X-O #0 Ivory? (the saga continues...)

greg · Post by **greg** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:25:48 pm

As a follow-up to these topics...
http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17808
http://www.valiantfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18021

... I decided to go ahead and check my copies of X-O #0.

It's true, some copies of X-O #0 are certainly more "ivory" than "white"...
In fact, I've got three of them. (So, no, the slabbed copy isn't one-of-a-kind.)

They're clearly an "off-white"... here's two of the copies I found,
mingled with "normal" for comparison.

While I would be tempted to believe that there could be a whole "rainbow"
of colors between "bright white" and "off-white"... I should point out the spines.

Only the three copies which were "ivory" also had a white spine.
The edge where the fold occurs is "white" while normal copies are black.

So, as expected, a book with 800,000 copies has some copies that look
different than other copies... I'm not sure what causes the difference,
but when I saw the spines, it seems clear that something is different about these.

ManofTheAtom · Post by **ManofTheAtom** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:31:37 pm

Huh.

I always thought that my copy seemed weird because the box looks yellowish (or ivory as you say), and yeah, the fold looks white (or more like silverly, though not to the same extent as your two copies. In mine the white/silvery part only appears between the staplers).

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:31:52 pm

ill have to check this out what was the ratio of different ones to regular that u found ???

greg · Post by **greg** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:40:05 pm

superman-prime wrote:ill have to check this out what was the ratio of different ones to regular that u found ???

It was about 10%... so I guess there are 80,000 of them.

P.S. Just in case someone is thinking that only Valiant fans would obsess this much...
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ub ... er=2009583

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:51:11 pm

thats still pretty heavy i got around 20 0s so ill check it out when i get a chance

TheGreatSatan · Post by **TheGreatSatan** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:09:46 am

Now it's time to list them for $2000 each

depluto · Post by **depluto** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:12:51 am

Blame it on the magenta plate.

Curious to see what other people's stacks look like. Mine all seem normal.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:16:32 am

greg wrote:While I would be tempted to believe that there could be a whole "rainbow" of colors

Well turn your own thread gay in one fell swoop why dont ya.

kyanther · Post by **kyanther** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:45:46 am

Don't go getting into to much of an uproar here. All my copies except one look like the "ivory" ones. However, instead of thinking that this was just a variant, I assumed that it was just a combination of bad storage and smoking. It looks like nicotine stains to me, kinda like my walls. And, if you all remember right, back when this issue came out, it was still "ok (re: not illegal)" to smoke in a comic shop (at least we did).
If any of you KNOW that your copies were never exposed to smoke, you should say so. That way we can do a little elimination here.

chainnball · Post by **chainnball** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:36:18 am

Jedi already has. Read the linked threads.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 8:48:28 am

whoopee, another comic to add to the variant set...

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:48:16 pm

I looked through my X-O zeros this morning...

DAN

TheGreatSatan · Post by **TheGreatSatan** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:54:23 pm

And I always thought 1 X-O #0 was enough

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:42:04 pm

sonicdan wrote:I looked through my X-O zeros this morning...

DAN

Can you also confirm the white spine?

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:45:42 pm

Just looked at mine. White spine.

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:47:23 pm

Could this be a production change?

Like the Magnus coupon/card inserts?

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:53:48 pm

My understanding was Robert saw literally thousands of this book with only the one Ivory.
Maybe it was a regoinal thing?

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:09:20 pm

Maybe the printed "x" number of books and got higher pre-orders and printed additional copies before the book was released.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:58:34 pm

Out of the 3 that I have none of them are 'ivory'.

Not that it matters much...

Rubiks-Q-Bert · Post by **Rubiks-Q-Bert** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:02:17 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/X-O-Manowar-0-Super ... dZViewItem

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:36:45 am

Rubiks-Q-Bert wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/X-O-Manowar-0-Super ... dZViewItem

Wow. Just wow.

Before, imagesowner2 was just a nuisance bidder from outside the family with deep pockets.

Now. That's just slimy.

Then again - it is immoral to let a fool keep his money.

S'all good.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:40:46 am

Rubiks-Q-Bert wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/X-O-Manowar-0-Super ... dZViewItem

Leave it to good ol' Imagesowner to throw up that book in response....

"The book on the left is the one you are bidding on, but you can have them both if you want."

Rubiks-Q-Bert · Post by **Rubiks-Q-Bert** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:21:28 am

Chiclo wrote:
Rubiks-Q-Bert wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/X-O-Manowar-0-Super ... dZViewItem

Wow. Just wow.

Before, imagesowner2 was just a nuisance bidder from outside the family with deep pockets.

Now. That's just slimy.

Then again - it is immoral to let a fool keep his money.

S'all good.

He's still a nuisance bidder with deep pockets. But he is a member.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:14:55 am

I can't believe that there is this much discussion over an obvious printing error that is apparently a common occurrence. If more than three board members have these books spine or no spine, I hardly think that it should be treated as some rarity. The book was MASS produced, there are bound to be differences. Are we to the point where we are going to count mis-prints as a desired collectible ? This is merely nitpicking our collections in search or (if not creating) speculation over the color of a label on a comic. When you produce SO MANY of a book, there are bound to be differences. Whats next ? An off centered Bloodshot #1 ?

kyanther · Post by **kyanther** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:19:38 am

OH OH I KNOW WHATS NEXT!! A Turok 1 without the chromium card on the cover!!

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