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Shame isn't it. No Who this year, and the same crowd are due back in 2020. So at least two years before the possibility of a decent production team moving in with a decent Doctor, if the show isn't cancelled. It actually makes me quite mad. Bloody Chibnall / Whittaker. How dare they be so bad. How dare they kill my show. Bloody amateurs.

@FlyingDonut calling FD, are you seeing this?

Look forward to your further input. The price tests in this case, if that is what they were, we're for 2.29 and 2.49 for a regular priced 1.99 issue. So not sure why 2.25 was settled upon as the increase, if they are linked. One thing I have learned is that the indicia details are not always as 'robust' as they could be. This thread shows some examples of that, with indicias having what looks like erroneous data or at least differing data by issue. Consistency seems not to have been at the forefront of the typesetters thinking. If it was his job, that is.

That would be the micro chamber paper moving about Greg. Not uncommon, and nothing to worry about. Don't tap your slabs too hard mind. That way damage lies. Do it gently, like this: https://www.cgccomics.com/resources/glossary/

Ladies and Gentleman, a short interlude while we await the arrival of the much heralded, but oft delayed, T&P Indicia Research We bring you 'Titano! and Krang!" (Apologies for those expecting The Consultant's Flower Garden) 9d Titano breaks a bridge made of mechano! 9d Krang is doing his thang! Titano crawls into a bar. The barman says, "Sorry, you'll have to leave". "Why's that?", says Titano. "Well, you was in here last night, giving it all that..." Sorry.

Hobson's Choice "Which way to love" Above the ground, observing.... Or below it oblivious...? Oh, Dear Lord, help me!

Good question. It's about the two o's I think - observing and oblivious. By that I mean that I generally find it better to observe the tragedy from above the ground than be oblivious to it from below it. Nothing more will I teach you today.

Just added the title 'Cable' to the list - one issue found, number 5: It brings us up to 81 titles and 812 confirmed variants. It may be the only one, even though there are another 16 or so potentially in scope. I say this because: It's the only one on ebay AUS, appearing twice in current listings It's the only AUS copy on the GCD It's the only AUS copy in this Cable group shot, from an AUS seller: Coincidence? Yooo deeeciiide!

