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Here's the current alpha-sorted list - we've surpassed the numbers for the previous two competitions: 2023 CGC Grading Contest Season 2 Winter Edition (#5) - 115 participants 2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Fall Edition (#4) - 104 participants 2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Summer Edition (#3) - 137 participants 2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Spring Edition (#2) - 154 participants 2022 CGC Grading Contest Season 1 Winter Edition (#1) - 354 participants If you've signed up, but don't see your name below, please shout Participants in Alphabetical Order AbsoluteCarnage ADAMANTIUM AJD alecholland AlexH Amazing Spidey apocalypse76 ArAich ArcherC ashsaytr aszumilo atticus.fetch Axelrod Azkaban batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 boron canickus Cat cchunn3 Cerebus3000 ChrispyC66 CJ Design Cocomonkey collector_bill comicginger1789 Comics4All Cor88b Cratus Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus Dormian DougC Dr. Ogie Porterhouse EastEnd1 eeb03 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy genrlzod Get Marwood & I g-man goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo Hot Nickels Hudson jas1vans jbpez jcjames Jesse-Lee John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor Lninefingers makeminemarvel Mars76 Math Teacher mattn792 MBFan Mister Scary MonkeydodoDance Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta mysterymachine mytastebud ned Nsschenks old_dano Panda2 pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pickie Pitboss pmpknface Point Five PreHero realitytrip Ron C. sagii Sandflea SargenticusV scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man SNiPER SolidShredder spidermanbeyond SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 TheGeneral thehumantorch thingsofstuff timfinz Tom789 topofthetotem toro trashcollector trmoore54 universal soldier Warlord WEBHEAD Westy Steve WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick youfoundjake zzutak

Sorry guys, I've been a bit tied up. The last few pages have been quite interesting. I've only scanned them, and sorry if I've missed the point, but I don't think you will find any variants here, that is, copies of the same comic with differing indicias. I'm confident from my own searching down the years that there will be no variant guts for Marvel, as a result of a subscription issue. I've seen Marvel subscriptions discussed on the boards - just do a search for the words 'Marvel' and 'subscription' and you'll find them, often linked to Whitman / newsstand discussions. Here is just one: https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/514390-marvel-multi-packs-question/#comment-12592259 The general consensus from what I have read seems to be that subscriptions copies are 'not a thing', volume-wise. Here are two SoOs from Action Comics (click images to enlarge). They're quite easy to find if you search Mycomicshop (who list SoOs) and then use one of the free read online sites: Action #398 (Mar 1971): Action #410 (Mar 1972): @Malacoda Rich, you should be able to piece together what you're looking for using the above website combinations - no need to own the books - and present some finding based on a larger population result. As I say, I don't think you'll find any variant indicias - they'll likely be the same for news, direct, subscription etc - but you may be able to establish a pattern of legal indicia wording that links to other distribution related matters. Good luck Oh, and make sure it's a decent one Richmond, your next update. Rubbish 1,000th posts are not allowed in my pence threads

We have 111 participants now, with just five days to go before sign up closes on Monday April 17th 2023, 8:00 PM eastern time. Where else will you find odds this good to win one of the three grading credit prizes CGC have on offer: 1st place: $500 2nd place: $250 3rd place: $100 Come on, dive in! Participants in Alphabetical Order AbsoluteCarnage ADAMANTIUM AJD AlexH apocalypse76 ArAich ArcherC ashsaytr aszumilo Axelrod batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 boron canickus Cat Cerebus3000 ChrispyC66 CJ Design Cocomonkey collector_bill comicginger1789 Comics4All Cor88b Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus Dormian DougC EastEnd1 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy Get Marwood & I g-man goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo Hot Nickels jas1vans jbpez jcjames Jesse-Lee John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor makeminemarvel Mars76 Math Teacher mattn792 MBFan Mister Scary MonkeydodoDance Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta mysterymachine mytastebud ned Nsschenks old_dano Panda2 pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pitboss pmpknface Point Five PreHero realitytrip Ron C. sagii Sandflea SargenticusV scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man spidermanbeyond SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 TheGeneral thehumantorch thingsofstuff timfinz topofthetotem toro universal soldier Warlord WEBHEAD Westy Steve WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick youfoundjake zzutak

