Warlord Posted September 8, 2010 Author Share Posted September 8, 2010 Nice packs guys! nice, I want a Micronauts, Battlestar Galactica, Shogun Warriors, and some Star Wars packs The Star Wars packs are offered for sale all the time, so make some lowball bids and you can probably get some easily. There are quite a few different ones available too because it seems like most of the first 18 or 20 or so issues are in the 3-packs. The other titles don't strike me as being anywhere near as common, so happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted September 9, 2010 Author Share Posted September 9, 2010 I remember buying a bunch of these way back when and ripping them open. Pretty sure I still have the trading card inserts around here somewhere too. These shrinkwrapped multipacks make me nervous though, because with some of them the plastic has a tendency to continue shrinking over time. This one looks OK though! DC 3-pack with "trading cards" insert Contents: Superman #689 July 1992, Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #2 January 1993, third comic?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BrianR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Contains Avengers 198, Fantastic Four 214, and Fash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 FF 179, Avengers 156, MTU 54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 MGC 77, SW 11, RED SONJA 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 ASM 165, HULK 208, ETERNALS 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianR Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 FF 180, MTU 55, DEFENDERS 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Yow, nice bunch o' packs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Nice packs guys! nice, I want a Micronauts, Battlestar Galactica, Shogun Warriors, and some Star Wars packs The Star Wars packs are offered for sale all the time, so make some lowball bids and you can probably get some easily. There are quite a few different ones available too because it seems like most of the first 18 or 20 or so issues are in the 3-packs. The other titles don't strike me as being anywhere near as common, so happy hunting! Speaking of which, you can start with an instant hoard of Star Wars packs here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Speaking of which, you can start with an instant hoard of Star Wars packs here! It sold for the opening $140 bid. 7 bucks a pack isn't a steal, but not bad if you just want one of these. I recall a flea market dealer a few years ago peddling these for $5 each. But what do you do with 20 of these common packs unless you have 19 friends who are Star Wars fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 had this in photobucket- two different price fonts on the number 2 [/img] There is an interesting story behind these different price fonts. At a Distributors meeting, a Marvel suit made a throwaway statement that Marvel would reprint any book if they had an order for X amount of sales. I believe it was either 10,000 or 20,000. Anyways, New England Comics approachs Marvel with an offer to buy the entire print run if they will do these three issues. GI Joe 2 was a very hot book, approaching the $100 mark at the time. A Marvel suit agrees to this, without consulting with Carol Kalish, the head of Marvel's Direct Marketing. The first she or anyone hears of this is a fullpage ad in The Buyers guide where NEC is selling them for $20 a three pack. Store owners and distributors go nuts, and Marvel does another run offering them to distributors at their regular discount. So one of those is a second print, the other is a third print. NEC which thought it had a huge score with its thousands of multipacks instead took a huge hit as the market was flooded with them. Knightsofold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heliosten Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Great thread! Some of the earliest comics I bought were in the multi packs. Anyone have a scan of the one with Marvel Team-Up #59? Loved that book as a kid, but don't remember what the other two books in the pack were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShieldAgent Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 had this in photobucket- two different price fonts on the number 2 [/img] There is an interesting story behind these different price fonts. At a Distributors meeting, a Marvel suit made a throwaway statement that Marvel would reprint any book if they had an order for X amount of sales. I believe it was either 10,000 or 20,000. Anyways, New England Comics approachs Marvel with an offer to buy the entire print run if they will do these three issues. GI Joe 2 was a very hot book, approaching the $100 mark at the time. A Marvel suit agrees to this, without consulting with Carol Kalish, the head of Marvel's Direct Marketing. The first she or anyone hears of this is a fullpage ad in The Buyers guide where NEC is selling them for $20 a three pack. Store owners and distributors go nuts, and Marvel does another run offering them to distributors at their regular discount. So one of those is a second print, the other is a third print. NEC which thought it had a huge score with its thousands of multipacks instead took a huge hit as the market was flooded with them. Cool story, Bill. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Davis Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 had this in photobucket- two different price fonts on the number 2 [/img] There is an interesting story behind these different price fonts. At a Distributors meeting, a Marvel suit made a throwaway statement that Marvel would reprint any book if they had an order for X amount of sales. I believe it was either 10,000 or 20,000. Anyways, New England Comics approachs Marvel with an offer to buy the entire print run if they will do these three issues. GI Joe 2 was a very hot book, approaching the $100 mark at the time. A Marvel suit agrees to this, without consulting with Carol Kalish, the head of Marvel's Direct Marketing. The first she or anyone hears of this is a fullpage ad in The Buyers guide where NEC is selling them for $20 a three pack. Store owners and distributors go nuts, and Marvel does another run offering them to distributors at their regular discount. So one of those is a second print, the other is a third print. NEC which thought it had a huge score with its thousands of multipacks instead took a huge hit as the market was flooded with them. Anyone know what year the reprint was from based on the New England ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 Another DC Whitman pack Contents: Action #481, Action #483, Superman #321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 had this in photobucket- two different price fonts on the number 2 [/img] There is an interesting story behind these different price fonts. At a Distributors meeting, a Marvel suit made a throwaway statement that Marvel would reprint any book if they had an order for X amount of sales. I believe it was either 10,000 or 20,000. Anyways, New England Comics approachs Marvel with an offer to buy the entire print run if they will do these three issues. GI Joe 2 was a very hot book, approaching the $100 mark at the time. A Marvel suit agrees to this, without consulting with Carol Kalish, the head of Marvel's Direct Marketing. The first she or anyone hears of this is a fullpage ad in The Buyers guide where NEC is selling them for $20 a three pack. Store owners and distributors go nuts, and Marvel does another run offering them to distributors at their regular discount. So one of those is a second print, the other is a third print. NEC which thought it had a huge score with its thousands of multipacks instead took a huge hit as the market was flooded with them. Anyone know what year the reprint was from based on the New England ads? As I recall, it was around 1986 or 1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 nice, I want a Micronauts, Battlestar Galactica, Shogun Warriors, and some Star Wars packs I've got all those except the Star Wars. I'll post them when I get a chance, along with some others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicwiz Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Wolverine (LS) 3 - Hercules (LS) 3 Catwomancomics and bellrules 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
