X-Men 118 Whitman Variant - Cover Almost Colorless 0

[Stefan_W]

Hi Everyone,

This one has me stumped so I figured I would try to draw on expertise on this board. I bought a cool collection today that had this X-Men 118 Whitman variant. However, the reds and yellows are almost completely absent from the cover. At first I thought it may be sun fade but it really looks as though those colors were never there to begin with. My next thought is maybe the printer was running out of some inks when this one rolled out, but I dunno. Has anyone seen a book like this? Is it just sun fade or does it look like something else?

 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Post a pic of the back cover.  That will tell the full story. 

[Stefan_W]

On 10/16/2022 at 10:26 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Post a pic of the back cover.  That will tell the full story. 

Back cover looks normal but there is almost no color there. Just an ad for Lego. 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

On 10/16/2022 at 10:50 PM, Stefan_W said:

On 10/16/2022 at 10:26 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Post a pic of the back cover.  That will tell the full story. 

Back cover looks normal but there is almost no color there. Just an ad for Lego. 

Can you post a pic? 

[NP_Gresham]

On 10/16/2022 at 6:54 PM, Stefan_W said:

Hi Everyone,

This one has me stumped so I figured I would try to draw on expertise on this board. I bought a cool collection today that had this X-Men 118 Whitman variant. However, the reds and yellows are almost completely absent from the cover. At first I thought it may be sun fade but it really looks as though those colors were never there to begin with. My next thought is maybe the printer was running out of some inks when this one rolled out, but I dunno. Has anyone seen a book like this? Is it just sun fade or does it look like something else?

 

Sun fade

[Qalyar]

Sun fade. Especially with that area at bottom left mysteriously still in color. It was spared sunlight exposure, probably because of a price sticker or other label.

[F For Fake]

Agreed, it is sun fade. Red is the first color to go with sun fade, and you can still see a smidgen of red left on Sunfire's lower leg, meaning the red WAS there at some point, and has since faded. 

[Poekaymon]

Sun-fire got Sun-faded.

[BigLeagueCHEW]

On 10/16/2022 at 7:50 PM, Stefan_W said:

Back cover looks normal but there is almost no color there. Just an ad for Lego. 

Pic please

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 10/16/2022 at 9:54 PM, Stefan_W said:

Hi Everyone,

This one has me stumped so I figured I would try to draw on expertise on this board. I bought a cool collection today that had this X-Men 118 Whitman variant. However, the reds and yellows are almost completely absent from the cover. At first I thought it may be sun fade but it really looks as though those colors were never there to begin with. My next thought is maybe the printer was running out of some inks when this one rolled out, but I dunno. Has anyone seen a book like this? Is it just sun fade or does it look like something else?

 

Like it better than the original 

 

Here’s a great thread to share it in 

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by THE_BEYONDER

[jsilverjanet]

sun fade

[D2]

[Krismusic]

Post a pic of back cover if it’s normal with the colours it’s sun fade if back cover is missing colours like the front then might be a printing error..

[comicginger1789]

What has said by all prior to me is the answer....sun fade, unless on the back you cannot make out reds and yellows.

The bottom right with Colossus was likely covered up in some way while the rest was exposed to the sun. And it would not take long. I left a textbook in the back window of my car and within a couple months that thing was faded terribly (sat in a sunny parking lot for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week)

[JollyComics]

This is #3.  Post a back cover please.

[Dick Pontoon]

Sun fade.

[THE_BEYONDER]

[Cat]

Yeah it's the sun, but not as creepy as what Beyonder posted.