David Buck

Gunfighters 84 & War 43 found online at Hill City Comics

I did read the comment but I didn't want to to take one comment in isolation as the definitive answer when I could find nothing else online to confirm it - hence me asking here - If the creative team complimentary copies are all that exist then it'll be interesting to see what they fetch if some eventually come up for auction - still curious though whether the LCSD version is the original printing of the A cover or a second run.

The 3 versions of this Variant mentioned on the facebook page below don't seem to have come out at the time - with the basic color version being released by DC later as their Local Comic Shop Day edition mentioning it as previously unpublished https://www.facebook.com/TransitiveComics/ https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/AUG178121 checking the CGC registry however they have a single copy listed of Paolo Pantalena cover variants A,B & C so does anyone know were they printed but not distributed? is the LCSD issue the A variant as originally printed and re-purposed? If they did print the original B & C variants ("Negative Color" & Virgin Art") are the CGC submitted copies from someone on the creative team?

I mentioned this in a thread about Alpha Flight and it's curious Barcode usage - but as this is a DC and I have found the fourth version I thought I'd give it it's own thread so DC fans didn't miss it - although I know with a title like this it's a real niche curio but some people like this kind of trivia , me included There are 4 versions of Who's Who The Defiinitive Directory Of The DC Universe # 17 - I have recently got a copy of the Canadian newsstand edition so I can now present them all - Direct, US newsstand, Canadian newsstand and what appears to be an error edition with Direct Market triple currency pricing but also a barcode; I don't know of any other DC issue from the period of separate US/Can newsstands with this later configuration so I can only assume it's not deliberate

Thanks Kimik - that is new to me - sales must have been terrible for it to be as scarce as it is. I have not been back to Rare comics since the initial launch of the canadian price guide so missed that article. I guess I'll have to put some of those other specials back on the research list now -

If there is a Canadian newsstand of the Zatanna Special then where are all of the US newsstand copies which should be easier to find?- I have never seen one - does anybody have a picture of one they can post?

The following Specials from the period don't exist as Newsstand editions as far as I know Angel Love Special 1 Atari Force Special 1 'Mazing Man Special 1 'Mazing Man Special 2 Sword of the Atom Special 3 Talos of the Wilderness Sea 1 Zatanna Special 1

Doom Patrol 12 is the only Issue I haven't found a picture of yet from that run - so it is very scarce - Doom Patrol Annual 1 is too late for a Canadian newsstand variant - the picture below shows the newsstand edition - with both US and Canadian pricing

Batman Adventures # 21 - Bat Symbol in UPC box, Collector Pack First Printing in indicia Wonder Woman # 90 - DC Universe in UPC box, Collector Pack First Printing in indicia Superman: The Man Of Steel # 30 - DC Universe in UPC box, Collector Pack First Printing in indicia Superboy # 8 - DC Universe in UPC box, no note in indicia Robin # 9 - DC Universe in UPC box, no note in indicia Flash # 91 - DC Universe in UPC box, Collector Pack First Printing in indicia Damage # 0 - DC Universe in UPC box, no note in indicia Aquaman # 1 - DC Universe in UPC box, no note in indicia

These are magazine size issues - I have a copy of the direct edition somewhere - the first 4 issues of this title and the first 6 issues of "Looney Tunes Magazine" were published by DC before they passed them over to "Welsh Publishing Group"; as I recall they were listed in Direct Currents - direct and newsstand editions exist for all of the DC editions I don't know of any other 2nd. prints

Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine # 1 - note the change to the text in the yellow circle and the change on the month from Oct. to Nov. I don't own a copy so I can't confirm what the Indicia shows - but note it's very close in time to the batman / Superman issues

I knew it was unusual but not that it would turn out to be as scarce as it did - I posted about it on CPG because I'd not heard of newsstands going to 2nd printings - I don't think it made much impact to begin with because nobody else had one to confirm it and newsstand collecting wasn't a big thing - when it got incorporated into the list of Batman multi printings that list didn't bother with listing newsstands at all - so it just appeared as a note alongside the direct second printing. there is another DC Newsstand 2nd. printing by the way - but it will be dismissed as not a comic or not a DC by many

It was a fun project at the time - filling in the missing printings - I remember when I spotted the wonder woman letters page that appeared halfway through on the Issue 414 printings - that odd accident really helped sort out the order

I've had no luck with the way back machine in finding when I first posted the picture of Batman 457 on the CPG forum - there's about 4 years missing from the relevant thread but my MCS history shows I bought it in June 2006 tor 79c - it'd been incorporated into the batman multiple prints list by 2008 so sometime in the latter half of 2006 or 2007 is likely - if any collector knew about it before then they were keeping quiet about it - below is a link to the STL forum where Jerome Wenker still thought it might be a photoshop fake as late as 2010 http://web.archive.org/web/20120512220238/http://forum.stlcomics.com/viewtopic.php?t=4723&start=0&sid=af68f1fc9bd63676a1036f05bc62776b

finally found a version of the list that was done on the CPG forum courtesy of the wayback machine - this is fairly complete but not the final version - good useful info. in there though https://web.archive.org/web/20081013042550/http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/Topic345-18-1.aspx

As a Sidebar here: Color Striping - The 1979 copy is from a current MCS ebay listing

Twisted Metal 2 - glad I got mine for $10 ! https://www.ebay.com/itm/TWISTED-METAL-2-COMIC-PLAYSTATION-HIGHEST-CGC-9-6-SCARCE-ISSUE-1ST-APP-CALYPSO/123377255117?hash=item1cb9db82cd:g:H0MAAOSwN-la6LN2

Has anyone got a copy of the list of the Batman multipack reprints from the old comic price guide forum - I can't remember who started it but in the end it was pretty comprehensive with several people filling in details for missing printings - I contributed a few to the list but I don't seem to have a copy on my current PC

The Blue Beetle Issues 22-24 are direct only as far as I can tell - unless someone has found a US newsstand edition - I have a ropey picture of #21 - it looked better online but you can make out the price All-star Squadron 59 and 65 are the elusive Issues from that title for me - 66 & 67 pictures are below Tales Of The Teen Titans I am missing images for 76,79,81,85,88 - 91 picture is below

so In my attempt to confirm all of the DC CNS issues by getting cover images I am now down to double figures for missing ones - I have found cover pictures for 2021 issues with 99 more to go by my reckoning - but there is still 1 one shot and two series that have proven to be completely elusive - has anyone ever seen a CNS issue out of the following? - I'd be grateful to know it's not a wild goose chase on these titles. Heroes Against Hunger Angel Love 1 to 8 New Talent Showcase 7 to 13 (I don't think the brief newsstand run extended beyond issue 13 but it might)

Found another one on Heritage

I have two issues of this retailer mail-out, and I have found covers for two more - does anyone know how long it ran for? These Issues are all from 1971 - Also does anyone know which issue of GQ the superman strip ran in? - it should be autumn or Winter 1971 if that is how they were labelled at the time.

It would be nice to know the full range of Vertigo newsstand issues, Here's a Sandman 69 picture (from an auction listing) to go with the 75

I mentioned in the Canadian newsstand thread that Who's Who #17 appears to have a Newsstand misprint (with direct market pricing) that might have precluded there being a difference between US and Canadian Newsstand editions - today I found a US Newsstand on ebay- so this issue is rather odd - I know no other 1980's DC like this, in theory there's a $1.35 CNS to add to these 3