Batman (vol 1) newsstands that state “multi-pack reprint”, not sure which printing these represent, you get to decide. But the back cover IS important, it helps to see which month these were printed. The back cover is the only thing that changes, the front cover doesn’t.
#416:
#415:
What does the indicia say for these issues?
As I stated in my opening paragraph, “multi-pack reprint”, no number of reprint is stated. Just, “multi-pack reprint”.
It seems these are the newsstand version of #415 and#416. I would advice to add these. You can always edit the entries in your local datasbase to suit your personal taste.
I would beg to differ. The 1st print newsstand edition of each of these comics has a completely different back cover add (for a role playing game picturing a Valkyrie on a horse in the snow - TSR games for Sept. 1988). If this is a 1st print newsstand, how do you explain the Hulk Hogan add on the back cover that DC was using for Dec. 1988 comics printed two months after the 1st print edition came out?
This is also why I insist on having the back covers added (when they are important, like here) when CLZ is the database most of the comic book reading public goes to for reference on which printing edition they have just purchased. If you are the guys that don’t care, why use you for reference at all?
Hi there, so looked at 416 first. Made some changes in Core and added a ton of data along with the book you own, now being #416G. My guess is that this is the 4th printing but DC decided to skip that number for some odd reason. I came to that conclusion by the following data:
By these points, I believe that my guess is probably correct. I put it in the spot where the 4th print would’ve been if it was named that but left the 4th naming out of it since it isn’t mentioned anywhere.
Noted both versions of the 3rd print to Core. Normally I’d avoid adding stickers (I’m mostly referring to the newsstand stickers) over the UPC box but this was an exception since it came from the distributor this way. The one with the stickers was probably the one distributed trough the multi-packs and the one without at newsstands.
This is much better and what I usually would expect from CLZ, thank you. I appreciate the effort and attention to detail.
I will be making a comprehensive audit of this title sometime in the future with back covers and actual printings indicated in the indicia. I just haven’t purchased all the different printings as of yet.
But thank you again!
