vane Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Finally got a 9.8 on this book. My All-Star Squadron books were allot easier to find in 9.8's than these DC digests. Inside back cover on the digest (not all) will put some type of story behind the scenes why they choose these stories for this issue. This editorial comments is about of the farewell to the digest series. Edited February 4, 2013 by vane MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) Corrected label of Best of DC #34 (Newsstand Edition)!!! A Little bit of history... Source: http://www.comics.org/issue/1037226/ Mislabeled #497 on cover. From Bob Rozakis, DC production manager at the time: "The price box was picked up from the ADVENTURE COMICS DIGEST. As I recall, we told the printer to strip in the price from ADVENTURE and they took the entire box." (via e-mail, January 1, 2011.) I already have the Best of DC #34 Direct Edition with the mislabeled. And I never knew there was a corrected version of this book. 5-6 months ago I bought a huge lot of DC digests on ebay, and while sorting them through I saw the cover (Best of DC #34) and looking closely I notice it had the correct labeled on it. I emailed Dough Sulipa about the corrected labeled on Best of DC #34 and he never noticed it either and he said he was going to check. His reply was... Doug: "#34(Corrected editions with #34 on cover exist on American Newsstand copies only) = ONE in stock #34(States #497 on cover; Canadian Newsstand copies) = ONE in stock #34(States #497 on cover; DIRECT Edition copies) = 10 copies in stock" I then asked him... vane: "Is the " BEST OF DC Comics Digest #34(Corrected editions with #34 on cover" has a lower print run?" His reply... Doug: "Most copies on the Market are DIRECT editions. Most DIRECT editions were saved by Collectors; USA Newsstand editions were sold to the general public & have a much smaller Survival Rate Because the Corrected edtion only exists in the USA Newsstand edition, it is approx 5-10 Times Scarcer;" I did asked him if he can make a note on the OSPG and he said he will try. So it turns out the Newsstand Edition is much scarcer than the Direct Edition. I called CGC and asked them to make a notation on the CGC labeled and on the census. I'm happy I own both copies in 9.8's. Newsstand Edition: Direct Edition: Edited March 8, 2014 by vane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grider67 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Corrected label of Best of DC #34 (Newsstand Edition)!!! A Little bit of history... Source: http://www.comics.org/issue/1037226/ Mislabeled #497 on cover. From Bob Rozakis, DC production manager at the time: "The price box was picked up from the ADVENTURE COMICS DIGEST. As I recall, we told the printer to strip in the price from ADVENTURE and they took the entire box." (via e-mail, January 1, 2011.) I already have the Best of DC #34 Direct Edition with the mislabeled. And I never new there was a corrected version of this book. 5-6 months ago I bought a huge lot of DC digests on ebay, and while sorting them through I saw the cover (Best of DC #34) and looking closely I notice it had the correct labeled on it. I emailed Dough Sulipa about the corrected labeled on Best of DC #34 and he never noticed it either and he said he was going to check. His reply was... Doug: "#34(Corrected editions with #34 on cover exist on American Newsstand copies only) = ONE in stock #34(States #497 on cover; Canadian Newsstand copies) = ONE in stock #34(States #497 on cover; DIRECT Edition copies) = 10 copies in stock" I then asked him... vane: "Is the " BEST OF DC Comics Digest #34(Corrected editions with #34 on cover" has a lower print run?" His reply... Doug: "Most copies on the Market are DIRECT editions. Most DIRECT editions were saved by Collectors; USA Newsstand editions were sold to the general public & have a much smaller Survival Rate Because the Corrected edtion only exists in the USA Newsstand edition, it is approx 5-10 Times Scarcer;" I did asked him if he can make a note on the OSPG and he said he will try. So it turns out the Newsstand Edition is much scarcer than the Direct Edition. I called CGC and asked them to make a notation on the CGC labeled and on the census. I'm happy I own both copies in 9.8's. Newsstand Edition: Direct Edition: Nice (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Just got this little Neil gem. Next to get it slabbed and put in the registry. P.S. We all know you have dozens of these Greggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Just got this little Neil gem. Next to get it slabbed and put in the registry. P.S. We all know you have dozens of these Greggy. Hope you get a nice grade. Would love to see what Greggy has. Dover, There's a Best of DC #18 9.6 CGC signed by George Perez and Neal Adams. But I don't think the cover is done by Neal. What do you think? http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEEN-TITANS-1-BEST-OF-DC-18-DIGEST-CGC-SS-NEAL-ADAMS-GEORGE-PEREZ-/330887384648?