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1980 WHITMAN PRE PACK ONLY ISSUES SOLD ONLY IN 8-12/1980 EDITIONS


Set Type: Whitman Pre-Pack and Scarce Issues (Specialized)
Owner: Andrew Rathbun
Last Modified: 2/5/2025
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WHITMAN PRE PACK ONLY COMIC BOOKS FROM 8-12/1980. WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY HAD A LOW PRINT RUN OF THERE COMIC BOOKS AT THIS TIME. THE BEST ESTIMATIONS ARE NOTED AS THERE WAS A 5000 COPY PRINT RUN ON MOST BOOKS FROM 8-12/1980 AND A 2000 COPY PRINT RUN ON SOME. THE WHITMAN PRE PACKS WERE SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES IN 3 PACK BAGGED PACKS. WE BELIEVE THE MONTHS COINCIDED ONE MONTH TO ANOTHER. THESE 3 PACKS WERE SOLD IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF SMALL CHAIN STORES IN THE US. SMALL DEPARTMENT STORES OR SMALL CHAIN STORES. THEY MAY HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN REGIONAL AREAS LIKE MARVEL 35 CENT PRICE VARIANTS FROM 1977 AND 1978 ? REMEMBER THESE BOOKS WERE SOLD IN THESE 3 PACKS ONLY IN THE SMALL STORES ON NEWSTAND RACKS OR SHELVES THEY WERE NEVER SOLD IN ANY SMALL COMIC STORES. THESE BOOKS WERE RELEASED BEFORE THE COMIC BOOK STORE BOOM OF THE EARLY 1980'S. MANY COMIC STORES STARTED TO SHOWING UP AND WERE BORN IN THE EARLY 1980'S. THESE WERE SOLD PRIOR TO THAT. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THESE WERE SOLD IN 2 PACKS IN CANADA WITH A LOW PRINT RUN AT 10 PERCENT THE US PRINT RUN SO ITS ESTIMATED 500 COPIES WERE SOLD IN CANADA IN 2 PACK BAGGED PACKS. OF THE WHITMAN BOOKS THE "QUOTE" BIG TITLES ARE NOTED AS WALT DISNEY COMICS AND STORIES,DONALD DUCK, MICKEY MOUSE,LITTLE LULU AND UNCLE SCROOGE. IT IS KNOWN THAT 1 BOOK OF THE 3 BOOKS IN THE BAG WAS THE SCARCEST PRINTED OF THE 3 BOOKS. WE KNOW THAT WALT DISNEY COMICS AND STORIES 480 IS THE SCARCEST BOOK TO FIND,AS WELL AS DONALD DUCK 222,MICKEY MOSE 208, LITTLE LULU 260 AND UNCLE SCROOGE 179. COINCIDENTALLY MANY OF THESE BOOKS DATE 9/1980 WHICH HAS A SIMILAR TREND, THERE ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND. LULU 260 AND UNCLE SCROOGE 179 HAS TO HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THE OVERSTREET GUIDE FOR YEARS AS TO HAVE BEEN SCARCE WHICH THEY ARE. WDCS 480,DONALD DUCK 222,LULU 260 SCROOGE 179 ARE ALL SCARCE TO RARE. THESE SINGLE BOOKS ARE THE HARDEST TO FIND BOOK OF THE ENTIRE SERIES PRINT RUN OF EACH PARTICULAR TITLE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST BOOKS SINCE THE 40'S OR 50'S. INFORMATION ON THESE BOOKS CAN BE FOUND AT DOUG SULIPA'S WEBSITE WWW.DOUGCOMICWORLD.COM HE IS A OVERSTREET ADVISOR AND HAS A GOOD GRASP OF KNOWLEDGE ON HARDER TO FIND COMIC BOOKS FROM ALL DIFFERENT ERAS ESPECIALLY 80'S AND 70'S BOOKS. ALL BOOKS FROM 9-12/80 ARE CONFIRMED SCARCEST OF THE THE 3 PACKS.
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