Cover Contest Week 90 - Newsstand is Dead!6352
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| A theme will be chosen each week, so participants must find a comic book cover that fits the theme. - One entry (one book) per person. - Must be a real comic book in circulation. - Magazine size books are also okay. - The book does not have to be in your collection. - Variants acceptable. - The previous winner is allowed to win in this contest. Each week we will vote on who had the best cover. - Friday begins the new contest. - Wednesday at 12 noon EST is the cutoff which starts voting that will go through Thursday at 11:59 PM EST. - Please vote through the built in "Thumbs Up" system. - One vote per person. - Don't vote early. The winner will choose the next theme and begin a new thread. - In the event of a tie, the deciding factor will be if your photo was of a book in a CBCS slab. If both books are not in a CBCS slab then there will be a sudden death tie breaker overtime submission by both contestants. - Repost these rules in your new thread to keep them easy to find and for new folks who want to play. Week 01 - Genesis (winner @Darkga) Week 02 - Madness (winner @Maverick) Week 03 - The Horror (winner @Helric1) Week 04 - Robots (winner @Darkga) Week 05 - Femme Fatale (winner @Jeremy_K) Week 06 - Pets (winner @Despain) Week 07 - Outer Space (winner @Helric1) Week 08 - Water (winner @AndyRexia) Week 09 - Death (winner @esaravo) Week 10 - Dragons (winner @steveinthecity) Week 11 - Sports (winner @esaravo) Week 12 - Catfight (winner @BigRig) Week 13 - Weapons (winner @dielinfinite) Week 14 - Alternate Timelines (winner @Jesse_O) Week 15 - Swords (winner @JLS_Comics) Week 16 - Merry Christmas! (winner @RyanHicks) Week 17 - Weddings! (winner @AndyRexia) Week 18 - The Kiss (winner @Despain) Week 19 - Iconic Vehicles (winner @D84) Week 20 - The Punch (winner @Neoheroka) Week 21 - Smoking (winner @Sirtoddington) Week 22 - Politics (winner @Studley_Dudley) Week 23 - Cover Homage/Swipe (winner @DarthLego) Week 24 - Master of Evil/The Villain (winner @Jesse_O) Week 25 - Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my!!(winner @VaComicsGuy) Week 26 - Reflections (winner @Darkga) Week 27 - The Wild Wild West (winner @Helric1) Week 28 - SKULLS!! (winner @Jesse_O) Week 29 - Your First Comic (winner @vacaboca) Week 30 - HaHaHaHa (winner @shrewbeer) Week 31 - POWER UP! (winner @kaptainmyke) Week 32 - KUNG FU FIGHT! (winner @VaComicsGuy) Week 33 - WAR (winner @DrChaos) Week 34 - YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG (Winner @Towmater) Week 35 - BEST USE OF A CAPE (winner @DarthLego) Week 36 - THAT BITES! (winner @DrChaos) Week 37 - GOLDEN AGE (winner @Darkga) Week 38 - BROMANCE (winner @DarthLego) Week 39 - SHARK WEEK!!! (winner @Darkga) Week 40 - Star Wars 40th Anniversary (winner @JLS_Comics) Week 41 - Bad Weather (winner @RyanHicks) Week 42 - HOT HOT HOT! (winner @DarthLego) Week 43 - COLD AS ICE! (winner @D84) Week 44 - Animals (winner @DarthLego) Week 45 - Gunslingers! (winner @esaravo) Week 46 - Double Vision (winner @vacaboca) Week 47 - Wrapper's Delight (winner @Darkga) Week 48 - Frak, Marry, Kill (winner @Watcher) Week 49 - Symbolic Defeat of a Hero (winner @Thanatos) Week 50 - Yer a wizard, Harry (winner @Atakmunky7) Week 51 - Unlikely Pairings (winner @Thanatos) Week 52 - New 52 Battle Royale (winner @DielInfinite) Week 53 - The Team! (winner @shrewbeer) Week 54 - Golden Age Free-For-All!!! (winner @esaravo) Week 55 - Double Cover Continuity (Winner @Vacomicsguy) Week 56 - Courtrooms (winner @DrChaos) Week 57 - The Horror! (winner @martymann) Week 58 - Motorcycle covers (winner @DrChaos) Week 59 - Archery (Winner @jlscomics) Week 60 - Witches, Ghosts & Demons (Winner @Vacomicsguy) Week 61 - Zombies (Winner @jlscomics) Week 62 - Ragnarok (winner @Deadpoolica) Week 63 - 1963 (winner @helric1) Week 64 - Let's Go To The Beach! (Winner @GeeWiz) Week 65 - Damsel in Distress! (Winner @shrewbeer) Week 66 - Hell! (Winner @Jesse_O) Week 67 - Winter is here! (Winner @Darkga) Week 68 - Babies - (Winner @shrewbeet) Week 69 - Merry Christmas! (Winner @Helric1) Week 70 - Things with Wings (Winner @zombiebigfoot) Week 71 - VARIANTS (shared win @comicsforme @shrewbeer) Week 72 - Upcoming Movies (Winner @jlscomics) Week 73 - Upgrades! (Winner @Helric1) Week 74 - Music (Winner @Foghorn_Sam) Week 75 - Background Circles (Winner @helric1) Week 76 - Non-Fictional Characters (Winner @conditionfreak) Week 77 - Cops (winner @shrewbeer) Week 78 - BANNED CAMP!(winner @DrChaos) Week 79 - Do I make you Horny? (winner @helric1) Week 80 - It's Electric! (winner @Jesse_O) Week 81 - Photo Covers (winner @dshel61) Week 82 - It's About Time (winner @Odins_Raven Week 83 - Leaps and Bounds (winner @conditionfreak) Week 84 - Sweat (winner @helric1) Week 85 - Feats of Strength (winner @DrChaos) Week 86 - Medieval Times (winner @dshel61) Week 87 - What's Bugging You? (winner @esaravo) Week 88 - Ancient Egypt (winner @GeeWiz) Week 89 - Amusement Parks (winner @shrewbeer) Week 90 - At the turn of 2018, DC discontinued all newsstand sales, following Marvel in 2013. The newsstand is officially dead in 2018 for the big two, so post your favorite newsstand printed book that depicts a death of someone or some thing! Remember, depending on the year, just because it has a barcode doesn’t mean it’s a newsstand; it’s up to you to sort out if it is or isn’t a newsstand printing!  Here’s one to get you started  |
