Are there more Whitman Gold Key Variants for Star Trek?

[Number 6]

 

I was watching that auction and was thinking of bidding on it but had family stuff going on and lost track of it.

 

I was only going to bid $25 anyway, the condition looked iffy. Figured it would be a gamble.

 

I would be curious as to what they turn out to be.

[ninanina]

Picked up a massive amount of lowgrade 60's 70's stuff a couple weeks ago, ran across a Star Trek 29 and 40 with Whitman covers so far.

 

 

Not Whitman, but I was really surprised to see I got these Star Trek books at this price:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-Key-COMIC-BOOK-STAR-TREK-37-May-1976-near-mint-5-copies-/111363613091?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=Tg6Mys9%252BS2tzgsOo43OYlOUJ%252FB0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

Even if they are in eBay NM condition, I feel like I got these for very cheap. Now I just hope they are packed for safe delivery ...

 

I concur with an earlier seller who said the last couple of issues of Star Trek with the line art are probably the hardest to find including the Whitman variants. I will have to look at my collection which is a mixture of Gold Keys and Whitmans. I'm not 100% sure the early issues (first 20 or so?) have Whitman variants. I know I have Whitman variants for issues in the twenties on up, just not the first 20 issues or so.

 

They look pretty good from where I sit and regardless of the condition at $25.00 they are a steal. Wondering if you knew (of even if you care) this particular issue is a reprint of issue #5? There's a few of them scattered throughout the run and it's a bit disappointing Overstreet doesn't mention this in the guide.

[rjrjr]

Picked up a massive amount of lowgrade 60's 70's stuff a couple weeks ago, ran across a Star Trek 29 and 40 with Whitman covers so far.

 

 

Not Whitman, but I was really surprised to see I got these Star Trek books at this price:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-Key-COMIC-BOOK-STAR-TREK-37-May-1976-near-mint-5-copies-/111363613091?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=Tg6Mys9%252BS2tzgsOo43OYlOUJ%252FB0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

Even if they are in eBay NM condition, I feel like I got these for very cheap. Now I just hope they are packed for safe delivery ...

 

I concur with an earlier seller who said the last couple of issues of Star Trek with the line art are probably the hardest to find including the Whitman variants. I will have to look at my collection which is a mixture of Gold Keys and Whitmans. I'm not 100% sure the early issues (first 20 or so?) have Whitman variants. I know I have Whitman variants for issues in the twenties on up, just not the first 20 issues or so.

 

They look pretty good from where I sit and regardless of the condition at $25.00 they are a steal. Wondering if you knew (of even if you care) this particular issue is a reprint of issue #5? There's a few of them scattered throughout the run and it's a bit disappointing Overstreet doesn't mention this in the guide.

 

 

I was aware that it is a reprint, but it doesn't bug me. I haven't noticed any difference in prices for the various Gold Key/Whitman reprint issues compared to the surrounding issues. This might be because Overstreet doesn't mention it. All the reprint issues are:

 

Star Trek 29 - reprints Star Trek 1

Star Trek 35 - reprints Star Trek 4

Star Trek 37 - reprints Star Trek 5

Star Trek 45 - reprints Star Trek 7

 

(NOTE: These are the 4 issues that were not printed in the Checker collections for obvious reasons.)

 

One of my favorite Gold Key issues is Magnus Robot Fighter 22 which reprints Magnus Robot Fighter 1. I love the cover and it is so much more affordable than Magnus Robot Fighter 1. I also think it is cool how Dagar 18 and Dagar 19 are reprints of Dagar 1 with Dagar 19 showing the same cover as line art instead of painted.

 

I wish IDW would do some painted covers for their Star Trek comics.

 

[rjrjr]

 

I was watching that auction and was thinking of bidding on it but had family stuff going on and lost track of it.

 

I was only going to bid $25 anyway, the condition looked iffy. Figured it would be a gamble.

 

I would be curious as to what they turn out to be.

 

I usually don't gamble on comics on eBay, but I looked at is at paying $5 each for issues in FN condition. If they are in better condition, all the better. They might be worse, but it doesn't look like it from the scan.

[Number 6]

Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking - for $5 each and assuming the copy in the back cover picture represents the worst of the condition issues, it would have been a good deal. Figured I might be able to take the best of the 5 and press it, might get it close to NM.

 

I've passed on several potentially good deals on eBay lately, just haven't been in a roll-the-dice mood for some reason. Kind of regretting I didn't make more of an effort for this one. Nice copies of GK/Whitman Treks so rarely come up.

[Number 6]

They look pretty good from where I sit and regardless of the condition at $25.00 they are a steal. Wondering if you knew (of even if you care) this particular issue is a reprint of issue #5? There's a few of them scattered throughout the run and it's a bit disappointing Overstreet doesn't mention this in the guide.

 

 

I was aware that it is a reprint, but it doesn't bug me. I haven't noticed any difference in prices for the various Gold Key/Whitman reprint issues compared to the surrounding issues. This might be because Overstreet doesn't mention it. All the reprint issues are:

 

Star Trek 29 - reprints Star Trek 1

Star Trek 35 - reprints Star Trek 4

Star Trek 37 - reprints Star Trek 5

Star Trek 45 - reprints Star Trek 7

 

Actually, Overstreet does mention that these issues are reprints - it just doesn't break these issues out from the others or list them as reprints in the main body of the listing.

 

However, at the end of the Gold Key/Whitman Star Trek listing, there is an italicized footnote that mentions that these 4 issues are reprints and what issues are reprinted. I don't know if that's always been the case, but I think it's been that way for at least the last 10 years or so.

 

My guess as to why there's not difference in the price realized for these reprints: it's because, with the exception of #45, the others have new original painted covers. And even though #45 has the same photo cover, it's an affordable alternative to #7. You can have a Star Trek photo cover without busting the budget.