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[mr_highgrade]

Raw or slabbed all are welcome.

 

 

[MrWeen]

[timfinz]

[timfinz]

[jmg3637]

Are the Newsstand versions with the UPC code worth more tham the Direct editions? I know that Chuckles seems to think so.

 

I have finally started the project of consolidating my various groupings and noticed/remembered that the masive collection of 10K plus books that i bought 20+ years ago are almost all Newsstand versions. The guy I bought them from told me that his family owned a news stand and sent him one of every Marvel/DC for many years.

 

I am in the very beginning stages of the consolidation. i had planned on keeping only the better/best copy but for most of them I have both versions, so i am keeping one of each bagged together.

 

 

[mr_highgrade]

I think it all comes down to supply and demand. If collectors down the road decide that they want both versions of a certain book, they might search out Newsstand editions. I think the problem will be getting them in high grade.

[ygogolak]

[october]

 

I picked up at least three or four newsstand copies of this over the last few weeks, but it doesn't seem to bring much of a premium over the regular copy.

[telerites]

I remember buying these from a local grocery store (remember when you could that )

 

 

[divad]

 

I picked up at least three or four newsstand copies of this over the last few weeks, but it doesn't seem to bring much of a premium over the regular copy.

 

I know this isn't one of your copies, but that miscut is soooooooooooooo prevalent in this issue.

 

(Newsstand, or otherwise):

 

[southerncross]

here are a couple of newsstand copies

[southerncross]

and another

[shadroch]

I don't think Copper age books will see much of a price difference, with the exception of a few Indys that had extremely limited newstand distribution. When you get into the mid to late 90s, newstand books become much rarer.

[divad]

I don't think Copper age books will see much of a price difference, with the exception of a few Indys that had extremely limited newstand distribution. When you get into the mid to late 90s, newstand books become much rarer.

 

I wholeheartedly disagree. I think the tipping point starts as early as 1983. The direct market started in 1976 (more or less) and gained a stranglehold on the distribution of comics in little over 5 years.

[divad]

I don't think Copper age books will see much of a price difference, with the exception of a few Indys that had extremely limited newstand distribution. When you get into the mid to late 90s, newstand books become much rarer.

 

Like this one?

 

[divad]

[shadroch]

I'd like to see numbers to back that up. I opened my first shop in1984 and there were dozens of newsstands selling comics in my area. When Spiderman 252 came out, I was able to get loads of copies off newsstands, although the two newsstand distributors wouldn't sell to me. Diamond didn't go national until about 1988.

[divad]

[divad]

I'd like to see numbers to back that up. I opened my first shop in1984 and there were dozens of newsstands selling comics in my area. When Spiderman 252 came out, I was able to get loads of copies off newsstands, although the two newsstand distributors wouldn't sell to me. Diamond didn't go national until about 1988.

 

You were there. I trust your instincts. But by 1984, fewer and fewer newsstand outlets were carrying comics.

 

By 1988, clearly the direct market was dominant:

 

ASM #299 currently on eBay - about 15% are newsstands

[shadroch]

Yes, they were certainly diminishing, but almost every 7-11 carried comics for most of the 80s, or at least into the latter part of them.

An interesting test would be Spidey annual 21, the first book I'm aware of that had two distinct covers.

The newsstand version had Spidey marrying MJ while the direct version had Peter Parker. CGC doesn't break down the two versions, but an eBay search shows about a 55-45 split in favor of the DM version just now.

That's from the summer of 1986, I believe.