F For Fake Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Do the individual books sell for much of a premium? The only one I can speak to is the Uncanny X-Men 268. CGC 9.8 (regular) sells around $75. CGC 9.8 (JC Penny) sold for $200 about 3 months ago and I saw a few go for $150 - $175 prior to that. This book might be an outlier versus the other JC Penny ones because it's Jim Lee's first book on Uncanny X-Men. 248? 248 is indeed Lee's first X-Men work. 268 is the one that has the JCP variant (the classic Cap/BW/Wolvie cover). I bought a 9.8 JCP 268 on the boards a couple of years ago, should have held onto it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 I remember, round about 1992, when these came out, and I had a 2nd #268, and I traded it to someone as a first printing, at a time when all later printings were worse than horse poop. I thought I was sooooo clever pawning off a second print as a first. "Sucker!" I thought. "I got first print money for a worthless second printing! Hahaha!!" Never owned another one again. Serves me right, for being a liar and a thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyTheAbyss Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Do the individual books sell for much of a premium? The only one I can speak to is the Uncanny X-Men 268. CGC 9.8 (regular) sells around $75. CGC 9.8 (JC Penny) sold for $200 about 3 months ago and I saw a few go for $150 - $175 prior to that. This book might be an outlier versus the other JC Penny ones because it's Jim Lee's first book on Uncanny X-Men. 248? 248 is indeed Lee's first X-Men work. 268 is the one that has the JCP variant (the classic Cap/BW/Wolvie cover). I bought a 9.8 JCP 268 on the boards a couple of years ago, should have held onto it! Sorry, let me clarify. 248 is indeed Jim Lee's first work. 268 is when he took over the helm on UXM (that's what I meant in saying it was his first book on Uncanny X-Men). To me personally, it's a better book than 248. 268 started the Jim Lee run. Got UXM back in the groove. It has one of the best covers. Great story. And that first Captain America panel is simply awesome. Just a great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Sinescu Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Do the individual books sell for much of a premium? The only one I can speak to is the Uncanny X-Men 268. CGC 9.8 (regular) sells around $75. CGC 9.8 (JC Penny) sold for $200 about 3 months ago and I saw a few go for $150 - $175 prior to that. This book might be an outlier versus the other JC Penny ones because it's Jim Lee's first book on Uncanny X-Men. 248? 248 is indeed Lee's first X-Men work. 268 is the one that has the JCP variant (the classic Cap/BW/Wolvie cover). I bought a 9.8 JCP 268 on the boards a couple of years ago, should have held onto it! I bought one from a boardie a few years ago, I wonder if it's the same one. I ended up selling it a few months back on eBay. Anthony, wish I could've passed it along to you instead! I agree too about the status of 268 vs. 248. 248 always seemed weak to me, 268 is where Lee's actual run started and was promoted heavily as such at the time. Edited July 12, 2016 by Martin Sinescu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Do the individual books sell for much of a premium? The only one I can speak to is the Uncanny X-Men 268. CGC 9.8 (regular) sells around $75. CGC 9.8 (JC Penny) sold for $200 about 3 months ago and I saw a few go for $150 - $175 prior to that. This book might be an outlier versus the other JC Penny ones because it's Jim Lee's first book on Uncanny X-Men. 248? 248 is indeed Lee's first X-Men work. 268 is the one that has the JCP variant (the classic Cap/BW/Wolvie cover). I bought a 9.8 JCP 268 on the boards a couple of years ago, should have held onto it! I bought one from a boardie a few years ago, I wonder if it's the same one. I ended up selling it a few months back on eBay. Anthony, wish I could've passed it along to you instead! I agree too about the status of 268 vs. 248. 248 always seemed weak to me, 268 is where Lee's actual run started and was promoted heavily as such at the time. It's been a couple of years, but I want to say that I bought it from Jim maybe three years ago, and sold it on ebay maybe a year ago? Fuzzy memory, but I do recall it was a nice book. I was picking up a lot of X-Men at the time, but later decided to narrow my focus, so off it went. I'd buy another one if I found it at the right price. Want to say I paid $200 for it at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Picked up a handful of them recently. This one was the worst condition of the bunch. (and going to a fellow boardie) Unfortunately no X-men 268...yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Do the individual books sell for much of a premium? The FF 67 most definitely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) In high grade a good 50% of them sell well. There are some that will never command much, but high grade on many you just don't see every day. Personally I always enjoy the ones that look exactly like the originals. There are a lot of oddballs ones that sell well too just because they don't surface much. Edited July 13, 2016 by Fastballspecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) I only have Hulk 140. When I found it a few years back, I thought it was odd for a 40 year old comic to be in NM. I knew it had to be a latter print. The SA and BA are easy enough to identify but is there an easy way to identify these variants for the modern books? The Spidey on the UPC is it fool-proof? I don't recall if DS Marvel 1st prints ever used this version of Spidey on the UPC. Edited July 15, 2016 by archer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loadstone Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I have a 3 or 4 copies of the asm 330 jcp. Gotta check if i have any of the others now. Didn't realize how many different years and issues were involved. Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metarog Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I only have Hulk 140. When I found it a few years back, I thought it was odd for a 40 year old comic to be in NM. I knew it had to be a latter print. The SA and BA are easy enough to identify but is there an easy way to identify these variants for the modern books? The Spidey on the UPC is it fool-proof? I don't recall if DS Marvel 1st prints ever used this version of Spidey on the UPC. The swinging Spider-Man logo without any text is foolproof except for a Spectacular Spider-Man 213 giveaway with the same logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I have a 3 or 4 copies of the asm 330 jcp. Gotta check if i have any of the others now. Didn't realize how many different years and issues were involved. Pretty cool. Man I think I have only ever found one copy of that book and I have looked pretty hard. The annual is just as tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopT Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Sort of a silly bump, but I just stumbled upon the Marvel Milestone Edition JC Penny TOS #39, X Men #1, ASM #1, and Incredible Hulk #1 all in NM condition, all for a buck a piece at 2nC. I had no idea of these things existing, and I would never have known there's a difference until I felt the paper stock and did a google search. I'm now going to have to keep a close eye out for these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I think there is a Silver Surfer JCP variant in the latest Clink auction. It's a slabbed 9.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 For some reason unlike many other variants high grade on some of these is very possible. I have had many NM copies or better go thru my hands over the years. I think mainly because honestly some people think they have the real issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecopperagekids Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 For some reason unlike many other variants high grade on some of these is very possible. I have had many NM copies or better go thru my hands over the years. I think mainly because honestly some people think they have the real issue. High grade on 90's books to me is a 9.6....but really, a 9.8. I have had 3 of these books slabbed, haven't gotten back any 9.8's. Avengers 4 got a CBCS 9.4 X-Men 268 got a CBCS 9.6 Another copy of Avengers 4 got a CGC 9.6. All of those books were pressed. The JC Penny books also suffered from subpar manufacturing defects.Most of which wouldn't keep a sweet copy out of 9.8 but things like cover overhang would. This article mentions the defects, I'd add the paper stock used for the covers also feels kind of cheap.The silver showcase on the FC of Avengers 4 is another serious is due when it comes downgrading bc of marring/ink loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopT Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 After finding those MME books I decided to go back to 2nC and look for more JC Penny variants. I found a bunch... Amazing Spiderman #330 Daredevil #267 Daredevil #273 Excalibur #27 Fantastic Four #51 Fantastic Four #351 Fantastic Four #355 Ghost Rider #10 New Warriors #3 New Warriors #10 Silver Surfer #32 Silver Surfer #33 Sleepwalker #9 Spectacular Spiderman #145 Spectacular Spiderman #156 Web of Spiderman #81 Wonder Man #2 X Men Classic #47 2nC's comic section is so horribly unorganized I didn't want to look through every last book they had, so there could be even more in there. Most of these were in pretty good shape, nothing any less than VF- I'd say, with handful being NM-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I apologize in advance if there is a real obvious source for information on these. I tried doing a search for a thread on the boards but couldn't find anything. I found this on the web, but it was last updated almost 10 years ago. http://heroesgalaxy.com/variants/marvel-vintage-pack/ Does anyone care about these anymore? Does anyone have a list of which issues have variants? I'd love to see a thread for these similar to the DCU logo thread. That is the article I wrote on the 3 MVP sets for the STLcomics gallery way back when. These sets are near and dear to me and I have all 3 sets in Minty condition. They can be a pain to put together but luckily I grabbed 2 of them complete. I even have the JC Penney catalogs they were featured in. Here is a link to the original write-up via the Wayback Machine- http://web.archive.org/web/20120504021151/http://stlcomics.com/gallery/jcpenney_stridex/ Question for you guys. I just purchased a Marvel Milestone Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #1 thinking it was the JC Penney Vintage Pack reprint because it had the white Marvel logo (2nd picture). The original printing had the red Marvel logo (1st picture). But when I went back and checked, I noticed that the JC Penney Vintage Pack reprint has no border around the white Marvel logo whereas this one does. So what is the one I just bought? It has the newspaper type interior pages like the JC Penney version but the cover is glossy and darker gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1dingo Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) I apologize in advance if there is a real obvious source for information on these. I tried doing a search for a thread on the boards but couldn't find anything. I found this on the web, but it was last updated almost 10 years ago. http://heroesgalaxy.com/variants/marvel-vintage-pack/ Does anyone care about these anymore? Does anyone have a list of which issues have variants? I'd love to see a thread for these similar to the DCU logo thread. That is the article I wrote on the 3 MVP sets for the STLcomics gallery way back when. These sets are near and dear to me and I have all 3 sets in Minty condition. They can be a pain to put together but luckily I grabbed 2 of them complete. I even have the JC Penney catalogs they were featured in. Here is a link to the original write-up via the Wayback Machine- http://web.archive.org/web/20120504021151/http://stlcomics.com/gallery/jcpenney_stridex/ Question for you guys. I just purchased a Marvel Milestone Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #1 thinking it was the JC Penney Vintage Pack reprint because it had the white Marvel logo (2nd picture). The original printing had the red Marvel logo (1st picture). But when I went back and checked, I noticed that the JC Penney Vintage Pack reprint has no border around the white Marvel logo whereas this one does. So what is the one I just bought? It has the newspaper type interior pages like the JC Penney version but the cover is glossy and darker gray. That's the 3rd printing http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=215351 Edited February 5, 2017 by 1dingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...