Captain America (Vol 1) #217
Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Date: January 1978 Writer: Roy Thomas; Don Glut Title: The Search For Steve Rogers! Additional Series Information: (1968-1996) UK Price Variant - First Print Grade: VFN- (Very Fine Minus) High to Mid grade comic. Nice condition comic with slight signs of very minor wear.This item is a UK Price Variant. From the early 1960's until the mid-1980's, many original American comic books were distributed in the UK through sweet shops and newsagents. In order that the UK retailers would know what to charge for them, the publishers produced copies with prices in UK pence. These variant copies were printed at the same time, on the same presses, with the same paper and the same ink as all the cents-priced copies. The only difference was that at some point in the print run, the US cents cover price was changed to UK pence for those copies intended to be shipped to the UK. In addition, the cover month is often removed as well. This seems to be to avoid the comics appearing out of date when they arrived in the UK around a month or so after they hit the stands in the US. In those days shipping really did involve a ship! The exact quantity produced of these variants isn't known: however, considering the relative sizes of the US and UK comic book markets it's unlikely that UK Price variants would make up more than 10% of the entire print run.
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