Marvel UK Price Variants 16 16

[Get Marwood & I]

7 minutes ago, GARYSTAR said:

The confirmed pence list is a great piece of work, I had assumed that common titles like FF or Spider-man had pence copies of all distributed issues. No work for me today so just spent morning comparing pence list to my comics and they match almost exactly, as I collected most of my silver age collection in UK pre-internet I have a lot of pence issues but my pence/cents list mirrors Marwood's. I noticed a number of issues you list as no pence copies Duncan McAlpine's guides show as scarce or uncommon in UK, my copies of several of these are unstamped cents copies making me wonder whether there are more UK non-distributed issues than previous guides have suggested. I could only find one pence issue in my collection your list isn't showing, I can't believe its not common in UK so probably glitch in your list. (What a bargain, Barry Windsor-Smith double sized issue for 6p!)

 

Cheers Gary!

The Conan 11 is a typo - I do have that on the master list, just a slip on the numbered list so it's still 72 issues:

Conan The Barbarian

11-35, 41-53, 57-81, 121-129

72

 

 

I've shared emails with Duncan McAlpine a few times down the years - he was very complimentary about my research and at one point offered to add it to his site but then we lost touch. I think he's a very talented, busy man and spends less time on comics now than perhaps he did in the past. His site is great, but it has many errors. It also sometimes clouds the distinction between non distributed cents copies and pence priced copies, a common issue with all pence research that I've seen. In my world, there are only pence printed copies and cents copies. Cents copies which did or did not come to the UK, stamped or otherwise, are still cents copies. The non-distributed aspect is interesting historically as to why certain books were hard to find over here but, in my view, all books are now freely available via online mechanisms so it's a bit of a moot point.

Keep posting Gary. The fact that your collection numbers mirrors my list is further evidence of its integrity. Hopefully, the best (only?) online list in the world 

Cheers, Steve

[Get Marwood & I]

20 minutes ago, GARYSTAR said:

The confirmed pence list is a great piece of work

...and don't forget to check out my other pence threads if you have other publishers in your collection Gary - you can access them from my signature line at the bottom of each of my posts (if you have them turned on) or from the 'about me' page of my profile:

[Harry Lime]

Have you got any Yuan priced variants, Steve?

[Get Marwood & I]

1 minute ago, Harry Lime said:

Have you got any Yuan priced variants, Steve?

Don tak tha pi Hah 

Edited July 16, 2018 by Get Marwood & I

[Garystar]

My collection, bar a few Adams Batman trades, is all Marvel. As collection has grown and also branched into Marvel memorabilia I've had to make room by letting go of everything bar main collection so sorry can't help with other publishers. There are still silver age westerns and humour mags I look out for so if I come across any more pence copies from your list I'll post. 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 7/20/2018 at 11:36 AM, GARYSTAR said:

My collection, bar a few Adams Batman trades, is all Marvel. As collection has grown and also branched into Marvel memorabilia I've had to make room by letting go of everything bar main collection so sorry can't help with other publishers. There are still silver age westerns and humour mags I look out for so if I come across any more pence copies from your list I'll post. 

Thanks Gary.

@tv horror Maurice and I were discussing this book by PM recently, currently on eBay for a comparatively eye watering sum:

 

Ordinarily I would pick copies like this up for under ten pounds just for research - to post here and have for the files. Those days seem to be fading as I've noticed an increase in books selling for more and more lately. Modesty aside, I wonder if these threads actually draw attention to the scarcity of these books and perhaps influence some sellers? I always assume only three men and a dog read my pence threads but maybe they are actually part of the cause for the wider recognition?

When I was a Spidey completist group member we would say that it's best to keep quiet on discoveries and trends until you have the books yourself. I like to share info however but I'm wondering now if I'm my own worse enemy by posting this stuff! Still, I only collect the Millers, Charltons and a few other pence publishers now. Though I wish I had done so sooner, the Marvel and DC boat of opportunity has long since sailed and only a lottery win would push me to go for the pence sets there (3,017 pence and 839 DC).

Ah well...

[Garystar]

Have a search of eBay uk Two Gun Kid 64 for an even more eye popping asking price. I used to set my upper limit for westerns and sgt fury at 50p (pence,  cents, condition unimportant) and was still picking them up at that price into the early 2000s which makes It hard to comprehend asking prices such as these.

The vast knowledge of all things comics by the guys on this site is what attracted me, and i’m Sure many others, to it so please keep sharing. 

