Garystar

Many thanks for info. I’ll look again when I get next non-payer (I’m sure there will be one), could be UK and US are different but last two cancellations I’ve had to make didn’t have non payment as a reason. As previous I set preferences to block potential time wasters with a history of non payment from bidding.

This is what eBay UK says, I guess US is the same? “Failure to pay for items is a violation of our abusive buyer policy. All unpaid items are recorded on a buyer's account. Buyers who have excessive unpaid items, or cancelled transactions, may have limits imposed, or lose their buying privileges.” Who knows how many “excessive unpaid items” constitutes. And seller can no longer report cancellation is due to being unpaid so reliance on eBay to recognise and match cancellation and no payment.

Agree, I have my doubts they do anything. I did complain when they took away the ability to mark non-payers as such and eBay waived fee on my next three sales as a pacifier.

I’m in UK so settings may be different but I don’t think they are; BIN; as suggested above put your settings to immediate payment. Auction; after 2 days of non payment I send reminder, eBay will also send a reminder. After 4 days you can cancel the transaction because of non payment. You used to report non payers but now eBay claim they automatically put a strike against non-payer when a transaction is cancelled after 4 days with out payment. Settings, selling preferences; I have mine so that anyone with two or more non-payment strikes can not bid.

Wasn’t aware, thanks for tip. Will be ordering this - I wasn’t a regular reader of fantasy/comics unlimited but I did buy (and still have) Alan’s price guides and index’s.

In Gloucester where I lived in the 70s Marvels became available in most newsagents from August 1974 (immediately after the 4 month period when no Marvels were distributed). I used to spend my pocket money buying every issue each month. Whilst I can’t recall what day of week they arrived I can say with certainty the whole months worth turned up on the same day monthly and bi-monthly titles. This was the case throughout the 70s.

and unlike UKPV comics these are different print runs - the USA books are copyrighted 1966 and the UK ones 1967.

UK and USA books reprint Hulk and TTA stories in B&W with sometimes different panel layout to fit a page. I think edition is a better word than variant for these because although they are similar there is more than just a price variation. The UK obviously have different covers, and shows different publisher; The UK book has less pages, last story page below, followed by that page of USA book showing more story following; The UK book had 3 pin ups and advertising copy for other books which aren’t in USA book; whilst USA book has some advertising which isn’t in UK book; The Spider-Man and Thor books are similar format with similar differences.

These are the UK versions of the Lancer books published in USA in 1966. There are three in the UK series. The UK versions are slightly abridged having less pages, and the adds for other books/comics are different.

Lots of walk through videos on YouTube if you want to get an idea what they are like.

I always think of the analogy between Marvel and the fire triangle. The fire triangle = heat, oxygen and fuel; take anyone away and you don’t have fire. Marvel triangle = Lee, Kirby, Ditko; take anyone away and you don’t have Marvel.

He could always crack it out and get Euro Grader to give it an 8.0. There is yet another pence FF #1 on eBay, £8.5k,seems more common than pence #2; Fantastic Four #1 First Appearance And Origin Of The FF4) Pence

Someone has marker penned over the price, it would have been pence as no date.

Posted mine page 8 of the Tales Of Suspense thread, group shots so they are Ant-Man sized https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/470138-tales-of-suspense-thread/page/8/

I also believe they set of from US water damaged or were outside normal distribution as all the wrinkly ones I saw were cents copies. I recall getting Spider-Man #105 and #121 in such a state so it’s not as though it was one months batch which got damaged in US or transit. Kull #6 and Cap A #150 are two others I remember getting.

Yes, come on lads let’s move on;

Dark Horse did 20+ volumes reprinting SSOC well into the issue 200s they are in Marvel Essential format, originals and reprints in black and white. However a quick look on eBay they appear to be relatvely expensive.

20 down, 3,003 to go.

Yes well done Steve and many thanks for all your efforts. It’s been extremely illuminating, even as a long time UK collector I was unaware of what existed as UKPVs until I came across your posts. I just assumed everything that was distributed existed as a UKPV.

BWS is my favourite artist, bought Conan #19 many years ago, nice surprise when I opened it.

Looking at sale prices I’ve always thought the original Kull series, 1-15 and Monsters Prowl, to be one of the most under valued of all Marvel titles. Good stories and nice art in all issues, Ploog #11 cover is a classic. Dark Horse put together this collection, unlike their treatment of Conan, these Kull volumes included covers and retained original colour.

WDL = World Distributors Limited. This was a UK publishing and distribution company who, among other things, reprinted American material in b&w for the UK market. So this is a UK published reprinting of US material.

You’re welcome @mikeyc67thanks for your interest and glad they’ve found a good home. I’ve acquired rather than collected Alan’s and although a few years ago I did think I might go for all the Marvel covers I know I would never pay the price key reprints are now selling for. As part of downsizing my collection thought I’d let them go, although I have held back a few which have memories for me. I did get some interest from US, Canada and Europe in my Alan’s.

Thought provoking isn’t it. Mikes amazing must be wrong (????) mustn’t it, hard to believe a 6 month gap. My immediate thought would be as yours , a second print run, but I also find it hard to believe Battle 70 would warrant a second printing especially as it was cancelled after this issue.

There’s also Conan Saga magazine…. The BWS Conans must be the most reprinted comics ever???? As well as those mentioned earlier there’s Conan epic collection, Conan Treasuries, Classic Conan comic, Conan Giant-Size, Conan paperback series, Essential Conan, Conan Archives. In the UK we also had Conan pocket books, Conan the adventurer, Savage Sword of Conan. You shouldn’t be short of options.