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Comic book collecting with a foreign variant focus
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TheLiamSturgess

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It's been an exciting few weeks. :whee:

 

First, I managed to broker an amazing deal with new friend James via Facebook. He really let me steal this one from him.

 

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Then I received a cool package from eBay.au... The Daredevil is my second copy, but it is damn near pristine, so it will likely go in for grading and the undercopy will be available for sale or trade if anyone wants to strike a deal.

 

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...and the #239 will go very nicely with my #238. :grin:

 

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Then, a bit of a mystery box from N. Scott, which contained the ultra-rare Slovakian copy of ASM #252 (not to be confused with the Czech language copy!) My Czech copy is in grading now, and this one will be shortly.

 

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The box came with a couple of nice surprises, including...

 

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And finally, I made a deal with Tony which grabbed my the final two books I need for my ASM #129 collection. :headbang:

 

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...and the white buffalo itself...

 

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Grandpa's back in action :headbang:

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Define999

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To be honest, I am not crazy about these two painted covers reinterpretations… They are a lot less dramatic than the originals.

But if I recall correctly, the one of Fantastic Four #5 is quite nice, I’d like to see it once again. (thumbs u

 

Ok my friend I can see in the FF 67... but the 57? I think he did wonderful with this one.... but thier all just opinions of course.... :insane:

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TheLiamSturgess

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Thanks, Ken! Got a few in grading that will come out very nicely as well, I think (thumbs u

 

Damn Liam, great scores my friend!!!!!!!

 

Right now im just tickled pink with this one!

 

 

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That's fantastic, Matt! That one took a bit of research to track down, eh?

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I'm not a collector of foreign comics, but a friend of mine went to Europe back in the late 80s- early 90s and brought this back from Denmark as a gift for me. I thought some of you might like to take a look. I don't know if any other foreign editions of Killing Joke have been posted ( sorry, I didn't have the time to go through all 259 pages of this thread). I translated the title and it reads "He who laughs last". Note the size difference compared to the US version.

 

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These are the only versions of this issue I have found so far. Not sure if others exist - I assume this isn't as popular an issue as the 129 or 300.

 

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There are indeed! Love the set... more to find, ontu the hunt!!!!!! (thumbs u

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Of the others my guess is the Brazilian EBAL is gonna be the toughest... hit me up on PM and ill see if I can help ya? :wishluck:

 

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I'm not a collector of foreign comics, but a friend of mine went to Europe back in the late 80s- early 90s and brought this back from Denmark as a gift for me. I thought some of you might like to take a look. I don't know if any other foreign editions of Killing Joke have been posted ( sorry, I didn't have the time to go through all 259 pages of this thread). I translated the title and it reads "He who laughs last". Note the size difference compared to the US version.

 

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Thanks for sharing!!!!

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rjrjr

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These are the only versions of this issue I have found so far. Not sure if others exist - I assume this isn't as popular an issue as the 129 or 300.

 

20160225_160830_zpsfz6wvzw0.jpg

 

There are indeed! Love the set... more to find, ontu the hunt!!!!!! (thumbs u

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Of the others my guess is the Brazilian EBAL is gonna be the toughest... hit me up on PM and ill see if I can help ya? :wishluck:

 

I love how the Italian and UK editions try to "straighten out" the image!

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I'm not a collector of foreign comics, but a friend of mine went to Europe back in the late 80s- early 90s and brought this back from Denmark as a gift for me. I thought some of you might like to take a look. I don't know if any other foreign editions of Killing Joke have been posted ( sorry, I didn't have the time to go through all 259 pages of this thread). I translated the title and it reads "He who laughs last". Note the size difference compared to the US version.

 

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Here are pictures of what I have. I have not seen the one from Denmark that you have. Interested in selling?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8272099#Post8272099

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These are the only versions of this issue I have found so far. Not sure if others exist - I assume this isn't as popular an issue as the 129 or 300.

 

20160225_160830_zpsfz6wvzw0.jpg

 

There are indeed! Love the set... more to find, ontu the hunt!!!!!! (thumbs u

Screen%20shot%202016-02-26%20at%2010.05.35%20AM.png

 

 

Of the others my guess is the Brazilian EBAL is gonna be the toughest... hit me up on PM and ill see if I can help ya? :wishluck:

 

I would like to say thanks for the info but now you've given me a new list to search for :eek:

 

This set started by accident really. I had the original issue 78 and somehow picked up the Spanish version at a flea market probably 15+ years ago. The others just popped up while looking around Ebay. Now I guess the hunt is really on for the others. Maybe at some point I'll break down and get them graded.

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