1st VS. 2nd

POSTED BY: GreekToomey
UPDATED: Monday, September 12, 2005 20:47
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GREEKTOOMEY

Monday, August 15, 2005 9:33 PM

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between the first printing & second printing of Serenity #1?

BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:08 AM

I think first printings don't indicate they're the first printing. Second and beyond should say somewhere (usually in the small print which in SERENITY is at the bottom of the inside front cover) that they are subsequent printings.

GREEKTOOMEY

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:52 PM

See, I've looked inside the front cover of the two copies of the Mal cover for issue #1 that I got from 258 West Authentic, and I can't spot any difference.

I ordered:

#1 (first printing) all three covers

#2 all three covers (presumably these are first printings)

#3 all three covers (hopefully these will be first printings)

#s 1-3 (to read)

Does anyone have a first and second printing of #1 for comparison?

BATMARLOWE

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:28 PM

To tell you the truth I'm starting to have doubts myself. This used to be so clear-cut. A second printing used to say so and it was easy to find. The examples I'm thinking are from quite a while ago though. For instance I remember seeing the designation of a 2nd printing on THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (not a compliation either--those are clearly marked originally printed in....). Maybe comics companies have found some way around this.

Anyway, the folks at my comics store seem to be a pretty knowledgable bunch. I'll ask them.

GREEKTOOMEY

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:49 PM

I'm hoping that if I keep bumping this thread, Marco might come in here and clarify things.

BATMARLOWE

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:47 AM

Marco?

GREEKTOOMEY

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:54 AM

The guy who operates 258 West Authentic, where I bought my copies of the comic. He's around here, somewhere.

BATMARLOWE

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:38 AM

Gotchya. Why not start a thread called "Hey Marco, I need your help!" or something like that?

GREEKTOOMEY

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:36 AM

How would that be stealthy?

BATMARLOWE

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:18 AM

It would definitely register low on the stealthometer, but you might get an answer faster. Unless you're cleverly setting a trap in which an unsuspecting Marco posts on your thread not knowing to whom he has given the answer to the riddle of the 2nd printing.

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