Comic book collecting with a foreign variant focus 19 19

[lscomics]

I purchased this comic from Dave's Comics in Royal Oak, MI, circa 1985. I believe it must be Australian. It's undersized and very glossy. The interior is B&W, and the pages are very fresh - I'm guessing the paper is higher quality than that used for American Comics.

It's either Australian or British.

[jimbo_707]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

[lscomics]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

There was a good amount of stuff going back to at least the '50s that was printed in the UK and distributed in Australia as well. (thumbs u

[Duffman_Comics]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

There was a good amount of stuff going back to at least the '50s that was printed in the UK and distributed in Australia as well. (thumbs u

 

It's British for sure. The thing I cannot figure is that the GCD for this title/publisher has only two issues (of 18) listed.

 

Here's a link to one of the partially indexed "Lassie's" - Number 2. Note that it has the same cover as your #6, just a little different colouring.

 

What I find hard to figure is the earlier book (#2) is priced at 8d. This one (#6) is priced at 6d.

 

2d less for the later book.

 

One possibility is the page count dropped. I note the #8 has a cover blurb announcing 28pp. Nothing on the earlier one (and GCD is of no use here).

[lscomics]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

There was a good amount of stuff going back to at least the '50s that was printed in the UK and distributed in Australia as well. (thumbs u

 

It's British for sure. The thing I cannot figure is that the GCD for this title/publisher has only two issues (of 18) listed.

 

Here's a link to one of the partially indexed "Lassie's" - Number 2. Note that it has the same cover as your #6, just a little different colouring.

 

What I find hard to figure is the earlier book (#2) is priced at 8d. This one (#6) is priced at 6d.

 

2d less for the later book.

 

One possibility is the page count dropped. I note the #8 has a cover blurb announcing 28pp. Nothing on the earlier one (and GCD is of no use here).

GCD is pathetically lacking in information on foreign books. They do have some stuff but there's no cross reference for issue content or titles. There's a few foreign hosted sites that have done a much nicer job of that than GCD.

[TheLiamSturgess]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

There was a good amount of stuff going back to at least the '50s that was printed in the UK and distributed in Australia as well. (thumbs u

 

It's British for sure. The thing I cannot figure is that the GCD for this title/publisher has only two issues (of 18) listed.

 

Here's a link to one of the partially indexed "Lassie's" - Number 2. Note that it has the same cover as your #6, just a little different colouring.

 

What I find hard to figure is the earlier book (#2) is priced at 8d. This one (#6) is priced at 6d.

 

2d less for the later book.

 

One possibility is the page count dropped. I note the #8 has a cover blurb announcing 28pp. Nothing on the earlier one (and GCD is of no use here).

GCD is pathetically lacking in information on foreign books. They do have some stuff but there's no cross reference for issue content or titles. There's a few foreign hosted sites that have done a much nicer job of that than GCD.

 

Sorry guys, it's a slow and steady process but I am working on indexing and uploading scans for as many titles as I can I've done some great work so far.

[jimbo_707]

It's either Australian or British.

 

True, it could be British. In fact, the address for the publisher on the back does look British.

There was a good amount of stuff going back to at least the '50s that was printed in the UK and distributed in Australia as well. (thumbs u

 

It's British for sure. The thing I cannot figure is that the GCD for this title/publisher has only two issues (of 18) listed.

 

Here's a link to one of the partially indexed "Lassie's" - Number 2. Note that it has the same cover as your #6, just a little different colouring.

 

What I find hard to figure is the earlier book (#2) is priced at 8d. This one (#6) is priced at 6d.

 

2d less for the later book.

 

One possibility is the page count dropped. I note the #8 has a cover blurb announcing 28pp. Nothing on the earlier one (and GCD is of no use here).

If you look at the large-size photo of #2, it looks like it DOES say something about the page count - it's in white letters on the pale yellow background, so I can't tell whether it says "28" or a different number.

[slym2none]

Seriously, this is the 4th thread (3rd in this section alone) that I have seen in which you posted the same pic.

 

much?

 

 

 

-slym

[TheLiamSturgess]

Seriously, this is the 4th thread (3rd in this section alone) that I have seen in which you posted the same pic.

 

much?

 

 

 

-slym

 

Who are you referring to? :shrug:

[slym2none]

Read the whole screen, not just the text of my post. It says who one is replying to in every post, just not in the text field where the response is.

 

*edit* I see the one I was responding to deleted his post here as well. Still, who I was replying to is on the response.

 

 

 

-slym

Edited July 5, 2013 by slym2none

[Mijael.Levy]

Hello Everyone i am new here , i was reading this thread and i want to post those pics, i live in Mexico so i have easy access to this kind of material , my plan is to sell them and buy other comics, the problem is , that i really dont know the prices since there are still no guides...

 

This one is from Spain from 1990

 

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Editorial Novedades 1982

 

 

And this one is new (i brought 3 copies)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lscomics]

Nice.

 

As far as pricing goes... you just have to kind of wing it.

[vaillant]

Welcome Mijael,

 

you have got to get to know a little each market. I suppose you know your own (Mexico) – as far as Spain goes, Matteo (Marmat) lives there, so you can ask.

There is also Peter which is from Portugal (but does not collect them in portoguese, I think, as he collects in english).

[lscomics]

Got these in today for Australia.

 

There isn't a picture of this one on the Australian database page.

 

This title isn't even listed on the Aussie database site.

[vaillant]

That is sweet – so those are the first issues?

[Chespirito]

Read the whole screen, not just the text of my post. It says who one is replying to in every post, just not in the text field where the response is.

 

*edit* I see the one I was responding to deleted his post here as well. Still, who I was replying to is on the response.

 

 

 

-slym

 

 

What and who's picture was it.....

[Mijael.Levy]

If someone is interested pm me

 

 

[vaillant]

What and who's picture was it.....

 

The above?

[lscomics]

That is sweet – so those are the first issues?

Yes, these were the #1s for both titles. In both cases it seems like a strange place to start publishing.

[Silver Surfer]

Great stuff.