Hunting the 6 variants of Batman 457 (1st Tim Drake ROBIN) 8 8

[Bird]

4 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

I think that's the newsstand copy if it released in March of that year.  I doubt they made Sandman toys

Thanks! It was advertised as a newsstand but I saw absolutely no others when I searched around. I'll keep looking for that 2nd print though, and probably buy up any more of these I see as well.

[Cpt Kirk]

On 11/21/2018 at 2:27 PM, Bird said:

okay, I am officially obsessed. Hit two shops after lunch today and got another Batman 457 Direct Edition 000 code. I didn't open it in the store but ther eit is! I also got a Maxx 20 newsstand and a Batman 493 2nd print.

It's OK.  You are among friends here.   We can help you through this!

[FlyingDonut]

On 11/21/2018 at 9:45 PM, Bird said:

Thanks! It was advertised as a newsstand but I saw absolutely no others when I searched around. I'll keep looking for that 2nd print though, and probably buy up any more of these I see as well.

I have a 9.6 blue label second printing Sandman 75 that was untouched - you could very very easily press it into a 9.8. Not labeled as such on the label, however, but it is one. If that's something you'd be interested in, LMK.

 

 

[FlyingDonut]

On 11/21/2018 at 9:45 PM, Bird said:

Thanks! It was advertised as a newsstand but I saw absolutely no others when I searched around. I'll keep looking for that 2nd print though, and probably buy up any more of these I see as well.

That's the newsstand, BTW, and it is tough - you should buy it.

[Bird]

1 minute ago, FlyingDonut said:

That's the newsstand, BTW, and it is tough - you should buy it.

Yeah, I bought the newsstand but thank you for the confirmation. I am treasure hunting the second print so...but thank you for the offer on a tough book.

[FlyingDonut]

1 minute ago, Bird said:

Yeah, I bought the newsstand but thank you for the confirmation. I am treasure hunting the second print so...but thank you for the offer on a tough book.

Good luck! That's how I found mine.

[Lazyboy]

On 11/21/2018 at 3:09 PM, Bird said:

I am posting this because I came across something odd today while also looking for Sandman 75 second prints...what is thisSandman 75? Anyone know? Not a first or second obviously...

 

Were copies sold with toys or something? Should I go back and get it?

 

WTF? Sandman didn't have newsstand distribution.

[Bird]

16 minutes ago, Lazyboy said:

WTF? Sandman didn't have newsstand distribution.

I have had two people tell me that the seller was correct and that it is a newsstand but yeah, I am surprised as well. Now I have to decide if I should slab it and if I think they will designate it as something, newsstand...third print...whatever, on the label.

[David Buck]

11 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

WTF? Sandman didn't have newsstand distribution.

It would be nice to know the  full range of Vertigo newsstand issues, Here's a Sandman 69 picture (from an auction listing) to go with the 75

Edited November 24, 2018 by David Buck

[Bird]

well, the news of the Tim Drake 457 seems to be out to the general public with all those $2K auctions on ebay. Maybe Sandman newsstands will be a thing, but I doubt it as I not one to be at the forefront of such a thing. The Robin issue seems to be a good one to go for as well.

[RockMyAmadeus]

On 11/23/2018 at 2:51 PM, Lazyboy said:

On 11/21/2018 at 1:09 PM, Bird said:

 

Were copies sold with toys or something? Should I go back and get it?

 

WTF? Sandman didn't have newsstand distribution.

Oh, but it did.....at least the last 10-20 issues or so....

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

I would imagine that, since Sandman trades were a big, big seller at that point in time, that the national book sellers...B&N, Borders, the usual suspects....had convinced DC to do some newsstand distribution, a la "Spiderman #1 Gold UPC" several years earlier. I imagine not a single copy ever made it to a "traditional" newsstand.

They are exceptionally scarce, but they do exist (as the pictures above demonstrate.)

