Frederic9494

Great copies! 

I was happy to pick up this weekend pairs of Spirou 1460 & 1468 (first black- & blonde-haired Smurfette) from 1966 with the mini-story included in all. 

What I didn't know was that although the front cover has the usual France/Belgium/Switzerland pricing, there is some difference between the French and Belgium edition, mainly the add on the inner back cover. 

In one case there is a nice Corn Flakes add featuring the Black Smurf.

Catch of the day: Spirou 1071 & 1072 Belgian Edition

Not too pleased with the chocolate milk spill on the back of the 1071, but the 1072 looks nice...

Congrats!!! those are great grades.

My catch of the day...

Gnoe, your quote is from CGC? Can't they just look at examples of the 3 different variants : French variant (Spirou), Belgium variant in French language (Spirou), Belgium variant in Flemish (Robbedoes)?

It's going to skew the whole stats for the Spirou Belgian variant if you pool in the Robbedoes... 

4 hours ago, gnoe said:

 OMG

PRICE DROPPED !

Here's the mini story attachment in the middle of the Spirou 1460:

And Spirou 1468:

What's crazy is that some European collectors started to collect those mini-stories by themselves, hence it's not always easy to find Spirou with the attached mini story or other supplement like calendars or posters... Raises the bar in scarcity if you want a copy in high grade... and copies were quite randomly stapled along the spine so good luck in marrying a mini story with a comic book...

Thanks didn't know that! 

But it would help them noticing when they switch labels by mistake... 

Doesn't CGC take a picture of books they grade? Would be easy to reassign between French and Belgium editions and just use the revised classification...

Just to keep the Smurf love alive, a group pic! One more 1071 & 1072 are on their way

It includes issue 1460 (first ever Smurfette appearance - with black hair at the begining of the story) and 1468 (first blonde Smurfette as we know her today after Papa Smurf did his magic...)

Been hoarding those 1460 & 1468 but it's very hard to find them in any good shape because of the thin glossy cover and more difficult to get them complete with the mini-story still attached at the centerfold. Sure there will be a market at some point for those.

DRACULA Volume 2 OMNIBUS OOP FIRST EDITION (VARIANT COVER) - SEWN BINDING (excellent condition, read once) : 

$200 NOW $160

SILVER SURFER OMNIBUS OOP FIRST EDITION (RARE VARIANT COVER) - SEWN BINDING (excellent condition, read once) : 

$300 NOW $250

Don't think they ever did. Different universe.

Gargamel first appeared in the Black Smurf (or Purple for the politically-correct US audience) in Spirou 1107.

That appearance is in the mini-comic (to be cut and assembled) in the centerfold.

Almost impossible to get in any good grade with the centerfold still attached and back cover uncut (they had the lovely idea of putting the mini-comic cover on the back cover...)

   Please show us your Spirou 720 CGC 9.2...

1 hour ago, Spiderturtle said:

Looks good to me 

Uhhhhh

cgc quality control out of whack.  I had the same problem with my cap 1 pages 

only reasonable if they pay your postage and free postage back.  Should be walk through speed with re enclapsalation

Crazy... Should be a free same day re-encapsulation.

That being said, beautiful books! 

Spirou 1062 has the voice only of the Smurfs talking in the bushes...you don't see them (1 panel only)

1071 is the real first and full appearance. 

No "Hulk 180/181" here like Spirou 720/721 with Marsupilami

Thank you! Got those also early this morning... 

Big Spirou week for me... got these coming soon! 

Nice pair of Belgian copies.

And a pair of French copies. Unfortunately the 1072 has a 2x3 inches square nicely cut on the back cover (damn coupon!)

Great grades! Congratulations! 

Can't wait to send my Spirou(s) later this Summer,

No Smurfs but picked up a nice pair of Spirou from 1952 : 1st appearance & 1st full appearance of Marsupilami.

Cool little book! I am trying to hunt down a 1107 with the uncut Schtroumpfs Noirs supplement.

I am surprised that CGC graded this since these Spirou supplements are typically hand cut & stapled by the reader... which opens the door wide open to trimming. 

Nice pick up with Robbedoes ! 

Just joined the club! This copy is obviously going to the pressing shop before being CGCed...