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AVENGERS #164 (35 Cents Variant)
(Oct 1977)
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FANTASTIC FOUR #184 (35 Cents Variant)
(Jul 1977)
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NOVA #14 (35 Cents Variant)
(Oct 1977)
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Marvel 35 cent Price Variants
Sunday, July 18, 2004 10:05:09 PM
(excerpt)
Below is a complete list of all the 1977 Marvel comics which had 35 cent variant covers. Once again, much of the information included was first gathered by Jon McClure, and was published in several issues of Comic Book Marketplace. As with the 30 cent variants, it is believed that there is a 35 cent variant for every book Marvel published for five months prior to the actual price increase to 35 cents. As far as I know, however, this has not been proven, for certain. For example, only recently has a copy of Scooby-Doo 1 been found, and only one Western book and one copy of a Sgt. Fury issue have been discovered. The purpose of the variant versions was to test market-resitance to the increase. In fact, an ebay seller recently produced a letter from Sol Brodsky documenting that the 35 cent copies of Star Wars 1-4 were authentic and part of Marvel's marketing research (thanks to Dan Cusimano for the letter).
The situation with 35 cent variants is much more simple than with the 30 cent variants from the year before, and can be summed up in one word: RARE.
(NOTE: Only Perez-related titles are listed here.)
| January 20, 2002 |
Nova #14 Correction |
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From George Pérez
I'm afraid that the Marvel Index is wrong, which wouldn't be the first time.
I was indeed the penciler of the cover of NOVA #14, inked by Frank Giacoia.
Now I don't remember whether it was Marie Severin or Ed Hannigan or John
Romita who designed the cover (they all shared that duty in those days), but
those are definitely my pencils on the original.
From
Doug Smith
(This is old but I am finally getting around to this.)
I recently just bought a copy of
the Marvel Comics Index No. 8B which has all the credits for the first Nova
series. I've gone and corrected the cover credits for series 1 since some of
them were wrong including Nova #14 (I had found the previous cover credits
on a web site). Since this appears to be an official Marvel source, I think
it's safe to say the Marvel Comics Index is right.
They have Nova #14's
cover credits listed as Ed Hannigan and Frank Giacoia.
[ see correction ]
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