Worst Comic Book Gimmicks

[Darthdiesel]

nothing wrong with the ebay boards or CPG boards, just not enough time for all. I know where you stand.

[*paull*]

Oh, OK.... I'll have to open this bag at some point. I thought the early Star Wars issues which were reprints had "REPRINT" on the cover.... I'll have to check the inside of these...

 

thanks!

[gifflefunk]

I would have to say they are the indicia-reprint issues.

[sellinMyYouth]

I had one of the mysterious reprints.... and I can tell yah I was told.... If the box has a UPC it is the Expensive one.... If it has the empty white box, throw it on ebay and hope someone doesnt know better...

[tilleycs]

In a word: oversaturation, whether an individual character, the number of titles a character/team has, having to buy 90 tiles that I don't collect just to follow one storyline (which I refuse to do), or 900 variant covers of the same issue. Cases in point:

 

- I was really turned off in the late 80's when Marvel started printing Uncanny X-Men twice a month, and the artwork seemed to take a step down in quality. It was such an obvious money-making ploy, I just let my subscription run out (which happened twice as fast). I understand that the companies want to make money, but when they make it so obvious, it really turns me off.

 

- Seems like you couldn't crack open a Marvel comic in the late 80's without seeing Wolverine. They pimped him out like he was a dang crack ho. Ditto for the Punisher to a lesser degree back then.

 

- I've never collected Spider-Man, Superman, or Batman because I couldn't afford to buy all the titles, graphic novels, one-shots, mini-series, etc. they appeared in. As I mentioned previously, I had a year's subscription to Uncanny X-Men in the late 80's, but I never bothered trying to amass all the different X-titles and the one-shots, mini-series, etc.

[gifflefunk]

Ok, here is someone claiming to have a "Star Wars 1 (30 cents-no upc)". Maybe they do exist... someone (else) should buy this lot of [#@$%!!!] and tell me if its for real!

[cosmic-spider-man]

Hi; gifflefunk

Cool how did you ever spot that one. I can't see $300 for that lot just to find out but I did email the seller to see if he would send me a scan or picture if he does I will post it on hear .

[gifflefunk]

Well, apparently a Star Wars #1 30cent Direct Sale w/UPC barcode lines does exist (so a blank UPC version probably doesn't exist). The latest CBG has an article on Star Wars printings and indicates that it does exist:

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So I need to find a copy of this "variant" to complete my collection of known issues... btw, here's the latest version of the Star Wars grid (which includes a copy of the Star Wars #1 Direct Sale 35cent w/ UPC barcode).