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Captain America #213 is the next Hulk #271.

That is absolutely ridiculous.

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Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. Mycomicshop.com also lists Ka-Zar #1 (1997) as a second print, but I'm not sure. The UPC code ends with 00121, which normally means it is a variant cover. A second print would usually be 00112, correct? I guess the indicia would be definitive. "2nd print" "1st print" There were three versions of Ka-Zar (1997) #1 Newsstand Edition - Black Background Direct Edition (A) - White Background (pictured above) Direct Edition (B) - Black Background (pictured above) All three were released 5/1/1997. I don't believe there was a second print. Issues #2 and #3 also had cover variations #2 A (Regular Cover) #2 B (Alternate Cover #3 A ($1.95 Cover Price) #3 B ($1.99 Cover Price) Issues #1 and #2 should also be price variants. Marvel had newsstand price variants from *about* June of 1996 (I haven't nailed this down) until July of 1997. Newsstands were all (or almost all) $1.99, while Direct editions were $1.95. And at this point, Marvel was issuing variants for their #2s across the board, beginning in 1997. The "variant" is the book with "2" in the UPC code, but they were all issued in 50/50 formats, so neither is rarer for any of them. I have yet to see any sort of demand for any of these variants, one over the other.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. X-Men Chronicles (1995) covers look the same, but indicia seems to indicate. The comicspriceguide.com scan is small and blurry to me, but kind of looks like it says Second printing. 2nd print It's certainly possible, but would be odd with no difference. All (or nearly all) the AoA 1st issues were second printed, and called "X-Tra editions" in the UPC, with recognizably different color schemes on the covers.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. Mycomicshop.com also lists Ka-Zar #1 (1997) as a second print, but I'm not sure. The UPC code ends with 00121, which normally means it is a variant cover. A second print would usually be 00112, correct? I guess the indicia would be definitive. "2nd print" "1st print" I have both variants. The 4th number in the code stands for "variant", but this is not always strictly followed. A second print, normally, would be 00112, but this, neither, is strictly followed. It was definitely an "under the radar" thing, and perhaps the prototype for their soon to follow "white" covered variants.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover. I think they're both in storage somewhere, so it's going to be a while. Comicspriceguide has an image of the Ka-Zar: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/ka-zar/scrq And an image of the splash page of Chronicles: http://comicspriceguide.com/titles/x-men-chronicles/rltv Log in required.

Pics, please. If not mentioned, X-Men: Alpha has a second printing, without the chromium cover.

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Stan Lee helped a little.

PS. The people who were looking for Wolverine #41, 2nd print, in 9.8 have all probably found one...for now. So, the book probably would sit at $200. But no one should discount potential future popularity. Wolverine #41 was the start of a relatively important Sabretooth storyline (hence the 2nd prints), and that could pop up again. There are, at most, 17 9.8 copies floating around. That seems to be enough to satisfy demand...for now. And yet...I had three 9.8 Spidey #301s, and I struggled to sell them all for $225 each...and that was when there were 45 or so copies on the census. Now, there are 61...and two copies sold for $1000 and $1200+. Sigh. You never know.

This is truly crazy, but the price bump for graded copies has been discussed for a few years now. The difference between pristine and certified by someone else to be pristine? I still think the analogy holds with coins, paper money, etc. I understand paying more for the peace of mind on restoration check, undeclared damage, and so forth but not that much more. Maybe the time value of money? I can spend the next three weeks going to every LCS I can and will eventually pull a 9.8-worthy copy for $2, Not with Wolverine #41 2nd print, you won't.

Finding an MS67 potential 77-D quarter "in change", while possible, is so improbable as to render the example moot. The reason those things exist is because people bought them brand new in rolls and saved them that way for coming up to 40 years. The very act of handing you change renders most brand new coins no better than MS65...at best. I have two mint sealed bags of 2006 quarters...bought as a lot. Because of the handling those bags have endured, I guarantee you that not a single example is better than MS63-64, even though the bags are still sealed.

You did not account for the cost to grade.

Ooo. Interesting conversation.

fixed So true It reminds me of the Goonies line "down here it's our time, it's our time right now!" Bah! Quote butcher!! Hey man I was a bit buzzed, it's a decent paraphrase - "Their time! Up there! Down here, it's our time. It's our time down here." "Pincers of peril! Pincers of peril!!" "Those parts of you that don't work so good? They're gonna catch up to the ones that do." "Here's Abraham Lincoln...Franklin Roosevelt...Martin Sheen" "MARTIN SHEEN?? That's John F. Kennedy, you IDlOT!" "Yeah, well...he PLAYED Kennedy once!" "Heeeeeeyyyy...youuuuuu.....guyyyyyyyyyyyyssss! AH HUH!!" I can do this all day long. Greatest movie ever. I may even rev it up to watch right now.

Now that's a sexy pic right there. Thanks D!

Thank You Welcome....and you've found the best thread on the boards too!!

Don't forget this one! I always wondered why a woman with a metal mask would need LIPSTICK.

Or Copper books.

fixed So true It reminds me of the Goonies line "down here it's our time, it's our time right now!" Bah! Quote butcher!!

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