Question on Pence (UK) comic TOS 396321
 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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 Back in the day, I purchased a crappy copy of tales of suspense. I had it graded (before I was aware of CBCS of course)and found out it was even more crappy than I thought. It is a Pence variant. I found info on the history of it, but no where does anybody mention how to approximate a value. Anyone have thoughts on this?  |
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| Hold onto it. They sell for less now, but I think the market is poised to change. These should be worth more in my opinion. | ||
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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I have a 5.0 raw pence Werewolf by Night 32 that was still not cheap by any means. It went for same value if I'm not mistaken. |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| Thank you guys /gals for the responses. Those are promising comments considering I thought it would be worth more as a coverless copy. |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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I think pence versions are pretty neat!  |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| Nice books. Love the spelling variation of "color" in that xmen book On the werewolf by night, I just acquired one through ebay with the coupon. I am hoping the movie rumors arent rumors.... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by X51 Yep. A few of the keys already sell for more than the regular, larger print versions. I keep looking for good deals on pence copies of anything I can find. |
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I have this one, but I would rather have yours any day. Keep it. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by conditionfreak I like it! I've never seen that title before. Is it Australian? |
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| I don't know. That whole Britain, U.K., England, Australia, Singapore, Ireland, etc. THING. Has me perplexed. My guess is Aussie though. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by conditionfreak Yeah. It's a mess. I just found out about Spanish language EC comics printed in the US for the overseas market. |
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| @conditionfreak That is a UK edition published by Alan Class. Alan Class UK comics are actually quite collectible. Here is a brief article on them: Alan Class article | ||
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| Do you really think there should be an increase in prices for pence variants since they are a lower print run from the initial US printings? Or is this like the newsstand dragon some people (like myself) chase? | ||
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Technically, any first printing of a book in another country or language is referred to as an edition. As to whether or not there should be a premium in price is all a question of supply and demand. Personally, I think foreign editions GENERALLY are always going to be priced slightly lower then the US editions. But that is in the future. Right now, foreign editions are generally quite a bit lower priced, but that is changing VERY rapidly!! In the US, we already see people paying premium prices just for the cover artwork. When people realize that they can buy a vf to vf+ Finnish Hulk #340 cover for $35 plus shipping, they are going to do it. I did. But I think your newsstand comparison is pretty accurate. Some are fairly common, some not. Some get a premium, some not. But seriously, how cool is this Finnish Hulk #340 with a RED background!!!  |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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That is pretty cool. I like it better in red. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid I would love to see this, but are UK edition copies actually selling more than the US copies? |
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| US sells for more | ||
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| That's what I thought. The UK editions seems to sell for a lot less that the US editions. | ||
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| They do sell for less, but there is a big collecting push of people wanting foreign editions and older variants. There is also a knack that unusual things that get scorned or neglected for years will gain favor as time goes by. Key books will show a spike first, because everyone will focus on those first. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by conditionfreak This is cool. If anyone has a lead on one for sale, please send a PM.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by conditionfreak I've been checking with some of my foreign comic collecting friends. One guy recalls seeing this comic come up for sale and fetching $250. Granted, he didn't recall the condition of the comic AND it IS less than a Tales of Suspense #39, but it's still a decent value. And the value, in my opinion, is only going to go up as more people become aware of foreign editions. |
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 Suck it up, buttercup!!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte That variation of 'color' is more common than you think...the correct spelling of colour is always nice to find, guess they didn't have spell check back in the day  |
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The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| I thought colour was the UK spelling. Somewhat akin to spelling variance between centre and center. I am now kind of curious as to which variation the American used for that issue. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte Yep...and colour in Canada, but color in US |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte Well, the American version didn't need to mention it. The US comics simply said "Marvel Comics Group," while the UK variants said "Marvel All-Colour Comics." At the time, a lot of comics and reprints in the UK were in black and white only. Since they were doing a separate print run for the pence price, the also decided (eventually) to change the tag-line, to highlight the fact that these comics were available in color. Here is an interesting article on Pence comics. I can't find the one that mentioned how a few key comics in Pence variants are actually selling for more than the US versions, but I will keep trying to find it again. |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| colour = color flavour = flavor humour = humor labour = labor neighbour = neighbor car hood = bonnet apartment = flat cigarette = fag apologize or apologise = Apologize organize or organise = Organize recognize or recognise = Recognize defence = defense licence = license offence = offense pretence = pretense British English sometimes keeps silent "e" when adding suffixes where American English does not. Generally speaking, British English drops it in only some cases in which it is needed to show pronunciation whereas American English only uses it where needed. And they drive on the right side of the road. |
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I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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The “non-colour” Pence comics that I own include magazine-sized issues with reprints, such as:  |
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I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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And pocket-sized digest comics also with reprints, such as:  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmykeWrong side. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Daniel Webster changed all of that when he wrote our dictionary. He wanted to Americanize our language. |
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