The Absolute Hardest to Find 80's books. 9 9

[Grimace-migration]

i wasnt sure if it was a white logo or the pic just didnt capture the colour right.

 

i just checked and all my copies of shroud of mystery and shadow play and they are yellow logos. actually every goldkey/whitman comic i own is a yellow logo. i know all copies were bought local except the sealed ones. i remember one of my dealers telling me that they bought a load of whitman pre-packs and opened them up cause thats the only way they could get them. i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure they were not sold outside the pre-packs.

 

anyone else have any info?

 

 

[seanfingh]

i wasnt sure if it was a white logo or the pic just didnt capture the colour right.

 

i just checked and all my copies of shroud of mystery and shadow play and they are yellow logos. actually every goldkey/whitman comic i own is a yellow logo. i know all copies were bought local except the sealed ones. i remember one of my dealers telling me that they bought a load of whitman pre-packs and opened them up cause thats the only way they could get them. i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure they were not sold outside the pre-packs.

 

anyone else have any info?

 

 

I can tell you that that one is a white logo copy. I have a couple more and I have way more Shroud of Mysterys than I do Shadow Plays, so I will check logo color on those.

[seanfingh]

 

I will also throw up my Alice In Wonderlands and Peter Pans. Those were a beeyotch as well.

[Warlord]

i wasnt sure if it was a white logo or the pic just didnt capture the colour right.

 

i just checked and all my copies of shroud of mystery and shadow play and they are yellow logos. actually every goldkey/whitman comic i own is a yellow logo. i know all copies were bought local except the sealed ones. i remember one of my dealers telling me that they bought a load of whitman pre-packs and opened them up cause thats the only way they could get them. i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure they were not sold outside the pre-packs.

 

anyone else have any info?

 

 

There was a fair amount of discussion of the two different colored logos here

 

Close to the end of the thread

 

[Warlord]

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.

[comicwiz]

Still on my Steel Dragon Omaha search. Had to settle for this so far (2nd print)

 

The first print is pretty tough, but the BS 9 (first Omaha) is much tougher:

 

 

[MisterX]

I thought of another semi-tough book this evening:

 

Chris Ware's first comic, Floyd Farland:Citizen of the Future, published by Eclipse in 1987. Print run unknown. Based on a newspaper strip he did at the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Currently there are six copies for sale on eBay, with very high BINs. Guess there's not much demand anymore (or the asking price is too high).

 

Still, it is a major talent's first published work. Maybe it still has potential?

 

Also, there's a funny rumor that Ware is actively buying and destorying every copy he can get his hands on. He'd better get cracking!

[rjpb]

I thought of another semi-tough book this evening:

 

Chris Ware's first comic, Floyd Farland:Citizen of the Future, published by Eclipse in 1987. Print run unknown. Based on a newspaper strip he did at the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Currently there are six copies for sale on eBay, with very high BINs. Guess there's not much demand anymore (or the asking price is too high).

 

Still, it is a major talent's first published work. Maybe it still has potential?

 

Also, there's a funny rumor that Ware is actively buying and destorying every copy he can get his hands on. He'd better get cracking!

 

with 6 copies on ebay - probably not that rare - I sold a VF on ebay for around $25 a decade ago.

Doesn't really look like his later stuff.

 

[Prince Namor]

And only 2 copies of ACME Novelty Library #1, one of them a "VG/F".

Anybody know the print run on that book?

 

Wait...I'm in the 90's again... Never mind.

[Jeffro.]

Still on my Steel Dragon Omaha search. Had to settle for this so far (2nd print)

 

The first print is pretty tough, but the BS 9 (first Omaha) is much tougher:

 

 

 

Anyone know of actual print runs for the BS 9, Omaha Steeldragon 1(both prints) and 2? Was there a 2nd print of # 2?

[Bosco685]

Anyone know of actual print runs for the BS 9, Omaha Steeldragon 1(both prints) and 2? Was there a 2nd print of # 2?

I had heard there are 10,000 copies of BS 9 first print from a Kitchen Sink forum discussion. I'll see if I can dig that up.

[ignimbrite]

Speedball #10 in NM+......seriously it is tough.

[whetteon]

Milk and Cheese #1 first printing. I've only managed to find one VF company in my many months of searching.

[dupont2005]

Anyone know of actual print runs for the BS 9, Omaha Steeldragon 1(both prints) and 2? Was there a 2nd print of # 2?

If #2 was Steel Dragon then there was surely a second print because all mine are Kitchen Sink

[mschmidt]

Anyone know of actual print runs for the BS 9, Omaha Steeldragon 1(both prints) and 2? Was there a 2nd print of # 2?

If #2 was Steel Dragon then there was surely a second print because all mine are Kitchen Sink

 

There's a 2nd printing of Omaha #2 from Steeldragon Press as well.

 

The Omaha #2 from Kitchen Sink which has "First Kitchen Sink printing October 1986" in the indicia is considered a 3rd print.

[CJ]

Anyone know if issues of Eightball #1 tell the printing?

I picked up a nice 9.4/9.6 copy today with date of 10/89 which should be first print.

 

[sakaridis]

Anyone know if issues of Eightball #1 tell the printing?

I picked up a nice 9.4/9.6 copy today with date of 10/89 which should be first print.

It is.

[CJ]

Anyone know if issues of Eightball #1 tell the printing?

I picked up a nice 9.4/9.6 copy today with date of 10/89 which should be first print.

It is.

 

Thanks for the info.

[swapto]

this island bradman dc 1988 is the rarest 1980s comic - maybe 4 known copies...

 

[Scott Goodman]

The Man of Steel raffle edition is pretty tough to find. It was given away as a prize to raffle winners and retailers whose store had a raffle winner.

The New England Comics Newsletter featuring the first appearance of the Tick is super rare.