gadzukes Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) I was taking a bunch of pics for my ebay auctions and ran across this interesting THOR 150. The insides have been stapled in backwards, so my Splash page is the centerfold and my centerfold is the Splash page. These are always fun to find. Of course now I'm not sure what to do with it. Should I just sell it as is, or can I get a premium for it? Edited February 6, 2020 by gadzukes Chaos_in_Canada 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Pontoon Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Someone else posted their Strange Tales #113 bound the same way last month: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blazingbob Posted February 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2020 3 hours ago, gadzukes said: I was taking a bunch of pics for my ebay auctions and ran across this interesting THOR 150. The insides have been stapled in backwards, so my Splash page is the centerfold and my centerfold is the Splash page. These are always fun to find. Of course now I'm not sure what to do with it. Should I just sell it as is, or can I get a premium for it? That's the manga version Turnando, JollyComics, Glassman10 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It is the SA version of the Inverted Jenny stamp that will be worth $1 million ... pesos. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Pontoon said: Someone else posted their Strange Tales #113 bound the same way last month: That's it. Exactly the same bindery error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan'el Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I was the one that posted the same issue with the Strange Tales #113. Is the Thor #150 readable? Meaning could a non-comic person read it and not realize anything was wrong with it? If so, there could be plenty of the misprints just no one caught it. The Strange Tales #113 reads fine, just has the stories in the wrong order. My question was who to contact to verify the error and try to determine how many of them were printed. If the error is documented and rare, it might well sell for a premium. Collectors shell out extra bucks for double (or more) covers all the time and that is a printer/bindery error. However, if no one knows it is rare misprint then it probably only has curiosity value. If you have any ideas on how to research something like that, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Dan'el said: Is the Thor #150 readable? Meaning could a non-comic person read it and not realize anything was wrong with it? My Thor 150 had a longer "main" story than your St 113, so no... the last page of mine says "Continued after next page" and then you turn the page and it's the back cover . Then you have to go back to the front of the comic and the story finishes 2 pages in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan'el Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, gadzukes said: My Thor 150 had a longer "main" story than your St 113, so no... the last page of mine says "Continued after next page" and then you turn the page and it's the back cover . Then you have to go back to the front of the comic and the story finishes 2 pages in. Unlike the ST 113, which is perfectly readable, it seems like your comic would have been spotted pretty quickly. I took a quick spin through the 'net and did not find any reference to an error with that book so, chances are, there are not many out there. Error comics typically sell for a premium but that is only if collectors know about the error. Goofs like this may have had only a handful released. Sadly, that may mean they are so rare they are essentially worthless. If there was some way to get the error "officially" documented (by Marvel or some other comic authority) that could be a game changer. I do not have a clue as to how to go about getting that done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Well, Hela on the cover was and remains, incredibly hot. I think I persisted in collection the entire series hoping Hela would keep showing up as a glossy cover girl. I 'd keep that comic since it's not that big a cash outlay. Cover girls... alexgross.com and piper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 This is the special Mother of Invention Non Conformist edition. Sold like hot cakes in Haight Ashbury! far out Man! jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Here's another. FF 63 Maybe this is more common than we thought. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fantastic-Four-1961-63-Manufacturing-ERROR-Title-Page-At-Centerfold-Fine/402037837291?hash=item5d9b528deb:g:aZAAAOSwEaJeHgfd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassman10 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/6/2020 at 11:46 PM, Dan'el said: Is the Thor #150 readable? Meaning could a non-comic person read it and not realize anything was wrong with it? Now that is opening up the sensitive questions about moms everywhere who have driven up the value of comics for decades. You don't need to read it. "It is, therefore, everything's wrong with it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan'el Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 22 hours ago, gadzukes said: Here's another. FF 63 Maybe this is more common than we thought. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fantastic-Four-1961-63-Manufacturing-ERROR-Title-Page-At-Centerfold-Fine/402037837291?hash=item5d9b528deb:g:aZAAAOSwEaJeHgfd Nice catch! The FF is the focus of my collection (I am building a website for it) so I picked that comic up to add to it. Thanks gadzukes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan'el Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Given that we have now identified three of these errors it is possible this is an unidentified systemic print error. I started a topic to that effect in the grading forum. Maybe we can get some more feedback there. As info https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/463943-systemic-print-error-identified-by-cgc-board-members/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Dan'el said: Given that we have now identified three of these errors it is possible this is an unidentified systemic print error. I started a topic to that effect in the grading forum. Maybe we can get some more feedback there. As info https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/463943-systemic-print-error-identified-by-cgc-board-members/ I believe, just like the bindery machines attach 2 covers every once in a while.... they also attach the insides backwards sometimes. It's just one of those things that happens. I do believe though, that double covers are more common than this error. By the way.... we need a name for this error. "Inside out interior"?, "Backwards binding"?, what should this be called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan'el Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, gadzukes said: I believe, just like the bindery machines attach 2 covers every once in a while.... they also attach the insides backwards sometimes. It's just one of those things that happens. I do believe though, that double covers are more common than this error. By the way.... we need a name for this error. "Inside out interior"?, "Backwards binding"?, what should this be called? Double covers are fairly common. I had one with 5 covers once. Got a few hundred on eBay for that one. I agree about the name. I vote for "reverse wrapped" since the pages are assembled in reverse order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Dan'el said: Double covers are fairly common. I had one with 5 covers once. Got a few hundred on eBay for that one. I agree about the name. I vote for "reverse wrapped" since the pages are assembled in reverse order. I like "reversed wrapped", that works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...