underthebigw Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Nope. Its pretty easy to find once you figure it out. White Whitman logo v. yellow logo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Here is another example of the yellow and white logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underthebigw Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) Here is another example of the yellow and white logo So, is this the same situation as March of Comics and Adventures of Big Boy, where the books were printed in multiple locations, giving rise to East Coast and West Coast versions? Edited October 14, 2009 by silverandbronze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I don't know, my brother collects these and told me about the variants about a year ago. Its a mystery (to me at least) why they are that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) It seems to only occur with the later whitmans and only select issues as far as I can tell. Just a note just by doing a search it would appear some books may only come with white logos Edited October 14, 2009 by BrianR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 It seems to only occur with the later whitmans and only select issues as far as I can tell. So, at least from what you understand, the Whitmans with the white logo are more rare than the ones with the yellow logo? I have a little over 100 Whitmans and I could only find 2 with the white logo...a Space Family Robinson, Lost In Space #59 (last issue) and a Super Goof #67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Thats what it seems to be at this point, IMO, I just did a search of 30 pages of whitmans on ebay I found one actual white logo variant, but I found several funny character books that seem to only have white logos. I think somebody needs to do research on the them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The Super Goofs on Ebay afre all Yellow as are the LIS 59s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The Super Goofs on Ebay afre all Yellow as are the LIS 59s Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Apparently, the reason behind the white and yellow logos is that some of those books were sold through comic shops (without the bags) and the yellow ones were sold in the pre-packs. I have about 25 sealed prepacks and all of them have the yellow logos. Whitman did this after they switched to direct distribution and this was their way to differentiate the comic shop vs department store versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 I've seen this on a few of the cartoon character books as well. I quickly leafed through a small pile I'm still processing from a recent purchase and found a Tweet & Sylvester 114 - the pics below used for comparison purposes were taken from eBay (too early here and didn't want to wake anyone with the noise from scanning): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Very cool and informative thread! I didn't realize there were so many Whitman variants. So let me get this straight.. For each issue I have to find the Gold Key copy, the Whitman yellow logo copy, the Whitman white logo copy, and the possible Whitman price variant copy. I thought I was closing in on completing the end of my Popeye run, but thanks to this thread I realize that even if I have a copy of every issue, I'm still only about 1/3 to being complete. Trying to find all the variants actually adds to the fun, though. I just picked up some Whitman Popeye file copies from Metropolis this weekend. The inside splash page has some handy information about where the content of the book came from and when it was published. "22 pages + cover new .. rest from v1. no 18".. meaning that there is a GA Popeye Sagendorf story reprinted in the back. File copies.. <3 I also picked up this high-grade white logo Popeye earlier in the year. Only white logo I have so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 1 to 3 are common, 4 is the only rare one in the title. Here's a scan of one still sealed in the bag. Still in the bag! Nice! Here's the only copy of this book I've managed to get. The story and art is pretty bad.. but who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) Just to clarify, the issues printed after 4/80 were only available as Whitman copies in bagged sets. All issues printed before then, could have Gold Key/Whitman variants. Nice Popeye copies BTW. As for the Price variants, they only exist for issues printed in 1/81. Those issues would be Bugs 223, Donald Duck 225, Huey 67, Lulu 262, Scrooge 182, Super Goof 63, Walt Disney Comics and Stories 484 and Pink Panther 78. Edited October 19, 2009 by Bellrules1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Very nice Black Hole 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Very nice Black Hole 4! Thanks! ..but it probably looks better in scans than in-hand. I grade it a F-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Just to clarify, the issues printed after 4/80 were only available as Whitman copies in bagged sets. All issues printed before then, could have Gold Key/Whitman variants. Nice Popeye copies BTW. As for the Price variants, they only exist for issues printed in 1/81. Those issues would be Bugs 223, Donald Duck 225, Huey 67, Lulu 262, Scrooge 182, Super Goof 63, Walt Disney Comics and Stories 484 and Pink Panther 78. Great info.. very helpful. Saves me the trouble of hunting for books that don't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Picked this up from Doug Sulipa's site (I still need a 158 if anyone has a copy FS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocutename Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I just found these two at a garage sale but don't know anything about Whitman variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 That Popeye 159 looks familiar. I think it's the one Doug got from me in a trade deal. How much did it set you back? His prices are usually pretty fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
