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On 1/6/2024 at 6:44 PM, Toz said:

Ok.Pickings getting slim here as no new packs have been put in since the last 7 packs.I did pick up these 2 plus the Wolverine Patch variant#1 3 pack.Question though.Is the cover sticker an old one? I don't remember one with Black Panther,Black Widow and Venom/Carnage.I may open it as it has a square bound book inside with a regular thinnie.

 

So the Black Panther ,Black Widow and Venom/Carnage Heads I have been tracking as Generation 11 and 11a.  11 came out 02-22 and 11a which had the patch wolverine title you are showing came out 05/22.  If memory serves the Wolverine was one of the books where per order the store got two copies of the 3 pack. 

The 1:10 is not bad, this was out of a 7 for 10 pack, which seems like a sweet spot on price. 

Here is a Gen 11 3 pack Black Panther again nothing to write home about. 

On 12/28/2023 at 12:23 PM, Mdesimone said:

Incredible Hulk 181 cgc 8.5 reholder scam error  super rare own a piece of history $50,000

you think we will see these listing soon

If the Angry Girlfriend variant is a thing, I am sure this can be as well.  Own a piece of comic book history!

Here is the guts from a Gen 12 New Fantastic Four 3 pack. 

Nothing too great.  These came out Aug 2022 and it looks like there have been no new 3 packs since June 2023.  Are they done with this or will there be new blood in February?

On 12/27/2023 at 7:00 PM, Microchip said:

He got what he wanted, the sale recognised...

Glad  I stopped paying for that "service" if this is how well they validate their data sets.  No proof that sale ever went through. 

On 11/15/2023 at 8:34 AM, ygogolak said:

How old are those?

They just came out of a 7 for 10 pack I picked up last month.  The packages inside were what I have been calling Generation 10 which originally came out in nov 2021

Pulled this out of a 7for 10 pack

And The Boushhhh

On 11/14/2023 at 9:34 AM, awakeintheashes said:

There is a thread on this already, I believe. I’ll see if I can locate it.

Many thanks, I tried searching for posts but did not have much luck.

So I am looking for conformation.  I think that the Fleer Ultra trading card insert was only offered in the February Deluxe Direct Edition of the X-books, except for Uncanny X-men 321, which did have it in the Deluxe Newsstand version as well. 

Cable Vol 1993 # 20 02/95
EXCALIBUR Vol 1988 #86 02/95
Generation X Vol 1994 #4 
Uncanny X-men Vol 1982 #321 02/95
Wolverine Vol 1988 # 90 02/95
X-Factor Vol 1986 #111
X-Force Vol 1991 #43 02/95
X-Men Vol 1990 #41 02/95

I am working with a limited set of data so if others have pics of the Newsstand copies with the cards, or the non deluxe direct editions with the card I would love to see em. 

In the great 90s there was tons of trading card inserts like on Uncanny x-men 321.  I was wondering how much the inserts missing affect the over all grade of the book?  It does not affect the books readability, but technically it is no longer "Complete".  Curious how CGC and how board members treat these books. 

1st let me say, I appreciate this boards thorough research on this book.  It sounds like everyone landed on Printing error.  

I was lucky enough to find this odd looking book in a 1 bin.  While it is maybe a 6-7 still seems to be worth a buck.

On 7/26/2023 at 6:26 PM, Toz said:

Found these at Wammy (what my youngest Grand Daughter called it) today.They had more,Moom Knight cover and a few different Star Wars covers.Will probably let these simmer for awhile.I like the price,7 for $10 but I have to wonder if the regular packs are slowing down in sales and they need to move books.Seen these once before a few years back but don't remember what was in them.Back of packs are plain.

 

Black Widow is Joe Jusko Masterpiece.Kang is second print.

They used to be 2 of the 3 packs zipped up together with a new book on top.  I never seem to be able to find these anymore.  The price point is good for what you get typically.   

Not to bad Spider-Man #1 Sketch Cover best thing I pulled so far.  Still getting a lot of 2nd prints as well which may be lower print runs. 

23-06-02 They are back again with the same sticker Spidy storm and iron man.  For those tracking this is Gen 14a.  It seems like they hit the shelves a little latter than usual.  I was expecting them in May. 

