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OK, I'm back! First up, I just wanted to take this opportunity to give credit to @Bosco685 for running these film threads. They make up an increasing percentage of the board traffic lately and, Bosco, I like the way you run them - fairly, professionally and with a good spirit. Well done Now to the film, or movie if you're from the US of A. Usual drill for me, a solitary visit and up until 3 minutes to go I was the only one in there: The only other chap that arrived incidentally fell asleep with 10 minutes to go. I know this because he snored louder than the film roared. I thought it funny. Anyway, what on Earth is all the fuss about this film? I go to 'superhero' films to be entertained and this film did just that. I thought it was excellent. Of course it had flaws, and of course parts of it could have been better, but overall I was impressed by how well the makers managed to cram all the elements in and still keep it enjoyable and moving along at pace. I think we're far too critical nowadays and I suspect the 16 year old me would have pooped in his pants with glee to see these characters so well realised on screen, were we to go back in time. I'm a Marvel boy, have been for 40 years, and I've never read a JL comic. So maybe I wasn't as hung up on historical and character accuracy as I was with Homecoming. But Homecoming was just a bad film with only Michael Keaton coming away with any credit. This was a good film, with heart, with some truly stand out superhero scenes. I can be an emotional wally at times, and a few of those scenes almost brought me to tears as they so accurately portrayed what up until recently we could only dream of a film portraying (I remember the shiver that went down my spine when Spidey saved MJ the first time in the first Spidey film - I nearly cried then as it was so amazing (no pun intended) to see this finally realised on screen). DC films seem to be more epic to me, and have more gravitas and emotional impact. It should be the other way round, but I prefer them to the Marvel films. The DC actors inhabit their roles completely, especially Superman and Wonder Woman who just rock. Were Henry Cavill and Gal Gadot actually manufactured to play these roles? They are definitive. And I like Ben Afflecks jaded, worn out Batman. The Flash was funny. I usually find that role in a film annoying, as it's usually overdone. Here it wasn't. If I want a film to make me think, I'll go see Blade Runner. If I want to be entertained for 2 hours, I'll go see Justice League. If you like comics, and superhero's, why in the name of J Jonah Jameson would you not like this film? I hope it makes a trillion. Not that that matters of course

That would be this skin I take it @gadzukes ?: The more we learn about them, the more they'll eventually catch on. And the more I'll wish I bought them all up when I had the chance!

No. There wasn't.

Just picked up my ticket and going in. Back in a few hours with the verdict!

I broke my own preemptive strike rule in Cal's thread yesterday and didn't feel good about it afterwards if I'm honest. The trouble with his posts is, like Stu's, they are so cloaked in rancour, aggression and a general lack of class that any decent points within them are lost. There was actually a reasonable question hiding in all the dross, which didn't get answered before the thread was pulled. If Cal had simply posted the question "why, Timmay, did you buy three of my ebay lots if you have stated publicly on the boards that I am a poor grader / unreputable?" he may have kept his thread alive long enough to get the answer. But instead he posted personal details, threatened legal action and offered out Transplant for a fight. His responses to my gentle digs were humour / wit free. So you have to question whether we are dealing with someone who is the full shilling. The tag on this thread is 'loon'. If he is a loon in the medical sense, what does that make us for entertaining / baiting him? I see he is still logging in, but has likely been served a temporary ban as he's not posting. What more does one have to do to get a full ban from these boards? Surely it would be in everyone's interests, including Cal's, for the relationship to end now?

In the case of Amazing Fantasy 15, that's a good theory. I missed my chance to get a pence version some years back. I waited, thinking I'd pick it up when I saw the 'right' copy. Now, it's just too expensive to justify getting, even with the general 50% pence vs cents value reduction. That's the reality of the hobby nowadays though. Many of the books you want are out of the reach of all but the wealthiest collectors.

