Superman # 1 1974 - 2018 1938 Reprints / Homage / Swipes / Variant / 9.8
MARVEL COMICS FANTASTIC FOUR #291 ORIGINAL COVER PRINTING TRANSPARENCY.
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Fantastic Four 291 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0932623017
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Owner:
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Superman 9.8
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
JUNE 1986 MARVEL COMICS FANTASTIC FOUR #291 / JOHN BYRNE TRANSPARENCY WITH A .75c COVER PRICE. THESE WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PRINTING PROCESS BEFORE THE AGE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY & VERY SIMILAR TO THE PHOTOCELLS DISNEY STUDIO ARTIST`S USED TO MAKE THOSE FAMOUS CARTOONS LIKE MICKEY MOUSE AND FANTASIA. BEFORE THE COVERS CAN BE PRINTED A TRANSPARENCY LIKE THIS ONE WAS USED TRANSFERING THE IMAGES ON TO A METAL PLATE THEN ON TO PAPER WHILE PRINTING. THIS IS AN ACTUAL CELLO SHEET of FANTASTIC FOUR #291 AND ARE NO LONGER USED BECAUSE OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY MAKING THAT PRINTING METHOD OBSOLETE. THESE ARE BECOMING RARE AND ALTHOUGH NOT AN ORIGINAL THESE TRANSPARENCIES ARE AS CLOSE YOU CAN GET. THE COMIC PRINTING COULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT THEM.
FANTASTIC FIND FOR THIS ACTION COMICS # 1 HOMAGE, SWIPE, VARIANT SET. MOST OF THESE SHEETS WERE SIMPLY THROWN AWAY AFTER SERVING THE INITIAL PRINTING. BECAUSE THESE IMAGES ARE SO DELICATE THEY WERE EASILY DAMAGED AND HAD NO PURPOSE TO BE SAVED. THE COLORED CUBES TOP LEFT SHOWING COLORS TO BE LAID DOWN WHILE PRINTED & TRIMMED AFTER THE FINAL PRINTING. OFTEN THESE TRANSPARENCIES HAVE WRITING SHOWING CHANGES TO BE MADE. USUALLY, MORE THAN ONE TRANSPARENCY FOR CHANGES, COLORS, WERE USED ON MAKING EACH COVER. OPEN SPACE LEFT FOR GRAPHICS OR OTHER CHANGES FOR LATER PRINTINGS. THIS IS A SET of TWO SHEETS LAID ON TOP OF EACH OTHER COMPLETE THE IMAGE FOR THE COVER OF FANTASTIC FOUR #291. COLLECTORS REALIZING THESE TRANSPARENCIES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MAKING OF KEY ISSUED COMICS & HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER. THEY ALSO BRING BIG $$$$$ FOR RARE COMICS. KEY FIND FOR THIS SET, ONLY AN ACTUAL ORIGINAL DRAWING IS BETTER BUT THOSE ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. PRICES FOR THESE TRANSPARENCIES IS STILL REASONABLE BUT RISING AS COLLECTORS FIND NEW ONES.
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