Warlord Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Time to bump this thread with a cool new 3-pack! This is the only pack I can confirm has a non-DC comic packaged together with DC Whitmans. Here we have DC Whitmans of Superboy #254 and #256 as the outer books, and a Marvel issue in the middle -- the direct market version of Incredible Hulk #238. I think that there was another pack I spotted way back at the beginning of my DCW collecting that had a DC Whitman together with a non-DC comic, but I can't be sure because I didn't save an image or any notes. Another reason this pack is great is that it is also the first pack I've ever located that contains Superboy #254. Not so with Superboy #256 -- I've previously spotted Superboy #256 in a 3-pack with Brave and the Bold #156 plus Super Friends #25. OtherEric and wormboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Warlord said: Time to bump this thread with a cool new 3-pack! This is the only pack I can confirm has a non-DC comic packaged together with DC Whitmans. Here we have DC Whitmans of Superboy #254 and #256 as the outer books, and a Marvel issue in the middle -- the direct market version of Incredible Hulk #238. I think that there was another pack I spotted way back at the beginning of my DCW collecting that had a DC Whitman together with a non-DC comic, but I can't be sure because I didn't save an image or any notes. Another reason this pack is great is that it is also the first pack I've ever located that contains Superboy #254. Not so with Superboy #256 -- I've previously spotted Superboy #256 in a 3-pack with Brave and the Bold #156 plus Super Friends #25. That's WONDERFUL! Thanks for posting that! The uninterrupted continuation of Western's 3-pack Whitman program with Marvel comics, well into the Direct market era, is pretty sound circumstantial evidence that, while DC's Whitmans were, in fact, specifically produced for distribution by Western, the Marvel program was not. And we know that's absolutely true after early 1979, because Direct distribution at Marvel went line-wide, for all titles...and those books were not distributed solely through Western. Thus, calling the Direct market books from Marvel from 1977 to 1979 "Whitmans" is, and always has been, a misnomer. It's very fascinating to me how DC and Marvel handled the Direct market. DC was the first to have UPC box art in 1978 (Marvel didn't have UPC box art until Jan, 1980 cover date), but Marvel was the first to make a distinct Direct market product with feb, 1977 cover dates. Man, I wish I'd been older and could have recorded all of this as it came out. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 6/11/2018 at 7:14 PM, Warlord said: Time to bump this thread with a cool new 3-pack! This is the only pack I can confirm has a non-DC comic packaged together with DC Whitmans. Here we have DC Whitmans of Superboy #254 and #256 as the outer books, and a Marvel issue in the middle -- the direct market version of Incredible Hulk #238. I think that there was another pack I spotted way back at the beginning of my DCW collecting that had a DC Whitman together with a non-DC comic, but I can't be sure because I didn't save an image or any notes. Another reason this pack is great is that it is also the first pack I've ever located that contains Superboy #254. Not so with Superboy #256 -- I've previously spotted Superboy #256 in a 3-pack with Brave and the Bold #156 plus Super Friends #25. Gotta love the Legion... On a bit of a tangent, I'm slightly surprised that they have two issues from one title and one from a second in one pack. I would have thought they would either try to go for all one book, or go for variety, not a bit of each. I wonder if this bag is in some way a production error, both for that and the multiple publishers. Or maybe they just didn't care... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmg3637 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I have picked up a few multipacks over the years I have had many of these classics sets on display in a standing cardboard classics rack I also have a bunch of the harvey packs there as well wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Powe Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I have a Whitman pack that has 2 Wonder Woman(s) with a Flash Gordon. Kind of odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted January 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Time for a New Year’s bump. Here are some recent acquisitions, a bunch of Canadian Whitman packs. Some containing rare issues from 1980. Also managed to get a different sealed pack of rare price error issues from 1/81 which have 40 cent cover prices instead of the usual 50 cent cover price. Edited January 6, 2019 by bellrules Warlord, MisterX, Catwomancomics and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, bellrules said: Time for a New Year’s bump. Here are some recent acquisitions, a bunch of Canadian Whitman packs. Some containing rare issues from 1980. Also managed to get a different sealed pack of rare price error issues from 1/81 which have 40 cent cover prices instead of the usual 50 cent cover price. That's a glorious LOT!! I had the Huey, Duwey, and Louie, but foolishly sold it to the LCS.... I've since thought I still had it and went rummaging through my raw's but then remembered The thing is it was high grade, I found it and a Whitman Daffy Duck #141 at the used bookstore for a couple bucks each. I still have the Daffy! edit mine weren't multipacks but I'm still in awe! Edited January 6, 2019 by ADAMANTIUM bellrules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 19 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said: That's a glorious LOT!! I had the Huey, Duwey, and Louie, but foolishly sold it to the LCS.... I've since thought I still had it and went rummaging through my raw's but then remembered The thing is it was high grade, I found it and a Whitman Daffy Duck #141 at the used bookstore for a couple bucks each. I still have the Daffy! edit mine weren't multipacks but I'm still in awe! My bad, my daffy is #142... Anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 The issues you mentioned are multi-pack issues. All good. The Bugs 224 pictured came packaged with Daffy 134. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, bellrules said: The issues you mentioned are multi-pack issues. All good. The Bugs 224 pictured came packaged with Daffy 134. I keep an eye out for them when I'm out and about, I'm just not too familiar with them... seems if I got a "guide" book it might help, but I never see too many sales to figure the rare ones... I just figured that they might be like "war books?" In that people want them but for cheaper? If that makes sense Edited January 6, 2019 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwomancomics Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Recent pick up wormboy, Warlord, Bomber-Bob and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwomancomics Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 195, 196, 197 Edited January 12, 2019 by Catwomancomics bellrules and Bomber-Bob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 23 hours ago, Catwomancomics said: 195, 196, 197 Nice! Do you have any of the others with logo like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwomancomics Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, wormboy said: Nice! Do you have any of the others with logo like this? No. Edit: currently WTB ASM 192,193,194 Whitman 3 pack Edited January 13, 2019 by Catwomancomics wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 9:32 PM, bellrules said: Time for a New Year’s bump. Here are some recent acquisitions, a bunch of Canadian Whitman packs. Some containing rare issues from 1980. Also managed to get a different sealed pack of rare price error issues from 1/81 which have 40 cent cover prices instead of the usual 50 cent cover price. That's an amazing lot of packs! Can you help me file away these images -- are these images showing the front of two packs in the first image, and then the back of the same two packs in the second image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Here are some 1980s Marvel packs. AFAIK: Chuck Norris is trapped in the pack with Silverhawks and Thundercats. Muppet Babies is in the middle of Care Bears and Heathcliff. Heathcliff is in the Flintstone Kids and Fraggle Rock pack. wormboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrules Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 7:32 PM, Warlord said: That's an amazing lot of packs! Can you help me file away these images -- are these images showing the front of two packs in the first image, and then the back of the same two packs in the second image? Yes, all I did was flip them over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 11/9/2015 at 3:55 PM, wormboy said: How do you all store yours? I store mine in treasury bags and boards so the bag lies flat and I can see the entire thing at once. Wow!! Do you still have all of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I’m looking for pictures and/or info on some marvel 3-packs I got as a child. I’d like to know what issues were paired together and if I missed any. Any info would be so great!!! Thank you. These I know I got from 3 packs but would love to know which were packed with which, and if I’m forgetting any.: These I’m not sure if they were from 3 packs... Thanks again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormboy Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 On 2/7/2019 at 8:46 PM, Knightsofold said: Wow!! Do you still have all of these? Yep! Have added a few more since then, but they’re getting harder and harder to find. They used to pop up all the time on eBay, now it’s few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
