Good thread about variant price stickers 0

[ShieldAgent]

5 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

 

There are $1 stickers, 75c stickers, 50c stickers...all sorts of price stickers.

 

I believe I do not have any higher than 35c.  

[RockMyAmadeus]

Just now, ShieldAgent said:

I believe I do not have any higher than 35c.  

For the undergrounds?

 

[ShieldAgent]

Here is a bronze GK.  Same font:

 

[ShieldAgent]

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

For the undergrounds?

 

at all 

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 minute ago, ShieldAgent said:

3 minutes ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

For the undergrounds?

 

at all 

I was just talking about undergrounds, not the price stickers of this thread.

[ShieldAgent]

sorry man, it is late here. (for the record, I don't have any undergrounds either)

[George0001]

That Conan #40 says it all for me thanks for putting that up Shieldagent...well guess I suck lol,   Really sweet R Crumb there that's one on my bucket list, Rockmeamedaus PM me your address and I'll get them out to you man.

Edited August 26, 2018 by George0001

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 hour ago, George0001 said:

That Conan #40 says it all for me thanks for putting that up Shieldagent...well guess I suck lol,   Really sweet R Crumb there that's one on my bucket list, Rockmeamedaus PM me your address and I'll get them out to you man.

That's not necessary. What you can do is give them out to a couple of kids to read. Make sure they're on the younger side, though...those stories aren't really suited for anyone over the age of about 10. 

7-9 would probably be perfect. Maybe find a girl, see if she likes Westerns. 

[George0001]

Shieldagent, if you want them man pm me they belong wit their own kind

[RockMyAmadeus]

1 hour ago, George0001 said:

Shieldagent, if you want them man pm me they belong wit their own kind

Hey. You gave them to me. I said to give them to kids. If you don't want to give them to kids, send them to me, and *I* will give them to kids.

 

[Brock]

8 hours ago, ShieldAgent said:

Here is a bronze GK.  Same font:

 

This is interesting, and I think gives us the confirmation that these are likely store stickers... The book pictured is Jungle Twins #1, which had a 15c cover. However, it was also printed with a 20c variant cover. This means it’s unlikely that 15c copies would be stickered by the publisher to ensure a higher 20c price, as the publisher was already printing 20c covers.

I can’t say that’s definitive, but it seems pretty convincing.

I would say thanks to George for raising this in the first place, though... I think it’s fascinating that some store (chain?) was routinely stickering books with higher cover prices for an extended period (i.e. at least through the 15c to 30c timeframe). The identical sticker font strongly suggests this, which I find unusual and intriguing. Are these concentrated in certain regions?

[Spider-Variant]

20 hours ago, ShieldAgent said:

I know that stickers ruin the book, but that doesn't stop me from picking them up.  I like them, and have examples of 35, 30, 20, 19, and 15 cents.  Anyone else besides PeterPark and I pick them up?  Here is one example:

 

How long ago was it that we used to joke about these over on the Variant Mafia thread?  8 years ago? 10?  Time is flying by. 

Edited August 26, 2018 by Spider-Variant
Typo

[Get Marwood & I]

I like stickers.

[ShieldAgent]

34 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said:

How long ago was it that we used to joke about these over on the Variant Mafia thread?  8 years ago? 10?  Time is flying by. 

You still making them in your basement?  Time does fly.  Miss talking to you. 

[ShieldAgent]

here is another I find interesting:  take a test market variant, and if the additional 5c is not enough, put another 5c on it 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

4 hours ago, ShieldAgent said:

here is another I find interesting:  take a test market variant, and if the additional 5c is not enough, put another 5c on it 

 

Sacrilege!

[Spider-Variant]

9 hours ago, ShieldAgent said:

You still making them in your basement?  Time does fly.  Miss talking to you. 

That price gun hasn't been touched in years.  

[Brother J]

Here's my contribution, another underground, but not the typical UG comix sticker. Instead, it's a unique looking sticker, with the original (large) price blacked out by a marker. It also came with an info sheet on the creator. When I acquired this one, I thought I had discovered a new printing, not just a price stickered copy.

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, Brother J said:

Here's my contribution, another underground, but not the typical UG comix sticker. Instead, it's a unique looking sticker, with the original (large) price blacked out by a marker. It also came with an info sheet on the creator. When I acquired this one, I thought I had discovered a new printing, not just a price stickered copy.

Eric's not a very good shot is he Brother J?