[FlyingDonut]

8 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

I would imagine that, since Sandman trades were a big, big seller at that point in time, that the national book sellers...B&N, Borders, the usual suspects....had convinced DC to do some newsstand distribution, a la "Spiderman #1 Gold UPC" several years earlier. I imagine not a single copy ever made it to a "traditional" newsstand.

They are exceptionally scarce, but they do exist (as the pictures above demonstrate.)

Mile High has newsstands of 70-72 on their site, along with images of

and

 

[Lazyboy]

12 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

On 11/23/2018 at 4:51 PM, Lazyboy said:

WTF? Sandman didn't have newsstand distribution.

Oh, but it did.....at least the last 10-20 issues or so....

12 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

I would imagine that, since Sandman trades were a big, big seller at that point in time, that the national book sellers...B&N, Borders, the usual suspects....had convinced DC to do some newsstand distribution, a la "Spiderman #1 Gold UPC" several years earlier. I imagine not a single copy ever made it to a "traditional" newsstand.

That would be my assumption, now that I know they exist.

[Bird]

2 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

That would be my assumption, now that I know they exist.

Maybe I should have kept that to myself and then started a cross country tour, scouring the nation for Sandman newsstands! I guess I will just have to scour locally now.

[RockMyAmadeus]

2 hours ago, Lazyboy said:

15 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

I would imagine that, since Sandman trades were a big, big seller at that point in time, that the national book sellers...B&N, Borders, the usual suspects....had convinced DC to do some newsstand distribution, a la "Spiderman #1 Gold UPC" several years earlier. I imagine not a single copy ever made it to a "traditional" newsstand.

That would be my assumption, now that I know they exist.

First the late 80s UPCs, and now the Sandmans...? Man, you have some catching up to do.

But seriously, I think that's entirely it. Sandman trades were FLYING off the shelves, especially when DC announced that #75 would be the last issue. I don't remember a time when Sandman was more popular. Tori Amos, a close friend of Neil's, was also popular at the time, and I think she mentions that she's a big Sandman fan around this time....1994-1995.

 

[Bird]

Today I got a newsstand 457 with no error code. I also got some later prints; Batman 489 2nd print (1st Azrael in Batman costume or somesuch), Adventures of Superman 497 3rdprint and 498 3rd print. I passed on th folowing, mostly because these things are too much to remember but I put in my phone what was where - Robin 13, 14 with DCU barcode, Spawn 63 newstand and a beat up Spawn 62 newsstand, Batman 493 2nd print, which I have one of and it was $5. But I might go back. Should I have gotten those Robins? There were also a bunch of later Spawn variants at $10-$15 but none of the big sellers.

Yeah, I kinda wasted the day on it, hitting three shops. But I did also get some $1 Showcase books, including 94 #3, and two issues with Dr. Fate & The Shade, which was kind of a precursor to the James Robinson Starman series and which I have some OA from. So finding those was awesome.

I also got two books for my gift exchange person. And found a guy with GA Archie's, priced $35-$100 for the few that were out but he said to email what GA I am interest in (no Planets to be found) and he will pull them for me to peruse.

[bellrules]

In my hunt for sealed packs, I got these sealed issues in sealed ultra pro rigid bags. Robin 1 2nd print Newsstand I believe.

Edited December 30, 2018 by bellrules

[Cpt Kirk]

On 12/29/2018 at 9:26 PM, bellrules said:

In my hunt for sealed packs, I got these sealed issues in sealed ultra pro rigid bags. Robin 1 2nd print Newsstand I believe.

 

 

Wow... this seems like a significant find.  I wonder if the Superman 50 2nd print newsstand and Batman 457 2nd print newsstand came in a similar pack?   That might explain why some of the BM 457 2nd print news copies have a heavy black mark through the code, so that a sales clerk would not scan the comic book bar code instead of the pack bar code.    

Edited December 31, 2018 by Cpt Kirk

[Carl Elvis]

 

Edited February 21, 2019 by Carl Elvis