Marvel Australian Price Variants 6 6

[Spider-Variant]

On 1/10/2022 at 7:10 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Two more finds this morning - one expected, one not.

First up, Barbie Fashion #21:

That one was expected - and there are still some more Barbies to be found I believe - but this second one I had given up hope on - Spider-Man Classics #10:

I had actually marked that set as complete at issues 1-9 given the time elapsed. And it is only the fifth book with an (AUS) April 1994 cover date:

Perhaps there are more out there after all....

These two bring us to 1,329 confirmed Marvel APVs now.

Steve, I applaud your dedication and passion to comics.  I always wish there were some better format for this knowledge, instead of various threads, buried in Topics.  I thought the guys over at STL Comics were on a good path, with their permanent galleries on various topics.  

[Get Marwood & I]

On 1/10/2022 at 3:45 PM, Spider-Variant said:

Steve, I applaud your dedication and passion to comics.  I always wish there were some better format for this knowledge, instead of various threads, buried in Topics.  I thought the guys over at STL Comics were on a good path, with their permanent galleries on various topics.  

Cheers Reggie, that's kind of you to say. I've given up on the possibility of CGC ever being a permanent home for this kind of research now so I'm exploring other opportunities. STL did indeed have the right idea and it's a real shame that we lost that site. 

[ramrod44]

Latest auction win: 

[Get Marwood & I]

Five new Barbies bring us up to 1,334 confirmed APVs 

It's an absolutely terrible picture on eBay Orstralier - typical - but you can see that they are AUS copies and not US newsstands if you know what you're doing: 

We have Barbie #26 and 34, and Barbie Fashion #23, 24 and 26.

Someone buy them and send in better pictures, will ya? 

Interesting absence of both number 20's now...

                                     

 

[ramrod44]

Latest APV purchase on its way to my grubby little hands. 

 

[ramrod44]

Notha one: 

[Get Marwood & I]

Sabretooth #2 (and #4) has been on the missing list since I started documenting the Marvel APVs...

...so I was excited to see this copy on eBay Orstralier this morning:

Look closely though, and it's the US copy.

I checked the barcode, and it is the same as the US copy too.

The seller likely made a mistake and carried the description over from his other lots - he sold 1-3:

One and three are APVs.

The eagle eyed will have spotted the Australian distribution 'N2' on the book though:

Add to that how many US copies I have seen of issue two on eBay AUS, and it does seem to point to that issue failing for some reason to get the APV treatment.

Expect an AUS copy along any minute then, now that I've said that 

[Get Marwood & I]

A new 1996 Deluxe Graphic Novel....

    

  

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Two new! 

Fingers crossed for the other April 96 Marvel Amalgam - Magneto and His Magnetic Men 

[Get Marwood & I]

Bullets and Bracelets bring us up to 1,335 confirmed APVs now.

Being a new APV one shot it brings the title list up to 109 and the actual issues published in the date range (where one or more APVs exist) up to 1,720.

 

Plus our 82 Conan magazine titles:

And now we have two 1996 trade paperback / graphic novels:

 

[Get Marwood & I]

A few of the 'official' stickered books on the bay currently.

Captain America #410, with the AUS price sticker and printed AUS barcode:

 

And X-Force #2 and 3:

• #2 has an AUS sticker, but no AUS printed differences
• #3 has the AUS sticker and the printed AUS barcode

 

I only count the copies with printed AUS differences:

 

[AusBooks]

Didn’t realize you didn’t have this one on the list yet! So here ya go!

[Get Marwood & I]

On 5/15/2022 at 12:15 PM, AusBooks said:

Didn’t realize you didn’t have this one on the list yet! So here ya go!

Excellent, thanks @AusBooks - I knew he'd exist 

On 5/3/2022 at 9:29 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Fingers crossed for the other April 96 Marvel Amalgam - Magneto and His Magnetic Men 

[Get Marwood & I]

@AusBooks's find bring us up to 1,336 issues across 110 titles 

https://boards.cgccomics.com/blogs/entry/4916-marvel-australian-price-variants/

[Get Marwood & I]

1,337.... 

[Steven Valdez]

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know much about the Australian price variants of Spawn comics? I have the American and Aussie printings of Spawn #3... the American printing is from 1992 whist the Aussie version is 1995. The thing is, they're identical in appearance and quality except for the price, indicia and ads. The APV is actually printed in Australia, and the American version was printed in Canada....which means, technically, there was no US version!

Not sure how many of the Spawn APVs were printed (or in what quantity) but they seem to go up to issue #10, as far as I can determine.

Edited June 20, 2022 by Steven Valdez
correction

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/20/2022 at 10:57 AM, Steven Valdez said:

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know much about the Australian price variants of Spawn comics? I have the American and Aussie printings of Spawn #3... the American printing is from 1992 whist the Aussie version is 1995. The thing is, they're identical in appearance and quality except for the price, indicia and ads. The APV is actually printed in Australia, and the American version was printed in Canada....which means, technically, there was no US version!

Not sure how many of the Spawn APVs were printed (or in what quantity) but they seem to go up to issue #10, as far as I can determine.

Hello Steven. I'm on my phone, struggling like a goodun, but read this earlier post and I'll catch you later:

https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/404397-marvel-australian-price-variants/?do=findComment&comment=12038223

[Get Marwood & I]

OK, where were we. Oh yes, Spawn Trielle reprints.

Well Steven, they're not actually APVs at all you see. What happened was....

Steven?

Are you there?

Steven.

STEVEN!

Hmm. 

He's gone. 

[Yorick]

@Get Marwood & I My apologies for liking that post 15 pages back.  I'm trying to catch up...

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/28/2022 at 2:22 AM, Yorick said:

@Get Marwood & I My apologies for liking that post 15 pages back.  I'm trying to catch up...

Lively! 

There's been nothing to report here for a while. Nothing new turning up and still no Ghost Rider #30.

This #29 is nicely presented though - I love a seller who puts some effort into their listings....