep my record clean for judgement day (it's a coming). But it turned out that the seller had 'broken his arm' and was in 'a lot of pain' so I decided to withdraw graciously. Did you enjoy that story? It's moral is simple. Don't bid on a whim on comics that look like horse sh on the off chance of getting something exciting. Even if it comes with a 9d Kid with a hand written issue number. Nothing more will I teach you today

Yep, that's the image that currently sits in the files. It's the only pence image I've ever seen, never mind the comic itself! Such a tough book - I'm dying to see whether it will have a Miller or a Thorpe & Porter indicia. After all this time, knowing my luck, it will have neither!

Bob beat me to it

I know Stephen, I know. But when people find JIM 64s and 65s only instant gratification will do

They're nice Maurice. They're Thorpe & Porter reprints of Dell originals, so 'out of scope' for this thread. Still nice to see

"Thiiiissss onnnneee"

It's got to be the Lizard Overlords hasn't it. Amazing (Adventures L Miller Indicia Copies) that they keep turning up abroad isn't it. We only need Wyatt now and I can retire!

Joking aside, this is a significant find here. God, I wish there were some people on this board who understood / appreciated it. 11 hours the chart lasted lasted. Eleven hours! Only been looking for it for ten years!

Right, so it was the comic you was talking about. We got there in the end. Origin II with an acetate cover, the kind I described earlier. Not a rare book, or a significant book. Here's one for a dollar: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Origin-II-1-Marvel-Comics-2014-VF-1st-Printing-Acetate-Cover-Wolverine/323767381645?hash=item4b620a2e8d:g:eXkAAOSwbVNbM5Fl Nothing to get excited about in my view.

You couldn't make it up

Yes. So jealous she spent the next ten years eating cake. Fat cow.

Check the link I gave you earlier. The answer is within...

No, it's Hamilton you wally. Hamilton! Where you been Maurice? I've been posting nonsense all day

We've gone from The Who to Bonnie Tyler to Hall and Oates now. See what you've done @newshane? I hope you're happy now

That wouldn't bother me. He can (and did probably) sign thousands of them. There's so many out there it doesn't matter. OA is a one of a kind, personal item so should only be signed by someone who worked on it in my view. Artist, inker etc. I'm not a fan of signatures on ultra high grade books either. If a 9.8 AF15 existed, I'd hate to see anyone's signature on it.

more like brain damage / eclipse Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the pence variant!

No, but I've had a total eclipse of the heart.

Plus they won't let you.

Sorry.

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we're glued to phones (Talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation) I hope I die before my I-Phone model is replaced by a version with new features and everything (Talkin' 'bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby

No, he got it Yes. I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation. I've just got a s-s-stammer.