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[shadroch]

I have a set of bound comics that Marvel did for a Diamond summit in the 1990s.  It's a three volume set that seems to include every comic published that month.  All the other bound books I've come across were aftermarket ones, made by individuals. 

Are there examples of other  modern company produced   bound American comics? I have a few French language books that appear to be leftovers bound together, and a Fawcett X-Mas book , but are there other moderns?

[mtracy64]

I have a bound edition of Vampirella Morning In America 1 - 4. The details are fuzzy now, but my understanding when I bought it is that it wasn't ever available in stores. I paid attention to modern Vampirellas for maybe five years in the early 2000's and only saw it available the one time.

[jdandns]

On 9/7/2022 at 5:56 AM, shadroch said:

I have a set of bound comics that Marvel did for a Diamond summit in the 1990s.  It's a three volume set that seems to include every comic published that month.  All the other bound bookTs I've come across were aftermarket ones, made by individuals. 

Are there examples of other  modern company produced   bound American comics? I have a few French language books that appear to be leftovers bound together, and a Fawcett X-Mas book , but are there other moderns?

That's pretty cool. What month was it? Were there any particularly notable books published that month? 

[F For Fake]

On 9/7/2022 at 8:56 AM, shadroch said:

I have a set of bound comics that Marvel did for a Diamond summit in the 1990s.  It's a three volume set that seems to include every comic published that month.  All the other bound books I've come across were aftermarket ones, made by individuals. 

Are there examples of other  modern company produced   bound American comics? I have a few French language books that appear to be leftovers bound together, and a Fawcett X-Mas book , but are there other moderns?

I'm afraid I have no new information, but I'd love to see them if you ever wanted to share a pic, that sounds very cool! Update: just found them on ebay, very cool!

Edited September 8, 2022 by F For Fake

[mjoeyoung]

Definitely very cool.  Are these actually produced comics that were then chopped up and bound in a volume?  From what I can see on ebay, it seems more like a trade paperback reprinting.

[sfcityduck]

On 9/7/2022 at 5:56 AM, shadroch said:

I have a set of bound comics that Marvel did for a Diamond summit in the 1990s.  It's a three volume set that seems to include every comic published that month.  All the other bound books I've come across were aftermarket ones, made by individuals. 

Are there examples of other  modern company produced   bound American comics? I have a few French language books that appear to be leftovers bound together, and a Fawcett X-Mas book , but are there other moderns?

I'm guessing you've got the 1992 Marvel retailer summit 3 vol. bound volumes (missing all covers, right?).

Here's two others that come quickly to mind:

* Man of Steel 1-6 was bound into a SC as a contest prize. 

* DC bound unreleased stats into "Cancelled Comics Calvacade".

 

 

[shadroch]

I was thinking of that MoS but wasn't sure if it fit the bill. I've never seen a CCC but isnt just xerox copies.

[THE_BEYONDER]

How about a pic so we have some idea what you’re talking about?

[greggy]

On 9/8/2022 at 2:24 PM, shadroch said:

I was thinking of that MoS but wasn't sure if it fit the bill. I've never seen a CCC but isnt just xerox copies.

@onlyweaknesskryptonite

 

[sfcityduck]

On 9/8/2022 at 4:33 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

How about a pic so we have some idea what you’re talking about?

I believe he's talking about three volumes of this (just vol. 1):

[mjoeyoung]

If you search for "marvel comics retailer conference" on ebay, there are a few for sale.

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/8/2022 at 4:24 PM, shadroch said:

I was thinking of that MoS but wasn't sure if it fit the bill. I've never seen a CCC but isnt just xerox copies.

It definitely does. It was a Raffle Prize that was awarded to those who were drawn in a Raffle that sent in the survery cards found in a few comics such at the Direct Edition of Superman #1 . There are two versions of this book. One for the winning customer and the store the Customer mentioned on the survey card. 

I actually worked on getting CGC to acknowledge both as there is a physical difference in which version of MOS #1 was bound into the book. Here you can see the whole thing laid out in my journal.  

 

[WDBill]

On 9/9/2022 at 9:28 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

It definitely does. It was a Raffle Prize that was awarded to those who were drawn in a Raffle that sent in the survery cards found in a few comics such at the Direct Edition of Superman #1 . There are two versions of this book. One for the winning customer and the store the Customer mentioned on the survey card. 

I actually worked on getting CGC to acknowledge both as there is a physical difference in which version of MOS #1 was bound into the book. Here you can see the whole thing laid out in my journal.  

 

Thank you for this post. I always learn something from you and usually it is identifying something I don't have that I want. But in this case I learned that I have something I didn't know I had. I did not know there were two different editions. By accident I have both of these raffle editions. I purchased one years ago and it was a little damaged on one corner due to poor packaging and they sent me another copy.

[Brock]

A few other quick examples of company-bound books:

• Marvel UK regularly produced bound editions of their titles in the 1970s, wrapping them in a new cover with the title “Marvel Collection”; cover colour and content can vary widely
• Editions Heritage was a Canadian company that had licenses in the 1970s and 1980s to produce French-language editions of Marvel and DC titles for the French Canadian market; they frequently released bound editions

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

On 9/10/2022 at 8:27 AM, WDBill said:

Thank you for this post. I always learn something from you and usually it is identifying something I don't have that I want. But in this case I learned that I have something I didn't know I had. I did not know there were two different editions. By accident I have both of these raffle editions. I purchased one years ago and it was a little damaged on one corner due to poor packaging and they sent me another copy.

You are welcome! Always happy to help and to share whatever I can. That is awesome you actually had both versions! Congratulations!

[rakehell]

On 9/10/2022 at 3:34 PM, Brock said:

A few other quick examples of company-bound books:

• Marvel UK regularly produced bound editions of their titles in the 1970s, wrapping them in a new cover with the title “Marvel Collection”; cover colour and content can vary widely
• Editions Heritage was a Canadian company that had licenses in the 1970s and 1980s to produce French-language editions of Marvel and DC titles for the French Canadian market; they frequently released bound editions

There were five of the Marvel Collection produced (I could only find 4 in my files ) -

   

These were produced by Marvel UK for sale through B Dalton bookstores in the US. Ironically, not easy to find in the UK. No two are exactly alike.

Thorpe & Porter also did some bound remaindered 'Annuals' & others in the late 60's, early 70's.

Here's one I had -

  

 

 

They're basically just a handful of random, not even exclusively DC books that were lying around the distribution warehouse. Detective 359 & Batman 181 are known inclusions. Kicking myself for selling this one.  They're hard to come by in decent shape, though the insides tend to be nice, thanks to the board covers. They also did the 'Double Double' series, which was the same idea, but without the covers intact.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 9/12/2022 at 8:57 AM, rakehell said:

There were five of the Marvel Collection produced (I could only find 4 in my files ) -

   

Six!

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Archie compendiums exist...

 

 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 9/12/2022 at 8:57 AM, rakehell said:

Thorpe & Porter also did some bound remaindered 'Annuals' & others in the late 60's, early 70's.

And as we know, Daphers, they can contain some rather nice surprises.....

 

[Pitboss]

Interesting. I thought by "bound" it meant hardback. Super cool!