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Vampirella's - Show 'em off
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oakman29

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On 6/22/2022 at 4:40 PM, OtherEric said:

Yes, and a low grade one at that.  Not really looking for the HC, although I’m open to getting it if the opportunity ever presents itself.

I always forget is the hard cover rarer or the soft cover. I know I must get one , but it's not incredibly high on my list.

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On 6/22/2022 at 4:44 PM, oakman29 said:

I always forget is the hard cover rarer or the soft cover. I know I must get one , but it's not incredibly high on my list.

Hardcover was limited to 500 S&N copies.  The softcover was also mail order only so not super common either… The highest guess I’ve heard on the SC print run is around 5,000 copies.

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On 6/22/2022 at 5:03 PM, OtherEric said:

Hardcover was limited to 500 S&N copies.  The softcover was also mail order only so not super common either… The highest guess I’ve heard on the SC print run is around 5,000 copies.

And you can bet that 4000 are probably already destroyed. 

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On 6/22/2022 at 8:03 PM, OtherEric said:

Hardcover was limited to 500 S&N copies.  The softcover was also mail order only so not super common either… The highest guess I’ve heard on the SC print run is around 5,000 copies.

There is apparently a Spanish language version of the Hardcover. I say apparently because the only one I ever saw on eBay was listed as such. IIRC, the pics did show Spanish in the word balloons. I wonder if there were 500 S&N copies of that version also or a combined English/Spanish run of 500 total? (shrug)

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On 6/22/2022 at 8:11 PM, Jayman said:

There is apparently a Spanish language version of the Hardcover. I say apparently because the only one I ever saw on eBay was listed as such. IIRC, the pics did show Spanish in the word balloons. I wonder if there were 500 S&N copies of that version also or a combined English/Spanish run of 500 total? (shrug)

I have a copy of the Spanish Vampirella HC Special.  But it's neither signed nor numbered, IIRC.

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On 6/22/2022 at 9:38 PM, Randall Dowling said:

I have a copy of the Spanish Vampirella HC Special.  But it's neither signed nor numbered, IIRC.

I believe the HC comes (or is supposed to come) with a dust jacket. Does yours have one?

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On 12/11/2021 at 6:13 PM, wombat said:

I feel like we had this discussion before. 

It's happening again.  :shiftyeyes:

I'm beginning to think @Jayman and @OtherEric know I'm getting older and they're giving me periodic dementia tests.  :preach:

Quoting the previous conversation along with relevant posts for explanation.  :foryou:

On 12/7/2021 at 10:46 AM, chevalmeow said:

I have a signed HC with a dust jacket.  When I got it, I thought the seller had it made for his own use but now I guess it could be that it was original.  I did not know about it being issued with a dust jacket.  I also have a regular Spanish HC copy and a misprinted Spanish HC copy.  Neither Spanish copies have a dust jacket.

The misprint has the same cover as the US version.  It says "A Warren Publication" under the printed "Jose Gonzales" signature on the cover when it should not.  Only the US HC  will have it.

I got the 3 as a set from a collector in Australia (?) a few years back off of ebay.

 

On 12/7/2021 at 11:48 AM, chevalmeow said:

I found a notation on the seller's sale listing that the HC had a dust jacket that was "done professionally", so maybe it was not part of the original shipping.  I failed to save the seller information so I can't contact for further questions.  doh!

According to David Horne, author of "A Gathering Horror", the regular Spanish HC had a printing of 1000 copies.  The misprinted copies are more scarce.

The dust jacket is heavy stock paper and very nicely done.  The second scan is the regular Spanish HC and the last scan is the Spanish HC with the misprint on cover.

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On 12/7/2021 at 12:31 PM, Randall Dowling said:

Wow!  Thanks for sharing this.  Very helpful to see the dust jacket.  Here's my Spanish copy.

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On 12/21/2021 at 7:11 PM, Stevemmg said:

It is in fact speculated that the print run for the hardcover was set at 500 pieces. When these were delivered to Warren, they were dismayed to find that a large percentage ended up being unsalable. The ink used was very tacky, and the books were stuck together. You will notice on many of the copies that they did ship have small color pulls at various spots, most often in the logo. I’ve never heard an accurate number on how many copies they salvaged, but rumor had been about half. These were shipped in a cardboard mailer via direct order. They did not have a dust jacket, and yes, that’s something fan made shown earlier.  I posted pictures of my box and copy earlier in this thread (pages 32-33).

 

On 10/29/2018 at 5:11 PM, Stevemmg said:

Not in hand yet, but this should be showing up by the end of the week.

 

Vampirella Special HC Front.jpg

Vampirella Special HC Back.jpg

Vampirella Special HC Signature.jpg

Vampirella Special HC Box.jpg

You're going to have to wake up earlier than that to pull one over on me, you little rascals!!  :popcorn:

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And it finally arrived.  I wanted to get, if not a super high grade copy, a better than average by my standards copy of this issue, given that it's such an iconic cover.  I think this one qualifies.

Also:  Warren Vampirella run, issues 1-112, Annual, Special, and the Harris #113:  DONE!

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On 6/27/2022 at 3:40 PM, OtherEric said:

And it finally arrived.  I wanted to get, if not a super high grade copy, a better than average by my standards copy of this issue, given that it's such an iconic cover.  I think this one qualifies.

Also:  Warren Vampirella run, issues 1-112, Annual, Special, and the Harris #113:  DONE!

Vampirella_019.jpg

Nice work, OE!  It's a great run to nail down.  :applause:

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On 6/27/2022 at 4:40 PM, OtherEric said:

And it finally arrived.  I wanted to get, if not a super high grade copy, a better than average by my standards copy of this issue, given that it's such an iconic cover.  I think this one qualifies.

Also:  Warren Vampirella run, issues 1-112, Annual, Special, and the Harris #113:  DONE!

Vampirella_019.jpg

Congrats! Always wondered why they recolored issues 2 & 3 on this cover. Ages ago I thought there might be cover variants and would search for them…

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On 6/27/2022 at 4:39 PM, Jayman said:

Congrats! Always wondered why they recolored issues 2 & 3 on this cover. Ages ago I thought there might be cover variants and would search for them…

They thought it looked better for some reason?  They replaced the logo on all the small covers as well.

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Here's your chance to own the iconic VAMPIRELLA #11 in the hard-to-find 1.8 grade for a mere $75--with free shipping!

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I checked the census, and if you had this book slabbed, it would have the unique distinction of being the lowest-graded copy in census--by some 7 full grade increments!

DON'T MISS OUT!!!

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On 6/29/2022 at 9:42 AM, Axe Elf said:

Here's your chance to own the iconic VAMPIRELLA #11 in the hard-to-find 1.8 grade for a mere $75--with free shipping!

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I checked the census, and if you had this book slabbed, it would have the unique distinction of being the lowest-graded copy in census--by some 7 full grade increments!

DON'T MISS OUT!!!

I'm speechless.....😖

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You see so many more Spirit Specials available than the Vampirella Specials (Both the softcover and the 500 limited edition hardcovers).

The Spirit Special supposedly only had a print run of 1500 with 10 graded copies out there. Highest are four 9.4 copies although I've seen many copies that if graded could be higher I guess... hm

The Vampirella Special softcover has 49 graded copies with zero 9.8s and four 9.6s but you hardly see them up for sale. If they had a print run of 5000, they must go right into collections never to leave.

 

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