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https://comicspriceguide.com/titles/spectacular-spider-man/217/xnwuh

Do you mean this flip book?

I hadn't looked at CPG's listing till now. So they have the 'doesn't exist/non-error' regular #1 at $55 in 9.4, and the 'they're all error editions' at $100 in 9.4. So to me they should remove one or the other, since after this many years most owners have stated they all have the 'error' edition, so there isn't two editions of the 1st print, and the 'error' copy is the common one, so should not be worth more, IF there even is a non-error 1st print, as THAT would be the rare one.
And the subnote says '1st appearance of the Beyonder, voice only' ? A voice isn't an appearance! Something must appear to be an appearance. Reading voice text gives you no idea what a character looks like, so that should be reworded, but not sure how. '1st hint of the Beyonder, voice only' or something would be more accurate.

And after looking at some pics in the CGC thread again, I see that the 2nd print costume is more purple than blue, hence the 'blue costume error' stuff, but in all the recolored later versions, like the Omnibus, they have the suit a deeper blue, not purple, so it WAS a printing error and not the Beyonder's light messing with things. haven't looked up 'Galactus costume over the years', but likely different artists had the suit as purple and blue at various times. But still more accurate to say it's the 'white helmet printing error, all have it, not rare'.

This 'mistake' is like Overstreet saying Star Trek #1 from 1967 had a back cover variant for decades, when it never did. Sometimes the excuse was that Overstreet intentionally scattered erroneous info in the guide to nab counterfeiters who copied it, but I don't recall if they ever pointed out the intentional errors, but that would defeat the purpose.

A response on the CGC forum from CGC about not noting this error on their labels was "Thanks for your email. I did check with the graders on this and they advised that we do not list this as an error because the color plates were switched while printing most of the print run so this happened to the majority of copies." Actually a color plate was missing, not switched, but whatevs..

so the powers that be can decide how to list this, I think I've spent enough time on it now.
edited by collectibleshop on 2/13/2022

as well as the mark jewelers the national diamond sales were only sold on military bases only.
here is a good list of books with them in it.

Military Insert Mania (awe4one.com)
collector if you have time double check the list and if they are missing can you or someone else have them added. I would but lack of time.
there are links to a good article on the mark jewelers as well from that page.

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It's possible this exists... While I don't know where it is (I have about 40,000 books), my database shows I have a copy of Battlestar Galactica: Origins "Special Edition ashcan giveaway". I am in Canada, and I was buying the BSG DVDs from Future Shop, so this might be it. I will keep an eye out for it.