It's 106 so far, Jolly. Mike will be back in a few days and I'm sure his presence will galvanise a few more members to join. Sign up closes on the 17th, so there's plenty of time left to increase the numbers to nearer the 150 participant maximum Participants in Alphabetical Order AbsoluteCarnage ADAMANTIUM AJD AlexH apocalypse76 ArAich ArcherC ashsaytr aszumilo Axelrod batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 boron Cat Cerebus3000 ChrispyC66 CJ Design Cocomonkey collector_bill comicginger1789 Comics4All Cor88b Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus Dormian DougC EastEnd1 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy Get Marwood & I g-man goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo Hot Nickels jas1vans jbpez jcjames Jesse-Lee John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor makeminemarvel Mars76 Math Teacher MBFan Mister Scary MonkeydodoDance Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta mysterymachine ned Nsschenks old_dano Panda2 pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pitboss pmpknface Point Five PreHero Ron C. sagii Sandflea SargenticusV scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man spidermanbeyond SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 TheGeneral thehumantorch thingsofstuff timfinz topofthetotem toro universal soldier Warlord Westy Steve WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick youfoundjake zzutak

Not always - Canadian Price Variants, for example, are priced in dollars too: https://www.comics.org/issue/38665/cover/4/

Expensive, too...

Sorry, I meant the ones that aren't That's them!

@lowball, if you want to see the variant cover phenomenon at its best - or worst, depending on your view / wallet - look at these: https://www.comics.org/issue/863623/

I absolutely love these books - you know me, Eric - anything different floats my boat. But I wouldn't call these 'variants' myself as they have no printed difference. They're just regular copies with an advertisement inserted in limited quantities. I accept though that the term "Mark Jewelers Insert Variant" has worked its way into the hobby, a bit like "Whitman Variant". Now I've done it!

It's a very big subject this, lowball. Very big, and not easy to capture in a single post. I'll give it a go though. A variant of a comic, is generally accepted to be a book that differs in one or more ways from the 'main' book but which came from the same print run as it. I'll use Spidey as an example. Way back in 1963, Marvel produced The Amazing Spider-Man #6. It produced a cents copy for the main USA audience and a smaller run of pence copies for the UK. Both books came from the same print run so the junior book - in this case the pence copy - is considered a variant of the main book, the cents copy. Both books were produced at the same time, in the same location, on the same printing presses. In the case I've just illustrated, the main difference is the price: As you can see, the pence copy has a 9d cover price so it varies in appearance to the cents copy which has a 12c price. This makes it a variant in the majority of collectors eyes and the term 'Price Variant' is now an accepted thing in the hobby. For US produced comics, there are four types of first printing price variants - pence (UK), Canadian, Australian and US (e.g. those 30/35c variants that you may have heard of). Even CGC recognise them now, and notes it on their slab labels. One word of caution - books that were printed in different locations, often long after the original US production run are not variants if they share the same cover images / content. They are reprints. There are other ways for a book to be considered a variant. In later years Marvel got into the habit of printing variant covers for many of its titles. So, using Spidey again, they would produce a 'regular' issue in large numbers and then a variant issue in lower numbers. Here is an example: Above you can see three copies of Amazing Spider-Man #539. The first one is the regular, standard edition which was made in the greatest numbers. The other two are variant covers, produced in smaller numbers as a way to extract more money out of buyers. All three are the same issue, with the same contents, but two of them feature a variant cover. The second printing even has the words "2nd Printing Variant" on it as you can see (click on the images to enlarge) and is still considered a variant even though it was likely produced shortly after the first printing. You'll be thinking "didn't he just say earlier that after the event productions are reprints, not variants?" and you'd be right, I did. I'll explain that quirk another time, if you're still awake after reading this The book in the middle is the 'Medina' variant of ASM #539, as it has a variant cover by the artist Angel Medina. No, I don't know who he is either. So we have 'cover variants' and 'price variants'. There are other types of variant - many in fact - but the above two types are the main ones which get everyone excited. There can be disagreements in this area, among collectors, as to precise definitions, but this is sort of it in a nut shell for me. One example of that is the term "newsstand variant". I don't use that myself, as for me each book is equal - they just have different delivery channels (Direct Editions go to comic shops, Newsstand Editions go to the newsstand). So the two books below, for me, have equal status - one is not a 'variant' of the other: Anyway, that's my brief take on it all - hope it helped. Any questions, give me a shout and I'll do my best to answer them.