Hi Honey I'm home! So, where were we Lighthouse. Oh yes - THANK YOU for posting a new $2.29 price variant. The first for some time, as you will see if you punish yourself with reading my full thread. I've added Thor #18 $2.29 to the list and we now have 28 confirmed $2.29 / $2.49 newsstand price variants. Here's the updated issue tracker: My assertion throughout this thread has been that the six titles above are the only ones that received the 2.29/2.49 treatment. I find it too unlikely that, if they do exist for the many other titles being published at the time, that not one of them has surfaced in all these years. I have been looking since 2010. Here's my old Spidey list showing when I got each of the 6 variants for ASM: Your new Thor find fits in to my thinking - you find a new example among a huge collection of original owner newsstands and it's for one of the known six titles. In my research, I never say never. One may turn up for another title one day. But after so long, and with so many looking, it's becoming inconceivable that one will. If I am right, then we only need fill in the chart above to have a 'full set'. Accordingly we would need: ASM #14 $2.29 ASM #14 $2.49 Cable #72 $2.49 Cable #73 $2.29 Cable #74 $2.29 Cable #76 $2.29 Cable #76 $2.49 FF #22 $2.29 FF #22 $2.49 FF #23 $2.29 FF #24 $2.29 Hulk #7 $2.29 Hulk #7 $2.49 Hulk #10 $2.29 Hulk #11 $2.29 Hulk #11 $2.49 Thor #16 $2.29 Thor #16 $2.49 Thor #17 $2.49 Thor #19 $2.29 Thor #20 $2.29 Thor #20 $2.49 X-Men #97 $2.29 X-Men #97 $2.49 That's 24 potential issues outstanding. One of my other assertions / theories however is that no one title will have five consecutive months of the variants, only four within the five month period. If that is true, the number drops significantly (e.g. the two ASM #14's fall away, the two FF #22's, the two X-Men #97's etc). The pattern is there to see, and has been holding true since I started documenting these books. If my four consecutive month only theory is also right, the revised list becomes: Cable #72 $2.49 Cable #73 $2.29 Cable #74 $2.29 FF #23 $2.29 FF #24 $2.29 Hulk #10 $2.29 Thor #17 $2.49 Thor #19 $2.29 Plus either Hulk #7 $2.29 Hulk #7 $2.49 or Hulk #11 $2.29 Hulk #11 $2.49 And either Thor #16 $2.29 Thor #16 $2.49 or Thor #20 $2.29 Thor #20 $2.49 That would make 12 books outstanding. So it would be great if you could revisit the collection to see if any of these appear. If it is an original owner collection, with the books purchased from the newsstand in the buyers location, then the presence of $1.99 regular newsstands for the issues above may cement the theory that the books did not receive the variant treatment, if some Price Variants are found within it (just the Thor 18 so far). Incidentally, Thor #19 has escaped us all as a regular $1.99 newsstand, which is more baffling than the variants. No one has ever seen one! Changing the subject, newsstands are prized by some collectors, especially completists, so you have a great collection to work with there. Many dislike the newsstand scarcity / value debate for some reason and get a little shirty when others talk about their relative scarcity to their direct edition counterparts. As a one time Spidey completist, I was always prepared to pay a decent premium for a newsstand copy as some were extremely hard to find online. I think it's right that they should command a reasonable premium, but some people went too far. Chuck at Mile High did us all a massive disservice when he started pricing post 2000 newsstands at premiums of up to 100 times 'normal' value, based on is flawed assumption that they were 100 times more scarce. He killed the collecting process for me, as all of a sudden I had to face $200 price tags for newsstands that I was previously snagging from ebay for a few dollars. He, in part, stopped me being a completist. So what I am saying is, don't give them away. Look out for the buyers that will prize them. I'm sure many will be in touch, if they see your post. As for ASM #400, there were four versions as follows: The one in 10,000 copy: What was oddly always referred to as the 'newsstand copy', even though it had a Direct Edition barcode (no wrap around cover): The grey wrap around cover - Direct Edition: The grey wrap around cover - Newsstand Edition: So, only one 'real' newsstand copy. I hope you come back soon and tell us if you have any more. I'd love full cover scans of the Thor #18 if you can, and a shot of the indicia so I can update the files fully. Well done again, for bringing us up to 28 copies Lighthouse Cheers, Steve

Hi Lighthouse, I don't think we've interacted before so hello and thanks for posting this new info. The Thor #18 $2.29 is indeed a new one and the first for some time. Brilliant. Here's the list I put together of the 27 copies that were previously known to exist - green means we have it, yellow that it shouldn't exist and white means it's missing. If you could look for any of the missing issues and then to see if you have any titles that aren't on the list then that would be great: I'm off to work now, and will respond more fully when I get back

I don't think you can include McGann, as he wasn't around long enough to do anything worth judging. But Ecclestone, yes. Very yes. Very yes plus. And you can't include Whittaker either as she isn't the Doctor. You have to be the Doctor to be a bad one. And she isn't. The Doctor. Not in any shape or form. Can someone change my record please? It's stuck on Whitterer is terrible. See, there I go again. Help me.

Just added the title 'Disney Comic Hits' to the list - one issue found, number 13: 80 titles, 805 confirmed issues

Magazine sized issues are excluded from the work thus far, but I have collected images of Conan Saga, the only magazine that I have seen that has first printing variants of the US originals (there may well be more). Here's an example, courtesy of eBay, of issue #43 alongside it's US counterpart: The magazine appears to follow the same existence dates as the regular sized comics (Jan 91 AUS to Nov 96 US), and has the same characteristics, i.e. single AUS price, newsstand only barcode, cover date three months later. The first issue I've found is #43, as expected, mirroring the October 1990 US / January 1991 first AUS cover dates: The cover price is $3.40 from issue #43, rising to $3.60 with the Jun #93 issue (subject to my finding an issue 70 / 71 to confirm): The run stops at issue 97 in 1995, so I can't confirm an AUS end date for magazines yet, should more appear: Presumably if another magazine sized publication does exist, with an issue run beyond 1996, it's AUS copies will cease with the November 1996 issue as is the case with all the regular sized issue titles. Comic sized issues are my focus, but I'll continue to gather other magazine examples as/if and when they appear. The majority that I have seen are local reprints, like this example of 'Haunt of Horror': So just the Conan Saga so far....

