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It wasn't just the UK that used the fuller artwork, many foreign editions did the same:

Hi Aman. I'm not sure what you are saying here? If you look closely at the UK reprints that you show it can be ascertained that there is slightly more artwork on them than the original US comics although I admit not as much as on the images that I supplied. Alan Class being a pretty much one-man-band used many different printers and the comics were never a uniform size, some were taller/shorter or wider/thinner. I remember some issues that had gone to a different printer and the covers were glossier than normal and the page stock was better than usual, these comics being stapled and not the usual AC glued squarebound issues. Below is a copy of a Marvel UK comic where as before the artwork was supplied by Marvel US. Once again the original artwork was cropped on the US original.

It's not really that daunting. When one does a search of a specific US title the reprints are all listed onscreen, one does not have to go searching for them. The reverse of course is to look up the UK reprint and the information is there as to the US comic the issue was reprinted from. I am not really conversant in the esoteric arts of screen grabs but I am sure that if Marwood were here he would be able to explain it more effectively. PS. I chose the Astounding Stories 1 at random but not only was Strange Suspense Stories 56 reprinted in AS1( an anthology title) but Charlton also printed a Pence Variant. As you can see because this was produced in the US that the same cropped artwork was used. (There you go Steve, back on topic).

As I said Aman there are thousands of examples in the GCD. What sayest thou Marwood (this being slightly off-topic, but you did start it )?

And here the art on the US cover has been cropped on the left. These images are from the GCD who size all their photos to the same dimensions. In reality the Astounding Stories as with other Class titles were wider than the US comics, which is why more of the artwork could be shown.

Hi. I've been looking at a lot of UK 70s reprints such as Spider-Man and Hulk ( Rampage) titles on the GCD site, and in every instance the artwork was a lot wider than that of the original US titles (as well as the 1000s of Alan Class reprints). There is NO WAY that these publishers would have commissioned artists to "add" artwork. I'm sorry but the original artwork was cropped in the US and used fully in the UK reprints. Log into the GCD and see for yourselves.

Hi. I've been looking at a lot of UK 70s reprints such as Spider-Man and Hulk ( Rampage) titles on the GCD site, and in every instance the artwork was a lot wider than that of the original US titles (as well as the 1000s of Alan Class reprints). There is NO WAY that these publishers would have commissioned artists to "add" artwork. I'm sorry but the original artwork was cropped in the US and used fully in the UK reprints. Log into the GCD and see for yourselves.

Mr Adam, you do not know how reassuring that your reply has been to this silly old duffer who is about as technologically competent as a squashed frog.

This post was not meant to be about Hulk 181 specifically. I tried to put these images in another post. I apologise for my technological deficiencies.

I'm sorry that these images have appeared here. They were not meant to be. I fear that as I do not know what I am doing technologically that my PC has taken over.

Hi. I've been looking at a lot of UK 70s reprints such as Spider-Man and Hulk ( Rampage) titles on the GCD site, and in every instance the artwork was a lot wider than that of the original US titles (as well as the 1000s of Alan Class reprints). There is NO WAY that these publishers would have commissioned artists to "add" artwork. I'm sorry but the original artwork was cropped in the US and used fully in the UK reprints.

Not a bad effort at all Steve. I do remember once reading somewhere that the reprinted covers on Alan Class comics showed more of the original art and that it was the US companies who cropped said art. It seems that anything and everything went on back in the day. I'm sure, for instance, that I have seen 3 different versions of the Hulk 181 cover.

Is that because the #18 doesn't exist or that one has yet to be found. I must admit that I've been looking all over the 'net just now and cannot find one. I started to go through this post again looking for the AS-M pence lists but got sidetracked.

My poor little collection is hiding behind the settee blubbing with shame and embarrassment.

Great Caesar's ghost Steve, Spidey 1-10. What absolute treasure.

Yes I remember the old T&P 9d stamps in the very early 60s. DC did produce pence variants between 1978 and 1981. There were about eight or nine hundred of them. I am slowly trying to assemble said set.

Oh Dan if only they were "common as muck here"! Direct me to the tumbril.

That's a wonderful collection mate. Very envious. " In the long run I want a cents and pence variant where possible, of the full run ". That's what we all enjoy Dan, the thrill of the chase. That and knowing that these pence books are far far more scarce than their cents counterparts. I've had to sell a few of my grandchildren to Goblins before now to satisfy my Pence Variant craving.

Thank you also for answering my query. I'll hold onto my comics until they resolve the matter.

Brilliant.

Whoops! Blindness and senility are in a heated race to render me completely incompetent. By the way that TTA #19 Pence variant is not yet featured in GCG but I suppose that you already knew that.

Lovely old comic. I've just been onto the GCD to remind myself what #58 and #59 look like and see that they only have cover images for the cents edition. But I did notice that #43 has three variants. Did you know about this? I wonder what the indicia states on that middle copy.

Thank you. Much obliged.

Hello all. I'm new to this thread. I have been holding off from sending to CGC because of the Newton rings problem. Has this been solved yet?