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Post by Duragizer on Apr 20, 2022 3:16:45 GMT -5
My father bought me a copy of this issue. He'd been suckered into the speculator mindset, so he bought this believing it'd be a valuable collector's item years down the line. I wasn't a Thor fan, and neither the story nor Goldilocks' atrocious new costume did anything to pique more interest in the character. The most use I got out of it was as a source for collage clippings.
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Post by foxley on Apr 20, 2022 4:26:35 GMT -5
This was a unique gimmick. They published Team Titans #1 that had a story but with different back up story featuring origin stories for every member for different issues. They tried to get the collector to buy all the issues. And I did.
Personally, I found the individual stories quite enjoyable. I thought there were some interesting ideas in Team Titans, but I'm not sure there was ever a masterplan for how things should play out, so it quickly got tangled up in its own convoluted continuity and twisted alternative futures and wound up a horrible mess. Not even Marv Wolfman can knock it out of the park every time.
Essentially an attempt to create a ' Days of Future Past' for the Titans, but spinning out of the Armageddon 2000 event meant it was behind the 8-ball from the start. Please start the new contest at your convenience (preferably within 24 hours).
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Post by foxley on Apr 20, 2022 4:35:12 GMT -5
Unlike many of these examples, I can at least see how this gimmick probably seemed a good idea on paper (so to speak). Having an embossed cardboard cover that resembled a tombstone to tie in with the death of Aunt May in the landmark Amazing Spider-Man #400 makes sense. The execution, alas, was sadly lacking: The colour choice, and lack of distinction between the raised letters and the background, means that is unreadable unless you are actually holding it your hands. In case, the plain newsstand was actually much better:
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 20, 2022 7:53:27 GMT -5
Definitely agree the newsstand version was better. But it was a memorable issue inside even if the gimmick wasn't executed well. Here's another one that I think didn't work. Not necessarily this issue in particular but holographic covers in general. This is just the first one that came to mind.
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Post by Bronze age andy on Apr 20, 2022 10:03:05 GMT -5
This was a unique gimmick. They published Team Titans #1 that had a story but with different back up story featuring origin stories for every member for different issues. They tried to get the collector to buy all the issues. And I did.
Personally, I found the individual stories quite enjoyable. I thought there were some interesting ideas in Team Titans, but I'm not sure there was ever a masterplan for how things should play out, so it quickly got tangled up in its own convoluted continuity and twisted alternative futures and wound up a horrible mess. Not even Marv Wolfman can knock it out of the park every time.
Essentially an attempt to create a ' Days of Future Past' for the Titans, but spinning out of the Armageddon 2000 event meant it was behind the 8-ball from the start. Please start the new contest at your convenience (preferably within 24 hours).
I loved the characters but, yes, the story was a mess. They would have been better off not being associated with the Titans. We might have seen them again.
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Post by MDG on Apr 20, 2022 12:18:27 GMT -5
For RAW #7, they tore off a corner of the cover, then taped the corner from a different issue on the contents page.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 20, 2022 14:00:07 GMT -5
Hulk foil cover.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 20, 2022 14:04:19 GMT -5
I liked this chromium Superman cover marking his return to full duty after his " death ".
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Post by Duragizer on Apr 20, 2022 14:55:34 GMT -5
Unlike many of these examples, I can at least see how this gimmick probably seemed a good idea on paper (so to speak). Having an embossed cardboard cover that resembled a tombstone to tie in with the death of Aunt May in the landmark Amazing Spider-Man #400 makes sense. The execution, alas, was sadly lacking: The colour choice, and lack of distinction between the raised letters and the background, means that is unreadable unless you are actually holding it your hands. Seven-year-old me ended up colouring Spidey in with markers.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 20, 2022 15:01:34 GMT -5
Unlike many of these examples, I can at least see how this gimmick probably seemed a good idea on paper (so to speak). Having an embossed cardboard cover that resembled a tombstone to tie in with the death of Aunt May in the landmark Amazing Spider-Man #400 makes sense. The execution, alas, was sadly lacking: The colour choice, and lack of distinction between the raised letters and the background, means that is unreadable unless you are actually holding it your hands. That's...just a hideous cover.
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Post by tonebone on Apr 20, 2022 15:07:59 GMT -5
This was a unique gimmick. They published Team Titans #1 that had a story but with different back up story featuring origin stories for every member for different issues. They tried to get the collector to buy all the issues. Quality of this particular example aside, that's actually a great gimmick. At least it gives you some variant CONTENT, not just a cover!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2022 15:14:37 GMT -5
This was a unique gimmick. They published Team Titans #1 that had a story but with different back up story featuring origin stories for every member for different issues. They tried to get the collector to buy all the issues. Quality of this particular example aside, that's actually a great gimmick. At least it gives you some variant CONTENT, not just a cover! I (and a lot of people at the shop I pulled at at the time) thought the opposite. DC is making me buy the same story 4 times to read 4 different back ups? No f-ing way, it can stay on the shelves I'm not buying it. It was the book with the highest percentage of pull customers putting it back on the shelves of any 90s book at that shop, and he barely sold through 30% of what he ordered. He was selling copies ofr a quarter 6 months later to try to get rid of them. -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 20, 2022 15:29:58 GMT -5
Quality of this particular example aside, that's actually a great gimmick. At least it gives you some variant CONTENT, not just a cover! I (and a lot of people at the shop I pulled at at the time) thought the opposite. DC is making me buy the same story 4 times to read 4 different back ups? No f-ing way, it can stay on the shelves I'm not buying it. It was the book with the highest percentage of pull customers putting it back on the shelves of any 90s book at that shop, and he barely sold through 30% of what he ordered. He was selling copies ofr a quarter 6 months later to try to get rid of them. -M I picked up the entire series (including those four) for a quarter a pop after the fact. I paid far too much for them.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 20, 2022 15:50:05 GMT -5
I too picked up most of them after the fact at a discount.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 20, 2022 19:50:08 GMT -5
Cyberad #1 by Neal Adams Continuity comics indulged in the craze by having a Hologram card on the cover. I thought this issue was from the era when Ms. Mystic was released but it was 1992.
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