Brock Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) As suggested in another thread (by @OtherEric), perhaps it's time a for a general Whitman thread. There are a few threads that have popped up over the years, but maybe we can start one that brings everything together - from rare finds, to the population of the 8-12/1980 books, to scarce color and price variants, to DC Whitmans, to which books were in which packs, to discussions about whether "fat diamond" Marvels are all Whitmans, etc. Maybe even for trading some Whitmans between enthusiasts? I know I have posted in one of the other Whitman threads from time to time, only to realize that my posy would have fit better in a different one... Hopefully, this thread will solve that problem! I feel like I know a little about Whitmans, and just enough about their history to want to know more... I also have the top registry set for DC Whitmans (though that may just go to prove that I have more money than sense; still, you should definitely sell me the rest I need! ). However, there are some other boardies like @Warlord and @bellruleswho have real street cred on these issues. Hopefully this makes sense to everyone... Edited December 20, 2020 by Brock OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 And as a first post, here's a dollar bin find from last week - three of the 8-12/80 issues: wormboy and mec3437 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) And here's a Whitman mystery question to get some conversation going... If you look at the issues in the previous post, they're all August 1980 issues. Same cover date, presumably same distribution channels (and likely mostly in packs). So why does Tom & Jerry have a UPC, while the others don't? Edited December 20, 2020 by Brock bellrules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Made a few fun finds yesterday. wormboy, PeterPark, Brock and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 20, 2020 Author Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just now, bellrules said: Made a few fun finds yesterday. Wow... Nice Scrooge 179! I sold a low grade copy here on the Boards a couple of years ago for about $350. Yours looks much nicer! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Thanks. It’s a mid grade copy but it was priced right. Brock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrispyC66 Posted December 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2020 Good idea for a thread. Thanks! I have many Marvel Whitman’s and picked up my first DC book a couple days ago. I got the Cap Whitman a few months ago. Brock, wormboy, ganni and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Great thread! I bought this copy "Long, long time ago... 1978 And Marvel did predicted the Title of the next movie OtherEric, Brock, mec3437 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrispyC66 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 @porcupine48 Brock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 mec3437, Jasonmorris1000000 and Brock 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, ganni said: Great thread! I bought this copy "Long, long time ago... 1978 And Marvel did predicted the Title of the next movie I should see if I can find my copy of that issue; I don't think it's my oldest original owner book but it's in the first 30... given how the Whitman bags stayed on sale, the order I got my early Star Wars issues is fuzzy at best. ganni and Brock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Here's the pair of books that prompted me to ask about a Whitman thread; these aren't in the highest rarity tier but they're definitely not common: Brock, ChrispyC66, mec3437 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 A few DC Whitman variants: bellrules, mec3437, ChrispyC66 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_surfer Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Are Whitman’s considered as reprints? I’m unsure with the timing of publication. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 No. First prints. Printed at the same time as the newsstand versions. cosmic_surfer and Brock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_surfer Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, bellrules said: No. First prints. Printed at the same time as the newsstand versions. thanks! bellrules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted December 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2020 Some sealed examples of the 8/80 12/80 issues mec3437, PeterPark, ganni and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_surfer Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, bellrules said: Some sealed examples of the 8/80 12/80 issues Those are some cool stuff right there. Whitman’s came out well before my time - however, seeing sealed packs of comics from back in the day is pretty awesome. I’d like to own a pack of sealed marvels one of these days.... ganni, ChrispyC66 and flashlites 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Marvels aren’t Whitmans. The bags that Whitman distributed contained early direct editions. MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 DCs are Whitmans. I still remember them in bags. Nice collections of bags. More copies i bought when comics are the center of everything. School was like work. I was exactly like Captain Klutz. bellrules, mec3437, ChrispyC66 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...