[Get Marwood & I]

54 minutes ago, GARYSTAR said:

Have a search of eBay uk Two Gun Kid 64 for an even more eye popping asking price. I used to set my upper limit for westerns and sgt fury at 50p (pence,  cents, condition unimportant) and was still picking them up at that price into the early 2000s which makes It hard to comprehend asking prices such as these.

The vast knowledge of all things comics by the guys on this site is what attracted me, and i’m Sure many others, to it so please keep sharing. 

That TGK 64 for £350 has been up for over a year. It's a fairly common issue, so the price is ridiculous even if it is 'NM'. At least the #63 is a scarce book which hardly ever comes up as a pence or cents copy. Either way, the prices are increasing so my days of picking up cheap copies for research are under threat. Given that we're talking westerns, the phrase 'dagnabit' seems appropriate...

[Get Marwood & I]

 

[rakehell]

[Get Marwood & I]

On 6/9/2018 at 12:28 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Cheers Jim!

When you look at the updated chart, it's easy to see why you'd put your money on certain books not existing:

 

Further to the above speculation, when you see the same books crop up, with the same gaps, it cements the theory still further:

 

This seller has (had) 3 pence KCO's, and none happened to be 90, 92, 93 or 94. Again.....

It doesn't mean they definitely don't exist, but it does strengthen the theory a little. Time will tell, when it learns how to speak. 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Further to the previous post, and sticking to the subject of what may or may not exist, I think I've made a bit of a breakthrough in my research 

In my 'font variations' thread, I posted yesterday that I was compiling a summary of all the early Marvels which I had found to have US Cents price font variations - here's the post:

 

In it I say "There is a tangible link, oddly enough (given it's me) to the presence or otherwise of pence priced books"

Have a look at this extract from the summary chart I have produced for some of the 'funny girl' titles (sorry I can't enlarge it):

 

I have yet to find a pence copy for 'A Date With Millie', 'Kathy' and 'Love Romances'. Look at the summary and you'll see that every cents copy has the same 10c US font. I have found no variations of them. Each has this style of bold 10c font: 

Now look at 'My Girl Pearl', 'Patsy And Hedy' and 'Patsy Walker'. In all three cases, the presence of a confirmed pence price has a corresponding cents price with a different font to the US copies that have no pence copy. For the pence copies, I have found no examples of the bold 10c font style - only the style that mirrors the pence font.

Where there is a pence copy, the US cents font mirrors it. Where there is no confirmed pence copy, the cents font reverts to the bold 10c style only.

The pattern is so clear and consistent that it could be argued that the presence of this font style  for these titles indicates no pence copy will be found 

Here's an enlarged shot of 'Patsy & Hedy'. If my theory holds water, we'll never find a pence copy of 72, 73 or 74:

 

It's still early days though, and I have 20 titles to process in the font variation research, but I thought this was a significant enough early observation to share. I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

[Drbearsec]

On 11/3/2017 at 9:43 AM, Stryfe1000 said:

Heres my Pride and Joy (Apologies for the blur - scanner has no field depth settings)

Just got one of these graded and coming back a 9.6..one of two in census and only SS copy (signed by Claremont)

[ThothAmon]

When’s the Duck getting a movie?

[Get Marwood & I]

4 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

When’s the Duck getting a movie?

Eider know. 

[Not A Clone]

4 hours ago, ThothAmon said:

When’s the Duck getting a movie?

 

Already been made. It was a huge success and everyone praises it to this very day.

[Gaard]

somewhat off-topic, but kinda related...

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After perusing the census at length, I've concluded that the census differentiates between the US & UK versions on SOME comics but not all. Can you tell me if that is correct?

Example: X-men #101 - the census differentiates between the two, but Rawhide Kid #38 - it doesn't.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Get Marwood & I]

47 minutes ago, Gaard said:

somewhat off-topic, but kinda related...

message sent to Customer Service...

 

After perusing the census at length, I've concluded that the census differentiates between the US & UK versions on SOME comics but not all. Can you tell me if that is correct?

Example: X-men #101 - the census differentiates between the two, but Rawhide Kid #38 - it doesn't.

Thanks,
Mike

 

If it's about pence books, it's on topic here. Let us know if you get a response Mike 

[Gaard]

will do

[Get Marwood & I]

Afternoon.

Reeling from the humiliation of a single solitary 'like' for our last pence existence pontification post (thank you, at least, to The King of Australia), Marwood and I decided to take a trip to the London Comic Fair yesterday in an attempt to soothe our battered egos. We left Sparky behind, for no other reason than we despise him and his flagrant ways. He dropped a quite awful fart as we left to evidence his disdain, the odour of which travelled unforgivingly to Marwood's man bag (and stayed there).

