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The Bug
Black Hole (Fantagraphics) 5 Second Printing
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COMIC DETAILS
Comic Description:
Black Hole #5 Universal
Grade:
9.8
Page Quality:
WHITE
Certification #:
3760120005
Owner:
Qalyar
SET DETAILS
Winning Set:
The Bug
Date Added:
2/22/2021
Research:
See CGC's Census Report for this Comic
Owner's Description
This is one of two oddities in the series. <i>Black Hole</i> #5 and #9 are the only two books originally published by Fantagraphics that went to a second printing. Why? I really have no idea. There's nothing special about these issues. There's nothing unusual about Diamond's reported ordering numbers. Was there some unusual demand? Did some percentage of the printed first edition copies fail quality control, warranting a reprint? I tried reaching out to Fantagraphics for information -- and to confirm that there are no second printings of #4, #6, or other issues lurking out there -- but never received a response. So it remains one of this series's little mysteries.
There is no reliable method to distinguish the two printings without opening up the book and looking at the indicia. But in any case, the second printing of #5 does not seem particularly scarce.
This is one of a group of books in this set that I purchased as slabs from an online seller who was submitting this series for grading at the same time I was filling in the bulk of the set from my own collection.
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