Worst gimmicky covers of the 1990's

[kidcolt]

I still have the sealed tape, I opened the bag to get at the comic

 

Dude! The tapes had Sublime AND Rev. Horton Heat on them as well!

 

I gotta get me one now!!

[valiantman]

...your a

 

Few things are more ironic than someone misspelling "you're" when calling someone else a "loser".

 

[Ares]

...your a

 

Few things are more ironic than someone misspelling "you're" when calling someone else a "loser".

 

[sakaridis]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

[sckao]

...and someone needs to post a Wolverine 50

 

Figured it would have been done by now, but here's the gruesome cover in question.

 

I have a copy of that issue

 

So do I.

 

Well yes, but do you have 100 copies of that issue?

 

 

 

If you have 100 copies of that book your not a

 

 

your a

 

 

I take it reading comprehension isn't one of your strong suits...

 

 

[slym2none]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

 

Mr. Holland is good at making graphs and charts.

 

 

 

 

-slym

[valiantman]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

 

Mr. Holland is good at making graphs and charts.

 

 

Yeah, but this one would be a LOT of work... on a weekend?!?

Then again, my wife is planning to clean the house so I should probably

stay out of her way in my office or something.

 

[slym2none]

Pie chart -

 

 

 

 

-slym

[slym2none]

Lemon pie chart-

 

 

 

 

-slym

[INTERSTITIAL OP-migration]

Name all the MODERN cover gimmicks! Spelling counts.

[sakaridis]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

 

Mr. Holland is good at making graphs and charts.

 

 

Yeah, but this one would be a LOT of work... on a weekend?!?

Then again, my wife is planning to clean the house so I should probably

stay out of her way in my office or something.

 

[MedicAR]

What about the gold second prints of some of the Marvel comics?

 

Off the top of my head, there were:

New Mutants #87

Fantastic Four #348

X-Men #282

X-Factor #71

X-Force #71

Ghost Rider #15

[Bosco685]

What about the gold second prints of some of the Marvel comics?

 

Off the top of my head, there were:

New Mutants #87

Fantastic Four #348

X-Men #282

X-Factor #71

X-Force #71

Ghost Rider #15

New Mutants 95, too, with that X-Tinction Agenda cover. UGH!

 

 

[valiantman]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

 

Mr. Holland is good at making graphs and charts.

 

 

Yeah, but this one would be a LOT of work... on a weekend?!?

Then again, my wife is planning to clean the house so I should probably

stay out of her way in my office or something.

 

 

Too many to list and display in any meaningful way...

but I did manage to make this:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3302544

 

(thumbs u

[MedicAR]

What about the gold second prints of some of the Marvel comics?

 

Off the top of my head, there were:

New Mutants #87

Fantastic Four #348

X-Men #282

X-Factor #71

X-Force #71

Ghost Rider #15

New Mutants 95, too, with that X-Tinction Agenda cover. UGH!

 

 

I have been really surprised that these haven't taken off in value. Granted, they are second prints, but you've gotta know that the print runs are lower than the regular issue. If I remember correctly, my LCS said that they received these more often than not when they would increase an order on a book but the distributor didn't have enough to meet the increase. This was in addition to the re-orders where the second prints came into play more often.

 

Kinda like the first variants!

[Bosco685]

I have been really surprised that these haven't taken off in value. Granted, they are second prints, but you've gotta know that the print runs are lower than the regular issue. If I remember correctly, my LCS said that they received these more often than not when they would increase an order on a book but the distributor didn't have enough to meet the increase. This was in addition to the re-orders where the second prints came into play more often.

 

Kinda like the first variants!

Sometimes you will see an incredible price paid for a New Mutants 87 Gold, but I always credited this to folks thinking that was a "retailer only" edition.

 

But you are right, I think the print runs were much lower than the regular issues.

[sakaridis]

I thought Legends of the Dark Night #1 was before Spider-man #1, but I could be wrong.

It was. (thumbs u Published in late '89.

I forgot about that one... this discussion and the "Celebrate the FOIL covers" topic

are making me want to compile the list with dates and then make a graphic timeline.

 

 

Do it, Holland!

 

(Please? )

 

Mr. Holland is good at making graphs and charts.

 

 

Yeah, but this one would be a LOT of work... on a weekend?!?

Then again, my wife is planning to clean the house so I should probably

stay out of her way in my office or something.

 

 

Too many to list and display in any meaningful way...

but I did manage to make this:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3302544

 

(thumbs u

Good stuff! Kudos!

[valiantman]

Here are some details on the publisher's "old stand-by", just slapping a #1 on the cover:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3305719

 

[valiantman]

Gimmicky Publishers of the 1990s

 

(A "gimmick" in this analysis is any #1, #0, or variant cover)

 

[sakaridis]

 

(Some publishers' percentages are astonishingly high! )