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My dad was in the Air Force and we lived at RAF Lakenheath for 9 years (my 7-16 ages) so I did not have an American LCS until I was 17. My formative years were spent reading Beano, Hot Shot Hamish and Dennis the Menace (the British version) and watching Grange Hill and cricket. However, we did have a Stars and Stripes on base where I would get my Hulk's, Wolverine's and such. Mark Jewelers comics everywhere. BUT ... I remember tearing the perforation part of the MJ insert even though I wasn't buying anything. Weird - I know. Additionally, I own exactly zero of those comics today as mom or dad must have thrown them out at some point. My first LCS that I went to was Cramer Comics (I believe) in Cumberland, MD. I used to go and play pinball and buy comics (not a whole bunch, but quite a few). In typing this, I Google'd Cramer Comics and this article appeared about Gary Cramer from July 2019: https://www.times-news.com/allegany_magazine/cramer-vs-cramer-drawn-together-we-now-join-our-story-already-in-progress/article_a461eaf0-99cb-11e9-a2b2-eff413bd23eb.html. I remember him being an artist and musician and this brought it all back to light. What a bunch of great memories!

I loved it! So much so that I started buying the One Piece trading cards (specifically the Endless Treasure cards, not TCG). Before the show, I couldn't have told you what a Monkey D. Luffy was (and pronounced it wrong as it's Loo-fy). But now I can tell you who his father and brothers are, that he has powers that increase in 'gears' and a whole host of other information. Additionally, who the rest of the Straw Hats are besides Usopp, Sanji, Nami and Roronoa Zoro. I'm legit hooked and started watching the anime too! Only about 1,000 episodes left until I'm caught up

Newsstand availability during that time is one reason why I bought the Canadian Price editions for ASM 252 and Thor 337.

Never been a fan of Kraven, a very, very 'meh' villain in my opinion. Big fan of Miles so I'm excited to see him in it. I'll buy it at some point

Miles Morales IS Spider-Man (also). He IS Spider-Man even to Peter Parker (says so in the comics). Miles' Spider-Man IS a derivative of Peter Parker's Spider-Man, but obviously not an attempt to get rid of Peter Parker's Spider-Man as he was brought into a separate universe. I'm not sure why he can't be Spider-Man? We can all have our Peter Parker while still accepting Miles Morales. I am definitely not saying this as a representation of today's participation trophy world, but as a collector of Miles Morales. He (Miles) is the Spider-Man of today's youth and they will grow up with him as we did with Peter (as long as Marvel stays in business).

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo KILLED it (in the good way) New 52 Batman! Story and covers were great and the Court of Owls and Endgame series within the run were fantastic IMO. The only disappointment I had was the cover to issue #40 as it was a big issue. It's not bad but it was definitely NOT what I was expecting, however, I still bought the 1:25 variant, newsstand and Combo pack for it - LOL

It's as simple as "sex sells", always has and always will. In my opinion, these comic covers are designed to simply draw the eye and entice buying. They do for this "perv"

Hi Nsschenks! As a newsstand collector, it is safe to say that newsstands are harder to find, definitely in high grade when compared to Direct and especially now. However, attaching percentages and print runs (I realize this was not done) to newsies is, unfortunately, pointless. While "guesstimations" are valid attempts, they should not be attached to any eBay/market listings (I also realize that this was not part of your initial inquiry). Lazyboy is not wrong, but he definitely has a vibe that does not gel well with conversations about newsstands. That could be (just my opinion) that this very subjective information has been an on-going topic for some time now. There are a couple of boardies (valiantman and paqart) with well thought out ideas about newsstand percentages, but at the end of the day, they are well researched guesses. I side with them with the information they provide while being acutely aware that there is zero, hard evidence about these numbers. Those boardies have put in some serious effort to research and have provided this information in an attempt to bring some clarity to the "newsstand percentage" debate. One boardie is a hard no but does not have to prove that because no authentic, factual evidence is available. Lazyboy will always appear in a modern newsstand discussion to provide his input (as this is a public comic forum), but it will always read the same. No harm in seeing both sides of the information provided. For me, I will always buy the newsstand if in similar condition and price (or a little higher) than the Direct. That might explain my affinity for newsstand, foreign editions, Kickstarters and additional prints (2nd, 3rd, etc) comics - lol. Directs are mostly very boring in my opinion (but I do have them). I try to collect mostly outside the box and I think newsstands fit that niche. Good luck with the hunt!

Thank you for the link! Bought the John Byrne Marvel Classics Artifact Edition. $37.10 after shipping which is a great deal and looks like there are 2 of these still in-stock. Missed out on Silver Surfer and The Mighty Thor editions

Thank you! Will have to see what I can throw at this. I appreciate you

Absolutely! If you can find one. I have a newsstand edition of Spider-Men #1 but I've never (not saying they don't exist) seen one of #2 (truly wish I could find one). The 2nd print is easier to obtain and so affordable right now. I also like the fact that they are masked up on the 2nd print instead of mask-less. Issue #2 1:100 ratio variant cover clearly shows that this is the issue in which they will reveal their identities to each other as they are unmasking each other. Is issue #1 the first joint cover regardless of meeting or not? Absolutely. However, we come to realize that in the story (which is what old school collectors thinks makes a comic a 'key'), they have not yet met. #2 can (and already is in my opinion), be a 'key' issue moving forward and the 1:100 ratio variant has the potential to be a grail cover for spider-related characters (grail being used as future instead of right now). My collection is covered either way for #1 and #2. I would prefer if the correct issue (#2) was accurately identified as first meeting/unmasking.

For Spider-Men, issue #1 is a "sighting" of each other and issue #2 is the fight/meeting. If you can get a nice price on the 2nd print, I recommend it. Unfortunately, #1 will continue to get identified incorrectly. darkstar: Thank you for posting that as it provides clarity of issue #1

Can't believe that you wouldn't read this comic after all of your previous comments on it. We are all shocked at this revelation

Open my eyes? I do and I was simply saying that I'VE never seen it. Understand? You bring nothing to this topic other than disagreeing with 2 people who have obviously done a lot of research and documented their findings. Yours? "I've seen it many times, and I only occasionally look at the site..." (the last part is irrelevant). Good on ya for providing solid evidence on the matter . If you had an eBay account, you could message the sellers to inform them of their false information. But you don't, so your white knighting is falling on deaf ears. Most people don't buy newsstands BECAUSE they are newsstands as it's not a big enough niche to warrant the faux outrage that this thread is generating.

The collectors who seem to be against the designation are coming off as very rude. However you base your objections, calling other people "rubes" or "suckers" is quite sad if that's part of why you don't like something. I enjoy newsstands and have actively sought them out for my collection. I know that they can be harder to find but would never put an actual newsstand ratio in the listing (which I personally have never seen on eBay) if I ever sold. To each, their own. I completely respect paqart and valiantman for at least attempting to justify their reasoning. I'm happy that CGC will designate newsstands, but, as someone who has never sent in comics for grading (because I don't care to), I'll just keep collecting my raw versions.