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one of the hardest to find marvel collectibles

Set Type: Marvel 30 Cent Price Variants (1976)
Owner: Andrew Rathbun
Last Modified: 8/12/2022
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Rank:	25
Score:	293
Leading by:	49
Points to Higher Rank:	11

Set Description:

MARVEL 30 CENT PRICE VARIANTS ARE TEST PRICE VERSIONS OF ALL 25 CENT TITLES THAT MARVEL PRODUCED FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 1976. MARVEL RAISED THE PRICE OF ALL TITLES IN 6 TEST MARKETS TO SEE WHAT THE RESISTANCE WOULD BE TO A 5 PERCENT PRICE INCREASE. THESE VARIANTS WERE ONLY DISTRIBUTED IN 6 MARKETS AND APPARENTLY NOT ALL THE OUTLETS IN THOSE MARKETS RECEIVED ALL THE VARIANTS. THE 6 TEST MARKETS WERE- 1. GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN 2. BALTIMORE ,MARYLAND 3. SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 4.SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 5.ALBUQUERQUE,NEW MEXICO 6. SOMEWHERE IN MASSACHUSETTS SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS. IT IS BELIEVE THAT ABOUT SEVERAL HUNDRED COPIES ONLY EXIST OF EACH ISSUE.

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Slot:	Kid Colt Outlaw 208 30 Cent Price Variant
Item:	Kid Colt Outlaw 208 Modern
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	1990922004

Owner Comments
Thought of one as the hardest western cover variants to find. Way back in 2003 When the searching began this was quoted by the super collector researchers after a few years as hands down one of the toughest 30 Cent price variants to find. After 20 Years of research still thought as one of the toughest to find ever.hard to find in any grade complete,rare to find in nicer grades. only a short number of these have been found possibly no more then 15 copies thought to exist of this book in any grade. This book was one of the late send in's 4 or 5years ago it was sent in 99 percent of most western 30 Cent cover variants were sent in withe karns collection known as some of the nicest loose ccopies seen. This book was San Antonio,Texas from a owner. somewhere In San Antonio Texas in 1976 this sold? I'll call this the San Antonio pedigree. these westerns just weren't found in higher grade like 1940's books.

Slot:	Marvel Double Feature 15 30 Cent Price Variant
Item:	Marvel Double Feature 15 Modern
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	0143416002

Owner Comments
one of the less collected titles of 30 Cent variants. Only a couples copies ever achieve the lofty grade of a cgc NM 9.4, unusual in nicer grade not exactly easy in any grade. Grades vg tof is what is found most of the time.

Slot:	Marvel Tales 66 30 Cent Price Variant
Item:	Marvel Tales 66 Modern
Grade:	CGC
Cert #:	3870532009

Owner Comments
this is a very underrated book as this book does not show all the time and not in a nicer grade at all when it does. Only 4 cgc 8.5's have been graded to date. most of the best possible grade condition copies have been thought to have been sent in, one of the few 30 Cent variants to ever get a grade above vf+ ever.