OtherEric Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 9:42 AM, bellrules said: Beautiful copy of Looney 35. Find it in person, or online? I've rarely come across one. MyComicShop.com Under $10. ganni and bellrules 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 11:05 AM, OtherEric said: MyComicShop.com Under $10. Great score! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted August 29, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 A long, but fruitful day of digging today. Morganmi, ChrispyC66, wormboy and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted September 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2021 Not as nice a #33 as the #35 I got a few weeks ago, but still an upgrade from my other copy of #33. Still need to track down #34... Brock, Morganmi, mec3437 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morganmi Posted September 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) Was digging through and original owner collection and found another upc code big diamond curiosity. Along with these others that would normally be in the Whitman 3 pack with it. Edited September 12, 2021 by Morganmi Added extra pic of 12 wormboy, OtherEric, Brock and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post bellrules Posted September 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 6:44 PM, Morganmi said: Was digging through and original owner collection and found another upc code big diamond curiosity. Along with these others that would normally be in the Whitman 3 pack with it. There are different versions of issue 11 picon3, wormboy, djzombi and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganmi Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 11:13 PM, wormboy said: I guess we'll have to tear open open these to confirm if the UPC version came in the Whitman packs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganmi Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 11:18 PM, bellrules said: There are different versions of issue 11 My guess is a mistake someone noticed some portion of the way through the print run but hard to know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/11/2021 at 10:33 PM, Morganmi said: I guess we'll have to tear open open these to confirm if the UPC version came in the Whitman packs as well. Not while I own it. I can peek in without opening - blank UPC Brock, bellrules and Morganmi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganmi Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 1:40 AM, wormboy said: Not while I own it. I can peek in without opening - blank UPC Nice! good thing to use your brain instead of the force. wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) My well-loved copy (which I've had since the 70's and is one of my 30 or so oldest original owner books) has the blank UPC. The GCD doesn't even show the Diamond/UPC variant, I suspect it's significantly rarer but have no solid evidence. Edit, 2 minutes later: a glance at the bay tells me that it's not rarer. Edited September 12, 2021 by OtherEric Morganmi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 1:36 AM, Morganmi said: My guess is a mistake someone noticed some portion of the way through the print run but hard to know for sure. Perhaps - but the fact that we’ve now identified a number of these “fat diamond UPC” books makes me feel like this is unlikely… Morganmi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted September 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 5:24 AM, Brock said: Perhaps - but the fact that we’ve now identified a number of these “fat diamond UPC” books makes me feel like this is unlikely… I think they might have been printed on two different presses. (Which I also suspect is what happened with the price error variants Whitman books from 1/81 as pictured) Here’s a handy link to the Marvel diamond issues. https://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/Direct/index.php Morganmi, Warlord, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morganmi Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 On 9/12/2021 at 7:56 AM, bellrules said: I think they might have been printed on two different presses. (Which I also suspect is what happened with the price error variants Whitman books from 1/81 as pictured) Here’s a handy link to the Marvel diamond issues. https://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/Direct/index.php Great info in that link. Seems there has to have been some sort of alternate printing of those price variants. Also interesting that it makes the case that Whitman was the distributor of the big diamond marvels from 77-79 and that any direct market sales were anecdotal and probably an afterthought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djzombi Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 They're price errors and not Canadian editions? Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 On 9/14/2021 at 7:14 PM, djzombi said: They're price errors and not Canadian editions? Interesting! Canadian price variants (can of worms, I know) didn’t start until 1982 for DC and Marvel. Whitman didn’t start theirs until 1984, where the 60 cent issues were priced at 75 cents. OtherEric and djzombi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuscemasAvengers Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Thor 279 Morganmi, OtherEric, greggy and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuscemasAvengers Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 My old beater SW1 mec3437, OtherEric and greggy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 10:04 AM, BuscemasAvengers said: My old beater SW1 My old beater SW2 BuscemasAvengers and mec3437 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