We tagged you as a previous participant Eric......maybe you missed it. But you're here now, our 100th magical participant Good luck

Who wants to be our 100th participant then......? Participants in Alphabetical Order AbsoluteCarnage ADAMANTIUM AJD AlexH ArAich ArcherC ashsaytr aszumilo Axelrod batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 Cat Cerebus3000 ChrispyC66 CJ Design Cocomonkey collector_bill Comics4All Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus Dormian DougC EastEnd1 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy Get Marwood & I g-man goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo Hot Nickels jas1vans jbpez jcjames Jesse-Lee John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor makeminemarvel Mars76 Math Teacher MBFan Mister Scary MonkeydodoDance Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta ned Nsschenks old_dano Panda2 pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pitboss pmpknface Point Five Ron C. sagii Sandflea SargenticusV scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man spidermanbeyond SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 TheGeneral thehumantorch thingsofstuff timfinz topofthetotem toro universal soldier Warlord Westy Steve WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick zzutak

Crocodile rocking is something shocking When your feet just can't keep still I never knew me a better time and I guess, I never will Oh, lawdy mama those Friday nights When Suzie wore her dresses tight Crocodile rocking was out of sight Laa, la-la-la-la-laa La-la-la-la-laa La-la-la-la-laa "What's that funny circle thing hanging in the air Barry?" "Dunno Dave, but I'm gonna eat it anyway" "Save me a bit Barry!"

Half each Each, I said, not inch. Really though Batmiesta - the Surfer was missing his weapon's s: Just the surfboard I suppose....

@CrystalM CS Follow up questions above....

I used to love playing with those cards as a kid. And the Doctor Who ones too. I gave my set to the nephew. Should've kept them really. The words "Special Powers Ten" will forever transport me back to my happy youth. As do "A man of Muco Machinism!" which, as I recall, was our rendition of whatever the correct wording was for The Tarantula. We always made up silly stuff like that I posted this rare card in a thread once: Not sure if anyone noticed. Note the weapon singular....

Have a read of this 'Ask CGC' thread:

There are lots of vintage pictures showing books hanging from pegs and such. The holes in your books are too large and ragged to be nails, I think. Maybe they were hung up on the equivalent of meat hooks, or something like that, by a seller who was insensitive to the damage. They were only kids books after all....

And which would make him look like a brand of soup, Ken. Pre-anagram, I mean. And with another r.

We're doomed! 90 players have signed up, 60 spaces left. The deadline to signup is Monday April 17th 2023, 8:00 PM eastern time...... Participants in Alphabetical Order ADAMANTIUM AJD AlexH ArAich ashsaytr aszumilo Axelrod batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 Cat Cerebus3000 ChrispyC66 CJ Design collector_bill Comics4All Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus DougC EastEnd1 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy Get Marwood & I g-man goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo jas1vans jbpez jcjames Jesse-Lee John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor Mars76 Math Teacher MBFan Mister Scary Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta ned Nsschenks old_dano Panda2 pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pitboss pmpknface Point Five sagii Sandflea scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man spidermanbeyond SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 TheGeneral thehumantorch thingsofstuff timfinz topofthetotem toro universal soldier Warlord Westy Steve WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick zzutak

Indeed. The first time around, Mike forgot to limit the ticket allocation and sold the venue out three times over. Schoolboy error, but he managed admirably in the end () Let's see if we can hit the 150 participant cap this time. It'll be a nice present for him when he returns from sunning himself in Southend. It was Southend he went to, wasn't it.....? Spread the word Yoz - we have 71 places to fill! Participants in Alphabetical Order ADAMANTIUM AJD ashsaytr aszumilo Axelrod batcollector Batman Fett bighairjer Black_Adam BlackOut21 Cat Cerebus3000 CJ Design collector_bill Comics4All Cushing Fan davidtere divad Doctor Dositheus EastEnd1 Electron Every Day A Story F For Fake fastballspecial FFB flashlites frozentundraguy g-man Get Marwood & I goldust40 GreatCaesarsGhost Grendel72 grendelbo jas1vans jbpez jcjames John R JohnH19 JollyComics JustJimN Kramerica Krismusic KryptoMayor Mars76 Math Teacher MBFan Mister Scary Morganmi Motor City Rob musicmeta ned Nsschenks old_dano pastandpresentcomics PeterPark Pitboss pmpknface Point Five sagii Sandflea scburdet silverseeker skypinkblu sledgehammer s-man SpideyFein Stefan_W Superman2006 TC33 thehumantorch timfinz topofthetotem toro universal soldier WilliamLunt Wipple Withering Wind Yorick zzutak

I just downloaded it and it said @Cat is going to come last. Seems a pretty accurate tool....

You'll be in good company Bill, because @Cat's playing