Set Description:
I am building this set to shadow my main DD Cents copies set, where pence variants of those comics exist.
At the moment I only have four comics in the set, issues numbers # 158, the origin and "death" of Deathstalker, #160, featuring Bullseye and Black Widow, #168, the first appearance and origin of Elektra, and #174, the first appearance of the Hand.
Since I began putting this set together and wrote the previous comments I decided not to confine myself to collecting just the key issues in the set. At the moment my comics are predominantly from the. Bronze Age.
In January 2025 I added issues numbers # 140 and #145 to the set.
In March 2025 I added issues numbers #16 and #136 to the set.
In April 2025 I added issue number #17 to the set.
In May 2025 I added issues numbers #128, #132, #133, #134, #135, #152 and #153 to the set.
In January 2026 I added issues numbers #166, #170, #171, #173, #176 and #177 to the set.
I then decided to take a break for a time from adding to the set to enable me to create new U.K. Price Variant sets and expand some of my existing ones.
Having said that, in March 2026 I became aware that a raw copy of issue number #3 was for sale at auction and I decided to buy it and have it slabbed to add to the set.
I am very pleased that the set now inludes 2 x 9.8s (issues numbers #135 and #174), 1 x 9.6 (issue number #134), 3 x 9.4s (issues numbers #128, #145 and #173), 6 x 9.2s (issues numbers #132, #133, #140, #160, #170 and #176) 2 x 9.0 (issue numbers #152 and #171) and 1 x 8.5 (issue number #177) as it is very hard to find any issues of this comic in high and super-high grade.
This set is one of 32 U.K. Price Variant competitive sets I have on the Registry. The sets are Amazing Spider-Man (5 sets), Avengers, this one and another Daredevil set, Fantastic Four (2 sets), Frank Miller Covers, Iron Man, Journey into Mystery ( 2 sets), Marvel Bronze Age 1st Appearances (1970-1979), Marvel Premiere, Marvel Team-Up, Ms. Marvel, Silver Surfer, Tales of Suspense (2 sets) , Tales to Astonish (2 sets) , Thor (2 sets), Two-Gun Kid, Werewolf by Night and X-Men (5 sets).
The Set Description in my" Avengers U.K. Editions /Price Variants in the U.K. " set (which won the first" Best International Set " award in 2024) contains information that applies here as well so please take a look.
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