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OtherEric:
You are almost certainly correct that we're using the term "remaindered" incorrectly; we mean either leftovers or returns.  We don't know which at this point.

I've always assumed that Fox running the first story page on the IFC was a way to try and avoid the resales of stripped copies.  Then again, some of his later books have a story title on the first panel of the second page to make it somewhat easier to ease into the story if the cover is missing.  Which makes sense for the giants but defeats the original purpose of the IFC story page if that was the intention.  Who knows at this late date?

The IW books are not old contents with new covers; there are clear differences.  Most notably the loss of the book title at the top of each page.  IW, as I understand it, somehow got old plates and was printing from those.

John C:
For what it's worth, the rule about sending the logo/masthead in lieu of returning existed (and still exists, I believe) to save the retailer postage costs, otherwise the cost of returning could be similar to the refund.  For that reason, it's very unlikely that these are returns--I get the impression that Fox would be too cheap to accomodate retailers further (covering their postage costs or sending someone to pick up the returns), and retailers aren't going to ship more than they need to.

So, they're probaly overruns--which in the book world do get sold as remaindered.  That still leaves the question open of whether the overrun was intentional (with the books destined for the Giants) or accidental (with the Giants designed to siphon off the excess), though.

jrvandore:
There are one or two Fox giants for which one of the "remaindered" comics is a comic that was otherwise not released.  I'm not a Fox expert, but worked with one to get data on known combinations entered into the GCD.  I couldn't tell you which off the top of my head, but a quick stroll through the GCD records would.

OtherEric:
Very true in that they're probably not returns, then.  Fox was notoriously cheap.  Would there have been returns of books from the distributor level, or would they destroy them as well?

The 1948 Almanac is unique in two ways, as far as I know:  it's the only one with an extra 16 page signature unique to the book and, in my admittedly limited sample, it's the only one where the sub-issues weren't individually stapled.

I didn't know the giants had otherwise unknown issues, but I seem to recall an otherwise unknown issue of Dorothy Lamour that showed up somewhere so it's less surprising that there are others.

JonTheScanner:

--- Quote from: OtherEric on June 24, 2010, 06:33:46 AM ---I didn't know the giants had otherwise unknown issues, but I seem to recall an otherwise unknown issue of Dorothy Lamour that showed up somewhere so it's less surprising that there are others.

--- End quote ---

I scanned that Dorothy Lamour and I can't recall where the heck it was.  I think maybe in an issue of Red or Blue Circle or one of the other comics from the "publisher" whose name I won't mention because I also can't remember what we decided its name was.

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