This doesn't look like sun fading on this Kirby Sandman 1???

[Genesis Comics]

I purchased this book as is a few years back 1992? It had the pink cover when I bought it...It only appears as if the backround blue has "faded" as all the other colors are bright? Could I have found the next great variant???

 

What do you guys think??? I've never seen another one with a pink cover in my years of collecting and have yet to come across anyone who has.

 

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[Ringfinger]

Looks like it.

[Jack Anderson]

Next we'll be seeing 3.0's being sold as 'vintage' variants.

 

missing pages will be 'use your imagination' variants.

 

big ol' crease? 'origami' variant, baby!

 

 

in all seriousness though, i know nothing about how different colors fade when exposed, but I'd say if it isn't listed anywhere, it's either a print error or a result of fading.

[Genesis Comics]

I was just kidding about the variant thing...

 

 

I read somewhere that reds will fade before blues and the red is very bright, while the blue is gone..

[Timulty]

If it were more of a gray than I would have to wonder....

[FlyingDonut]

That actually is a variant, listed in the Guide. There's a blue issue and a purple one (which is what you have). Some sort of printing problem, not a sun-fade or anything else.

[Scheradon]

That makes sense as those reds are blindingly bright and vibrant on that issue. I kept trying to think how on earth the background could fade around the main character.

[Genesis Comics]

What guide are you speaking of?...it's not in overstreets 35th edition...

[AussieRuss]

Looky Looky. For sale on Pedigree.com

 

OR Another one CGC 8.0 on Ebay

[FlyingDonut]

What guide are you speaking of?...it's not in overstreets 35th edition...

 

I thought it was. I'll have to look, but its been known of for a long time.

[CKB]

What guide are you speaking of?...it's not in overstreets 35th edition...

 

I thought it was. I'll have to look, but its been known of for a long time.

 

I agree, I have copies of both. I don't think it is noted in the guide.

[ashrael]

I have seen a lot of the purple variant on eBay. Does anyone know if they are any more valuable?

[Jack Anderson]

CGC says there are only graded variant copies, as opposed to 200+ standard copies, so I would think the added rarity of the variant would increase its value a bit?

[Inhuman Fiend]

I have the purple variant as well, graded by "the other guys" but nothing is noted on the label. Anybody know WHY there are two different colored covers...was it just a printing mistake on part of the run? I don't about this year's guide, but my copy of last year's guide says nothing about the purple variant cover. Anybody know more about this...and whether the purples are considered more desirable? Thanks!