8 Different Titles

3 x Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2023 #1 UPC 759606205356 WalMart Variant Cover

2 x Murderworld: Moon Knight Vol 2023 #1

2 x Planet of the Apes Vol 2023 #1

1 x Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clone Vol 2023 #1

3 x Spider-Man: Unforgiven Vol 2023 #1

1 x Star Wars: Ewoks Vol 2023 #1

1 x Star Wars: Jabas Palace Vol 2023#1

3 x Venom Lethal Protector Vol 2023 #1

And now I see how it goes all the way back to the silver age.  Checking the India of my oldest non encapsulated book X-men 17. I see that there was a subscription offer if you read the indica .  You know kids loved reading the indica back in the 60's :-)  Also it is interesting that the cost of the subscription back then was over cover cost.  1.75 for 12 issues, when the cost of the books were .12 retail.  I guess that covered shipping, but still. 

On 5/13/2023 at 11:05 AM, shadroch said:

Marvel offered subscriptions in the Silver Age and advertised them thru the Copper Age, long before Mid-Town existed.

Thanks very much for the reply. 

I can see how I worded this "Did they hand it off to Mid-Town Comics right away, or was there other distributors who took this over 1st?" that it was poor wording.  I know Marvel did their own subscriptions for years.  I was not aware it went all the way back to the silver age!

Any idea of when in the silver age they started doing this?  I can see all the way back in x-men 92 1975-02 there were no ads for subscriptions.  There was Marvel ads for other stuff like a Stan Lee Marvel history book but not subscriptions.  The earliest book I can confirm a subscription ad for within Marvel is x-men 98 1976-04 which is well into the Bronze age.  Funny thing is that as you can see from the picture, you could not even subscribe to the x-men comics from the ad in X-men comics.   

According to Wikipedia, Mid-Town Comics was opened in 1997.  I know Marvel still did their own subscriptions then.  I was wondering on the above poorly worded question, if when Marvel stopped doing their own subscriptions, did they hand it off to Mid-Town Comics right away, or did they have another company do it, and then that company stopped and then Mid town toook over? 

I always like learning about the history of Marvel Comics and comics in general. 

So here is a historical question.  What year did Marvel start running subscriptions? 

When did Marvel stop fulfilling their own subscription? 

Did they hand it off to Mid-Town Comics right away, or was there other distributors who took this over 1st?

I await the wisdom of the collective knowledge of the CGC Message boards :-)

The Guts

On 2/18/2023 at 12:34 PM, PeterPark said:

 What's in 'em?

They have Comic Books, 3 of them for $9.  What a deal.  The front book is a WalMart Exclusive. 

I kid I kid. 

As before I will post the guts when I crack them. 

23-02-16 They are back again with a new sticker Spidy storm and iron man.  For those tracking this is Gen 14

8 Different Titles

1x Black Panther: Unconquered Vol 2023 #1 Wal Mart Variant

1x Dead pool Vol 2023 #1 WalMart Variant No UPC Purple title

2x Doctor Strange Vol 2023 WalMart Tradd Moore Cover

2x Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

3x Moon Knight Annual Vol 2022 #1 WalMart Variant

1 x Peter Parker & Miles Morales: Spider-Men: Double Trouble Vol 2023 #1 01/23 WalMart Variant

3 x Thanos Death Notes Vol 2023 #1 01/23 WalMart Variant

3x Wakanda Vol 2023 #1 01/23 WalMart Variant

not sure if there are rules against this for keeping out sales and ads

I have used collectorz dot com for a couple years and I am happy with the level of support and updates they provide.  The web version and app version work great together. 

On 12/24/2022 at 11:30 AM, Sal said:

can't ever free this one; i dont want to lose the sticker

Is the sticker an early pedigree? Hard to tell from the scan.  Many thanks. 

How long will the CGC message board allow a thread bashing its service to stay open?  I am grabbing my pop corn and stop watch. 

Though for the record, I also am never using their pressing service again.  Same issue with stained books coming in my grading notes on books that did not have stains.  Also I now learned to take a spoon ton of pictures before I ship stuff out.  Still looking for a good reasonably priced presser in Chicagoland where I can drop off my books and get them shipped to CGC.