ThothAmon Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Joe Ankenbauer said: Can someone explain to me how Fantastic Four #1 can have a subscription crease? How would you have a subscription already if this was the first book of the series? At Roger66 kinda pointed out CGC called it a subscription crease but it was most likely a readers crease. The Lions Den 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) If it is a sub crease... and it does look like one.... it could be a promo copy, sent to a few dozen people. They make reference to such copies in some of the Circulation Statements that appeared once a year in most titles. It could also have been sent to a subscriber to a title that had been cancelled. There may be other scenarios that I'm unaware of. I once had an ASM 4 I bought at auction that looked WAY better than the grade. I popped it and found the sub crease. It was an unusual one where the crease was on the back cover instead of the front... and still unpressed. It also had a date stamp on the first page of, IIRC, May 25, 1963 .... which was a week or so prior to earliest reports of it's newstand release. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of of jeses) Edited June 28, 2020 by jimjum12 1950's war comics, NP_Gresham, The Lions Den and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, jimjum12 said: If it is a sub crease... and it does look like one.... it could be a promo copy, sent to a few dozen people. They make reference to such copies in some of the Circulation Statements that appeared once a year in most titles. It could also have been sent to a subscriber to a title that had been cancelled. There may be other scenarios that I'm unaware of. I once had an ASM 4 I bought at auction that looked WAY better than the grade. I popped it and found the sub crease. It was an unusual one where the crease was on the back cover instead of the front... and still unpressed. It also had a date stamp on the first page of, IIRC, Mat 25, 1963 .... which was a week or so prior to earliest reports of it's newstand release. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of of jeses) It's got date stamps, so it most likely was on the newsstand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, buttock said: It's got date stamps, so it most likely was on the newsstand. It was on the first page and a subscription copy ... I was thinking possibly a file copy mailed to someone involved with it's creation or production. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_mkv Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 24 posts for 1 book and it’s still not sold!!! Parker1966 and Keys_Collector 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 It looks like a pretty book... probably looks even better in hand. Nice color. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Parker1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_mkv Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 And it's an absolute beaut btw Parker1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker1966 Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 I added some close up pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 22 hours ago, Joe Ankenbauer said: Can someone explain to me how Fantastic Four #1 can have a subscription crease? How would you have a subscription already if this was the first book of the series? I was just wondering this myself. I imagine they would advertise a new upcoming series in other books and maybe offer it in their subscription list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, waaaghboss said: I was just wondering this myself. I imagine they would advertise a new upcoming series in other books and maybe offer it in their subscription list? If that was advertised, I sure never saw it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker1966 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Graders notes added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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