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Just for info : From Bryon Whitworth's Guide to Classics illustrated (of which this World Illustrated/World Around Us was part of). British Classics Illustrated can be found with five cover prices. 1/- From 1953 to 1955 (Which also listed AUS, NZ and SA on the covers). 1/3 Was the regular price between 1951 -1952 and 1956 -1963. 1/6 Was the regular NZ price. 2/- Was the price for regular AUS editions.* 2/6 This was the price for Hardback Deluxe Editions. * UK Giant Classics were also 2/-. I'm not a Classics Illustrated collector but it would be interesting to see the various Countries' Editions so see what, if any, differences there were between them.

Nice research Pantodude.

Sorry Steve (Marwood). I don't know why I put Marley. Must've been scared by a ghost or something.

Great Caesar's ghost on a bike Albert, I can barely remember if I've had today's bowel movement or not. The posts here by you and Malacoda and Marwood et al make me realise that I am not worthy to be in such exalted and erudite company.

Sixpence? Sixpence! Fer a bit o' budgie cage lining ? When ah worra lad I could've fed all family for a week, been down t'pub evry neet and bowt missen a new Sunday Suit and still had change out o't' tanner. You try telling...

I'm scared to ask them though as they might say that they are identifying as P*X! It would be the death of their poor mother.

OK, thanks.

Hi all. Is it permissable to offer for sale here CBCS graded comics?

Exactly so Albert, exactly so. I started collecting SA comics in the 80s as a grown adult because of a sense of nostalgia for my childhood and the era which I grew up in which I suspect is the reason that many people collect comics and other collectables. When we're gone we're gone. What do the children of the 80s/90s yearn after as a reminder of their long lost happy days?

I'm just glad that I am no longer an active collector. The market must surely be due a massive collapse as we older enthusiasts retire or die and all the speculators are left trying to sell overpriced and unwanted comics to each other.

What??? For just eight comics?

Whence "I'll have a tot of rum Ken, ta"?

Royal Navy I believe, if memory serves me correctly.

OK, no prob Mike. You do see though that this is a very contentious point among some of us.

Oh it appears that someone took exception to my CBCS posts and the mods have removed my photos for soliciting for sale in a non-sales post, which I was not but there you go.

Yup, you got me. Sorry Albert I don't know how much it sold for.

Done what mate? I hope that I haven't inadvertantly upset you in some way. That was not my intention. Editions? Yes I totally agree that this could/should be clarified. I was not postulating that the CBCS wording was phrased to such an extent that it would not benefit from revision. The re/prints dichotomy is exactly as it appears on the slabs. I expect that they are always amenable to further recommendations. I was not suggesting that CBCS is perfect, merely reporting that they seem to be making more of an effort than CGC at the moment.

I don't know if you are being playful here Albert but I'll bite. It's oviously the same issue with the loose page(s) tucked in and the fold at the top left being flattened out. So? Did I fall for it?

The information on the back labels whilst not being thoroughly indicative of what is exactly reprinted gives enough information so as to enable the searcher to discover precisely what they need to know and is a massive leap forward from CGC's attempts (I mean no disrespect to CGC here, I am merely explaining where we are at currently). As an addendum the information given by CBCS is not even present in the GCD so CBCS seems to have done its research. I had a very vague hope, to no avail it would seem, that showing these pieces might induce CGC to get its finger out and bring forward any comments that they are planning to make. Text on rear labels reproduced verbatim : Sinister Tales 23. Prints Tales of Suspense 39. World of Fantasy #7, 12, 14, 17 & Tales to Astonish #48 in black and white. Mystic 54. Prints Avengers #1. Spellbound #24, #25, #29 & #31 in black and white. Creepy Worlds 32. Reprints Fantastic Four #1, Journey into Mystery #84, #86, Strange Tales #49, Tales to Astonish #34. #40 & Amazing Adult Fantasy 11 in black and white. Creepy Worlds 35. Prints Fantastic Four #3, and stories from Journey into Mystery #91, #92 & #93, Mystical Tales #2, Strange Tales #107 & Tales to Astonish #41 in black and white.

Oo-er, hark at that. 'Oo rattled 'er cage? Forgetting for a moment the "UK Edition" designation (which, I am hazarding a guess is used here as a synonym for "comic", or is that a speculation too far?). All the reprint info is on the back of the labels. The text is too blurry to read because the case stops the comic from lying flat on the copying plate so I won't bother trying to photocopy the rear labels. I suppose that I'm going to have to dig them out again and transcribe the info here. Gissa min.

The chap selling the Mystic 40 has reached out to the watchers of the item offering a 3% discount. He has also changed the description to read "mis-labelled". I'll try and put up some pictures but my eBay screen has not been playing properly for a few days and the text is blown up and to the left. (I've tried adjusting screen size).

Mystic 40 and Tales to Astonish 13 Indices from GCD. All stories in M40 are reprint stories from various US publications. TTA 13 Index. I Challenged... Groot! the Monster from Planet X. (7 pages). Special Sale (text story). (2 pages). I Found the Abominable Snowman. (6 pages). My Friend is... Not Quite Human. (5 pages). I Found the Hidden World! (5 pages). Mystic 40 Index. I Challenged... Groot! The Monster From Planet X. (7 pages). (The Shark People). (8 pages). Doctor of Crime. (7 pages). White Birds of Death! (8 pages). Third Grave on the Right... (4 pages). Two Frightened People! (5 pages). Davey and His Dame. (4 pages). Too Timid to Live. (5 pages).

Perhaps you are getting too worked up Steve. Let's remind everyone that M40 is NOT a reprint of TTA13. M40 reprints ONE STORY from TTA13.

This looks to my tired old cynical eyes as if someone has tried to obscure the fact that it is a UK variant. Perhaps in an attempt to deceive others that it is an US issue? Presumably the indicia thwarted this attempted subterfuge? This seems to be an instance where CGC got it right.

I agree with you to a certain extent. But. Mystic 40 is NOT a reprint of TTA 13. It reprints ONE story from TTA 13, not the whole comic. M 40 needs to be identified as a periodical in its own right. Then perhaps in the notes it could be entered that the Groot story from TTA 13 and the cover are reprinted in M 40 or some such.