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4d0a6cce48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Dover, There's a Best of DC #18 9.6 CGC signed by George Perez and Neal Adams. But I don't think the cover is done by Neal. What do you think? http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEEN-TITANS-1-BEST-OF-DC-18-DIGEST-CGC-SS-NEAL-ADAMS-GEORGE-PEREZ-/330887384648?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4d0a6cce48 Nope, it is not Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambfan68 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Dover, There's a Best of DC #18 9.6 CGC signed by George Perez and Neal Adams. But I don't think the cover is done by Neal. What do you think? http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEEN-TITANS-1-BEST-OF-DC-18-DIGEST-CGC-SS-NEAL-ADAMS-GEORGE-PEREZ-/330887384648?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4d0a6cce48 Nope, it is not Neil. Look closely, The cover lists him as one of the artists who has a story reprinted in the digest. The cover is Perez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phicks Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Dover, There's a Best of DC #18 9.6 CGC signed by George Perez and Neal Adams. But I don't think the cover is done by Neal. What do you think? http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEEN-TITANS-1-BEST-OF-DC-18-DIGEST-CGC-SS-NEAL-ADAMS-GEORGE-PEREZ-/330887384648?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item4d0a6cce48 Nope, it is not Neil. Look closely, The cover lists him as one of the artists who has a story reprinted in the digest. The cover is Perez. The cover GL is a cut and paste of a single panel by Neal Adams from his immortal run. I do not know who this "Neil" is that some of you reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Finally found this JSA digest. Who would ever thought that these 1980's books are difficult to get in 9.8's. Please prove me wrong. Anyone MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grider67 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Finally found this JSA digest. Who would ever thought that these 1980's books are difficult to get in 9.8's. Please prove me wrong. Anyone Nice pickup (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaded Savage Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 We really do need a digest sized slab. Make it happen, CGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) Anyone like Funny Animals?? Doug Sulipa states: Best of DC #41-71 = Lower Print Runs & Scarcer issues Highest graded. Jim Engel did the back cover. Edited September 13, 2013 by vane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 All I could say is WOW! MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) I don't I think I ever mention this is a newsstand edition. So it's a bit harder to find in high grade. Edited October 24, 2013 by vane MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Best of DC #1. The only existing 9.8. It's has the very first story of.. "The Death of Superman" It's a reprint from "Superman #149 (November 1961)" Jerry Siegel wrote the story. You can read the Synopsis in my DC Digest registry set. Edited December 28, 2013 by vane MAR1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Here's another 9.8 on the census. I had to go through allot of digests books to find a 9.8 candidate. Like I said before...these books are plague with printing defects. Edited December 28, 2013 by vane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Any Superboy fans out there? Kind of like how the artist showed the heroes young & old on each side of each other. Oh...another 9.8 on the census. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vane Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Here's my new pride and joy. Tarzan Digest #1!! Never mind it's...The only 9.8 on the census and the next step closer is a 9.4. Never mind it's...DC's first digest book. Never mind it's...Over 40 years old. Never mind it's... A whopping 160 pages. There's no other DC digest has that many pages. Well...never mind. The front and back cover are the same except the back cover does not have the 50 cent price tag and Joe Kubert signature. Edited January 14, 2014 by vane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Here's NOW one of my pride and joy. Tarzan Digest #1!! Never mind it's...The only 9.8 on the census and the next step closer is a 9.4. Never mind it's...DC's first digest book. Never mind it's...Over 40 years old. Never mind it's... A whopping 160 pages. There's no other DC digest has that many pages. Well...never mind. The front and back cover are the same except the back cover does not have the 50 cent price tag and Joe Kubert signature. Impressive! I had forgotten about that book. Quite the find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Really cool, Vane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
