British price variants?

[Fan4Fan]

Hi,

 

Is the Marvel Chillers #5 (2nd from left) a price variant?

 

Linky poo

 

Should be 9p if keeping with US pricing structure for that issue. Also, #5 was a starburst variant in the US.

 

Is this a whole new branch of price variant collecting madness?

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

[chromium]

Hi,

 

Is the Marvel Chillers #5 (2nd from left) a price variant?

 

Linky poo

 

Should be 9p if keeping with US pricing structure for that issue. Also, #5 was a starburst variant in the US.

 

Is this a whole new branch of price variant collecting madness?

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

 

Although I can't really answer your question, I took a look at some of my FF pence copies and dug up some weird things....

 

FF # 170 9p (starburst) copy US version is 25 cents

FF # 171 10p (starburst) copy US version is 25 cents

FF # 173 10p (large font) copy US version is 30 cents

FF # 177 10p (small font) copy US version is 30 cents

FF #180 12p (medium font) copy US version is 30 cents

 

 

 

 

[rob_react]

Hi,

 

Is the Marvel Chillers #5 (2nd from left) a price variant?

 

Linky poo

 

Should be 9p if keeping with US pricing structure for that issue. Also, #5 was a starburst variant in the US.

 

Is this a whole new branch of price variant collecting madness?

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

 

I've never studied it, but from what I've been able to surmise from seeing enough books from these months, in either May or June (the month of FF 171 and Marvel Chillers 5) of 1976 Marvel changed the price for ALL UK copies. so some variant month books are 9p while others are 10p, but there is no variation within the months.

[Darthdiesel]

i always wondered too, but it could be that the dollar was stronger against the pound sterling in those summer months but the test would be if there is a 9p copy of that chillers 5....

[JohnBull]

I don't think there was ever a variant structure in the UK, but from what I remember buying them at the time, Marvel's cover price rose a number of times in quick succession in the mid-70's. The pound was weak against the dollar then - in the late 60's/early 70's it was about 4-1, but in the mid-70's we had a crappy government that screwed things up so badly that we actually went to the World Bank for a loan. The economy was lousy and inflation ran at about 15%+ per annum.

 

Cantona, Mifune, Kirby, Wells and ... ?

[rob_react]

 

Cantona, Mifune, Kirby, Wells and ... ?

 

Cantona, Shintaru Katsu (in the role of Zatoichi), Kirby, Welles and... me.

[JohnBull]

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