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[Hey Kids, Comics!]

Pricing books for upcoming con season and found this in a rando box. I don’t know squat about newsstands, but I imagine these are fairly tough as it was 2010. 

[bshowell]

Got this today too. As a side note, I loved the short run Joe Kelly and Steve Seagle had on X-Men. It didn't last very long or gain much praise but I thought it was thoughtful and fun.

[bshowell]

On 1/5/2022 at 7:47 PM, fastballspecial said:

In some cases the distributor will put a bar code over the upc. For years I passed many 
buy as junk. Until it was pointed out to me that in some cases they are actually done
at the distributor and are sought out by collectors.

 

I found this one today. It is an example of one that would probably be green labelled but I thought you'd like to see it. Unfortunately it's not a 9.8 candidate so I'm not going to submit it but it was a fun find. I'll probably end up selling it because I don't keep floppies unless they're graded (I'm a read digital to save space guy).

[bshowell]

I think this is one of those issues that had three different prices on the newsstand if I'm not mistaken. Can anyone confirm that? I know 23 did but I don't remember if 24 did as well.

Unfortunately, like the PP: Spider-Man above it's not a 9.8 candidate so I'll probably end up selling it as well but it came in a lot I got off of eBay which did have 3 9.8 candidates in it from the Claremont Era so I count that as a win.

[Lazyboy]

On 1/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, bshowell said:

I am also concerned that you seem opposed to adding information in front of the word variant to help clarify why it's  a variant. Your ASM example, the non-enhanced version has the lowest barcode number so it is the cover that  Marvel considered its main or A cover. I will continue to call any edition that differs from the main cover a variant no matter how small or "insignificant" that change is (the words variant, edition, and version can also be used interchangeably in most situations). So the foil enhanced cover is the enhanced variant or the enhanced price variant, or the enhanced flip-book variant, or the sparkly variant if that last one floats your boat. All are correct and I prefer more description before the word variant over less for the sake of clarity, so I would call that one the foil price variant. Fantastic Four 60 therefore has a newsstand price variant because both the barecode and the price differ from the main, direct cover.

Great, you're just another person_having_a_hard_time_understanding_my_point trying to inflate the importance of the you collect. What a shock.

I am concerned with describing things accurately, not focusing on irrelevant non-defining trivia to conflate and confuse.

 

As for this part:

On 1/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, bshowell said:

Your ASM example, the non-enhanced version has the lowest barcode number so it is the cover that  Marvel considered its main or A cover.

Considered? You give them far too much credit. I doubt anyone spent any time considering anything, since there is no consistency from issue to issue, but lots of examples of errors in the secondary Direct barcode that don't line up with how the numbers are supposed to describe the issue.

On 1/6/2022 at 8:21 PM, bshowell said:

All of this is influenced by the way most collecting software sort comic books. All the programs I've tried pull an issues up and give a,b, and c (and so on) versions of that book. The descriptions always refer to differences between the variant from the A cover, whether it's different art, title font or color

Oh, it's all software descriptions to you. Nothing matters unless it's a description in some computer program.

[paqart]

On 1/7/2022 at 1:29 PM, bshowell said:

I think this is one of those issues that had three different prices on the newsstand if I'm not mistaken. Can anyone confirm that? I know 23 did but I don't remember if 24 did as well.

Unfortunately, like the PP: Spider-Man above it's not a 9.8 candidate so I'll probably end up selling it as well but it came in a lot I got off of eBay which did have 3 9.8 candidates in it from the Claremont Era so I count that as a win.

This image proves it because it is a $2.49 price variant. The other prices were $2.25 and $2.29.

[bshowell]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:53 PM, paqart said:

This image proves it because it is a $2.49 price variant. The other prices were $2.25 and $2.29.

Cool, I didn't know since I haven't seen a $2.29 of this particular issue if all three existed for 24 as well as 23.

[Lazyboy]

On 1/7/2022 at 12:06 PM, bshowell said:

I found this one today. It is an example of one that would probably be green labelled but I thought you'd like to see it.

Why would anyone do that?

Yes, I know it's because they wanted the barcode on the front cover, but still... WHY? Unless it's not a Newsstand and they wanted Newsstand pricing on it for some reason.

[Lazyboy]

On 1/7/2022 at 1:58 PM, bshowell said:

On 1/7/2022 at 1:53 PM, paqart said:

This image proves it because it is a $2.49 price variant. The other prices were $2.25 and $2.29.

Cool, I didn't know since I haven't seen a $2.29 of this particular issue if all three existed for 24 as well as 23.

