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    Marvel UK Price Variants

    in Silver Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Bookaholic

    On 3/10/2017 at 5:40 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

    Hello.

    I thought I'd resurrect this subject, albeit in a new thread. New boards, new thread. And besides, my previous thread title was a bit of a mouthful.

    Currently, I have documented 2,992 Marvel comics with pence only printed prices published between the dates of:

    • May 1960 - the date of the first known single 9d price printed comics (e.g. Gunsmoke Western #58, JIM #58, Strange Tales #75)
    • December 1981 – the last month before consistent dual pence/cents pricing commenced (a nice easy tie off, effectively ending the existence of pence only priced variants).

    They are documented on a spreadsheet that looks like this......

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    .....and I have scans / images of every comic saved in folders like this:

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    If you are interested in pence variants, here are some observations:

    1. The first Pence only printed Marvel comics found are Gunsmoke Western #58 and Journey Into Mystery #58 cover dated May 1960. No Pence printed issues dated prior to May 1960 have been found
    2. The last Pence only printed Marvel comics are cover dated December 1981. From January 1982, Marvel introduced dual Cents / Pence pricing for all their Direct Editions (Newsstand Editions remained Cents only priced)
    3. No Pence copies have been found for comics cover dated December 1964 to July 1965 inclusive. Most monthly titles have a 9 or 10 issue gap around these dates
    4. Almost every title which crosses the cover dates of October 1966 to December 1966 has a two issue Pence gap. This may explain why ASM Completists haven’t found #42 and #43 yet. They probably don’t exist. Ditto Avengers 33/34, Daredevil 21/22, Fantastic Four 56/57, Sgt Fury 35/36, Tales To Astonish 85/86. However, Strange Tales only misses one issue (#151) as does Tales of Suspense (#84). Two-Gun Kid has all issues as Pence copy but as a bi-monthly title you can see there may have been a missing issue had it been monthly
    5. No Pence copies have been found for comics cover dated December 1967 to March 1969 inclusive – 16 issue gap
    6. No Pence copies have been found for comics cover dated April 1974 to July 1974 inclusive. This 4 issue gap coincides with the transition from 6p to 7p
    7. No Pence copies have been found for comics cover dated February 1981 to March 1981 inclusive. This 2 issue gap coincides with the transition from 15p to 20p
    8. Many single issues do not appear to exist when the issue was double sized, e.g. Avengers #200, Astonishing Tales #8, Ghost Rider #50, The Invaders #41, Thor #300, X-Men #137
    9. No Pence copies have been found for the ‘Giant Size’ titles of 1974 and 1975
    10. Only 5 annuals have been found as Pence only printed copies, all cover dated 1965 (Amazing Spider-Man #2, Fantastic Four #3, Journey Into Mystery #1, Marvel Tales #2, Sgt Fury #1)

    Whilst I am fairly confident that I know what exists for the majority of the 200 titles which cross the applicable dates, there are some titles - especially the early ones - which have gaps where a pence version may exist. 

    Here is a list of some of the titles and issue numbers which may yet turn out to have a pence version:

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    If anyone reading has a pence version of one of these, do let me know - I'll update this thread if and when I find any new ones, or if anyone wants to talk pence related stuff.

    I'll end with a scan of a recent addition

    Cheers!

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    Selling on Ebay

    in Comics General

    Posted

    I plan to start selling off some of my collection on eBay next week. I noticed Comics seem to get Better sales in the evening. Although I’m wondering if anyone has better luck on any day of the week Friday Saturday Sunday etc. 

    Selling Comics online

    in Comics General

    Posted

    1 hour ago, 1Cool said:

    I use the Gemini mailers and wrap my book(s) in bubble wrap with no sandwich and I've had no problems.  The bubble wrap is compressed pretty good when I tape up the mailer so there is really no shifting around in the mailer so I don't see a way for the books (in a bag and board for extra protection) could get damaged. 

    Do you put the shipping label on the gemeni box? Or in an envelope?

    PGM FF 48

    in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?

    Posted

    4 hours ago, jcjames said:

    Moderate spine roll, numerous spine cb ticks, cover/corner abrasions, bc soiling.

    5.0

    Awesome book to have. (thumbsu

    Would definitely bump with a clean and press if you're so inclined. Maybe up to 6.5-7.0

    Thanks - than I definitely want it cleaned/pressed prior to sending to CGC. I am long time collector but have never sent a book in.. any suggestions on how to have it pressed?

    FF 1

    in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Krishosein said:

    I was thinking the same thing as that top staple looks pretty shinny in this picture compared to the bottom. 

    As to grading I would grade it to protect it and maybe help sell it later if you want it wont be as much as a US copy but still has some value. 

    As for grade if you can get it cleaned I don't think a press would help much as most of that is colour breaking and heavy creasing. and it might do more damage to the book but not a presser maybe @joeypost  can chime in on if he would press a book like that.  but I would be at 1.5 maybe 2 if it can get most of that dirt off. 

    But you will most likely get a purple label for the F being coloured in and that potentially cleaned or replaced staple.

    Thank you for pointing this out - very very helpful. I was hoping for a blue label FF 1 - would it make sense to grade it as is?? Or remove the staple and the portion with the color touch on the top right and hope for a 1.0 or .5 Blue label 

    PGM HH 92

    in Hey buddy, can you spare a grade?

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, silversufer27 said:

    I dont think thats a huge deal i think if they press it they can fix it i never had any pen problems so you should ask about that.

    Thanks - ask who? And who would press? 

    Long Time collector but new to grading - submitting books