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Venom lethal Protector#1 / Xmen#1/ Ironman #282 and Silver surfer #44 are good Candidate for third place. 

Been a while that I have shown any comic.

6 hours ago, chasehasadog82 said:

Was it a Mark Jewelers?

Yes it was .

2 hours ago, chasehasadog82 said:

Cool set! I was able to track down two 9.8 ASM #316 MJ’s that sold on ebay within the past two years. One buyer wasn’t selling and the other seller wouldn’t respond to my messages. I’m hoping a 9.8 #299 pops up sooner than later 

Thanks, I sold my ASM #316 CGC 9.8 three years ago, hard comic to replace

8 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Morning fellow Quarantiners 

I was only mentioning to Nestor @nesqrick2 the other day how quiet the AUS copies had gone when up this morning popped a bushel of Barbies - one Barbie standard and two Fashions:

  

That brings us up to 1,283 now. 

I do like a Barbie, especially the Fashion ones which are quite scarce and right in line with my own fashion sense (often referred to as Catweazle meets Doctor Who with a dash of Deckard).

I've update the journal page with the latest numbers for those of you that give a hoot:

 

I'd imagine I'm going to have quite a bit of spare time on my hands over the coming weeks so might do some more variant posting to keep you all on the edge of suicide entertained.

See ya 

 

That's a great find, just to show there are more AUS issues out there to find.   

 Didn't think this one existed.

5 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Afternoon 

Some great stuff coming from Joseph Italiano who appears to be as near as we'll ever get to a 'subject matter expert' on the history and production of AUS price variants. You can read about it all here, where the discussion is ongoing:

https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/aus-price-variants-australian-newsstand-editions/

If only a similar person could emerge to tell us about the early days of pence copies and font variants!

Joseph has even provided an explanation for the handwritten 'N' numbers that often appear on AUS copies. Great stuff.

As for my work here, we're up to 1,054 confirmed copies now. I'm sure more will come from Joseph as he updates his website and it will be interesting to see what surfaces. I'll be keeping an eye and continuing to monitor ebay until the spreadsheet is full. 

Here's a snapshot of my spreadsheet by the way which shows three titles all 'stopping' in June 93:

 

The date coincides with the cover price rise, so you can see that it's likely that the titles do legitimately stop. Quite high profile characters too.

So my projection of 1,677 maximum possible AUS copies - assuming the dates are right and all titles are captured - will drop accordingly over time if it becomes clear that gaps like these were by design and the missing copies will not therefore ever appear.

I don't plan on any further posts here - the discussion is elsewhere, and no one here seems that interested. I hope my work has gone some way to identifying what exists. 

Cheers, Steve

 

 I am still a fan of AUS copy,  Great work you have done in finding them.  

Been a while,Here are more AUS copy to add the list. 

On 5/23/2019 at 11:12 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I added a whopping 22 new issues to the list this morning (and a couple of image upgrades) courtesy of eBay Australia, Canada and the US bringing us up to 964 confirmed issues! Yay! 

 

Should reach 1,000 soon 

This listing cheesed me off a bit though, which I spotted while scrolling:

 

$435 flippin dollars!

Here's my old two, which I sold with the entire AUS ASM set years back:

 

 

I should've kept those damn comics!  

We've all been there.

There is one or two of the AUS Price copy you can add to the list.

17 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Spotted a new annual on eBay - Ghost Rider #1, $4.75 single AUS price:

 

It continues the trend of 1993 being the only year with AUS priced annuals. I wonder why, given the overall AUS date range?

Nice find 

More AUS copy to add to the list. 

44 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

What a 100th post 

I did not notice that.thanks .

54 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Morning, fans of AUS priced Marvels! 

 

Or is that 'fan'...? 

 

Morning Nestor! 

It's been a while since I added any new titles to the AUS list - we're stuck on 89, across which 906 single AUS priced copies have shown themselves thus far (well, to me at least)

So far, I have not found one single book between the inclusive dates of May 1994 to January 1996:

 

So my working assumption is that no books will be found during these dates (which fit with my long held ASM date range picture which I put together and checked exhaustively many years ago).

On my chart I have an 'Eligible Editions' column which totals how many books were produced for each title from the cover date of the first AUS books I've found - January 1991 - to the last date that AUS priced books exist - November 1996. The totals I had showed every book, including the aforementioned May 94 to Jan 96 gap. So if we are confident that books will never be found for that gap, the numbers can be stripped out, and that is what I did this morning.

The resulting position is as follows:

 

The number of titles is 89, the number of confirmed AUS books across them 906 and the number of theoretically possible books is now 1,666 (down from the 2,425 figure which included the May 94 to Jan 96 gap issues)

So in theory, if we find no more titles, and each of the confirmed titles yields an AUS copy for every remaining eligible month, there could be 1,666 AUS price variants out there.

However, one thing the chart also does is allow you to see patterns where books fail to materialise for certain months. If you look at the extract below, you'll see that ASM #385 seems to have no April 94 AUS edition (I looked for 10 years for one!). It may exist though, as Captain America #423 does have it's April 94 copy. But look at how many other titles do not have an April 94 AUS book. There are more titles not showing in the extract and it leads you to believe that books for that month may not materialise. Only Spider-Man 2099 #15 and Web of Spider-Man #108 also have April 94 AUS books:

 

In a similar vein, there are many titles which appear to have no AUS books for the 10 issues from February 1996, despite having eligible issue numbers. So whilst 1,666 is the current theoretical maximum number of AUS copies out there, the true number will likely be much lower. If I can keep filling in the blanks and cementing the 'gaps', we can start to speculate which books may not ever appear and arrive at a final target figure that can stand up to scrutiny.

