Popular Post grendelbo Posted February 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2022 So I finished rebagging and reboarding my BA/CA Amazing Spider-Man run covering issues 150-350. I also took a look at my Simonson Thor run. I ended up rediscovering quite a few MJ inserts. Beginning with books around 1985 or so the MJ inserts dried up. I think it's partly because I began buying new books at a LCS and also because with more recent back issues I had choices of multiple copies - Direct or Newstand. I usually chose to buy the direct edition, preferring a Spidey head or Mjolnir in that little box over the UPC code. I still do. Mostly. I'm sure to find a few more of these but I sold and gave away many 1980s runs about a decade ago (Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spectacular Spider-Man, etc). With what I have left it'll be a little like finding a needle in a haystack. (Many pics to follow - I like how these variants, well, vary.) ganni, icp004, wormboy and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Awesome! @grendelbo grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 @grendelbo Since 78', how many times have you been rebagging and reboarding? grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 7:15 PM, ganni said: Since 78', how many times have you been rebagging and reboarding? Thanks for asking. These issues would've been purchased between 1985 and 1990, when my hobby was in it's infancy. All these comics were in bags three decades old or more. Except for 5 short boxes of keys, that's true for a large part of my collection. My collection is long overdue for some archival upkeeping. ADAMANTIUM and ganni 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ganni Posted February 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2022 NBS? Navy bookstore? usnabooks? grendelbo, Cpt Kirk, mec3437 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 1:58 AM, ganni said: NBS? Navy bookstore? usnabooks? Spider-Variant, Cpt Kirk, ganni and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) On 2/27/2022 at 8:58 PM, ganni said: NBS? Navy bookstore? usnabooks? I've never seen this stamp on more than 1,000 jeweler variants. So I don't know. But here's another theory. There are reprints of Batman 237 and 241 listed on Mile High Comics website (none in stock). Many years ago both reprints were called "National Book Store" variants on the Mile High website many. I assumed that "National Book Store" was just a second-hand store like Goodwill or some other second hand shop. So this stamp could belong to "National Book Store"... in other words, the second hand retailer. The Batman 237 reprint is now called "Goodwill". Per Jerome Wenker (one of the godfathers of variant collecting) these Batman reprints were made for the Philippines. Since Jewelers were mostly sold in military PXs, I wonder if that has something to do with it. p.s. I love @Get Marwood & I's cat. Maybe he has the answer but just won't say. Edited February 28, 2022 by Cpt Kirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Get Marwood & I Posted February 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 5:01 PM, Cpt Kirk said: p.s. I love @Get Marwood & I's cat. Maybe he has the answer but just won't say. Mee? Ow? Here's the Goodwill Batman #237, reprinted by JMC Press for distribution in the Philippines by Goodwill Trading: I've not seen that NBS stamp on any of the Philippines reprints myself, let alone the US originals. Ganni will know more. wormboy, grendelbo, ganni and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ganni Posted March 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2022 Best educated guess for me would be NBS may stands for Naval Base Subic. Stores here must have bought it there. There were military bases here. Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base. And must have run out of star stamps ... ADAMANTIUM, mec3437, Cpt Kirk and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 National Bookstore? NBS? Could be.... that is quite logical Captain.. ADAMANTIUM, Cpt Kirk, Get Marwood & I and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post onlyweaknesskryptonite Posted March 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2022 If it does stand for National Book Store, then the "-ALI" may be... The National Book Store located in Quezon City, Philippines as it is located in the Ali Mall. Stronguy, Cpt Kirk, ganni and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 5:55 AM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said: If it does stand for National Book Store, then the "-ALI" may be... The National Book Store located in Quezon City, Philippines as it is located in the Ali Mall. Nicely done. Cpt Kirk and onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Then the Ali mall branch is the only National Bookstore that stamps the comic books. onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 9:54 AM, ganni said: Then the Ali mall branch is the only National Bookstore that stamps the comic books. Maybe they stamped the UPC area to invalidate the barcode? onlyweaknesskryptonite and ganni 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jonathan78 Posted March 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2022 Found this in my LCS dollar box on Saturday Cpt Kirk, ganni, Get Marwood & I and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Guess the case of the peculiar NBS-ALI stamp is close.... mec3437, onlyweaknesskryptonite and Microchip 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Kirk Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 4:54 AM, ganni said: Then the Ali mall branch is the only National Bookstore that stamps the comic books. wow... how in the heck do you know this? I'm impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 3/2/2022 at 11:50 AM, Cpt Kirk said: wow... how in the heck do you know this? I'm impressed. Logic Captain. All the comic books from all the other branches of National Bookstore in the 80s and beyond do not have a NBS stamp on the covers. Cpt Kirk and Get Marwood & I 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ganni Posted March 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2022 Been a while.... grendelbo, wormboy, Cpt Kirk and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 9:58 PM, ganni said: Been a while.... Mark Jewelers Insert variant miscut ad variant. Cool. Cpt Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
