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I posted this question on the Bronze Age forum, but I got no reply.

Once again, I have a question about collecting. Please note that I am not denigrating how people or any one person collects comics.

Why would Star Wars #1 35 Cent variant be important to a collector? Is it just because it's rare and worth a lot of money? Is it a sense of completeness, wanting to have both versions (30 and 35 cents) so you feel your collection is more complete?

I'm not criticizing, I'm just curious.

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1 hour ago, Joe Ankenbauer said:

I posted this question on the Bronze Age forum, but I got no reply.

Once again, I have a question about collecting. Please note that I am not denigrating how people or any one person collects comics.

Why would Star Wars #1 35 Cent variant be important to a collector? Is it just because it's rare and worth a lot of money? Is it a sense of completeness, wanting to have both versions (30 and 35 cents) so you feel your collection is more complete?

I'm not criticizing, I'm just curious.

Star Wars 1 was the first related collectible released and predated the release of the movie, if I hear correctly. Two 1st print versions were made, one with a less-desirable (at the time) higher price. When it was realized two versions were out there, the scarcer became more desirable, instead of just more expensive, and became a lot more expensive. Now it is seen as a grail and through the years has never met its ever-increasing demand.

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2 hours ago, Joe Ankenbauer said:

I posted this question on the Bronze Age forum, but I got no reply.

Once again, I have a question about collecting. Please note that I am not denigrating how people or any one person collects comics.

Why would Star Wars #1 35 Cent variant be important to a collector? Is it just because it's rare and worth a lot of money? Is it a sense of completeness, wanting to have both versions (30 and 35 cents) so you feel your collection is more complete?

I'm not criticizing, I'm just curious.

It also has an edge, I think, in that it was one of the earliest documented price variants.  People were aware of it a long time before the 35 cent variants on other marvels of the time became widely known.  It's also a key book with a variant, and has been pretty much since day 1.  1st Sabertooth, by contrast, wasn't viewed as a key book until well after it came out.

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32 minutes ago, mec3437 said:

One more X-Men left.

 

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I went shopping for this, as I only have a "fair" condition non price variant, that is a melt your face copy right there!!! :tink: Congrats!

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1 hour ago, icp004 said:

 Not sure I’ll ever drop the coin needed for #1 though. 
 


 

 

 

Solid copy - Congrats!

I had all the Eternals variants in Duplicate including the 30 and 35 cent books.

You might try @jimjum12 if you are looking for a copy of #1- he may still have one for sale.

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