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A fine chap called Paul Nicholls who has a keen interest in Australian price variants (cheers Paul). Here's his blog which has a lot of great content and is well worth a visit: https://plus.google.com/106569007964083346983 Paul provided an image of Alf #43 so we can add that as our 800th confirmed AUS copy, across 79 titles now: No sign of any other Alf's anywhere online - 17 possibilities - maybe it's a one off? (hoping #48 is out there) We have a query out on Beavis & Butt-Head #27, and that title may be added to the list soon, subject to some clarification. All good fun

That Punisher chap seems to appear a lot doesn't he Fog

Cheers s.krank! What a bargain that was! Nice bright looking copy too: Fortunately, I have one too: And we'll say nothing about her frantic push to the top, alright?

Cheers GAMPs - keep em coming Following a big influx from a friend in Australia, we're up to 799 confirmed issues now, with an extra title added (Clive Barker - Ectokid) making 78 titles so far: Title Confirmed AUS Issues Total 2099 Unlimited (1-10) 2 1 Amazing Spider-Man (340-417) 341-384, 408, 410-417 53 Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1993 Only) 27 1 Avengers (325-402) 325-342, 344-351, 354-362 35 Avengers (1996) (#1 Only) 1 1 Avengers West Coast (63-102) 63, 64, 66, 68-83, 87, 89-92 24 Barbie (1-35) 19, 35 2 Cable - Blood and Metal (1-2) 1 1 Cage (1-20) 3, 5-12 9 Captain America (378-454) 379, 383-385, 387-391, 393-394, 398-399, 401, 403, 404, 407, 409, 411-413, 415, 417-419, 421-423 28 Clive Barker - Ectokid 1 1 Clive Barker - Hokum & Hex (1-9) 1-3 3 Clive Barker - Hyperkind (1-9) 01-Feb 2 Clive Barker - Saint Sinner (1-7) 2 1 Conan The Barbarian (237-275) 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 254, 256-258, 261, 262, 264, 265, 269, 271-273 17 Daredevil (285-358) 285-292, 294, 296-314 28 Doom 2099 (1-44) 1-10, 12 11 Fantastic Four, The (345-416) 345-348, 350-359, 361-362, 364, 366-367, 371-374 23 Fantastic Four, The 1996 Series (#1 Only) 1 1 Gambit (1-4) 1 1 Generation X (1-21) 13-17, 19-21 8 G.I. Joe (105-155) 106, 109-110, 112-114, 116-117, 124, 130-139, 140-142 22 Ghost Rider, The (6-75) 23-29, 31-35, 37-39, 41-44 19 Ghost Rider / Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1-23) 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-12, 14 8 Incredible Hulk, The (374-447) 375-393, 395-396, 399-412, 447 36 Infinity Crusade (1-6) 2-3 2 Infinity War (1-6) 2-6 5 Iron Man (261-332) 262-263, 266-270, 273-275, 277-299 33 Lethal Foes of Spider-Man (1-4) 1-4 4 Marvel Tales (242-291) 243-253, 257, 261-262, 264-270, 273-275, 277, 279-280 27 Midnight Sons Unlimited (1-9) 1 1 Morbius The Living Vampire (1-32) 1-2, 6, 8, 12 5 New Mutants, The (94-100) 96-100 5 Night Thrasher (1-21) 5 1 Night Thrasher: Four Control (1-4) 4 1 Punisher, The (41-104) 44-47, 48-56, 60, 63, 65-66, 75 18 Punisher 2099, The (1-34) 1-4, 7-8 6 Punisher Annual, The (1993 Only) 6 1 Punisher Holiday Special (1-3) 1 1 Punisher: The Origin of Microchip (1-2) 1 1 Punisher Summer