Spider-Man 569 ( first anti venom) which cover is more sought after? 1 1

[Juaks]

Hi guys, can check which cover is more sought after ?

[Lonzilla]

There's this thing called ebay, it has a search feature. Perhaps you heard of it?

[speedcake]

Would you like the subjective answer or the even more subjective answer?

[Get Marwood & I]

27 minutes ago, speedcake said:

Would you like the subjective answer or the even more subjective answer?

Bofum please 

[ygogolak]

2 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Bofum please 

The one has a nice cover. And then there's the other one, well yea, that's a nice cover.

[DjMartini]

The Romita Jr. cover is great just because it actually has Anti-Venom on the cover. Sometimes the 2nd print is more sought after. 

I'm a big fan of Granov and his covers, so I personally like the Venom cover better but yeah, Ebay is your best search engine. 

[Jaydogrules]

On 4/7/2018 at 7:57 AM, Juaks said:

Hi guys, can check which cover is more sought after ?

The top one is the reprint of the first appearance that happens in the bottom one.  So technically the bottom one is the "more sought after first appearance of anti-venom" (since it is actually his first appearance). 

-J.

Edited April 9, 2018 by Jaydogrules

[Second Blight]

Bottom one is more sought after because it's a Venom Granov cover.

Top cover is 1st cover appearance of Anti-Venom

Edited April 7, 2018 by ComicCollectorMatt

[ygogolak]

11 minutes ago, Jaydogrules said:

The top one is the reprint of the first appearance that happens in the bottom one.  So technically the bottom one is the "more sought after first appearance of anti-venom". 

-J.

We tend to judge what's more sought after by price.

[FN-2199]

I sought the Granov cover more than the 2nd print. 

[Juaks]

Yup , me prefer the Granov cover more too.

but eBay seem to have s higher price tag on the 2nd printing.

i find it strange as I didn know 2nd print will be worth so much higher

[Lazyboy]

On 4/7/2018 at 3:09 PM, ygogolak said:

We tend to judge what's more sought after by price.

Which is, of course, wrong unless the supply is identical.

[BishopT]

My take is that the 2nd print is the more valuable, harder to find cover. But the one that people actively seek out more, and certainly better cover is the Venom one.

[ExNihilo]

I consistently find it odd that additional printings (2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc) are treated more like variants than reprints.  That is to say in some cases they have lower print runs and are able to maintain any "1st appearance" designations, whereas reprints specifically say "reprint of issue #XX and have no "1st appearance" associated with them.

[Get Marwood & I]

25 minutes ago, ExNihilo said:

I consistently find it odd that additional printings (2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc) are treated more like variants than reprints.  That is to say in some cases they have lower print runs and are able to maintain any "1st appearance" designations, whereas reprints specifically say "reprint of issue #XX and have no "1st appearance" associated with them.

I see what you mean.  It may have all started when Marvel started to reprint books with completely different covers rather than the usual straight unaltered reprint of the original book. With the two examples in this thread, they even say 'variant' on the reprint cover so it's easy to see why that way of thinking sets in. My experience was that the second printings were produced in comparably low quantities and a few of the Spidey's went under the radar and gained popularity due to relative scarcity. For ASM, I used to get two of every second print from about issue 500 up. They did really well for me when I sold up, given that I purchased them at regular cover price, not the inflated prices of the 'proper' variants. 

[ygogolak]

11 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

Which is, of course, wrong unless the supply is identical.

When has the supply of any two comics been identical?

 

 

[ExNihilo]

8 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I see what you mean.  It may have all started when Marvel started to reprint books with completely different covers rather than the usual straight unaltered reprint of the original book. With the two examples in this thread, they even say 'variant' on the reprint cover so it's easy to see why that way of thinking sets in. My experience was that the second printings were produced in comparably low quantities and a few of the Spidey's went under the radar and gained popularity due to relative scarcity. For ASM, I used to get two of every second print from about issue 500 up. They did really well for me when I sold up, given that I purchased them at regular cover price, not the inflated prices of the 'proper' variants. 

I get that it's a demand thing, but additional printings are inherently going to have lower print runs.  And if they don't, then it means that Marvel made a huge miscalculation in demand forecasting or is intentionally manipulating the market to spark interest.  In any case, short of original art, a 1st print is "the original" to me.  (Granted, there could be 200k+ copies of that original floating around.)  But I guess I'm just jealous that someone missed the first opportunity, hopped on the bandwagon by buying a 2nd/3rd print and then ends up benefiting more (financially) by not being 1st.

[darkstar]

The top one, without the color rub, sells for more. However the bottom one, I have to imagine, is far more liquid. 

[Get Marwood & I]

MARVEL

2nd PRINTING

VARIANT

books

rock!

 

 

 

[revat]

as a rule, since the 90's, the JRJR cover is the worse one.

Edited April 9, 2018 by revat