Found a copy of Nebula #3 (2020) ...Which doesn't exist? 1 1

[Skwerl]

So, this is interesting.

Not my copy, but it's my photo. A friend of mine bought a long box of random modern comics and found this in it. Of course I told him to get it graded; regardless of the grade, it would be presumably authenticated, and the only one on the census. Anyone ever hear of this issue popping up anywhere?

[Jesse-Lee]

Wow! Even on the Marvel Fandom site, it says, "This comic will not be released. It was canceled prior to its release date."

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Nebula_Vol_1_3

[Skwerl]

On 12/19/2022 at 8:48 AM, Jesse-Lee said:

Wow! Even on the Marvel Fandom site, it says, "This comic will not be released. It was canceled prior to its release date."

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Nebula_Vol_1_3

Yup! Never made it to any distributors as far as I know. Didn't think it was even printed until today. My best guess is that some got thrown into Wal-Mart packs or something? Can't imagine any other way someone could have it and not know what they had.

[Jesse-Lee]

On 12/19/2022 at 10:50 AM, Skwerl said:

Yup! Never made it to any distributors as far as I know. Didn't think it was even printed until today. My best guess is that some got thrown into Wal-Mart packs or something? Can't imagine any other way someone could have it and not know what they had.

There are a few shopping sites online that have/had listings for it, but all say "Out of Stock" and it's unclear whether they ever actually had stock - it's more likely they generated a page based on previews but never actually got stock to sell. Westfield has an "add to cart" button, but it won't actually let you add one to a cart: https://westfieldcomics.com/comic-books/Nebula/20020266

You're probably right, something else to look for in the older Wal-Mart packs. I have a few I was going to keep sealed, but here's another argument for opening them up...

Edit to add: This article states that 3 was "completed," and 4 was "completely drawn" at the time of cancellation: https://www.gamesradar.com/marvel-comics-nebula-title-canceled-after-year-plus-hiatus/

Edited December 19, 2022 by Jesse-Lee

[ygogolak]

Your friend is luck to get their hands on that to read it. Judging from the other reading material, for the stories of course.

Edited December 19, 2022 by ygogolak

[Skwerl]

On 12/19/2022 at 10:24 AM, ygogolak said:

Your friend is likely to get his hands on that to read it. Judging from the other reading material, for the stories of course.

Hah. Oh, right. I took the pic in my house, which is basically a 1977 bachelor pad decorated by me & my flaming lesbian bff.

[shadroch]

Has anyone opened it to see if it a comic or a cover with a different comic inside?

[Skwerl]

On 12/19/2022 at 11:49 AM, shadroch said:

Has anyone opened it to see if it a comic or a cover with a different comic inside?

Oh, yeah, it's Nebula #3 inside.

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

I wonder if creators still got their comp copies.

[Tnexus]

I'd guess a comp copy too, but that means the printing was completed. I wonder if it was a test printing copy?

[Mr. Spider-Woman]

Awesome find. It would be nice to learn the story behind this and any other copies that may be floating around out in the wild.

[Skwerl]

I suppose anything is possible, but from what I was told, I don't think a comp copy is likely. There certainly could be some out there (and I'll be sure and ask if I ever run into anyone who worked on the book), but this was found in a long box of modern comics filled by a particular local collector that I know of, who sold it to my buddy for next to nothing. My buddy didn't want to alert the collector and so I'm respecting that decision and not outing him or approaching him. But if that collector bought this comic individually, I can't imagine that not he nor the seller would call out its significance and keep it out of a long box of junk. I feel like it's far more likely he bought a bunch of Wal-Mart packs or something, and didn't realize that it was anything special as he flipped through looking for known ratios or whatever.

I could be totally wrong, but that's my instinct.

[paullam15]

Cool find and I'm assuming CGC would grade it even though Marvel said they never released?

[gradejunky]

If I saw that before seeing this post I wouldn't know that is was something special.  After seeing this I have filed it into my brain to keep an eye out for.  A book that was not supposed to be released, but a copy is in someones hand and verified is pretty interesting.  It would be insane to find out if this was 1:1, but I doubt it.