Miamiknight3434 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I was looking for a copy of this book for while found in rough shape so it will do for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardo Numspar Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just got back from New Orleans. Picked up an incredible cold, a cool piece of Timely art that I'll post soon, and these two... Gorgeous books! Church was very meticulous in making his pencil markings on certain books so as not to interfere with the cover. This National is an exceptional example of that. It was not Church who coded the books, but who ever did it had pretty nice, consistent handwriting! I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen James Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I was looking for a copy of this book for while found in rough shape so it will do for now Very cool! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just got back from New Orleans. Picked up an incredible cold, a cool piece of Timely art that I'll post soon, and these two... Gorgeous books! Church was very meticulous in making his pencil markings on certain books so as not to interfere with the cover. This National is an exceptional example of that. It was not Church who coded the books, but who ever did it had pretty nice, consistent handwriting! I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? That's the general consensus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardo Numspar Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Thank you for clarifying. Have you ever seen a book with the coding from the store where Church purchased his books that are not part of the Mile High collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 That National is in insane condition… love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Thank you for clarifying. Have you ever seen a book with the coding from the store where Church purchased his books that are not part of the Mile High collection? It's clearly possible because there were so many different issues in the Church collection (and therefore on the newsstand) and because there are many issues with a large number placed for sale (ie. Fawcetts). I've not heard of any copy that has the proper coding but that we are confident was not purchased by Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_707 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Thank you for clarifying. Have you ever seen a book with the coding from the store where Church purchased his books that are not part of the Mile High collection? It's clearly possible because there were so many different issues in the Church collection (and therefore on the newsstand) and because there are many issues with a large number placed for sale (ie. Fawcetts). I've not heard of any copy that has the proper coding but that we are confident was not purchased by Church. I assume you mean the double-dash style coding? Because the Aurora pedigree features the D from the same distributor as the Church books, although I think the double-dash style had been abandoned by the time the Aurora books start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Thank you for clarifying. Have you ever seen a book with the coding from the store where Church purchased his books that are not part of the Mile High collection? It's clearly possible because there were so many different issues in the Church collection (and therefore on the newsstand) and because there are many issues with a large number placed for sale (ie. Fawcetts). I've not heard of any copy that has the proper coding but that we are confident was not purchased by Church. I assume you mean the double-dash style coding? Because the Aurora pedigree features the D from the same distributor as the Church books, although I think the double-dash style had been abandoned by the time the Aurora books start. I was not referring to double-slash style coding as that was done by a seller of used books/comics and is not a distributor mark. I believe that Sardo was asking whether anyone has seen a book from the same newsstand that Church purchased from and that has the exact same distributor marking but that was never owned by/purchased by Church. A book from Aurora, CO would not count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I forgot about that. Was the coding done by someone in the store who was pulling books for him? The writings are typical distributor marks made by staff of the place selling the comics. The "D" indicates which distributor will receive any unsold copies and will reimburse the store their purchase price for each one. The second distributor was coded with a "C." The date is the day that the comics were received from the distributor or were placed on the newsstand. Some stores did that because the date printed on the magazine was the date that unsold copies should be pulled and sent back to the distributor. The final number is the quantity of that particular issue received from the distributor. Ideally, the store would be able to monitor for spoilage or theft. Thank you for clarifying. Have you ever seen a book with the coding from the store where Church purchased his books that are not part of the Mile High collection? It's clearly possible because there were so many different issues in the Church collection (and therefore on the newsstand) and because there are many issues with a large number placed for sale (ie. Fawcetts). I've not heard of any copy that has the proper coding but that we are confident was not purchased by Church. I assume you mean the double-dash style coding? Because the Aurora pedigree features the D from the same distributor as the Church books, although I think the double-dash style had been abandoned by the time the Aurora books start. I once owned a double slash book that didn't come from the Church haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-mack Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Brought this one home tonight! I remember seeing reprints of this when I was a teen kinda surreal that I finally own a nice copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Brought this one home tonight! I remember seeing reprints of this when I was a teen kinda surreal that I finally own a nice copy Congrats Chris! It is a very cool book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-mack Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 thanks Bill! , im all smiles right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vision75 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm a little behind on posting my books. Here's one I obtained several months ago, and is my most prized book overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsp99 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Just beautiful. Boy, do the cover inks pop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-mack Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 wow! very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podboy66 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm a little behind on posting my books. Here's one I obtained several months ago, and is my most prized book overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vision75 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Just beautiful. Boy, do the cover inks pop! Thanks Tyler. I didn't have it in hand the last time we spoke. She's pretty in person Edited February 19, 2014 by Vision75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