All good fun 

 

As a fan of The AUS copy ,Great work Steve. Let the hunt continue, like you said " all good fun". 

1 hour ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Morning all 

I say 'all', I actually mean @nesqrick2

He's the only chap paying attention you see.

Anyway, quite a big jump since my last post. I'm up to 891 confirmed AUS copies now across 89 titles:

 

The full title / issue number list is below.

Here's a few Barbie's that I picked up. I like these. The sort of title that gets no one interested. X-Men, Spider-Man, Wolverine, blah blah blah. All good of course, but I suspect few if any will celebrate Barbie in an AUS coat.

Nice covers though!

 

Aint she pretty. One day, these will be the books that an AUS completsist will struggle to find. Remember, you heard it here third 

And look, she's anti-code too!

 

What a gal 

 

P.S. William Shatner's Tekworld? Yes, oh flippin yes!

Title	Confirmed AUS Issues	Total
2099 Unlimited (1-10)	1-2	2
Alf (34-50)	39-40, 42-43, 46	5
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, 87-92	25
Barbie (1-35)	11, 13-19, 21-25	13
Barbie Fashion (1-35)	2, 35	2
Cable (1-37)	5	1
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, 396, 398-407, 409, 411-413, 415, 417-423	34
Clive Barker - Ectokid	1	1
Clive Barker - Hokum & Hex (1-9)	1-3	3
Clive Barker - Hyperkind (1-9)	1-2	2
Clive Barker - Saint Sinner (1-7)	2	1
Conan The Barbarian (237-275)	237, 239, 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 254, 256-258, 261, 262, 264, 265, 269, 271-275	21
Daredevil (285-358)	285-292, 294, 296-314	28
Darkhold - Pages From the Book of Sins	1	1
Disney Comic Hits (1-14)	13	1
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, 112-114-118, 124, 127, 130-139, 140-142	25
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
Independence Day (0-2)	1	1
Infinity Crusade (1-6)	1-3, 6	4
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)	243-254, 257, 261-262, 264-270, 273-275, 277, 279-280	28
Marvel Versus DC (2-3)	2-3	2
Midnight Sons Unlimited (1-9)	1	1
Morbius The Living Vampire (1-32)	1-2, 5-6, 8, 12	6
New Mutants, The (94-100)	95-100	6
Night Thrasher (1-21)	4-5	2
Night Thrasher: Four Control (1-4)	4	1
Punisher, The (41-104)	44-47, 48-56, 60, 63, 65-66, 75, 81	19
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)	43-50, 52, 55, 60-64, 69, 71-75, 77-82, 84, 86-87	30
Silver Surfer / Warlock: Resurrection (1-4)	1	1
Spectacular Spider-Man (169-240)	169, 174, 186-187, 189, 191-201, 203-207, 238	22
Speed Demon (1)	1	1
Spider-Boy (1)	1	1
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
Tekworld (1-24)	4	1
Thor, The Mighty (424-502)	425, 427, 429-469	43
Thor, The Mighty Annual (1993 Only)	18	1
Thunderstrike (1-24)	1-3	3
Transformers (71-80)	71-75, 77-80	9
Uncanny X-Men (269-338)	270-272, 275-276, 278-280, 282-283, 285, 287-293, 295-304, 306-307, 329-332, 334-338	40
Uncanny X-Men Annual (1993 Only)	17	1
Venom, Funeral Pyre (1-3)	1-3	3
Venom, Lethal Protector (1-6)	1-2, 4	3
Venom, The Madness (1-3)	1-2	2
Warlock Chronicles (1-8)	2-6	5
Web of Spider-Man (69-129)	70, 72, 76-77, 80-81, 84 87, 90, 93-96, 99-108	23
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, 91	20
Wolverine (32-107)	48, 50-53, 55, 58-59, 71, 73, 75-76, 98-99, 101-107	21
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, 25-29, 52-60	28
X-Man (1-21)	12-21	10
X-Men (1-58)	1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2, 4-8, 10-15, 18-26, 49, 51-53, 55-58	33
X-Men Annual (1993 Only)	2	1
X-Men 2099 (1-35)	1-3	3
X-Men Adventures (1-15)	1, 3, 5-11-14	12
X-Men Unlimited (1-12)	2	1
X-Patrol (1)	1	1
	Total	891

That's a great find, keep up the great work.

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Cheers Nes.

The GCD has five covers, A to E:

We have A and C:

 

No reason why a B, D and E might not exist too? Here's the front and back of the US version of copy E:

  

Wonder if an AUS priced back cover exists? 

 The hunt continues,took me over two years to find cover A and C, Hope it does not take to long to find the other three cover.

Just now, Get Marwood & I said:

That's cool Nes. I wondered if there would be AUS copies of the alternate covers 

there maybe two more alternate covers to find, An Alternate Magneto Cover  and a psylocke/Colossus/Gambit/Rogue cover.

Captain America AUS copy to add to the list 

 Thor AUS copy to add to the list.