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Why are so many comics missing covers?
DoctorCanus:
Stripping was still done thru the 80s at least. The indicia of the old comics explains why you might encounter a coverless magazine. It also lets you know that the publisher didn't get paid for the magazine so you're technically receiving stolen goods if you buy a coverless magazine.
srca1941:
It was at least done into the mid-90s. When I first started collecting, my grandmother inquired about what was done with comics that didn't sell at our local Kroger. They were stripped and then destroyed.
-Eric
paw broon:
Even though I'm not in N. America, I've spoken to a couple of older, well, old, dealers from the States who spoke of stripping the title or the front cover to be sent back. I'd assume that shopkeepers would sell on the damaged comics. Makes sense. But rusty staples reminds me that AP pocket libraries from the '50's - e.g. Thriller Picture Library, Super Detective Library, Cowboy Picture Library - are notorious for rusty staples, in fact, it is incredibly hard to find examples without some rust. But I seldom see coverless copies, so perhaps rusty staples might not be the main cause of coverless comics. Although when I think about it, these 64 page digests might have some glue as well. So all that for nothing ;)
bminor:
Fellow Comic Collectors,
I have been recreating comic covers for about a year now.
If anyone is in need of a cover for a old book you treasure just send me a PM and we can talk.
I strive to make each cover to look EXACTLY like it did when it hit the news stand way, way, way back in the day.
I remove all blemishes and wrinkles from the original.
All the collectors that I have dealt with have been very pleased. I have done several dozen over the past year.
Attached is a Phantom Lady 23 that I recreated recently for a collector.
Yours,
B.
Yoc:
Very snazzy job there B!
:D
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