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I haven't gotten around to asking him yet actually Stephen. However, if the book follows the pattern of it's January to April peers, it will have the Thorpe & Porter indicia in both cents and pence copies anyway so there'll be no way of knowing which it was 'supposed' to be. Remember, these early pence books retained the cover month too. Coincidentally I have some indicia research pending which will show all the books which have T&P details in both cents and pence copies - a work in progress summary below if you can read it! (note I haven't moved JIM #65 to the 'in scope' column yet either): Here's a cents copy of a JIM #65 indicia with the T&P in evidence: I haven't gone as far as checking the US price font variations yet though: Be funny is one doesn't have it wouldn't it.....

It's one of the best, if not the best for Spidey completists everywhere

Colour Variation: Printing Error:

Two there were: http://www.pecokit.com/checklist/usa_g/smg_n.html

Slightly different scenario in that this one is not dual priced... Yes, in comparison to the other Dells, you're quite right Pemart. If it was printed at the same time, on the same presses etc it would be a price variant though so I would have to include it. You don't have a copy do you?

Is it Summer yet lighthouse? You're not still reading are you fastballspecial? We're waiting for questions man! ....still. Flippin comic can't exist, surely!?

Heh heh Easily FFs best contribution to date

Hello Sitting way outside the main Dell pence variant date range is this Beatles giant dated Sept-Nov 1964 which I have sitting in my 'investigations' folder along with a few other books: From the pictures I've seen online, everything seems identical - interior, indicia, back cover etc.: UK US Only the cover price box differs it seems. So is it a genuine price variant? Or is one a reprinting of the other? They're quite pricey, so I will have to wait for an opportunity to pick up a copy of each to make a closer inspection. But on the face of it, it does look like a stand alone 1964 price variant. Anyone know differently? I won't add it to the list just yet, until it's confirmed

The chap from Denmark who found the JIM #65 pence copy also posted a copy of TTA #16 with no cover price: I find that absolutely thrilling. What a brilliant thing You can read about it here where he posted it - scroll to the bottom of the page to the comments section: https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/ I thought the JIM #65 9d might get a little more attention here than it did (usual thanks to Bob and Maurice for noticing) - but there you go. The CGC boards have by far the best free format available to share information, and I'm grateful for it. But I do wish sometimes that some of the people who love what I love, posting elsewhere, were members here.

What about it? Joking. Great site but, alas, one which time has been a little unkind to I think. I shared my pence work with Duncan many years back, before I joined here, and there was talk of incorporating it on his site. You can see my input here on the ASM pence copies as it goes: https://www.comicpriceguide.co.uk/us_comic.php?tc=amazspid Bless him, he still got the numbers wrong. The discussions never came to anything as Duncan I believe found other interests, like film making, which took away his focus from comic minutiae. I didn't really push it either though, if I'm honest. Should've kept on at him maybe. That's been the story of my pence work though really - I came to the party too late, when all those who were interested in the subject were moving on. In respect of UK price variants, the focus on Duncan's site to me was always more leaning towards what was / was not 'distributed' rather than what had a pence printed price. Consequently the lines between true price variants and US T&P stamped copies became blurred. Years ago, 'non-distributed' was a thing. Before the internet, it was really hard to get hold of books which were not shipped to the UK, as either pence or cents copies. So 'ND' meant something. Nowadays, all and any book is available online so 'ND' no longer has the relevance it once did. The UK CBPG site also has many errors and omissions. It would have been cool to work through with Duncan and update them, but as I say, I think I arrived on the scene too late. Duncan was steeped in comic history for me, with his site and price guides. I think he did some amazing work and earned his place in the UK collectors esteem. But one guy can't do everything, and I'd have loved to be able to help out. I can't remember who it is, but I think one board member here has a line in there signature that says something like "the problem with my hobby is that it doesn't exist anymore". Something like that. It's a little how I feel really - the world has moved on, and the comic world I love is slowly dying out.

I couldn't find that using the search function. Cheers Aszumilo

Great, cheers Nestor - I've added the additional XF copies to the files. With the 9 additional books I've found since the last count we're up to 904 confirmed AUS priced copies now. I love the way the AUS barcode takes the issue number away from the cover of #52 above Keep em coming!

Thanks. Sometimes, I just get tired of the scumbags always winning.

Don't give up comics jaeldubyoo! Comics are great. And most comic people are great. Don't let one scumbag ruin your life's pleasure. Instead, join me in praying to the Universe for a fly to take a szhit in this gentleman's next sandwich and for that szhit to infect his gut and leave him crapping through a straw in considerable pain for several days. And for him to then get burgled. Home and arse.

Hey, has anyone ever forgot to bid while posting here about forgetting to bid, ha, ha, ha. Oh, hang on... Oh F*** IT!

These guys tried And here is a key Key - the first cover appearance of Tom & Jerry with a toaster:

Charlton were always quite good at that. Many a sterling cover image ruined by the big box o' words....

I agree. The bar code has killed many an ASM cover since it arrived on #157, but none so obtrusively as V2 #36 On the flip, the bar code on this one is completely ruined by Byrne's 'art'