ALPHA FLIGHT SPECIAL #2 - Newsstand or Direct? Messages in this topic - RSS
sjo
sjo
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8/22/2022
sjo
sjo
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Has anyone else come across this?


I have a copy of Alpha Flight Special #2 with a Direct Edition cover but a UPC sticker physically pasted over the Captain America image box (where a Newsstand Edition’s printed UPC code usually goes). At first I thought this was just a third-party sticker that someone had unfortunately stuck on this copy. But closer examination reveals that the Sticker UPC code is identical to the UPC code printed on an actual Newsstand Edition.


So, did Marvel officially redirect Direct Edition copies to the Newsstand using this method?


And if so, is this considered a Newsstand Edition or a Direct Edition copy?


Or is this some bizarre variant?


Any thoughts?


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