Dark Horse Star Wars comics with UPC stickers over the UPC code 2 2

[SWTony]

I have about 100 Dark horse Star Wars comics that all have this UPC code sticker applied over the UPC code.  I tried removing it on one to disastrous results.  I was curious about where these might have come from and how they would impact the grade of those comics, should I decide to send them in.  I've seen the UPC stickers that say Star Wars Universe and seen newsstand UPC stickers over a blank UPC box on other DH books, but I can't seem to find any information on this specific issue, other than an eBay listing calling it a "very rare newsstand edition" 

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by SWTony
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[theCapraAegagrus]

IIRC, this would still be eligible up to 9.8 in grade.

[joeypost]

The last book I submitted like this came back 9.8 qualified. Is this from the manufacturer?

[Catwomancomics]

That particular comic is a Direct Edition with a store bar code sticker placed over the manufactured bar code. 
 

If it was a newsstand copy from Dark Horse, it would have Star Wars above the UPC and not Direct Sales.

Here is an example of an actual SW Republic 65 newsstand.

[zzutak]

On 7/6/2022 at 10:14 AM, SWTony said:

I was curious about ... how they would impact the grade of those comics, should I decide to send them in.

Joe's experience is consistent with my own.    Instead of deciding how much to deduct for the cover sticker, CGC will simply award the book a Qualified (Green Label) Grade, which enables them to ignore this single blemish/defect and assign a numerical grade based on its "otherwise" condition.  Here are two examples: 

[grendelbo]

Agreed - CGC will just qualify it.

But suppose it was an Universal label?

Dunno - somewhere between 5.5 and 8.0?

 

[zzutak]

Possibly.    It all depends on the amount of "otherwise" wear.  The highest Universal (Blue Label) Grade I've seen is for this gorgeous Carson City copy.  However, I would not be surprised if CGC was a bit more critical of an 18 year old comic than an 83 year old one.   

[Kevin.J]

  They really hated my stickers

 

 

 

[zzutak]

No kidding, Kev.  Those are brutal grades considering the absence of handling wear. 

[Kevin.J]

On 7/8/2022 at 12:08 AM, zzutak said:

No kidding, Kev.  Those are brutal grades considering the absence of handling wear. 

Yeah, here is the raw.

I like my books raw so have only sent in for slabbing once, just to try it and it was a disaster, I sent 10 books, the 2 x TMNT with stickers I was told wouldn't matter, my JIM 83 what I had for years came back purple, a  9.8 candidate TOD #1 I caught on the bag and put a 1" split in the front cover, etc. I think I was happy with 1 out of 10 books, never again.  

 

[Catwomancomics]

On 7/7/2022 at 7:10 AM, joeypost said:

The last book I submitted like this came back 9.8 qualified. Is this from the manufacturer?

If it’s from the manufacturer, what label will a book receive?

[joeypost]

On 2/11/2023 at 10:29 PM, Catwomancomics said:

If it’s from the manufacturer, what label will a book receive?

That, I am not sure of. The only stickers I have dealt with were added by a third party individual. 

[revat]

Is it common knowledge or easily verified that the manufacturer put any stickers on the UPC, and also easily verifiable that the specific stickers on a given comic are the ones the specific ones the manufacturer placed there? Seems like a lot of extra extremely-tough-to-verify work for CGC.  If I'm cgc I'd need A LOT of evidence before I made a decision other than qualified.