TopNotch Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I just picked up an original owner Spider-Man collection and the copy of the first annual has blank inside covers and a blank back cover. Is this a printer's proof? Anyone seen this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peewee22 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I've heard of it on a Marvel Tales #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I've heard of it on a Marvel Tales #1. ...and one of the Thor Annuals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisInBaltimore Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Scans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopNotch Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Canadian copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeneral Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Canadian copy. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Canadian copy. This Yep. I've seen this before on the Spidey annual a couple of times. They don't show up very often, though. Very nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Here's a copy of it on HA. Nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heronext Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Brazilian variant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisInBaltimore Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Brazilian variant: Creepy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Canadian copy. Absolutely NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Canadian copy. Absolutely NOT. Pretty sure it is...explain please... Edited July 13, 2013 by trmoore54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Canadian copy. Absolutely NOT. Pretty sure it is...explain please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trmoore54 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Canadian copy. Absolutely NOT. Pretty sure it is...explain please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 The blank interior covers and blank back cover are not uncommon on the Marvel annuals from 1963 and '64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Canadian copy. Absolutely NOT. Pretty sure it is...explain please... It's funny how "variants" often get labelled as being Canadian. I live in Canada. I was living in Canada and had this book when it came out - guess what? No blank inside covers. Canada did not have different versions of Marvel comics (or DC comics for that matter) in the 60s. We got the same versions as those issued in the US (unlike the UK that DID have 9P versions of 60s Marvel comics). They were priced the same and had all of the US ads in them. As such, why then would Marvel issue a few mid 60s giants with blank interior covers in Canada - it doesn't make sense. We know that there are at least a Thor annual, one of the Strange Tales annuals and this one with the blank covers. Why? I don't know. Maybe they issued a smaller run of each before the advertising was ready - for whatever reason. This being said, it does't mean that some of these blank interior cover annuals didn't end up in Canada for sale originally but it was NOT an exclusively Canadian version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 This being said, it does't mean that some of these blank interior cover annuals didn't end up in Canada for sale originally but it was NOT an exclusively Canadian version. Hmmmmmmm, just because you brought the non-blank version though does not mean that the blank version wasn't a Cananda exclusive. It means that there was a non-blank version and possible a "variant" version, only sold in Canada. I personally have no idea, but I do not think you can say based on your argument that it was NOT an exclusive Canadian version. What else do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodan57 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 I have always seen the blank cover editions described as Canadian. Certainly the "Blank" version ASM Annual # 2 that I owned back in the day was purchased off of the newsstand in Southern Ontario in 1965. My hypothesis is that Martin Goodman saw an opportunity to increase ad revenue by offering cheap ads (production costs already being covered by the US versions) to Canadian advertisers. Then he was caught off guard by a change in Canadian import law. ____________________ ____________________ This is only conjecture but the timing invites speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
