1st VS. 2nd by GreekToomey

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1st VS. 2nd

POSTED BY: GREEKTOOMEY
UPDATED: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:47
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Monday, August 15, 2005 11:33 AM

GREEKTOOMEY

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between the first printing & second printing of Serenity #1?

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Monday, August 15, 2005 10:08 PM

BATMARLOWE

I think first printings don't indicate they're the first printing. Second and beyond should say somewhere (usually in the small print which in SERENITY is at the bottom of the inside front cover) that they are subsequent printings.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:52 AM

GREEKTOOMEY

See, I've looked inside the front cover of the two copies of the Mal cover for issue #1 that I got from 258 West Authentic, and I can't spot any difference.

I ordered:

#1 (first printing) all three covers

#2 all three covers (presumably these are first printings)

#3 all three covers (hopefully these will be first printings)

#s 1-3 (to read)

Does anyone have a first and second printing of #1 for comparison?

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:28 AM

BATMARLOWE

To tell you the truth I'm starting to have doubts myself. This used to be so clear-cut. A second printing used to say so and it was easy to find. The examples I'm thinking are from quite a while ago though. For instance I remember seeing the designation of a 2nd printing on THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS (not a compliation either--those are clearly marked originally printed in....). Maybe comics companies have found some way around this.

Anyway, the folks at my comics store seem to be a pretty knowledgable bunch. I'll ask them.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:49 PM

GREEKTOOMEY

I'm hoping that if I keep bumping this thread, Marco might come in here and clarify things.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:47 PM

BATMARLOWE

Marco?

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:54 PM

GREEKTOOMEY

The guy who operates 258 West Authentic, where I bought my copies of the comic. He's around here, somewhere.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:38 PM

BATMARLOWE

Gotchya. Why not start a thread called "Hey Marco, I need your help!" or something like that?

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:36 PM

GREEKTOOMEY

How would that be stealthy?

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:18 PM

BATMARLOWE

It would definitely register low on the stealthometer, but you might get an answer faster. Unless you're cleverly setting a trap in which an unsuspecting Marco posts on your thread not knowing to whom he has given the answer to the riddle of the 2nd printing.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:25 AM

258WESTAUTHENTIC

Well, first off, 2nd prints havnt been shipped yet, to my knowlage. I think they start shipping next week. Also if you look on the back page of the cover of the Issue #1 it will say Printed July 2005 - Where 2nd prints will say Aug 2005. So far no one knows if there will be a 2nd print of the Issue #2 or #3. ( unlike the first issue most retailers wised up'd and ordered more copies of the 2nd and 3rd issue before they were printed ).

Once I get a 2nd print in my hands I will post the major diffrances right away.

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Thanks for you support

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:10 AM

GREEKTOOMEY

Ahhh... thank you very much!

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Monday, September 12, 2005 10:17 AM

MINKE

I've been curious about this too, as I looked at the "second printing" and couldn't find any difference between the two, so I e-mailed Dark Horse and asked them. I don't like the answer because it smells more than a little fishy, but here it is with my original e-mail for context.

Hi *****,

Thanks for your e mail. Here's the official answer: the presses never
actually stopped when we re-ordered Serenity #1 (they were still
printing the original order when we reordered) - so technically all
Serenity #1's are considered first printings. Sorry about the
confusion.

Take Care,

Matt P.

On Sep 8, 2005, at 3:58 PM, ******* wrote:

>
> I was hoping you might be able to clear something up for me. As soon
> as I heard a Serenity series was coming out, I went out to my local
> comic store and ordered all three covers of all three issues. I
> noticed that the second printing of #1 came out a week or two ago, so
> I took a look at it and I have a question for you. I looked all over
> the comic for any indication that it was a second printing and I
> couldn't find one. I looked for the mention of a second printing in
> the fine print on the inside cover. I looked at the barcode looking
> for a 2 instead of a 1 at the end. I even looked to see if the color
> on the background of your logo was different. From what I could tell,
> there were no differences between the first printing and the second
> printing.
> I adore the series and would buy every cover no matter what, because
> that's the kind of Firefly/Serenity fan I am, but it kinda sucks if
> you guys did a second printing and made it the exact same as the first
> printing. I'm sure you didn't because it would screw over a lot of
> collectors who put the effort into finding first printings. Could you
> tell me what on the second printing signifies that fact? Thanks a ton
> for your time and I really do appreciate the fact that you guys put
> this miniseries out. I just finished the last issue and it was great!

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Monday, September 12, 2005 10:20 AM

GREEKTOOMEY

Wow, that's screwy.

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Monday, September 12, 2005 10:47 AM

MINKE

Yeah, it makes no sense to me considering that the continuation printing or whatever they're calling it didn't come out till a month plus after the first one, which I wouldn't think would be the case if they were still printing. I'm just happy to have all the covers for my collection, but it does pretty much screw eveybody over who made an effort to get it when it first came out.

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