After a rather long hiatus, i'm back at blogging though i sometimes wish i didn't have a self-imposed quota of posts to meet. As you might have known i have recently gone back to collecting comic books so i thought it might be an appropriate time to reveal some of my early collecting habits and how they have influenced my game collection. There are more here than it meets the eye so rest assure this is not some lame post about comic books.
When it comes to comic books, it's usually reprinted several times either in magazine form or collected trade paperbacks especially if it's a popular issue. This is where i first learnt of the importance of first printing and how subsequent prints vary in cover art or even re-coloring if we are talking about paperbacks. Granted it's not entirely the same when it comes to games but the similarities are there; games that are re-issued as budget labels also tend to have different cover art and of course the value of these games will vary depending on which print it is. For those who are actually concerned about the value of comic books (or even games for that matter), the first printing will always net the highest value and beyond that really depends on what incentives were thrown in for subsequent reprints. Yes these two very different hobby are much more alike than you may think and unfortunately the bad must also come with the good so i'm afraid to say in my experience with both, neither one is safe from one common threat.
Yup you guessed it, fungus.
When it comes to comic books, it's usually reprinted several times either in magazine form or collected trade paperbacks especially if it's a popular issue. This is where i first learnt of the importance of first printing and how subsequent prints vary in cover art or even re-coloring if we are talking about paperbacks. Granted it's not entirely the same when it comes to games but the similarities are there; games that are re-issued as budget labels also tend to have different cover art and of course the value of these games will vary depending on which print it is. For those who are actually concerned about the value of comic books (or even games for that matter), the first printing will always net the highest value and beyond that really depends on what incentives were thrown in for subsequent reprints. Yes these two very different hobby are much more alike than you may think and unfortunately the bad must also come with the good so i'm afraid to say in my experience with both, neither one is safe from one common threat.
Yup you guessed it, fungus.
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we have a common enemy!
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