Comic book collecting with a foreign variant focus 18 18

[lscomics]

My goal is to have the most expansive SS collection of Marvel key issues, with select other publishers like Bongo, Archie and DC.

I think that's a great way to approach it as long as you can stay focused. Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with getting distracted when other stuff pops up that doesn't fit your focus but would still be really cool to have?

[Define999]

The Asm 121 is a spanish edition, and it's in surprisely nice condition.

 

Heck yea its nice! Like VF looking for sure! Gotta love those Bats too! though I have a question Marmat? Now we know that Novaro art was licensed for the EPUCAL editions in Columbia….. But as far as I know that was the only geographical difference in Novaro art that I had ever seen.

 

Notice the differences between the books you posted and scans from the Novaro run on GCD. The GCD database has Novaro books of both types there so that doesn’t really answer any questions? Some have speculated their might have been different Novaro printings, some rarer than others? Or maybe different runs slated to go to other Spanish speaking countries? At this point I am not even sure the Columbian EPUCAL books were printed in Columbia or on the Novaro presses themselves in Mexico? Lots to think about…. Can you shed light on what you think might be going on? Thanks! Love the books BTW!

 

Is it possible a Spanish as in Spain Novaro variant exists?

 

This is what I know about this subject.

Editorial Novaro was a huge, and still is, a publishing company based in Mexico. Starting in the early 50's they begun to translate superhero comics for the spanish speaking market; this includes latin America and Spain. They had production plants in almost every country.

The difference in colors are probably not an intended variant, I mean, it was not done in purpose. I think it was more like a difference in the color mix during the printing process.

But they do translated the text for any country. In Spain, there are lots of words that are used in a different way compared to South America countires and viceversa.

So yes, there are spanish variants, but not because of the covers, the difference is on the texts inside.

Tomorrow I'll check what the indica says, maybe I can find more information

 

 

I figured there wasn’t much difference… But the covers do have subtle differences in the black plate… Also, if Novaro had printing companies all over the Spanish speaking world that means certain cover differences might be regional printing issues like differently mixed inks, better presses, better bindery etc….. on top of the difference in translation and maybe even different ads. Wow, this is pretty cool info… it would be like if Marvel printed the same issue using Marvel art simultaneously in different English speaking countries with small regional quirks. It would drive collectors crazy trying to find all the different “official” books.

 

Would some “variants” be more desirable? The colors of at least one of the Spanish Novaro books sure do look to pop more? I found all my Bats 227’s from a contact in Uruguay and 2 had a similar color variation but one suspiciously didn’t? Very interesting….

 

Does the indicia tell ya anything about where the Spanish books were printed Marmat? Thanks for the info! (thumbs u

 

Edited October 9, 2012 by Define999

[vaillant]

Well, if you put it that way, do I have the most extnsive SS ASM 300, 298, 252 collections in the world? lmao

 

For the #252, surely. It’s impressive, and very fascinating.

[Define999]

Well, if you put it that way, do I have the most extnsive SS ASM 300, 298, 252 collections in the world? lmao

 

For the #252, surely. It’s impressive, and very fascinating.

 

Yea both Liaton and Chesperito have extremely well thought out foreign focuses when it comes to Spidey.... amazing collections! (thumbs u

[vaillant]

I apologize to Liam because my comment was referred to his Spidey #252 collection, did not know he was running with Ches…

 

I think that's a great way to approach it as long as you can stay focused. Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with getting distracted when other stuff pops up that doesn't fit your focus but would still be really cool to have?

Constantly.

And if you consider my focus shifts constantly between various countries productions (I have collected some french and japanese native books as well), and through the early 1930s up to now… well, you get the picture.

Luckily now I am more or less "focused" on Marvel age books and on my – momentarily freezed – research on the comics production related to the war events and post-war historical facts… Ehm, not sure if I am focused enough.

Edited October 9, 2012 by vaillant

[lscomics]

Well at least I know I'm the only one whose eye wanders towards random books. I see stuff come up all the time and my initial reaction is to snag it. Especially if the price seems decent and I haven't seen one before.

[vaillant]

Well at least I know I'm the only one whose eye wanders towards random books. I see stuff come up all the time and my initial reaction is to snag it. Especially if the price seems decent and I haven't seen one before.

 

At least you know you are not the only one. In fact, I think it’s pretty common. So there’s a need to practice self-control…

[lscomics]

Man... I just looked back at my posts of books I've picked up this month and realized that October has been a HUGE month for me. Here's the tally so far and I'm still expecting another dozen books from Pedro in Mexico City too.

 

This is conclusive evidence that I'm OCD if I ever saw it.

[lscomics]

PS It took a conscious effort on my part to not arrange the pics alphanumerically based on the US titles and issue numbers. I forced myself to just copy and past them from my recent posts.

[vaillant]

Well, it would have been nice to arrange them in their original publishing order.

[lscomics]

Well, it would have been nice to arrange them in their original publishing order.

[vaillant]

You are reasoning as an american collecting foreign editions, I am reasoning as a foreigner collecting original ones…

[TheLiamSturgess]

Great stuff Tim. I have a couple more packages coming and then I'm going to slow down a bit in preparation for the several cons I plan on attending in 2013.

[Define999]

Well, it would have been nice to arrange them in their original publishing order.

 

Listen Vaillant! I have talked to the guy... he is OCD already bro! Your probably drivin him nuts now!

[Define999]

Great stuff Tim. I have a couple more packages coming and then I'm going to slow down a bit in preparation for the several cons I plan on attending in 2013.

 

Please dont forget to share Liam!

[lscomics]

Well, it would have been nice to arrange them in their original publishing order.

 

Listen Vaillant! I have talked to the guy... he is OCD already bro! Your probably drivin him nuts now!

(thumbs u

[lscomics]

And some more.

[vaillant]

And some more.

 

I’m a little bit worried.

Just a little bit.

[vaillant]

Among the rarest italian editions, and the very first to publish Marvel universe material (in 1966): "Il Sergente Fury e i suoi Commandos" (Sgt. Fury and his Commandos), issue 3 and 5 (on a total 13 published).

 

 

These two copies are currently on eBay for "stupid money", there is also a copy with a detached cover for about 38 Euro.

[TheLiamSturgess]

Among the rarest italian editions, and the very first to publish Marvel universe material (in 1966): "Il Sergente Fury e i suoi Commandos" (Sgt. Fury and his Commandos), issue 3 and 5 (on a total 13 published).

 

 

These two copies are currently on eBay for "stupid money", there is also a copy with a detached cover for about 38 Euro.

 

Nice!!! I would love a copy of #1.