Popular Post B2D327 Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 As a big, original series Star Trek fan since I was about 4 years old and saw some guy with pointy ears on tv, I was hooked and had to own this collectible. Loved all the photo covers and later some of the painted covers were amazing but that first issue...it was the one to get. I currently own 3 copies but keep my eyes peeled just in case I find that stray that puts my 7.0 to shame. Beige, Get Marwood & I, porcupine48 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Nice Star Trek #1 is one of the few issues in the run that doesn't have any variations if you didn't already know - cool site here, lists out all the types if you ever decide to go mad, B2D: https://www.startrekcomics.info/art/goldkeywhitmanall.html porcupine48, B2D327, MGsimba77 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 My Star Trek comic collection focused on the photo covers. The focus allowed me to buy a nice raw copy of #1: Pantodude, B2D327, Beige and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pemart1966 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said: Nice Star Trek #1 is one of the few issues in the run that doesn't have any variations if you didn't already know - cool site here, lists out all the types if you ever decide to go mad, B2D: https://www.startrekcomics.info/art/goldkeywhitmanall.html Yet in the post below yours, the CGC label says "Back Cover Variant" B2D327 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) I didn't know there were variants to the #1. So the Kirk photo spread is the non-variant back. Interesting. Edited February 20, 2021 by Pantodude B2D327 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 I loved the original series❤️I have watched every episode at least twice‼️ Pantodude, porcupine48 and B2D327 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Pantodude said: I didn't know there were variants to the #1. So the Kirk photo spread is the non-variant back. Interesting. It's been discussed before on the Boards. There's doubt that a second version of #1 exists. This is the version that it seems every copy has: Edited February 20, 2021 by namisgr porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, namisgr said: It's been discussed before on the Boards. There's doubt that a second version of #1 exists. This is the version that it seems every copy has: Thanks, but now I'm confused. Your nice 9.0 above is a "back cover variant" to the #1. Doesn't that remove any doubt about whether a second version of #1 exists? What does the back of your 9.0 above look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 7 minutes ago, Pantodude said: Thanks, but now I'm confused. Your nice 9.0 above is a "back cover variant" to the #1. Doesn't that remove any doubt about whether a second version of #1 exists? What does the back of your 9.0 above look like? The back of my #1 looks like the back cover I posted, which is the 9.6 Twin Cities copy auctioned originally by Heritage. In the earlier board discussion, no one produced an example of a copy with a different back cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Pantodude said: Thanks, but now I'm confused. Your nice 9.0 above is a "back cover variant" to the #1. Doesn't that remove any doubt about whether a second version of #1 exists? What does the back of your 9.0 above look like? There is only one version of issue number 1. Unless a non-photo version has escaped every Star Trek collector ever, CGC have made a labeling error. namisgr and porcupine48 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, namisgr said: The back of my #1 looks like the back cover I posted, which is the 9.6 Twin Cities copy auctioned originally by Heritage. In the earlier board discussion, no one produced an example of a copy with a different back cover. Than what is this? It is the back of a "Star Trek #1 Back Cover Variant" sold on HA. https://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/science-fiction/star-trek-1-back-cover-variant-signed-by-leonard-nimoy-gold-key-1967-cgc-signature-series-vg-45-cream-to-off-white-pages-total-2/a/121302-14301.s Edited February 20, 2021 by Pantodude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Uh, it appears to be an event program from 2009, including characters from Star Trek follow-on programs that aired well after 1967, the publication date of Star Trek #1 from Gold Key. The auction you linked was for two items, the Gold Key #1 and the 2009 event program you posted. What am I missing here? Edited February 20, 2021 by namisgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) HA erred in its description of the item below then? I had not noticed the new folks in the image! But the book is described/labeled as ST#1 "Gold Key, 7/67" like yours, and like yours, as "Back Variant Cover". Edited February 20, 2021 by Pantodude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 It's not the scan of the back cover of the comic. Read the auction description. Besides, one brief glance should tell you that a 2009 event program with characters from The Next Generation couldn't possibly have been published as a back cover in 1967. Sheesh. pemart1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, namisgr said: What am I missing here? I had not looked at the event cover closely! my bad. Still, interesting that the event cover exists! I happen to love the new crew, too. My only question now is whether the consensus is that ST#1 has only one version. I see now that you confirmed that your "Back Variant Cover" 9.0 above has the same Kirk photo back everyone is familiar with. Thank you! Edited February 20, 2021 by Pantodude namisgr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, namisgr said: It's not the scan of the back cover of the comic. Read the auction description. Besides, one brief glance should tell you that a 2009 event program with characters from The Next Generation couldn't possibly have been published as a back cover in 1967. Sheesh. Time travel, eh... Oh, hang on, That was Doctor Who wasn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, Pantodude said: I had not looked at the event cover closely! my bad. Still, interesting that the event cover exists! I happen to love the new crew, too. My only question now is whether the consensus is that ST#1 has only one version. I see now that you confirmed that your "Back Variant Cover" 9.0 above has the same Kirk photo back everyone is familiar with. Thank you! See the confusion CGC spread in the hobby, with their incorrect labels.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said: See the confusion CGC spread in the hobby, with their incorrect labels.... I think it's a carryover from an error made in the Overstreet guide. Edit: I take it back. I checked the guides I have that pre-date the advent of CGC, and they say nothing about any variant back cover. Edited February 20, 2021 by namisgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, namisgr said: I think it's a carryover from an error made in the Overstreet guide. They make mistakes too!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
