What’s Your Favorite Gimmicky Foil Cover?21455
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While they were a blight on the hobby for a while, they sure were fun! Here’s the first one to come to mind for me: ASM 375. |
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| I think xmen omega it was the first comic I ever bought from my lcs. | ||
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 Local Man #1 Marat Mychaels Foil Variant |
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| For me it's easy. Mine's not foil but it's very gimmicky. Still cool though. When I was a kid in the 70s, I loved Colorforms sets. I still do, although I don't own any. For those of you too young to remember, here's a link to explain what Colorforms were. They still exist although I think they were cooler back in the day. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/colorforms-the-two-dimensional-toy-for-mid-century-modern-kids/ In the 90s, DC published Superman: The Man of Steel #30 with a Superman vs. Lobo Colorforms cover. It allows you to create your own fight scene over and over.  |
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| You had me at foil! When Chaos tried their own version of the X-Men, I loved it, and love this cover. But Detonator was short lived... I think this Hulk was one of the best effects though. FOIL FOR LIFE!!!   |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HulkSmash I don't think I appreciated this book as much as I do now looking at it. Awesome foil cover! |
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Sure Valiant started the comic bubble but they had good stories and good art.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DWeeB1967 I don’t remember this one, but I do love the gimmick! What a cool idea. |
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And while the story was … well … terrible, we’d be remiss not to give Venom: Lethal Protector #1 an honorable mention. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by 00slim Quarter box special that 20 years later I made about 500 dollars off 3 that I had a couple years ago. Felt like the wolf of wall street |
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| Batman Fear State Alpha #1 I don't buy many modern comics, but I had to pick one of these up when it came out. I had no idea it was foil until I received it.  |
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One of the reasons I started this thread is, I’m thinking of getting a slabbed version of this guy for display: |
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Quote:Originally Posted by 00slim Here's what's in the bag...  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DWeeB1967 Okay. I’ve definitely seen the sheet before while combing over collections, but not in context with the book.  |
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| I liked the Uncanny X-Men 300 holo foil cover. Not at home so I can’t post a picture. | ||
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I loved this one as a kid,one of my first introductions to Thanos and just thought looked cool. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by 00slim never opened my copy and for some crazy reason I only picked up 1 copy when it came out! fun to see what is in the bag |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson I get it … but it brings back good memories for a portion of the community. |
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| Foil trumps gold, silver, and bronze. This is how you knew something was going to be a collector's item one day. Some foil with a gatefold cover.         |
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00slim private msg quote post Address this user | |
While the hologram covers were not my favorite (lack of detail) I only discovered Web of Spider-Man 90 has a 2nd print, with a gold hologram as opposed to silver, while researching for this thread.  |
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I always thought this one was cool. Creepy, sure, but cool. |
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| All the 2099 #1s were fun in foil..especially Doom and Spidey aaand Chromium covers Man...when I was young I took the bait, line and sinker for all those new #1 issues like every week!! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics I only found out there was a gold variant of X-Men 2099 #1 a couple months ago when watching LunchMoneyComics on YouTube.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by DWeeB1967 How would that be graded if someone submitted it with the colorforms put on all over the cover? They're not permanent, so would the grader remove them from the cover? |
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DWeeB1967 private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @peterc777 I have absolutely no clue. Personally, I'd never have this book graded since that just takes away all the fun. Unless the clings stick to the outside of the slab. I bet they would. |
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