Stronguy Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 2:56 PM, Get Marwood & I said: See the pictures at the bottom of this journal entry Stronguy: Thanks. I guess it makes sense that it is the number of issues published thus far that year. So in the 90's, when they were publishing weeklys for a few months, I would expect to see numbers easily into the 30s. Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicrobot Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 9:01 PM, Get Marwood & I said: What was the point of putting them on then Robot, if they were pretend? Do you know or are you guessing? Where've you been anyway? I don't know, you don't ring, you don't write... Didn't you yourself post an image what was obviously a a sample/example of a barcode with consecutive numbers identical to the Charlton Yang one? A real barcode can't be 0123456789 (or even reversed) for every issue each month can it? A real barcode is 10 (sometimes 11 or 12 these days) assorted numbers. If you ever go to a shop and the package is crinkled and the code won't scan then the cashier can squint at the numbers the bars represent and manually type them in. No one rings or writes me either so I amused myself this afternoon by creating a giant T&P 9d in the back lawn with the mower until I was told to stop messing about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) On 10/15/2021 at 12:25 PM, themagicrobot said: Didn't you yourself post an image what was obviously a a sample/example of a barcode with consecutive numbers identical to the Charlton Yang one? A real barcode can't be 0123456789 (or even reversed) for every issue each month can it? A real barcode is 10 (sometimes 11 or 12 these days) assorted numbers. If you ever go to a shop and the package is crinkled and the code won't scan then the cashier can squint at the numbers the bars represent and manually type them in. No one rings or writes me either so I amused myself this afternoon by creating a giant T&P 9d in the back lawn with the mower until I was told to stop messing about. we'd need an arial pic of THAT lawn! edit an aerial one too! Edited October 15, 2021 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Not sure why exactly but this has been a very fun topic to read. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 6:25 PM, themagicrobot said: Didn't you yourself post an image what was obviously a a sample/example of a barcode with consecutive numbers identical to the Charlton Yang one? A real barcode can't be 0123456789 (or even reversed) for every issue each month can it? A real barcode is 10 (sometimes 11 or 12 these days) assorted numbers. If you ever go to a shop and the package is crinkled and the code won't scan then the cashier can squint at the numbers the bars represent and manually type them in. I know all that, I wanted to know if you knew why Charlton faked them for a bit? If that is what they were doing. On 10/15/2021 at 6:25 PM, themagicrobot said: No one rings or writes me either so I amused myself this afternoon by creating a giant T&P 9d in the back lawn with the mower until I was told to stop messing about. Number nine, number nine... Nothing nicer than a UK distribution crop circle. "Mum! T&P landed in the garden last night. Left a big nine stamp". "Don't be silly dear. You know it's three stamp this month" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 6:57 PM, MAR1979 said: Not sure why exactly but this has been a very fun topic to read. Thanks! We try. Shame the OP bailed so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MAY1979 Posted October 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2021 Get Marwood & I, Yorick, No 1 Records and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicrobot Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 10/15/2021 at 8:35 PM, Get Marwood & I said: I know all that, I wanted to know if you knew why Charlton faked them for a bit? If that is what they were doing. I honestly haven't a scooby but every Charlton comic and Magazine from late 1975 to mid 1976 has that same 0123456789 code (sometimes reversed) on them. Perhaps it took them 8 months to realize they werren't doing it right when a few shops finally installed scanners and asked them what was going on? See also that Marvel comics still displayed 1/- prices more than 6 months after we went to decimal currency. Human error? Yorick, MAY1979 and Brock 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) Charlton may have been running the dummy UPC for a bit to get used to the placement and iron out other bugs before the real codes went live. Which seems like a very odd way to go about things, but this is Charlton we're talking about. Here's Emergency #1 and #2, the first seems to have the dummy UPC and the second seems to have a real one. Edited October 17, 2021 by OtherEric namisgr, Brock and Get Marwood & I 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I found this snippet in a UK fanzine dated 1975 steveinthecity and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/26/2022 at 7:14 AM, Get Marwood & I said: I found this snippet in a UK fanzine dated 1975 In 1978 the definition was change to: OtherEric, namisgr and Get Marwood & I 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/27/2022 at 3:28 AM, MAR1979 said: In 1978 the definition was change to: Tragedy! Cover placement's wrong and the artwork's gone It's tragedy! OtherEric, Off Panel, LowGradeBronze and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) On 10/14/2021 at 2:01 PM, Get Marwood & I said: I was buying comics in Troy at a supermarket throughout the '70s, but missed my chance at being part of this history. The supermarket we frequented was Pangles, not Marsh. Edited January 1, 2023 by Warlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 On 1/1/2023 at 5:34 PM, Warlord said: I was buying comics in Troy at a supermarket throughout the '70s, but missed my chance at being part of this history. The supermarket we frequented was Pangles, not Marsh. It could've been you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) On 1/1/2023 at 12:47 PM, Get Marwood & I said: It could've been you.... It could've been a comic book! Edited January 2, 2023 by Warlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 12/27/2022 at 4:21 AM, Get Marwood & I said: Tragedy! Cover placement's wrong and the artwork's gone It's tragedy! All depends on how deep is your love. Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 1:13 PM, MAR1979 said: All depends on how deep is your love. I wanted to go buy them one Saturday night, but I had this raging temperature....... MAY1979 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY1979 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 10:00 AM, LowGradeBronze said: I wanted to go buy them one Saturday night, but I had this raging temperature....... Now thats some jive talkin LowGradeBronze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 7:42 PM, MAR1979 said: Now thats some jive talkin I dunno, I Started a Joke..... LowGradeBronze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowGradeBronze Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Outside my LCS one day was a big bag of dentures....a chap said what have you got there? So I told him: A Mass of chew sets..... Get Marwood & I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...