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    Pressman Mail Away Comics Appreciation Thread

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    Here is the new addition to the family. It's the best copy of the Pressman 303 Gold I've ever had. :banana:

     

    BTW, seller told me he "mailed away" for it.

     

     

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    So I guess we can now confirm the following:

     

    X-Men #11 Silver - Packed with the X-Men board games only

    Uncanny X-Men #297 - Only obtainable through mail-away

    Uncanny X-Men #303 - Some were packed with the board games, but can also be obtained through mail-away

    Uncanny X-Men #307 - Some were packed with the board games, but can also be obtained through mail-away

     

    Pressman Mail Away Comics Appreciation Thread

    in Modern Age Comic Books

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    What the hell's a pressman?

     

    If you look at the back scan of the books you can see that it's advertising 'Pressman' (the toy company) board games. Within some of these games were 2nd prints of UXM #303, #307 (gold covers) & XM #11 (this was silver) and you could 'mail away' for #297 (gold), this is why, this is the rarest, I believe?

     

    303 & 307 were mail-aways also. X-Men 11 was the only one in the box before they started the coupon submission.

     

    Are you sure 303 & 307 were mail aways? I asked several Ebay sellers of the Pressman X-Men Alert game and they said theirs came with either the 303 or 307 already inside. As far as I know, only 297 had to be redeemed by mail.