Popular Post Morganmi Posted December 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2021 Picked up a few decent Whitmans from the boards recently. mec3437, Brock, picon3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brock Posted December 9, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 My latest arrival, from a seller in Wisconsin. This is the 2nd highest graded by CGC. Off Panel, onlyweaknesskryptonite, mec3437 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted January 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2022 Managed to find a few Whitmans on my first trip home in a while. Morganmi, Warlord, mec3437 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 going through some of my unscanned books and found this-what's the story? I've noticed a few blank UPCs like this-the cover was not on gcd OtherEric, MAR1979 and wormboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warlord Posted January 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 5:06 PM, fett said: going through some of my unscanned books and found this-what's the story? I've noticed a few blank UPCs like this-the cover was not on gcd Whitman variant from their Comic Pac 3-packs. Most (many? I should count) of the Marvel Whitman variants have a blank UPC code box. picon3, Brock, OtherEric and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 6:06 PM, Warlord said: Whitman variant from their Comic Pac 3-packs. Most (many? I should count) of the Marvel Whitman variants have a blank UPC code box. By rough calculation, almost 230 issues out of about 380 Marvel Whitman variants have a blank UPC box. RockMyAmadeus and wormboy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 6:33 PM, Warlord said: By rough calculation, almost 230 issues out of about 380 Marvel Whitman variants have a blank UPC box. How many have both? I know about a Star Wars that has both, but can’t remember the user. 11, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 9:38 PM, OtherEric said: How many have both? I know about a Star Wars that has both, but can’t remember the user. 11, maybe? Yes, Star Wars #11 has two versions - one with a blank box and one with a UPC. No other title ever had the printing/reprinting frenzy that went on with Star Wars, so you won't find this situation outside of that title. wormboy and OtherEric 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 5:06 PM, Warlord said: Whitman variant from their Comic Pac 3-packs. Most (many? I should count) of the Marvel Whitman variants have a blank UPC code box. many thanks for the info-had never seen them bagged like that before-so ALL with blank UPCs came in these bags? I am aware now that these so-called Whitmans were actually just the early direct market experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 3:21 AM, fett said: many thanks for the info-had never seen them bagged like that before-so ALL with blank UPCs came in these bags? I am aware now that these so-called Whitmans were actually just the early direct market experiments. IMHO all the Marvel comics with blank UPC boxes were sold in multi-packs. There were also multi-packs in the 1977-May 1979 timeframe that contained Marvel comics with UPC codes, but per my counting that was less than half of the issues. The common denominator is the price box where there was either a large black diamond/box, or a starburst, or a small black diamond/box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fett Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I was just digging through all my Oversreets and found the one with the variants article in the back. lots of info there from years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/3/2022 at 6:38 PM, OtherEric said: How many have both? I know about a Star Wars that has both, but can’t remember the user. 11, maybe? Star Wars #2 also had both. Black diamond on both. UPC version is rare. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 OtherEric and Get Marwood & I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 10:14 PM, wormboy said: Star Wars #2 also had both. Black diamond on both. UPC version is rare. Only the 30 cent Diamond with a barcode is a first print, all other Diamond versions are reprints and have a 35 cent cover price wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wormboy Posted January 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2022 Get Marwood & I, dzbad, OtherEric and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wormboy Posted January 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2022 Get Marwood & I, JJ-4, MisterX and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 3:42 AM, wormboy said: That's just fantastic (drooling noise...) wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 5:46 AM, wormboy said: Cor, I wish I'd kept my one now OtherEric, Brock and wormboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 4:39 PM, fett said: I was just digging through all my Oversreets and found the one with the variants article in the back. lots of info there from years ago. HI, which Overstreet # was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) On 1/13/2022 at 9:54 AM, MAR1979 said: HI, which Overstreet # was that? I'm expanding this post for clarity. If @fett was referring to an article on Whitman variants, then I believe it was #38 from 2008, with John Jackson Miller (of Comichron) expanding on an article he had written for the Comic Buyer's Guide #1609. If he was referring to variants more generally, then it's likely John McClure's lengthy article on the typologies of variants from #40 in 2010. An expanded and updated version of this was also published in the 2021 edition of the Overstreet Guide to Grading Comics. Edited January 13, 2022 by Brock MAR1979 and onlyweaknesskryptonite 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