It's all in the link I posted one whole page back.

And the (U.S.) prices for those issues are $1.99/2.29/2.49

[paqart]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:58 PM, bshowell said:

Cool, I didn't know since I haven't seen a $2.29 of this particular issue if all three existed for 24 as well as 23.

I think I have the $2.29 but am unsure since I sent them (the 1999/2000 price variants) to CGC about a year ago.

 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Mail Call added this one today. 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

My CGC  Raffle Prize has landed! HUGE THANK YOU ! To the amazing generosity of @Lifesuggs Just WOW !

I open the box to see this ! followed by 57 that's right 57 Modern Newsstands !!!!! Such an amazing variety! He said he wanted to go BIG for his first Raffle and man did he ! 

[littledoom]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:43 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

My CGC  Raffle Prize has landed! HUGE THANK YOU ! To the amazing generosity of @Lifesuggs Just WOW !

I open the box to see this ! followed by 57 that's right 57 Modern Newsstands !!!!! Such an amazing variety! He said he wanted to go BIG for his first Raffle and man did he ! 

Just finding regular direct Flashpoint 1-5 complete sets in one shot is tough.. all 5 newsstands? 

[lighthouse]

[bshowell]

On 1/7/2022 at 5:01 PM, paqart said:

I think I have the $2.29 but am unsure since I sent them (the 1999/2000 price variants) to CGC about a year ago.

 

Cool, I appreciate the info. The chart in the other thread said no one had seen the $2.29 variant yet but I only made it through page 4 of that thread. Thanks again!

[bshowell]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:37 PM, Lazyboy said:

Great, you're just another person_having_a_hard_time_understanding_my_point trying to inflate the importance of the you collect. What a shock.

I am concerned with describing things accurately, not focusing on irrelevant non-defining trivia to conflate and confuse.

 

As for this part:

Considered? You give them far too much credit. I doubt anyone spent any time considering anything, since there is no consistency from issue to issue, but lots of examples of errors in the secondary Direct barcode that don't line up with how the numbers are supposed to describe the issue.

Oh, it's all software descriptions to you. Nothing matters unless it's a description in some computer program.

This is the second time you've implied I'm not smart enough to understand your point. I understand, I just disagree. It also shows the weakness of your argument that you can't let it stand on its own but have to insult the person you're making it to. Since this conversation has devolved into petty insults I'm going back to ignoring you and posting all the embossed, die-cut, foil, glow-in-the-dark, newsstand price variants I can find (and if anyone can find a comic that fits that description, let me know, that's an oddity I need in my collection). I hope you have a great life (I mean that sincerely).

[Lazyboy]

On 1/7/2022 at 5:57 PM, bshowell said:

This is the second time you've implied I'm not smart enough to understand your point.

Because you have demonstrated that you aren't.

On 1/7/2022 at 5:57 PM, bshowell said:

I understand

No, you clearly don't.

On 1/7/2022 at 5:57 PM, bshowell said:

posting all the embossed, die-cut, foil, glow-in-the-dark, newsstand price variants

And now you're a troll. Congratulations!

 

You know little and don't even bother to make the effort to learn about things before posting about them, as you just admitted:

On 1/7/2022 at 5:47 PM, bshowell said:

The chart in the other thread said no one had seen the $2.29 variant yet but I only made it through page 4 of that thread.

 

[littledoom]

Some serious newsstand heat in this thread today. Probably the best I’ve seen posted in one day by diff users 

[paqart]

On 1/7/2022 at 5:43 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

My CGC  Raffle Prize has landed! HUGE THANK YOU ! To the amazing generosity of @Lifesuggs Just WOW !

I open the box to see this ! followed by 57 that's right 57 Modern Newsstands !!!!! Such an amazing variety! He said he wanted to go BIG for his first Raffle and man did he ! 

That is an amazing raffle prize. If I'd seen that on eBay as one lot, I would have been bidding on it.

[paqart]

On 1/7/2022 at 6:47 PM, bshowell said:

Cool, I appreciate the info. The chart in the other thread said no one had seen the $2.29 variant yet but I only made it through page 4 of that thread. Thanks again!

I just remembered the painstakingly created database of my full collection. Can't believe I was reading your post and thinking, "That's one of the comics I sent to CGC, so I guess I don't know which variant it was." So, I just pulled up the database and can confirm I do have the $2.29 variant. It is, however, the only FF price variant that I own. I am still looking for the rest.

Edited January 8, 2022 by paqart