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[RockMyAmadeus]

On 7/6/2024 at 5:38 PM, Lightning55 said:

There was also the Platinum and Gold 2nd Print editions.

[Lightning55]

On 7/6/2024 at 8:54 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

[LDarkseid1]

The base version and silver have the most 10’s and 9.9’s.

[Lost]

On 7/6/2024 at 8:18 PM, RockMyAmadeus said:

 

I used qualifications like "make an argument", cause I knew some boardie who wants to look really smart in front of his boardie "friends" would try to dispute it.

And edit...notice I said 90's drek...and you cite a book from 89.

Another edit. Team-up had ended its run by then, so wrong on that end.

Edited July 7 by Lost

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 7/7/2024 at 11:40 AM, Lost said:

I used qualifications like "make an argument", cause I knew some boardie who wants to look really smart in front of his boardie "friends" would try to dispute it.

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ton of variants

On 7/7/2024 at 11:40 AM, Lost said:

And edit...notice I said 90's drek...and you cite a book from 89.

On 7/6/2024 at 9:04 AM, Lost said:

 started the 90's drek era. 

On 7/7/2024 at 11:40 AM, Lost said:

Another edit. Team-up had ended its run by then, so wrong on that end.

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[Semicentennial]

On 7/6/2024 at 5:38 PM, Lightning55 said:

There was also the Platinum and Gold 2nd Print editions.  More variations If you count Direct vs. Newsstand, polybagged or loose.

Lots of #1 variations to choose from on this page:

Do people really consider a book that is still in it's poly bag and a book that's been removed from it's poly bag variants?  What next?  A NM+ variant and a VF+ variant?    The more this kind of stupidity pops up, no offense to you it's just the kind of things that have popped up in the last decade or so, the more I want to find myself a new hobby.  

[Lightning55]

On 7/8/2024 at 9:06 PM, Semicentennial said:

Do people really consider a book that is still in it's poly bag and a book that's been removed from it's poly bag variants?  What next?  A NM+ variant and a VF+ variant?    The more this kind of stupidity pops up, no offense to you it's just the kind of things that have popped up in the last decade or so, the more I want to find myself a new hobby.  

That's not exactly what I meant by loose. I was referring to a book produced with a polybag, and a different version also produced without it. With a way to tell the 2 apart (different price on the front cover, or no price because it was on the bag). Distinctly different printings, not just one lacking the original bag.

I normally wouldn't have a preference, or even give it consideration. But the market has determined that there may be different values, so financially speaking, you can't ignore that.

[Semicentennial]

On 7/8/2024 at 6:19 PM, Lightning55 said:

That's not exactly what I meant by loose. I was referring to a book produced with a polybag, and a different version also produced without it. With a way to tell the 2 apart (different price on the front cover, or no price because it was on the bag). Distinctly different printings, not just one lacking the original bag.

I normally wouldn't have a preference, or even give it consideration. But the market has determined that there may be different values, so financially speaking, you can't ignore that.

Gotcha.  I have several copies of this book and don't remember the exact details about it.  I did a quick eBay search and saw a few "poly-bagged editions" with the price on the cover which were the same as the newsstand copy.  Not really a book for me so it doesn't really matter which has more value to me.

[Lightning55]

On 7/8/2024 at 9:41 PM, Semicentennial said:

Gotcha.  I have several copies of this book and don't remember the exact details about it.  I did a quick eBay search and saw a few "poly-bagged editions" with the price on the cover which were the same as the newsstand copy.  Not really a book for me so it doesn't really matter which has more value to me.

If you check out the mycomicshop link I provided earlier (first post on this page), they have quite a few different versions showing. At least one has no price, sine it had a big price bubble on the bag. Once it is out of the bag, it is easily confused with copies that never had a bag.