Detective 196 no price!? 0

[Nostalgia Zone]

Has anyone ever seen a Detective 196 (or similar era DC book) with no price? It's normally under the "D" at the left of the banner.

 

 

Edited November 4, 2018 by Nostalgia Zone

[I am not Glenda]

I would try posting this on the GA board

[Gotham Kid]

103 no price on cover

[Silver]

That 196 is from a really tough era for DC’s. Nice book!

[pemart1966]

On a quick glance, it would appear that the 103 without price is the norm.  However, the 196 comes in versions with and without price.

[steelcity]

I searched years and years for a nice copy of Detective 196 with its dark Win Mortimer cover. I never knew some copies do not have a 10c price so pleased to learn something new about this book!

[Silver]

That an unusual price font on your 196. It’s as if they left it off at the beginning of the print run and then part way through just slapped one on. I don’t think it’s the usalu font DC was using then?

[Gnasher]

Not that era, but S.A.

[telerites]

29 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Not that era, but S.A.

 

I never noticed that before.  My copy below is the same so maybe all are like this.  I will take a look at Mike's Amazing World to see cover scans from the same time period as the Tec' and Sea Devils.  Probably been discussed but something new for me.

Edited November 7, 2018 by telerites

[steelcity]

46 minutes ago, Silver said:

That an unusual price font on your 196. It’s as if they left it off at the beginning of the print run and then part way through just slapped one on. I don’t think it’s the usalu font DC was using then?

It could well be the case that the price was hastily added on when someone noticed it was missing. The 10c price does vary in color from issue to issue and the style varies over time. Usually the 10c is like I have just typed, all three symbols on a straight line but on the 196 the c is raised and so looks inconsistent with what we normally see. Having said that surely there must be other DC examples from that time printed like this?

[steelcity]

Checking Detectives around this number and all are fairly consistent apart from #180 which also has an unusual price label style.

[Nostalgia Zone]

So, if we sent this in to CGC, would there be something in the notes regarding the lack of price? I did end up finding one on Heritage but there was no mention of it.

[Silver]

I think this is the same month, this is the price font I am used to from this time period. The one on Ian’s ‘Tec is unusual to me

Edited November 7, 2018 by Silver

[Silver]

Here’s another one, same font as the Superboy

[steelcity]

The 10c price on both your Superboy 26 and Adventure 189 are standard for the time. Clearly the Detective 196 had a 10c added at some stage in the run as not all issues have it. Likely added by someone who normally would not do so because of the different font style. 

[steelcity]

3 hours ago, Silver said:

I think this is the same month, this is the price font I am used to from this time period. The one on Ian’s ‘Tec is unusual to me

Such a pretty book.

[steelcity]

3 hours ago, Silver said:

Here’s another one, same font as the Superboy

Always been envious of your Adventure 189. I remember you bought this and the Superboy together. What a great opportunity to acquire such wonderful books. 

[Silver]

I love this kind of stuff, it’s cool to figure this stuff out. That tec is a beauty. One of my favorite time periods for DC’s.

[pemart1966]

On 11/6/2018 at 12:32 PM, steelcity said:

I searched years and years for a nice copy of Detective 196 with its dark Win Mortimer cover. I never knew some copies do not have a 10c price so pleased to learn something new about this book!

Nice copy!  Now you'll need to hunt down the no price version in the same condition so that you have the matching bookends 

[Silver]

There may not be another copy like that 8.5, those books are flat out rare in that grade. I’m gonna take a guess that the copy with the price may be the more scarcer version?