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| This may help some folks | ||
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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 I'm aware it's a direct issue with a barcode, sure. But it's a death issue with a great cover.  |
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| So far, two of these are direct sales books. | ||
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 I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| This is going to be too confusing for most. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer Also, depending on the year, just because there is no barcode at all, doesn’t mean it’s not a newsstand!  |
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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life.
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| Hmmm. Some of these newsstands are really newsstands though. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by drchaos I'm a big fan of the La Pieta covers, I see the one you picked ... nice! |
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| @Odins_Raven @Zombiebigfoot failing! Quote: Originally Posted by kaptainmyke Gotta make folks think once in a while lol, but its fun thinking about comics; otherwise none of us would be here  |
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| @CaptainCanuck that book is published before the newsstand/direct edition market forked into separate entities. Technically, any book before ‘77 could have been sold on a newsstand, but the “newsstand” books started being published in 1977. (CBCS recognizes books as newsstant printing starting in ‘77 as well) Unless maybe you know something I dont, nice try! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley Fixed it for ya https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/newsstand-vs-direct-edition-comics/ |
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| Hulk mad. Make Hulk head hurt. Bah! Humans. You can't even get ShrewBear right. |
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| @shrewbeer The defining characteristic between newsstand and direct market is returnability, with direct market issues being non-returnable. Marvel first implemented direct editions in 1979. Therefore this book is considered a newsstand edition because it was returnable to the distributor for credit. Trying to say that newsstand editions didn’t exist until direct editions were invented is like saying coins didn’t exist until paper money was invented  |
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| I say let it ride! | ||
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How about one that tells you it's the newsstand edition? |
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@X51 Now, if it only had a dead body on the cover. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by JLS_Comics Yep, @CaptainCanuck found himself a loophole lol; the submission can stand @X51 Nice find! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by shrewbeer It's one of the more difficult Continuity books to find. I searched for a copy for over 5 years at conventions and comic book stores with no luck. I searched at locations hundreds of miles from home. I bought one online described as high grade. I struggled to call it Good condition when it arrived. I finally gave up on a decent copy. One day I stopped by an antique store and they had about 5 long boxes of 80's & 90's comics. Most worthless. That's where I found this one. The irony is that I spent so long trying to find it and the antique store was one of the closest businesses to me that might even have comics. The closest comic shop is still several miles further. The direct edition has the same cover art with a different coloring scheme... less of a green tint. |
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| @shrewbeer Quote: Originally Posted by shrewbeer I’m always on the look out for loopholes, especially traffic/parking tickets lol |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuck Also newsstands were sold on newsstands! Convenience store racks, magazine kiosks, Walmarts, barnes N nobles etc. Direct editions were aimed at dedicated local comic bookshops. |
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| I had high hopes for this theme. I was so wrong. 🤣  |
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| @shrewbeer I appreciate that you tried to make it a different and interesting. I think I may have messed it up! |
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| Is that a yellow UPC? I have a DD 131 and I don't remember it having a yellow UPC. | ||
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