Hi Roy, Two Things; 1) Ben Grimm 2) The one out of the John Carpenter film

Pop over to my pence thread and say that. It could do with a boost

Hi Roy, Two things: 1) They won't get a notification if they have set their notification preferences to no notification for 'Someone quotes a comment or post I made' 2) I think I know what you mean

That just about sums it all up. This thread should have the words 'lost the' in the middle.

Love the Punisher special

Sure he'll be along shortly to tell you...

Answers on a postcard.....

Darth Vader, a unicorn and two butterflies walk into a pub.....

I can see that @delekkerste, yes. I completely understand why most US collectors feel the way they do about pence books and I get that they will never command the same sort of interest or prices as their US cousins. We like them over here of course, but also like the US originals too for their 'purity' for want of a better word. I do like to bang the pence drum though and have always liked variants of all shapes and sizes (hence the four threads in my signature line). Maybe one day, when all the US collectors have all the US copies they can handle they'll turn to the pence copies and say "OK, let's try a run of those". If nothing else, they don't half look good. And you guys made them don't forget!

One last post from me. Here's how to spot your AUS comics when scrolling through eBay Australia. Three copies here: Australian US Newsstand US Direct When you're scrolling down the eBay listings, the directs are easy to spot as they have picture UPC boxes. So you need to look for barcode copies. However, both the Australian and US newsstand copies have barcodes, so how can you spot the Australian without having to look at every listing? One easy time saver is to look at the price box - the US Newsstand copy will have the 'cc' mark (Curtis Distribution) under the date. The AUS copy won't: So if you train your eye right, you can whizz down the listings just looking for barcode copies without the 'cc' (which will look like a small dot in the small images of the listings page) and you'll be sure it's an AUS if you see one. It worked for me!

Following on from the above post, here's a picture of The Avengers #325, Australian Price Variant, swiped from eBay: Like the West Coast Avengers #64 it also has a Jan AUS cover date. The Newsstand website however shows it as having an October US indicia / cover date: Which makes you wonder if ASM 340 should exist as an AUS copy. The confusion seems to be that the Avengers #325 is a 'Late October' book, whereas ASM 340 is a straight October. So you can sort of see how the Avengers snuck in. But who knows? Maybe an ASM #340 has just yet to be found..... Now, if you understood any of that you're one step ahead of me! All good fun

