androolx

Well, I have been bitten by the Philippines reprint bug.  I picked up this Incredible Hulk 154 Goodwill recently.  It has 6 wraps inside the cover, including 2 pages of Goodwill Bookstore ads.  

2 hours ago, Saint_Doyle said:

I need to update my original post concerning the Marvel Star Thundercats reprints. Originally I had claimed there existed a very rare 3rd print of Thundercats #2.  Fellow boardie androolx located a second copy of the elusive "Third Print Thundercats #2."  After a bit of investigation we now believe this to be an ERROR printing of the 1st print, as opposed to a 3rd print.  Here is the evidence:

• All ads (including the back cover, interior covers, subscription offer, and Marvel checklist) are all the identical and on the same page as in the 1st print DM/US Newsstand/CAN Newsstand editions.
• This issue was dated Feb. 1986.  Regular Marvel titles had increased in cover price to the 75¢ / 50p / 95¢ shown on this printing in this month, however Marvel Star titles (including Thundercats) would remain at the previous Marvel pricing structure of 65¢ / 30p / 75¢ in Feb. '86 until changing along with the rest of Marvel the following month in Mar. '86.  
• The 75¢ / 50p / 95¢ Thundercats #2 does not state that it is a reprint in the Indica.  This is not concrete proof of anything, as this was commonly omitted in reprints of this era, but is still worth a mention.

These facts lead us to believe that this 75¢ / 50p / 95¢ Thundercats #2 is not a 3rd Printing as previously believed, but is instead an ERROR printing of the 1st Print Direct Market edition.  Androolx proposed a situation where the person assembling the cover for print forgot to use old price box and accidentally printed a few copies with the new price box before catching the error and correcting it for the rest of the run.  This is complete speculation, but seems plausible.   

Do you see any reason to believe this 75¢ / 50p / 95¢ Thundercats #2 is actually a 3rd Print?  I feel confident it is an ERROR 1st printing, given the evidence.  Anything else I should look for?  

This seems like an error printing similar to the Captain America #212 35¢ "no Marvel Comics Group banner" error printing, or the Marvel Spotlight #1 "no issue number" error printing, as opposed to the more common error printings where one color of ink was low for a fraction of the run.

 

One thing I would add is that the 75c/50p/95c pricing of the book at issue and of standard 02/1986 Marvel titles was unique to that month.  In 03/1986, the pricing of standard Marvel titles changed to 75c/40p/95c.  It is unlikely that Marvel would reprint a book with a pricing scheme that Marvel had stopped using.

I found this X-Men #98 NBS recently; it is my first Philippine reprint find.  There are only five interior wraps instead of 8.  A few pages are black and white pages, including a DD letter page with an interesting MVS.

4 hours ago, Garystar said:

I don’t think this is right? My copies you can’t get the tattooz without ripping the paper wallet. 

I don't want to deviate too much from the OP's original topic, but you did point out an incorrect generalization in my first post.  Thanks for doing that. I should have said the Tattooz insert opening is accessible on most of the inserts; some of the inserts were stapled in such a way that the opening is not accessible.

I just checked 28 books with Tattooz inserts (none of which are ASM 238) and the insert opening is accessible on 26 of them.  I have found a couple books with the insert where the enclosed tattoo is partially outside the insert (see photo).

The Tattooz insert was an unsealed envelope containing usually one tattoo; tattoos can be removed from or inserted into the insert without altering the insert.  Thus, there is no way to know whether a tattoo in any given Tattooz insert is original to that insert.  With that being the case, if a Tattooz insert is torn but a tattoo is present, could it not be considered as being the same as a torn page and get a Universal label?

MOKF 53 35c 6.5.

Based on my own dealings with the USPS regarding lost mail, I suggest you go to your local post office in person and interact with the postmaster or a supervisor regarding the lost package.  You should also request that a trace be put the package and that a lost item case be opened.  The USPS often has additional information regarding the scanning of a package than what appears in the tracking history available to you on the internet.

In my experience, when a book has a printer's crease, a similar printer's crease will sometimes exist on other copies of the same issue. A quick search of eBay found a couple examples of ASM 64 with a similar crease.

There are alot of very interesting and informative threads on the boards pertaining to the topics you listed.  Below is a link to a thread on star stamps.

A few of the more noteworthy 1st full appearances in Marvel 35 cent price variants are:

Jocasta (Avengers #162)

KISS (Howard The Duck #13)

Machine Man (2001 #8)

Rocket Racer (ASM #172)

Starjammers (X-Men #107)

Honorable Mentions

1st Godzilla in comic book (Godzilla #1)

1st Jack Of Hearts in color comic book (Incredible Hulk #214)

1st Thanos solo story (Logan's Run # 6)

1st White Tiger in a color comic book (Spetacular Spider-Man #9)

Please grade my TOD 10.  The most glaring defect is the rusty staples with some migration.  The diagonal bend on the lower LH side of the FC has a few spots where color barely breaks.  There is also that tear on the bottom edge of the BC.  Thank you.

7 hours ago, jimjum12 said:

TOD 60                                 2.5                                      $ 35 ...  .. 35c PRICE VARIANT

 

Take per PM. 

7 hours ago, jimjum12 said:

TOD 59                                  5.0                        $ 40    .. 35c PRICE VARIANT

 

Tame per PM.

11 hours ago, PeterPark said:

I'd buy it 

So would I. 

Hi.  I would appreciate the collective wisdom of the boardies on grading this.  I believe the pics document all the defects, including:  Small tear FC top edge (which I believe occurred during the shipping of the book - grrr); large color-breaking bends/creases FC LLH corner and FC LRH corner; damage/tears to upper outside corner; obvious tanning; several large non-color-breaking bends FC (the long horizontal bend across the FC about 1/3 of the way down appears in some of the pics to break color, but it does not); some color-breaking spine stress.  Thank you

21 hours ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

Burn baby burn, wasn't sure if it was the bee gees

Perhaps you are thinking of the song "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps.

X-Men 50, 96, 100 taken by PM. 

The Tattooz insert is an unsealed envelope which is supposed to contain a Tattooz (temporary tattoo).  The insert is usually inserted between the cover and first wrap so that the insert wraps around the spine and is stapled by the top staple.  The opening of the insert is usually accessible between the last page and the back cover (I say "usually" because I have a book where the insert is wrapped so that the opening of the insert is between the front cover and first page, making the contents of the insert inaccessible).  Therefore, in most cases where an insert is Tattooz-less, it is impossible to say whether the insert was produced without a Tattooz or the Tattooz was removed.  The attached photo is of a Tattooz insert which was never attached to a book, and shows the opening of the insert.

I once had an Amazing Adventures #11 with a NDS insert. Pics of it are posted in a Comics General topic titled, "Star Stamps???".  I also had a FF which I am pretty sure was #114 with a NDS insert.

1 hour ago, jimjum12 said:

PPSSM 8                                           6.5                         OW                        $ 55     …...PRICE VARIANT