Special (1-3) 3 1 Ravage 2099 (1-33) 1-8, 10-11 10 Ren & Stimpy Show, The (1-44) 12-13 2 Sabretooth (1-4) 1, 3 2 Secret Defenders, The () 2, 4, 6, 8-10 6 Sensational Spider-Man, The (1-10) 8 1 Silver Surfer (42-122) 43-45, 47, 49-50, 52, 55, 60-64, 69, 71-75, 77-82, 84, 86-87 28 Silver Surfer / Warlock: Resurrection (1-4) 1 1 Spectacular Spider-Man (169-240) 169, 174, 186-187, 189, 191-201, 203-207, 238 22 Spider-Man 1990 (3-74) 32, 35, 41, 72, 74 5 Spider-Man 2099 (1-46) 1-9, 11-15, 43 15 Spider-Man Classics (1-16) 2, 9 2 Spider-Man Unlimited (1-14) 1-3 3 Star Trek Voyager (#1 Only) 1 1 Thor, The Mighty (424-502) 427, 429, 432-441, 444-446, 448-449, 452-457, 459-469 34 Thor, The Mighty Annual (1993 Only) 18 1 Thunderstrike (1-24) 1-2 2 Transformers (71-80) 71, 73-75, 77-80 8 Uncanny X-Men (269-338) 270-272, 275-276, 278-280, 282-283, 285, 287-293, 295-297, 300-304, 306-307, 329-332, 334-338 38 Uncanny X-Men Annual (1993 Only) 17 1 Venom, Funeral Pyre (1-3) 2 1 Venom, Lethal Protector (1-6) 1-2, 4 3 Venom, The Madness (1-3) 2 1 Warlock Chronicles (1-8) 2-6 5 Web of Spider-Man (69-129) 70, 76-77, 80-81, 84 87, 90, 93-96, 99-100, 103-108 20 Web of Spider-Man Annual (1993 Only) 9 1 What If… (18-91) 23-26, 28-31, 34-36, 44, 46, 49, 54, 84-85, 89 18 Wolverine (32-107) 50-53, 55, 58-59, 71, 73, 75-76, 98-99, 101-103, 105-107 19 Wolverine and The Punisher: Damaging Evidence (1-3) 1-3 3 X-Factor (59-128) 60-69, 71-74, 76-77, 81, 88, 91-94, 96-97, 125-126 26 X-Factor Annual (1993 Only) 8 1 X-Force (1-60) 1, 7-8, 11-15, 18-23, 25-26, 28-29, 52-60 27 X-Man (1-21) 12-21 10 X-Men (1-58) 1, 4-7, 10-11, 15, 24-25, 49, 51-53, 55-58 18 X-Men Annual (1993 Only) 2 1 X-Men 2099 (1-35) 1-3 3 X-Men Adventures (1-15) 1, 3, 5-11, 13-14 11 X-Men Unlimited (1-12) 2 1 Total 799 If we keep going I'm sure we'll be able confirm all the issues for the big titles. It will be interesting to see if many more new titles are added to the list, or whether we now more or less have them all. Who's going to make it a round 800? All good fun

BRIDES IN LOVE II Ah, yes. But are they... Be honest. Mary's face doesn't say "I promise" at all does it. More likely that the bloke in the purple suit is on for a drop of the midday sun at midnight tonight, eh readers? I'm looking at her, and I'm looking at the house. And I'm wondering what the problem is? If the house is untidy, just go with it and smash the back doors in Meanwhile, can he not see that K has recanted? What's up with him. Get outta there woman! For Gods sake, his name is Keith! It's a tough choice for Rita alright. Jason is old but loaded. Hal is young and broke, but hung like a rhino. Oh, and she loves him. But think of the house Jason could buy.... Meanwhile, the full on romance of the Bonomo Turkish Taffy Giveaway rumbles on without a winner.... BRIDES IN LOVE II Ah, yes. But are they... No, probably.

Head odours? Sorry, odors? "Dave, I can live with the flakes, but your head stinks" "Don't worry Daphne, I've ordered some anti-staphylococcus albus from Wards" "About time Dave. No one likes a smelly head"