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Comics Comics Heating Up
#484

Someone on here asked about the D’orc Blank.

Well

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#485

Still waiting on my blank. USPS been slowww

#486

So a seller could remove the blank cover? Is it obvious if somebody has done this? (i.e. bent staples, etc)

#487

Easiest way to tell is to look at the barcode.

001 (Issue #1) 6 (Variant cover #6) 1 (1st Print)

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#488

Well, I think we expected the same cover inside, but is it “identical” to the cover A. For example, Marvel inside covers don’t have bar codes. So you’d have to compare this to an actual copy of cover A to know.

For now, though, I believe blanks are going for equivalent or more than cover A
so no incentive to remove it (like there is for DC absolute books).

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#489

Is the 00161 bar code on the inside cover? Or does the inside cover have a 00111 code?

#490

Here is the barcode for cover A

001 (1st Issue) 1 (variant a) 1 (1st print)

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#491

I’m going to bed. Let me know if Bleeding Hearts becomes B’ledding H’earts overnight and I’ll hit my shop up tomorrow for a copy to flip. They had a bunch.

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#492

Looks like a cutout with the barcode underneath, but don’t have one in hand to see

#493

Heard someone talking about Dorc blanks at the shop today. “You can just take the cover off and you have an A book.”

Ugh. Don’t do that.

#494

To answer the question of the bar code.

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I grabbed a Detective card stock issue this weekend for a dollar. It was a run filler. The cover was bent. I removed it. It’s very easy to do without messing up the tightness of the staples. If you just yank the cover off, it will mess up the staples.

If you take a razor at the corner of the staples and cut out in a line towards the center of the staples and repeat on each post of the staple you can remove the cover without disturbing the staple. From there you wiggle out the diamond that remains. Staple stays tight.

With that being said it is dishonest and I don’t advocate for this. I did it to a damaged cover for a book that is a run filler with little value.

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#495

It is not. It is printed on the blank cover. The a cover underneath literally says A cover.

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#496

Well, this could get interesting. Right now I think the blanks are desirable because people are thinking of getting sketches and remarks at upcoming cons.

Still waiting on my remaining copies
which I have 2A’s and 1B still out there. I don’t have shipping confirmations, but my credit card hasn’t been refunded either.

#497

Hope they come through for you man.

#498

FYI. My blank is listed for sale. For integrity verification.

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#499

I read Bleeding Hearts, and while it may not be everyone’s thing, I absolutely loved it. Great art that almost reminds me of The Maxx. Great characters and development. Whether this blows up is to be determined, but it’s officially on my pull list.

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#500

Not sure if this came up before, but it popped up in my search this morning
 it’s just a cover A.

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#501

I’ve been trying to find that Dekal for awhile now. Just don’t see it in the wild. Might have to get one from eBay if they are starting to move upwards


And his Deadly Class #47 cover as well, both are on my search list for way too long.

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#502

Another day, no deliveries or incoming packages being tracked by USPS.

Sent out emails requesting a status of shipment.

It’s possible USPS hasn’t scanned them because tracking is a “luxury”
.

Whoops
I mean “courtesy”


Edit: checked UPS
nothing incoming there as well. Not good.

#503

What If Peter Parker Became the Punisher came out that same year and sells pretty well also. The other What If one shots from that year might be work a look too.

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