Kyle123 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Hey all, just wondering hat you think of these two comics? Pretty sure they're fake, condition is too nice, and the entire situation is pretty suspect (including price). If they're fake, they're pretty good ones though... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCOComics Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 The ASM 1 is a Golden Records reprint from 1966. You can tell because it has no pricing box. I took two pictures from ebay. The original is the signature series with the $0.12 in the upper left. The other is the reprint, which looks like this one. I don't see any signs the Hulk 181 is fake, but where there is smoke, there is usually fire. BlowUpTheMoon and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla43 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 and with Hulk 181 you don't have couple of bronze marvel comics that you can compare it to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cousin itt Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 The chains breaking around wolvie are pinkish/white on that copy, and dark gray on other copies. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Hulk 181 looks like a photocopy cover. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 The Spidey looks pretty real, but the Hulk... not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazyboy Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 6/8/2024 at 3:13 AM, KCOComics said: The ASM 1 is a Golden Records reprint from 1966. He knows it's (supposedly) a Golden Records reprint. That's why "GRR" is in the thread title. He's just wondering if it's real or counterfeit. On 6/8/2024 at 3:13 AM, KCOComics said: I don't see any signs the Hulk 181 is fake Look closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Here's the "original" IH #181 for comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted June 8 Popular Post Share Posted June 8 Yeah, the blues look really washed-out on that Hulk #181. I'd hold out for a better counterfeit. Lazyboy, Hepcat, grendelbo and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auboy77 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Yea the GRR looks real but the 181 looks like a fake cover. Really good copy of the interior if it’s fake too. The square staples on the 181 doesn’t look right. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Well, that IH181 is absolutely not okay. Cover colors are always tough to tell in isolation because lighting can do weird things with color... but I really don't think these are correct. I suspect a color copy cover. Also, those staples are not remotely believable as legit IH181 staples. The ASM 1 GRR looks okay from these pics, but if these have the same provenance, I'd be extremely careful checking for restoration or other book manipulation. The GRR is nowhere near as valuable as the "real" ASM 1, but it's not exactly a cheap book on its own merits. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
