CELEBRATE THE MANUFACTURING ERRORS 10 10

[Cpt Kirk]

Going into the archives now.  Here's Superman 74 (with correct cover), Superman 75 (with incorrect #74 on the cover), and Superman 75 (with correct cover).  I remember when I started collecting Superman as a teenager in the late 1970's seeing this in the Overstreet Price Guide and thinking to myself "I'm never going to find that error copy".  Back then it was really hard to find Golden Age when you were growing up in Nebraska and Iowa.

While I was looking through my archives, I found a replica of Superman #1 that I suspect very few people have ever seen before.  Check for my postings and you will see it.  

Edited June 20, 2022 by Cpt Kirk

[Cpt Kirk]

I'm not gung-ho to collect the one-off misprints, but I do like to find the ones where multiple copies of the same error were made.  Almost all Superman fans are aware of and can find images of the recalled beer bottle variant of Action Comics 869 (it was only root beer -- but just the mention on beer on the cover caused DC to recall and make new ones).   So I'm not going to show my copies of Action 869.  But here's a more recent and less known error variant in the title of Superman.  On issue #14, the regular and variant covers were produced in error and recalled.  The new versions had different ads and did not have the "Year of Villain" banner on them.

1st printing

 

Variant cover

 

And then there's Action Comics New 52 #7 combo pack variant.  Remember the combo packs where the digital code came with hard copy of the comic book? (I wonder whoever thought that one up.)  Action #7 combo pack was produced with the error of a missing bar code for the digital comic book.   Pictured below are the front covers of the error and non-error versions, along with the inside back cover showing the missing digital code and the non-error digital code.  (Sorry about the rotation... I don't know how to rotate my images on this darn website)

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by Cpt Kirk

[Cpt Kirk]

Here's Detective 590 newsstand variant with an extra cover inserted into the centerfold.  I think I found these types of errors when searching for Mark Jewelers variants. Just like the Mark Jeweler insert, an extra cover in the centerfold sticks out like a sore thumb when you are looking at the tops of the comic books when they are stored vertically in a shop.  I'm sure I bought this comic book for no more than $2.

Edited June 20, 2022 by Cpt Kirk

[Cpt Kirk]

Here's the last one and I'm calling it quits for awhile.  It is Superman (1987 series) #166, foil copy and error non-foil copy.  You can barely see the difference with my camera (the foil cover on the right is slightly shinier than the non-foil error copy).

This Superman 166 reminds me of Batman New 52 #29 blank sketch cover.  The non-error copy of Batman 29 had a pulped white blank cover that was easy to draw on, whereas the error copy had a regular white cover that was slick like all other front covers at the time.   Because the covers were white, it would be impossible to distinguish between the two with a photograph.   

Edited June 20, 2022 by Cpt Kirk

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/20/2022 at 10:41 PM, Cpt Kirk said:

Here's the last one and I'm calling it quits for awhile. 

I enjoyed looking at those Captain. I used to collect ASM misprints and had about a hundred at one point ranging from the dramatic to the barely noticeable. You're a man after my own heart!

[PhantomEwan]

 

Edited June 20, 2022 by PhantomEwan

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 6/20/2022 at 5:48 PM, PhantomEwan said:

 

So besides the glossy interior,  was the poster only supposed to be on the direct as well?

[PhantomEwan]

Correct. The newsstand editions were made with the cheap paper and no poster. So actually not positive if the error is the wrong cover or the wrong interior 😅
 

[ADAMANTIUM]

On 6/20/2022 at 6:12 PM, PhantomEwan said:

Correct. The newsstand editions were made with the cheap paper and no poster. So actually not positive if the error is the wrong cover or the wrong interior 😅
 

Lol shroedinger Haha, but very cool.

 

[Beyonder123]

Printed with 2 sets of internals and many uncut pages.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Spine is on the right edge. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by BlowUpTheMoon
greggy is a dork

[BlowUpTheMoon]

[BlowUpTheMoon]

[Get Marwood & I]

 

 

 

[Pixx_L]

Double Cover Misprint - Signed by both Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti on each cover :)

[Beyonder123]

On 7/17/2023 at 5:45 PM, Pixx_L said:

Double Cover Misprint - Signed by both Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti on each cover

I'm suprised CGC doesn't notate 2 names written on each cover. Just 2 names written on cover.

[gooshball]

Took me a while to figure out what was going on with this one when it arrived today.

Interior wraps are inside out.  Starts on page 13 with the last page and page 1 in the middle ending on 12.

[littledoom]

On 11/27/2023 at 3:56 PM, gooshball said:

Took me a while to figure out what was going on with this one when it arrived today.

Interior wraps are inside out.  Starts on page 13 with the last page and page 1 in the middle ending on 12.

Really nice looking copy, did you know its manufacturing errors before purchasing?

[gooshball]

On 11/27/2023 at 4:42 PM, littledoom said:

Really nice looking copy, did you know its manufacturing errors before purchasing?

I did not.  I was worried I was going to have to return it when it opened to page 13.  Took me nearly 15 minutes to find pictures of X men 50 interior and figure out what was happening.

It is very nice.  A little distributor ink up top but probably a solid 7.5-8.5 white pages.

[littledoom]

On 11/27/2023 at 5:25 PM, gooshball said:

I did not.  I was worried I was going to have to return it when it opened to page 13.  Took me nearly 15 minutes to find pictures of X men 50 interior and figure out what was happening.

It is very nice.  A little distributor ink up top but probably a solid 7.5-8.5 white pages.

I would have kept it also, neat find