Beyonder123

I'm not talking about ebay. I mean chat boards, groups, forums, etc. So my books can't be used to scam others.

When I do sell slabs, which isn't often. I allow the cert to be seen. That's the exception.

This is why I blur out my labels when putting them online.

Also not trying to be political. Just stating who the guy was.

I saw this a month or so ago. 5.3 million is how much the Mile High copy sold for, so that's where he's getting his number from. The bald guy is Andrew Tate, a "red pilled" social media influencer who tries to sell his lifestyle, so he has a reason to exaggerate wealth.

Great list! I'll expand upon it later with the editions I have. I also want to add that Thundercats, and Secret Wars II #6 have subsequent printings as well. It would be interesting if examples could be found of issues of other properties. Strawberry Shortcake, Muppets, Heathcliff, Rom, Indiana Jones, as well as others.

The cover of issue 5 is Hulk breaking out of Tyrannus' prison. Its been a while since I've read issue 4, but I believe the machine was used to control the transformation between Hulk and Bruce Banner. I had the trade as a kid for the first 6 issues and read it to death. Every issue they played around with a new idea that always kept it fresh.

Just purchased in issue 4 for my collection. Missing the cover and page 12, but it's an affordable copy. I got lucky with number 5. 2 down, 4 to go.

Man, you do really come through with little gems like this from time to time. That's a good observation. I just wish you could get them across without the condescension.

At this point I'll pull the tape off the bag for anything with real value. I've been lucky enough to learn my lesson with lower value books.

Got these in today. We already know of this multipacks existence per an earlier post. But I purchased this before hand and it just showed up, so may as well show it for the records. Issue 7 third print, 8 and 9 second print

Why is Emma Stone mentioned twice on the label? Is that a mistake?

That's good to know. That seems to be the only issue that has a second print with identical ads to the first print. I bought one and have it on the way.

1 - Star Wars back cover (First Print) 3 - Star wars back cover (Weird first print?) 4 - Risk (First Print) 6 - Astronaut (First Print) 7 - Honeycomb (Third Print) 9 - Honeycomb (Second Print, Same release date as 7 third print) I will have to compare the back cover ads for the rest with my first prints. It looks like your 1-3, and 4-6 multipacks are first print packs, and the 7-9 are later print packs. Your 1-3 is also the second multipack I've seen with the strange version of issue 3.

I paid 250 so hopefully I didnt overpay. Hard to compare prices since there are so many different types lol. Thanks for the info!

I just bought this from my local thrift mall. What do you guys think the age is? My heart nearly dropped when I saw it. I pick it up tomorrow. It doesn't spin, it's just a standing rack.

I looked these up on ebay and found an even clearer image. At first I thought it said distributed by Whitman-Golden. But on the clearer image it says, "Imported by Whitman Golden Limited, Cambridge, Ontario". Which makes sense as these are Canadian Variants. So while whether or not Marvel distributed these in the states is still debatable, it does prove Whitman Golden Limited distributed them in Canada

I'd keep it sealed, but that's just me. Opening it would just feel wrong. Edit: Also if you do send it in I'd open it myself. They won't grade it with the record and I don't know if there is any guarantee they will send everything back.

This is an awesome resource! Could you check the back cover ads for each issue? 7 is definitely a 2nd or third print since it's missing the Curtis logo.

Just saw this. So far every reprint has different ads when compared to their first print counterparts. That is except issue 7 2nd print, which seems to have the same ads as it's first print. I just purchased one on ebay so I can compare them soon.

I agree with the multipack statement. However there are multipacks that have second printings that are marked. I don't know if there was a specific reason they weren't marked or if just by luck of the draw some weren't. I think the next step is to try to compile images of all the different Transformers multipacks and decipher what combinations exist.

I checked my unmarked second prints of 5 and 6, and they appear to be the same as the unmarked 4. I then compared these with issue 7. issue 6 second print has exactly the same ads as issue 7 first print, except 6 has an ad for "Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe", and the order form that is in 4 second print. It's also lacking the letters page that is in issue 7. In fact I checked and issue 6 first print didn't have a letters page, and the last page has the same Hembeck ad and order form. Also a couple ads have been moved around to make room for a splash page. Issue 5 second print also has the exact same ads (again moved around for a splash page) but has the additional order form from issue 6 first print. This differs from the order form in the first print of issue 5. I dont think the dates on the order form is necessarily a direct indicator of when the book was printed. The date on the order form in the first print of issue 4 is preceeding the cover date by 4 months. Same with the first print of issue 5. If this pattern is consistent, that would give us August of 1985, which is the same date as issue 7. To conclude, I think we can probably safely say these reprints (4-6) were all released the same time as issue 7 first print.

Aaaand this might ruin a bit. The ads match up with issue 7. Or so it looks like at a glance. There's no order form in the back of issue 7, like there is in the second print issue 4. Is this just a way to get rid of the letters page? Or were they not released at the same time.

That is a great bit of info. So this means every issue from 1-9 had subsequent printings. Looks like he missed the second prints of 5 and 6 on that page.

I'm glad to hear there's interest! It's nice seeing these printings get the the love they deserve haha.