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psykomyko wrote: I have no idea if the comics were grouped together in a specific way (like the later G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS 3-packs of reprints at Toys R Us), or if they were random assortments. - Mike Hansen
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psykomyko wrote:FYI, Marvel also printed some price variants (some with "burst" designs similar to the "Still only 35 cents" design) for the U.S. and U.K. markets. (For example, there's a British price variant of SHOGUN WARRIORS #7).
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That's actually a totally different diamond box, used a few years later on the 50-cent comics. The "Whitman" diamond variants were on some 30/35/40-cent cover issues.
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Jun 6 11 12:10 AM
bettybrant wrote: I couldn't help but notice the annuals included in Mr. Parker's table. I remember buying these 3-packs, but none of the ones I bought had annuals -- they always had 3 standard-size 32-page comics. Were annuals sometimes mixed in with 32-page comics? Was there a separate series of packs that had 3 annuals per pack? What exactly were these diamond variant annuals?
Jun 6 11 12:41 AM
Peter Parker wrote: That goes back to what I said that I believe the issues dated June '79 and forward (not May as I previously said) were actually the first Direct Edition variants, as there is no issue that does not have a variant designated.
That goes back to what I said that I believe the issues dated June '79 and forward (not May as I previously said) were actually the first Direct Edition variants, as there is no issue that does not have a variant designated.
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psykomyko wrote:I read elsewhere that SHOGUN WARRIORS #1-3 were sold together in a 3-pack, but I can't confirm this.
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Phonics Monkey Vol 2 wrote: My Mom used to buy those three packs for my brother and I at Farmer Jack (defunct grocery store chain in Michigan). They were first prints unless they were character specific. The Star Wars ones were reprints. I had the 4-6 3-pack. The G.I. Joe one that had 3-5 were reprints. They didn't exactly say it, but the back cover ads matched the back covers of comics that came out several months later, ditto the Transformers ones. I also have the Whitman version Star Wars "Treasury" editions.
My comic book habit began from 3 main sources (circa 1981-1984):1) DC Digests at Farmer Jack (now torn to down to make way for an Aldi)2) Marvel 3-packs (random) at the adjacent Revco drug store (which became Perry's, which became Rite Aid before getting torn down for an auto parts store). These were all newsstand editions, no variant diamonds on them.3) The occassional single issue at Lawson's (which became Dairy Mart, now 7-11). This later became my principal comic book source for the rest of the 80s.I remember some of those Marvel sequential 3-packs at Oak Ridge Market, most notably an Amazing Spider-Man pack that included #196 (which creeped me out, so I never bought it). If you tell me it was racked with Shogun Warriors and Star Wars, that sounds about right. At that time, ASM was already in the 220-230s, so those issues would have been pretty dated when I saw them (an unlike the drug store, the selection never changed).
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