One of the rarest DC's ever

[Bo_Hogg]

I just acquired this book and I understand that this is an extremely hard to find DC even though it does not say DC anywhere on the book. But according to Overstreet it is. I saw a thread a long time ago where Levine, the DC super collector was looking for this book.

 

 

[sakaridis]

I remember this being an insert in some DC comics around '89. I didn't (don't) know that it was also published separately.

[Bronty]

I don't see a retail price on it. Giveaway?

[sakaridis]

Just found it as an insert in Batman #443. It's not in a few other DCs from the same month, though.

 

Still have no idea if it's been published separately or not.

[Metarog]

Hmmm, I have a few of these that I received in a lot of comics some time back.

[divad]

Just found it as an insert in Batman #443. It's not in a few other DCs from the same month, though.

 

Still have no idea if it's been published separately or not.

 

Confirmed that it is indeed in Batman #443, but only a newsprint copy . . . no glossy cover

[sakaridis]

Just found it as an insert in Batman #443. It's not in a few other DCs from the same month, though.

 

Still have no idea if it's been published separately or not.

 

Confirmed that it is indeed in Batman #443, but only a newsprint copy . . . no glossy cover

 

Are we even certain that it actually exists as a copy with glossy cover?

 

BTW, I checked around 8-9 other DCs published that month (January 1990 cover date) and the insert was not in any of them.

[lightninglad]

They were only inserted into Batman 443 and Superman 39

[Metarog]

I just found my copies and they are indeed glossy covers over a 16 page comic. There is no indicia of any kind or credits.

[Jeffro.]

They were only inserted into Batman 443 and Superman 39

 

So then, not rare at all.

[sakaridis]

They were only inserted into Batman 443 and Superman 39

 

So then, not rare at all.

But the inserts had newsprint covers (just checked my Superman #39 as well) and metarog says that his copies have glossy covers, so we're obviously talking about a different edition.

[Jeffro.]

Interesting.

[Bo_Hogg]

My copy that I have pictured is not an insert. I thought inserts are mini size. This is a full size comic and my comic has 20 pages not 16.

[Metarog]

20 including the covers or 20 interior? I was just referring to the interior pages.

[sakaridis]

My copy that I have pictured is not an insert. I thought inserts are mini size. This is a full size comic and my comic has 20 pages not 16.

The insert is a full size comic and has 16 pages (including the newsprint covers)

[otherworldcomics]

So, this comic looks to be about some RC cars. A promo comic at best. Sounds like they were inserts. So how valuable are they? I mean, just because it's old and somewhat rare doesn't necessarily translate into valuable. I would have prefered if it had a DC character.

[Dr. Balls]

So, this comic looks to be about some RC cars. A promo comic at best. Sounds like they were inserts. So how valuable are they? I mean, just because it's old and somewhat rare doesn't necessarily translate into valuable. I would have prefered if it had a DC character.

 

I'm not even sure if I would call this rare. It's an adertisement, and for it to be inserted into a book or with a book requires a significant cost investment on the part of the advertiser - and with that kind of investment in marketing comes a high print run. It's not like there were only a couple hundred printed - more likely tens of thousands.

 

I'd guess it's more like 'rarely seen' because it's an advertisement, and combined with the fact it didn't have any recognizable characters - it was probably discarded by the vast majority of people who got it.

[Mutant Manatee]

So, this comic looks to be about some RC cars. A promo comic at best. Sounds like they were inserts. So how valuable are they? I mean, just because it's old and somewhat rare doesn't necessarily translate into valuable. I would have prefered if it had a DC character.

 

Some were inserts (newsprint covers) and some were stand alone promos (glossy covers).

 

In my opinion it is not accurate to call them DC comic books. No DC logo, no DC characters, no mention of a publisher and to my knowledge nothing about the books themselves linking them to DC except that they were inserts in some DC comics. Basically they're just advertising pamphlets unrelated to DC. Again, just my opinion.

[wardevil0]

I think the most interesting aspect of the Lightning Racers comic is that it seems to be the first published Chris Sprouse art. He seems to think it is, scroll down for the chronological listing...

 

http://sprousenet.wordpress.com/checklist/

 

This checklist also does not include any reference to this as an independent comic book, only as an insert in Superman 39 and Batman 443. Possibly the glossy edition was inserted into some packages of the cars?

[Mayor006]

I think the most interesting aspect of the Lightning Racers comic is that it seems to be the first published Chris Sprouse art. He seems to think it is, scroll down for the chronological listing...

 

http://sprousenet.wordpress.com/checklist/

 

This checklist also does not include any reference to this as an independent comic book, only as an insert in Superman 39 and Batman 443. Possibly the glossy edition was inserted into some packages of the cars?

 

+1 This is what I've been thinking. There's no UPC so it was either a direct or prepackaged with something. A lot like the reprints of the X-Men books you get with the figures these days. Is there an indica on the inside that gives any information?