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King Comics UK Price Variants
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On 7/19/2018 at 8:19 AM, AJD said:

Is this a Commonwealth-inclusive thread? I managed to get one of the two Australian Dell pence issues that I know to exist.

 

That's nice. The Dell Pence thread is cooking up nicely AJD. Hopefully landing soon...

 

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On 7/21/2018 at 3:50 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

That's nice. The Dell Pence thread is cooking up nicely AJD. Hopefully landing soon...

 

Here it is:

 

Just looking at the current confirmed pence tally:

  • Marvel - 3,017 confirmed pence priced variants (with very few more expected to be found)
  • DC - 839 confirmed pence priced variants (all known copies believed to be recorded)
  • Charlton - 384 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues)
  • Dell - 177 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 416 issues)
  • Gold Key - 88 confirmed pence priced variants (potential issue range to be confirmed)
  • Archie - 20 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues)
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues)

Which means I have evidence of 4,547 first printing pence priced US comics :headbang:

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On 7/23/2018 at 3:13 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Just looking at the current confirmed pence tally:

  • Marvel - 3,017 confirmed pence priced variants (with very few more expected to be found)
  • DC - 839 confirmed pence priced variants (all known copies believed to be recorded)
  • Charlton - 384 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues)
  • Dell - 177 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 416 issues)
  • Gold Key - 88 confirmed pence priced variants (potential issue range to be confirmed)
  • Archie - 20 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues)
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues)

Which means I have evidence of 4,547 first printing pence priced US comics :headbang:

 

46 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

I've covered Marvel, DC, Charlton, Archie, Dell, King and Gold Key so far and have yet to find a first printing pence priced variant that dates prior to April / May of 1960. That's when it all seemed to happen. I have looked at other publishers too and haven't yet seen any pence copies for them to warrant a full search, so it may be that the 7 publishers above are the only ones. But the research goes on. 

If I look at the publishers listed for just 1960 the only other ones not covered above are ACG, Crestwood, Harvey and Prize. I've yet to see a pence book for these publishers, nor have I checked subsequent years for others in any detail. But at the moment it does look look like these are the only seven publishers who produced first printing pence priced copies between 1960 and 1982 until dual pricing kicked in:

  • Archie
  • Charlton
  • DC
  • Dell
  • Gold Key
  • King
  • Marvel

Dive in if you know differently.... 

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An update of the current confirmed pence printed price tally:

  • Marvel - 3,017 confirmed pence priced variants (with very few more expected to be found - I have found another L Miller indicia variant though)
  • DC - 839 confirmed pence priced variants (all known copies believed to be recorded)
  • Charlton - 390 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues)
  • Dell - 189 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 424 issues)
  • Gold Key - 93 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 168 issues)
  • Archie - 21 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues)
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues)

Which means I have evidence of 4,566 first printing pence priced US comics at the moment!

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I've been looking at Harvey and IW Comics a little more and will post updates in a few weeks on the findings there.

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:news: AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING HARVEY FIRST PRINTING PENCE PRICE VARIANTS!  :news:

:whatthe:

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Spoiler

There aren't any. It's a repackaged reprint.

 

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1 minute ago, Get Marwood & I said:

:news: AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING HARVEY FIRST PRINTING PENCE PRICE VARIANTS!  :news:

:whatthe:

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There aren't any. It's a repackaged reprint.

 

Tsk!

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2 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Tsk!

I can't believe I bought that just so I could make this post Gnash.

Dedication, or foolhardiness? Youuh dee-cide (in Big Brother voice over man voice)

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I've tidied up my signature line a bit and it now has links to all my pence threads, in order, for those that are interested:

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Here's the latest current confirmed pence printed price figures:

  • Marvel - 3,017 confirmed pence priced variants (with very few more expected to be found - updated 'missing list' coming soon following my price font variant post today)
  • DC - 839 confirmed pence priced variants (all known copies believed to be recorded)
  • Charlton - 395 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues)
  • Dell - 191 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 424 issues)
  • Gold Key - 97 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 168 issues)
  • Archie - 21 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues)
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues)

Which means I have evidence of 4,577 first printing pence priced US comics at the moment - 11 up on the last update :headbang:

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On 9/29/2018 at 8:49 PM, Tony D said:

I have this one in my collection of Ditko comics.SpaceAdventures40-1.jpg.05539543f9c9d5a9eadde90f64d21565.jpg

That's a lovely copy Tony, thanks! Charlton have their own thread now - you'll find many more of those in here :headbang:

 

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Evening :)

Two things.

First thing, here's the latest current confirmed pence printed price figures, as anticipated keenly by Three Men and a Dog Like Sparkenwood:

  • Marvel - 3,018 confirmed pence priced variants (with very few more expected to be found)
  • DC - 839 confirmed pence priced variants (all known copies believed to be recorded)
  • Charlton - 415 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues)
  • Dell - 198 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 424 issues)
  • Gold Key - 98 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 168 issues)
  • Archie - 21 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues)
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues)

Which means I have evidence of 4,606 first printing pence priced US comics at the moment - 29 up on the last update :headbang:

Marvel still lead the way, but King are catching fast. 

Talking of King, here's the second thing: Look at the size of my Phantom!

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I made it bigger, as the small version gained 100% of zero interest.

It's Ten Dee. Do you see?

Cheeoww :)

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On 5/28/2018 at 1:46 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Cheers @nesqrick2 !

Here's the current King chart:

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King Comics existed between August 66 and January 68. I plotted all 7 titles then set about looking for their pence copies. The results are quite telling, and it looks very much like the King only managed four months on the pence throne - August 1967 to November 1967. I have full sets of Blondie and Mandrake, and most of the others. Not sure why Popeye has yet to get a look in? Jungle Jim missed the boat entirely and Beetle Bailey has been stuck on one copy since I began the search.

Here's the books for Blondie and Mandrake. He's a fine one isn't he. And I do like a companion in a fez! (click the pics to enlarge) :headbang:

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Poor old Beetle :sorry:

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Here are my four 10d Flashes:

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Click to enlarge :)

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On 11/23/2018 at 10:30 PM, Get Marwood & I said:
On 11/21/2018 at 5:01 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Look at the size of my Phantom!

Is it me or has he got six fingers? hm

No interest in King or the Phantom's six fingers I see. Shame.

We're stuck on 18 of a possible 24. Popeye seems reluctant to show his hand, if he exists. I haven't found a UK title that published Popeye around the same time, so it seems odd if he wasn't picked up given that all the other titles King were producing for this 4 month period were. 

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Time will tell. Here's another big Mandrake while we wait. The small one didn't seem to get anyone's attention  :)

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Eye eye! :grin:

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Not much new to report here. I did spot this UK printing of this book here:

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Not on the GCD:

https://www.comics.org/issue/244659/

:eyeroll:

Anyway, here's the latest current confirmed pence printed price figures, as anticipated keenly, as always, by Three Men and a Dog Like Sparkenwood:

  • Marvel - 3,017 confirmed pence priced variants - down one due to calculation error! :frown:
  • DC - 840 confirmed pence priced variants - up one due to calculation error! :)
  • Charlton - 436 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 832 issues) - up 21 since last report! :)
  • Dell - 204 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 424 issues) - up 6 since last report! :)
  • Gold Key - 104 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 168 issues) - up 6 since last report! :)
  • Archie - 21 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 48 issues) - no change :|
  • King - 17 confirmed pence priced variants (of a potential 24 issues) - no change :|

 

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