Great, thanks @revat - I'm not sure how I missed this when you posted it. The issue number (329) is cover dated February 1996 so coincides with the ASM #408 I posted: This supports my ASM number range research (extract from earlier in the thread): Amazing Spider-Man Australian Newsstands Issue No. / Indicia Date / Cover Price (AUS) / Cover Date 341 Nov-90 Australian $1.50 Feb Cover Date 342 Dec-90 Australian $1.50 Mar Cover Date 343 Jan-91 Australian $1.50 Apr Cover Date 344 Feb-91 Australian $1.50 May Cover Date 345 Mar-91 Australian $1.50 Jun Cover Date 346 Apr-91 Australian $1.50 Jul Cover Date 347 May-91 Australian $1.50 Aug Cover Date 348 Jun-91 Australian $1.50 Sep Cover Date 349 Jul-91 Australian $1.50 Oct Cover Date 350 Aug-91 Australian $1.50 Nov Cover Date 351 Sep-91 Australian $1.50 Dec Cover Date 352 Oct-91 Australian $1.50 Jan Cover Date 353 Nov-91 Australian $1.50 Early Feb Cover Date 354 Feb-92 Australian $1.50 Late Nov 91 Indicia 355 Dec-91 Australian $1.50 Early Mar Cover Date 356 Dec-91 Australian $1.50 Late Mar Cover Date 357 Jan-92 Australian $1.50 Early Apr Cover Date 358 Jan-92 Australian $1.50 Late Apr Cover Date 359 Feb-92 Australian $1.80 May Cover Date 360 Mar-92 Australian $1.80 Jun Cover Date 361 Apr-92 Australian $1.80 Jul Cover Date 362 May-92 Australian $1.80 Aug Cover Date 363 Jun-92 Australian $1.80 Sep Cover Date 364 Jul-92 Australian $1.80 Oct Cover Date 365 Aug-92 Australian $5.95 Nov Cover Date 366 Sep-92 Australian $1.80 Dec Cover Date 367 Oct-92 Australian $1.80 Jan Cover Date 368 Nov-92 Australian $1.80 Early Feb Cover Date 369 Nov-92 Australian $1.80 Late Feb Cover Date 370 Dec-92 Australian $1.80 Early Mar Cover Date 371 Dec-92 Australian $1.80 Late Mar Cover Date 372 Jan-93 Australian $1.80 Early Apr Cover Date 373 Jan-93 Australian $1.80 Late Apr Cover Date 374 Feb-93 Australian $1.80 May Cover Date 375 Mar-93 Australian $5.95 Jun Cover Date 376 Apr-93 Australian $1.95 Jul Cover Date 377 May-93 Australian $1.95 Aug Cover Date 378 Jun-93 Australian $1.95 Sep Cover Date 379 Jul-93 Australian $1.95 Oct Cover Date 380 Aug-93 Australian $1.95 Nov Cover Date 381 Sep-93 Australian $1.95 Dec Cover Date 382 Oct-93 Australian $1.95 Jan Cover Date 383 Nov-93 Australian $1.95 Feb Cover Date 384 Dec-93 Australian $1.95 Mar Cover Date 408 Feb-96 Australian $2.50 Feb Cover Date 410 Apr-96 Australian $2.50 411 May-96 Australian $2.50 412 Jun-96 Australian $2.50 413 Jul-96 Australian $2.50 414 Aug-96 Australian $2.50 415 Sep-96 Australian $2.50 416 Oct-96 Australian $2.50 417 Nov-96 Australian $2.00 I've run through the thread in full and looked at all the additional comics @nesqrick2 has posted and they all also line up with the ASM US indicia dates. His Avengers West Coast #64 lines up with the first ASM on my list - number 341 - both comics have November 1990 US indicias, albeit the ASM has a Feb AUS cover date and the Avengers West Coast 64 a Jan: The Newsstand website shows both were US cover dated the same month: So my research was either spot on, and these are the only dates / numbers produced, or there's another copy out there yet to be discovered (e.g. ASM 409 which is conspicuous by it's absence) Keep looking guys

I kept a note that came with the eBay listing when I purchased the book years ago and the seller worked in the industry and said the error was spotted almost immediately and corrected straight away. Whether that's true or not I don't know but I've only seen two examples in 10 years so it could be. Wish I'd tried to contact the seller now, to pick their brains further. I've put it away now but will dig it out again at some point and check. I thought it was just two pages that were affected. Will let you know. When I worked in a bank years ago I produced a staff magazine which basically ripped the s it out of everyone. It was surprisingly popular. I used A3 sheets and used to have fun trying to work out which of the 4 A4 pages I needed to attach where. I'd then run them through a photocopier twice for front and back. Lots of trial and error, and paper jams where the sheets were warm having already run through the copier once. I could've done with your paper folding technique back then! On a separate point, isn't it impossible to fold and sheet of paper, regardless of size, more than eight times?

Agree, that's why I indicated 'in theory' as we can't know as we weren't there. Blades were probably changed whenever the chipping started to get out of hand, and the guy on quality control (if there was one) spotted it. Or, they may have run a slick operation and changed the blades at the start of a new day - not every day, just at the start of a new one if the blades were known to last a certain time before blunting. I dabble in pence books as you know and I find them less likely to have chipping. I don't think DiceX has logged in since February Roy, alas, so he may not respond. I have a shockingly bad memory, often can't remember what I posted last week, but I think I may have invited him to respond before. I like your theory regarding producing the overseas destination books first, as they have to be shipped, and I agree that pence books seem to have less chipped copies. I enjoy the speculation, but that's all it is until someone who knows the history joins the fray. Let's hope dice is that person, but it find it so odd that we know so little about these things.