He wasn't best pleased.

The last time we went to the LCF, we were greeted by an abomination of building works as we exited Baker Street station. This time was no different, work in Londinium moves at a crows pace, but we took this sign as a favourable portent for the adventure to come:

As is his wont, Marwood insisted on a Ronny bag of doom. I like a well balanced breakfast myself but there was no denying the cretin so in we went to make our purchase.

We were faced with automation of course - no corner of civilisation has managed to resist it - and were forced to order from a technologically challenging automated monolith. Personally, I prefer Dave or Tracey to serve me.

We were lucky enough to be number twenty two, which Marwood remarked was highly appropriate given that we were likely about to eat two of them. Number two's that is. As we waited, and waited, and waited, Marwood compiled a fictional Project Managers to do list for the said automative delivery:

1. New ordering technology - check
2. Connection of new technology to counter - check
3. Huge advertising campaign - check
4. Additional printer rolls - check
5. Staff training - check
6. Live testing - check
7. Someone to cook the burgers - DAMN! 

After enough time had elapsed to renegotiate the Lisbon Treaty, we slunk off to the park to have a bite.

Marwood's man bag was a fitting companion to the Ronny bag. Both looked horrible.

The park looked its usual lovely self however. 

And we wondered who Gordon might have been, and what the secret to his happiness was:

Mr Friendly Crow was absent without leave. But his close friend Bobbin Robin popped by to say hello:

Apparently, MFC had decided to elope with a pigeon and was currently being smuggled out of the country by Wattoo Wattoo (who heard their call).

The gardens were looking well tended to, give or take a few autumn looking leaves which had turned to the colour of her hair. A circle in a spiral - you get the drift.

Dexter burgers were still on the menu, but no sign of Michael C this time:

"I forgot to bring the cash" said Marwood. "Never mind", I said. "We'll draw some out of the cash point":

Barclays, thy name is poo.

On the route, we pondered what kind of shop would have a window display like this:

I won't tell you Marwood said, but suffice to say it involved childishness and depravity.

We pass Harley Street, famous for its various physicians and the like. I'm reminded of my last 'official' visit there for a colonoscopy. I wasn't fully sedated, and could watch the proceedings on a screen. It's not everyone who gets to look up their own backside in life and I was reminded of the opening credits to Doctor (appropriately enough) Who:

Can't think why. A good few asteroids up there there was too. 

A short trip down the road and we discover where Chuck lives:

Marwood suggests we knock and tell him that the woman who makes the Star Wars films is rubbish, but we think better of it, having only 185 hours left at our disposal to debate the likely response. @Chuck Gower

Some of the architecture in Londinium is a wonder to behold. We stop and stare at the intricacy, the mastery, the sheer beauty in this following picture:

But look, who doesn't love a red phone box?

There's a church in the background too, if you care to look.

And we're there!

There's always some debacle on arrival and this time is no exception. They've forgotten the wrist bands, so can't confirm who had paid the early bird fee and who hasn't. Chaos ensues. We chuckle, as we try not to breathe in the fumes of a hundred unwashed armpits.

A quick pop to the loo finds them shut. We take the advice however to use the hotels 'other facilities', and piddle in the flower pots. For some reason, this action does not go down well with the concierge. 

Comics!

Comics!

A nice set of Spidey variants, a mere £50 a pop. Apart from the £40 one that is. 

Comics!

A nice Batman poster, next to a Ditko tribute display. £35. Marwood asks if he can have it for a fiver.

The response is unfavourable, so we leg it

A visit to see Golders for a quick chat about sandwiches and the top ten people on the boards who are probably certifiably insane. Golders insists I give the middle finger, and I oblige. In true Omen style fashion, the resulting selfie has a strange mark across my face. Very odd. Accurate though.

@goldust40

'Unique but Similar'?

Indeed:

 

Sorry Kenneth, for the eye glare there.

Comics!

 

Those Campbell Spidey's do look good don't they, even if they are a shocking liberty to the one time completist.

Comics! Buzzy!

 

He gets everywhere doesn't he.

On the way home we pop across to see how the new CGC offices are faring. No sign that they're there, alas:

I spink we'll try again next time.

So, what did we get then? Well, a nice pile of Dells, Charltons and others. You can see them in our sister pence threads elsewhere. For this Marvel thread though? Nothing new, just this pile of books for the files:

Maybe see you next time?

T-ra