BarcodeOnTheBack
10-13-2006, 09:37 PM
I just took a look at my most recent issue of Exiles, 84, I believe. (the one where they go to an alternate reality where the Soviet Union still exists, and the Cold War never ceased.
This one has a complete, doubled cover. I did a double take when I opened it, only to see the cover again. I looked at the back cover, and same thing. The ads and everything on the inside are also doubled. I don't mean that the image shows some sort of shadow, or afterimage. I mean that there is a cover within a cover.
It looks like they just somehow got two of the covers on there before it was stapled together, or something like that. In all the years I've been reading comics, I've never seen this before.
I was wondering if this might be something a lot of folks encountered, but searches online didn't turn anything up, so I guess not.
When coins are minted wrong, with errors, double struck and such, it can make them worth 50 times what a normal one is worth. I am not sure if this is also the case with comics. At the very least, it is probably considered a misprint, an oddity, or error printing. Nothing so bizarre as having all the pages backwards, but still visually arresting.
Anyone care to comment? I am trying to decide if it would be worth sending it off to be graded, sealed and slabbed, or whatever they do in the comics industry like that. I just don't have the expertise here to make an informed decision.
Normally I just view comics as great reading material, but this time I figured that I ought to get some advice before making a decision on what to do. Thanks in advance for your feedback!
This one has a complete, doubled cover. I did a double take when I opened it, only to see the cover again. I looked at the back cover, and same thing. The ads and everything on the inside are also doubled. I don't mean that the image shows some sort of shadow, or afterimage. I mean that there is a cover within a cover.
It looks like they just somehow got two of the covers on there before it was stapled together, or something like that. In all the years I've been reading comics, I've never seen this before.
I was wondering if this might be something a lot of folks encountered, but searches online didn't turn anything up, so I guess not.
When coins are minted wrong, with errors, double struck and such, it can make them worth 50 times what a normal one is worth. I am not sure if this is also the case with comics. At the very least, it is probably considered a misprint, an oddity, or error printing. Nothing so bizarre as having all the pages backwards, but still visually arresting.
Anyone care to comment? I am trying to decide if it would be worth sending it off to be graded, sealed and slabbed, or whatever they do in the comics industry like that. I just don't have the expertise here to make an informed decision.
Normally I just view comics as great reading material, but this time I figured that I ought to get some advice before making a decision on what to do. Thanks in advance for your feedback!