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hascafidi
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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 11:01:08 am
  • I bet this has been discussed but what is the difference in the books when there is a barcode in the bottom left of a book and not the Spider-Man head on the marvel books from the 80s and 90s. I can never remember which one is direct or newsstand and does it hurt the value or change it at all?
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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 11:27:11 am
  • newsstand are the ones with the barcode on the front, direct are the spidey heads, and the rarity has been under discussion for quite some time now.

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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 11:28:10 am
  • Beat to death actually.
    Short answer - Barcode are newstand release, barcode with line through it are direct market and spidey or any picture for that matter are direct market.
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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 11:50:58 am
  • Ha, i didnt even realize the ones with the line thru were direct...i did no that the line doesnt degrade the price like other unconventional markings
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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 12:48:38 pm
  • Yeah the line through the barcode was just when the direct market was starting up and the rule was that the direct market got a larger discount but the catch they couldn't return unsold books like the newstand market so to differentiate the direct market shipped books they had the printer slash a line through the barcode...now you know. Wink
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  • Posted: January 27, 2017 1:15:24 pm
  • Canuck said:
    Yeah the line through the barcode was just when the direct market was starting up and the rule was that the direct market got a larger discount but the catch they couldn't return unsold books like the newstand market so to differentiate the direct market shipped books they had the printer slash a line through the barcode...now you know. Wink


    Way back when this was not well known, I had a copy of ASM #194 that had the slash line though the bar code and I thought it was a reprint or someone had drawn a line with a felt marker and it really bothered me so I went out and got another copy without the slash line. I never got around to selling the copy with the slash line although it was my intention at the time. Needless to say, that issue has skyrockected in value so it's a real bonus for me. Of course this was when you could get a copy for cheap.
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