Set Description
If you collect Wizard Magazines and if you were into reading about everything involved with comics and memorabilia or modern pop culture , let me ask.... Did you ever walk into your local comic shop or book store or magazine stand and ask the attendant for the current copy of "Wizard:The Guide To Comics "? Or "Wizard: The Comics Magazine "?
Pretty sure the answer to that is no.
Infact I'm about 99.9998% sure that no one ever did that.
"The Guide To Comics " is a descriptive , that was added for God knows why , but it was on the very first copy.
It was on all the covers up to #75 ,
then it changed to "The Comics Magazine ".
And that went on up to #176.
Then it changed again , to...
"The Magazine Of Comics,Entertainment And Pop Culture "
Now let's back up a bit. At some point , someone at CGC figured that someone else might be a collector of these so they created a registry set for Wizard Magazine. If you look down the list of books you'll see that it runs from #s 0 through 235. The person who did this , I'm guessing , did it instinctively , knowing that it's just "Wizard ". They may have even been a fan of the magazine back in the day ,
who knows.
So anyway , I feel like I'm dragging this out too much but I think I know where it all went wrong. Someone had a copy of Wizard # 134 and decided to take it to a show to get a Jim Lee signature. Next thing you know , now you've got a Wizard: The Comics Magazine #134 Lee Variant Cover. When before this everyone who graded one of these books knew that it was just Wizard. So then this person wanted to add this book to their registry set and now we've got a mess. Because they maybe didn't want to rock the boat or whatever. Happy to have a copy with a Jim Lee signature on it. Should have just been Wizard #134 , with the art comments to the side "Jim Lee Cover " By the way , I own one of these myself but I refuse to add it to the set. Got a couple that were busted on one corner because the postal service doesn't really care about even the registered mail shipping from CGC and those won't be sent back for reholder because I'm afraid that they would change the label of the books to "Wizard: The Guide To Comics " and then I'd have to remove them from the set.
One more thing. Does anyone know
what Wizard Pub is? Because it isn't
an old English bar where wizards hang out.
Wizard Press however , was the publishing company
that put these out.
I hope anyone who gets one of these graded , is lucky enough to get a grader who knows that it's just Wizard.
Wizard 0 |
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Wizard 1 |
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Wizard 1 San Diego Comic-Con Edition |
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Wizard: The Comics Magazine 134 Lee Variant Cover |
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Wizard 210 Collectors' Edition |
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Wizard 210 Wanted Variant Cover |
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Wizard 211 Platinum Edition |
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Wizard: The Guide to Comics 6 |
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Wizard: The Guide to Comics Special Edition nn San Diego Comic-Con Edition |
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Wizard: The Superman Tribute Edition nn |
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