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Marvel October 1999 ~ February 2000 US Newsstand Price Variants
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paqart

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BTW: I'm curious to know whether creating these price variants had the effect of reducing the normal $1.99 run as well. Has anyone seen any indication this may have happened? In my search for these variants, I have found the regular newsstand versions of the Thor, Hulk, and Fantastic Fours almost as hard to find as the variants.

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PeterPark

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1 hour ago, paqart said:

BTW: I'm curious to know whether creating these price variants had the effect of reducing the normal $1.99 run as well. Has anyone seen any indication this may have happened? In my search for these variants, I have found the regular newsstand versions of the Thor, Hulk, and Fantastic Fours almost as hard to find as the variants.

Any newsstand from this time period is pretty tough. Without knowing the reasoning behind the different editions, it is hard to speculate. They could be additional if they were part of a prepack or something but given they seem more regional than that, it is likely the limited newsstand run was split. 2c

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FlyingDonut

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Updating as I believe I have completed the $2.49 set.:banana:

No one has ever seen a $2.49 Cable 72 so until we do, I'm going to go with it doesn't exist. That's the one from the original chart that I do not have - but it may be a ghost book. Who knows. I will keep looking!

I need the following to complete the $2.29 set and will happily trade for them:

Amazing Spider-Man 10
Cable 73 (not confirmed, may not exist)
Cable 74 (not confirmed, may not exist)
Fantastic Four 23
Fantastic Four 24
Thor 19
X-Men 93

I have the following books to trade for anything above - or if people need them to fill out a set!

$2,29
Thor 18
X-Men 96 (3 copies available)

$2.49
Amazing Spider-Man 10 (2 copies)
Amazing Spider-Man 11 (4)
Amazing Spider-Man 13 (6)
Cable 73 (2)
Cable 74 (2)
Fantastic Four 23 (5)
Fantastic Four 26
Incredible Hulk 8 (6)
Thor 17
Thor 18 (3)
X-Men 93 (3)
X-Men 94
X-Men 96

Anecdotally I believe at least one of the test markets was Hartford, CT or Jamestown, NY (maybe both) as most of my copies came from that area. Also the $2.49s are much more prevalent than the $2.29s but they're still very hard to find.

 

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