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AFTER CAREFUL OBSERVATION OVER THE YEARS IT HAS SHOWN THAT THESE WHITMAN VARIANTS OF DC COMICS ARE AMONG SOME OF THE HARDEST WHITMAN COMICS TO FIND. THE KNOWN NUMBER OF COPIES OF THESE BOOKS IS BEST ESTIMATED TO BE UNDER 100 COPIES KNOWN OF EACH BOOK WITH SOME AS LOW AS 5 KNOWN COPIES. THE BOOKS THAT DATE JUNE 1980 MAYBE ONE OF THE LOWEST PRINT RUN MONTHS OF WHITMAN. COULD THESE BOOKS MAY HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN CANADA? A UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF COPIES OF THESE BOOKS HAVE BEEN SOLD BY CANADIAN SELLERS. COULD THESE BOOKS HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN CANADA IN JUNE 1980? WE KNOW THAT WHITMAN PRE PACKS USA EDITIONS WERE PRINTED FROM 8-12/1980 IN CANADA BY WHITMAN- (WHITMAN GOLDEN LIMITED CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO) IN SEALED 2 PACKS, A SMALL NUMBER OF 2 PACKS OF THE 1980 BOOKS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON EBAY. WE KNOW THAT IN 1983 AND 1984 WHITMAN-(WHITMAN GOLDEN LIMITED CAMBRDIGE,ONTARIO) PRINTED THE NO DATE NO CODES WHITMAN BOOKS AND THEY WERE SOLD IN CANADA IN SEALED 2 PACKS. WE KNOW THAT WHITMAN GOLDEN LIMTED CAMBRDIGE OF ONTARIO HAS BEEN IN CANADA FOR SOME YEARS, THEY HAD TO BE THERE SINCE 1978. ITEMS HAVE SOLD BY THEM ON EBAY FROM 1978. WE ALSO KNOW THAT BY VIEWING SOME OF THE CANADA 2 PACK SEALED PACKS OF THE 8-12/1980 WHITMAN BOOKS THE OUTSIDE OF THE SEALED PACKS BAGS STATES PUBLISHED BY WHITMAN GOLDEN LIMITED OF CAMBRDIGE ONTARIO CANADA. ALSO KNOWN IS THAT ON SEALED 2 PACKS OF THE 1983-1984 NO DATE NO CODES WHITMAN CANADA EDITION SEALED 2 PACKS, WHITMAN GOLDEN LIMITED IS STATED ON THE BAG AS THE PUBLISHER. SO IT PROVES THAT WHITMAN DID PUBLISH THE WHITMAN PRE PACK ONLY BOOKS OF 8-12/1980 OF 1980 AS WELL AS THE 1983-1984 WHITMAN CANADA EDITIONS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT IS KNOWN THESE BOOKS WERE INITIALY PRINTED WITH A SEVERAL THOUSAND COPY PRINT RUN SO IT WAS VERY LIMITED PRINT RUN IN THE USA AND THEN A VERY LIMITED PRINT RUN IN CANADA.
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