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[Morganmi]

On 5/15/2022 at 9:35 AM, KirbyJack said:

Buy it. 

I used to own a Showcase 4 where The Flash had been cut out of the cover. Someone had then simply taped a reprint image in place, and it looked passable. I was very pleased with it, considering what I paid. Books like that can be livable place holders for those with a high low-grade tolerance.

Hmm it's $175. Seriously thinking about getting it now. The reprint idea has me intrigued. If I decide I don't want it are you interested MattTheDuck?

Edited May 15, 2022 by Morganmi

[MattTheDuck]

On 5/15/2022 at 11:19 AM, Morganmi said:

Hmm it's $175. Seriously thinking about getting it now. The reprint idea has me intrigued. If I decide I don't want it are you interested MattTheDuck?

Probably not at that price.  I was mostly just curious.  An 0.5 (incomplete) is $50 on GPA, and this is a pretty egregious incomplete.

[lighthouse]

On 5/15/2022 at 12:06 PM, MattTheDuck said:

Probably not at that price.  I was mostly just curious.  An 0.5 (incomplete) is $50 on GPA, and this is a pretty egregious incomplete.

That’s a weird GPA result since the last 0.5 at heritage was $456.00. And one missing three pages (including story pages) went for $417.68 on eBay last November. $175 sounds like a steal by comparison.

It’s been at least four years since the last 0.5 closed under $120.

[MGsimba77]

On 5/15/2022 at 3:19 PM, lighthouse said:

That’s a weird GPA result since the last 0.5 at heritage was $456.00. And one missing three pages (including story pages) went for $417.68 on eBay last November. $175 sounds like a steal by comparison.

It’s been at least four years since the last 0.5 closed under $120.

The last 0.5 incomplete GPA went for around 200 last March but it had some pages missing not story related. It also had tape attaching the cover/first pages and somehow managed a universal label. That seems to be the lowest of the incomplete blue label 0.5. The other recent ones but without tape, just pages missing were ~400 give or take. There is significant difference between early and late 2021 though. 

Edited May 15, 2022 by MGsimba77
Correcting tape attachments

[Morganmi]

Yea on Ebay sold there is a raw coverless that went for $152 and a Voldy .03 coverless that went for $275 so I think he's basing the price on that. This copy has a very small peice cut out of the letters page and the obvious FC defect but that's it. 

[MR SigS]

Happy 19th.

I waited too long to get this, so I'll have to be content with it (I can do it).

 

[Pantodude]

And to complete the pair:

[MR SigS]

Funny how they share the same cover writing, though from different countries. One might think it's the only logical window, but I would have written a new price under the old one, since the viewers eye is going there anyway 

 

@Pantodude Any idea what A.7. means?

Edited May 19, 2022 by MR SigS
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[Straw-Man]

it's a great issue.

[fantastic_four]

Rama-Tut is doubly cool since he was later ret-conned into being Kang the Conqueror.

[fantastic_four]

On 5/19/2022 at 2:21 PM, MR SigS said:

Happy 19th.

I waited too long to get this, so I'll have to be content with it (I can do it).

 

I hope you didn't pay that 5 cent price written on the cover.  Sure, it's a discount from the 12 cents cover price, but still, CLEARLY that comic has already been read.  

[MR SigS]

On 5/19/2022 at 12:35 PM, fantastic_four said:

I hope you didn't pay that 5 cent price written on the cover.  Sure, it's a discount from the 12 cents cover price, but still, CLEARLY that comic has already been read.  

Much more, but it looked VF until I read it. 

I really, really liked it !! 

[Straw-Man]

pharaoh spelling looks like crapola, no matter the grade...

[Pantodude]

On 5/19/2022 at 2:57 PM, MR SigS said:

Funny how they share the same cover writing, though from different countries. One might think it's the only logical window, but I would have written a new price under the old one, since the viewers eye is going there anyway 

 

@Pantodude Any idea what A.7. means?

Dont know about the A7.  And these books are not from different countries.  My pence came off the same press and at the same time as the cents.  Just set aside for shipment to the UK (w/ pence on cover to facilitate sale there), so it's the exact same book and called a "price variant".  Until they figured out decades later that they could put the US, CAN, and UK price all together in the same price box.     

No different, really, than the Marvel 35-cent price variants (in terms of production), even have the same relative scarcity compared to the regular cents book!  

Edited May 21, 2022 by Pantodude
omited BA book pic

[pickycollector]

Here is mine but I learnt that it was pressed so I need to change it

[WernerVonDoom]

Waited way too long to upgrade this. I'm happy with my old school 8.0 though.

[MR SigS]

On 5/19/2022 at 1:49 PM, Pantodude said:

Dont know about the A7.  And these books are not from different countries.  My pence came off the same press and at the same time as the cents.  Just set aside for shipment to the UK (w/ pence on cover to facilitate sale there), so it's the exact same book and called a "price variant".  Until they figured out decades later that they could put the US, CAN, and UK price all together in the same price box.     

No different, really, than the Marvel 35-cent price variants (in terms of production), even have the same relative scarcity compared to the regular cents book!  

Yes, I know. I said the writings are from different countries. 

[MGsimba77]

[KirbyJack]

[WernerVonDoom]