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Post by Prince Hal on May 29, 2020 18:20:35 GMT -5
I *CAN* see an unscrupulous dealer removing a wrap which had a Marvel Value Stamp cut out, and replacing it with a wrap from another book, then smiling at customers sweetly.
Oh man, I'd slap the yellow out of his teeth so damn fast....
Not to change subjects but was there even a real purpose for the Marvel Value Stamp? Or was it just collecting for the sake of collecting? Don't know, but I know very old Marvel I sell loses a little value if that's been cut out. Aargh!
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2020 19:25:40 GMT -5
To play devil's advocate... if someone takes two copies of the same issue from the same original publication run and swaps the covers, and it is done so well no one can tell, even experts... does it really matter? It's effectively still a copy of the 1972 issue of Hero Man # XXX with all the originally published pages from the same print run.
If no one can tell, including any 'pros' who've examined it...I guess someone will go to bank laughing about it. I won't say it's something that can't be pulled off....but I am glad when someone's attempt is caught and qualified in the grading process.
Not to change subjects but was there even a real purpose for the Marvel Value Stamp? Or was it just collecting for the sake of collecting?
Spotted this:
In 1974, Marvel Comics publisher Stan Lee devised an ingenious promotional campaign—Marvel Value Stamps, which appeared on the letters pages of their monthly comics. Readers could cut out all 100 of these super hero and super villain stamps and place them in a special mail-order booklet. Once complete, these stamp books could then be redeemed for special discounts and exclusive merchandise. The program was so successful, a second set was released in 1975.
Too bad it left a lot of books partially butchered in the process. Hulk 181 anyone? Ouch.
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Post by beccabear67 on May 29, 2020 20:30:35 GMT -5
You had to be a true believer... I know stamp #54 was in a Hulk between #180 and 182! Yep, Shanna was in #181...
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Post by beccabear67 on May 29, 2020 20:38:53 GMT -5
DC wasn't entirely innocent...
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Post by tarkintino on May 29, 2020 23:23:51 GMT -5
Too bad it left a lot of books partially butchered in the process. Hulk 181 anyone? Ouch. Ahh, the Marvel Value Stamps. I never had the itch to cut out the stamps as I thought of it as destroying the comic--just as a comic, not for the purposes of selling.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 30, 2020 12:09:40 GMT -5
DC wasn't entirely innocent... Dear sweet lord those puns are bad
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 30, 2020 12:26:22 GMT -5
DC wasn't entirely innocent... That was just an advertisement. No stamps were used in the making of the comics.
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Post by beccabear67 on May 30, 2020 13:35:27 GMT -5
That was just an advertisement. No stamps were used in the making of the comics. Still, I bet there was some scissors-happy kid or two who had some fun with that page. Heck, I remember cutting out the build your own paper Zabu from the back of a Ka-Zar comic! It worked really well if you pasted it on to some card stock paper before cutting and folding.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 30, 2020 14:27:21 GMT -5
That was just an advertisement. No stamps were used in the making of the comics. Still, I bet there was some scissors-happy kid or two who had some fun with that page. Heck, I remember cutting out the build your own paper Zabu from the back of a Ka-Zar comic! It worked really well if you pasted it on to some card stock paper before cutting and folding. You may also remember these Table-Top Dioramas from DC's war comics, mostly by Sam Glanzman: Found more here: www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/466829-craft-time-w-comics/
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Post by beccabear67 on May 30, 2020 14:58:28 GMT -5
No, but I remember something like that on the backs of Shazam and Superman tabloid sized comics.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 30, 2020 15:18:05 GMT -5
Yes, beccabear67, they did do them on the backs of various tabloids!
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Post by Crimebuster on May 30, 2020 15:56:17 GMT -5
I had a Hulk 181 with the value stamp missing.
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Post by Prince Hal on May 30, 2020 18:18:04 GMT -5
I had a Hulk 181 with the value stamp missing. We won't tell.
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Post by brutalis on May 30, 2020 18:24:51 GMT -5
Never cut out a value stamp. Did worse in cutting out splash pages or full page poster images. Also cutting out figures to use as the poor man's action figures & to create shadow boxes. Always issues that were read to death falling apart & ready for throwing by mom out or if I had a duplicate issue.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 30, 2020 18:34:02 GMT -5
Maybe if we consider that comics were for kids as an enjoyable pastime instead of a bearer bond for the future, we could accept these indiscretions . Cut them up in the 50-60's ? Yes. In the present day? Horrors. There was a colorforms Superman cover in the 90's that you had to enjoy by opening it up. This was it
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