ned Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I got this cover several years ago at a Nashville show out of a dollar box. It was just a cover bagged and boarded and I never really thought much about it until recently I was comparing it to the regular #1 gold and there's more going on than just the white spiders. It is a full cover wrap printed inside and out but has no staple holes. It is slightly smaller than the standard book, about 1/2" shorter and about 1/4" narrower but the cover art is full size so some of the bottom and right are missing. The ads inside and back cover are scaled correctly to this smaller size so none of them are missing though. There are other differences like the "TORMENT" box, McFarlane's signature box, and other details. The ads have 1990 dates on them but aren't the same ones in the standard gold #1 book. Anyone have any ideas? I first thought it was something someone customized but I don't see or feel where the cover was altered. Next, I began to think that it was a recreation but if so then someone went to a lot of trouble to get many details good but miss the size by so much. I'm out of ideas so what is it? Here it is next to a gold #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
com1cbook Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShieldAgent Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Well, I only went through a couple pages on ebay, and maybe I will look more, but the thing I notice most is the fact that yours has a UK price on it, and none of the ones I have seen on ebay do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1dingo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Test sample from the printer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShieldAgent Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 So I looked further, even on ebay.uk, and do not see any others with the uk price on them. I would venture to guess it is a UK edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thanks for the replies, I hadn't studied on the UK price. This one has UK 60p and the only other one that I have is the green cover but it is UK L1 for the price. Maybe someone else will have some UK variants they can check but wouldn't they be standard sized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockMyAmadeus Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Test sample from the printer? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiamSturgess Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Thanks for the replies, I hadn't studied on the UK price. This one has UK 60p and the only other one that I have is the green cover but it is UK L1 for the price. Maybe someone else will have some UK variants they can check but wouldn't they be standard sized? This is strange, because as far as I know, "UK variants" didn't exist for this series in the same way they did in the late Bronze and early Copper Ages. Just this one, which was in its own series: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I have never seen this one before either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Test sample from the printer? Yes. No book? Just the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Yep, just a cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 Bumping this old thread since I'm about to send in a value submission and thinking about getting this cover slabbed as well. Any idea how CGC would label this since it's not a known variant? Maybe I should call them before sending it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, ned said: Bumping this old thread since I'm about to send in a value submission and thinking about getting this cover slabbed as well. Any idea how CGC would label this since it's not a known variant? Maybe I should call them before sending it? Green label, I think. I am not an expert on CGC. Perhaps a NG ned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revat Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, IkewithMike said: 1 hour ago, ned said: Bumping this old thread since I'm about to send in a value submission and thinking about getting this cover slabbed as well. Any idea how CGC would label this since it's not a known variant? Maybe I should call them before sending it? Green label, I think. I am not an expert on CGC. Perhaps a NG I would call/email first. I don't think there's enough evidence to indicate that it is a comic or even part of one. I think it would be treated like a test proof or a poster, however those are treated are by CGC. good luck. F For Fake and ned 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I think they'd grade it NFI, as in "No Freakin' Idea" ned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
