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So... Definitely Canadians.
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lorddunlow wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:12:26 am So... Definitely Canadians.
I mean, can anyone prove it wasn’t Canadians? Didn’t think so.

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Blood of Heroes wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:47:28 am
lorddunlow wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:12:26 am So... Definitely Canadians.
I mean, can anyone prove it wasn’t Canadians? Didn’t think so.
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so shooter chimes in and all we get are peanut gallery comments? isnt this a valiant comics board?😀

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Re-read through this thread and think this is the result of someone misusing the word "counterfeit" when they meant something different.
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valiantdude wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:41:03 am so shooter chimes in and all we get are peanut gallery comments? isnt this a valiant comics board?😀
Is there any new news? Did Shooter talk about these counterfeit books with Mike Baron?

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From the man himself, Jim Shooter:
Jim Shooter, the man himself wrote: Valiantdude is lame. He definitely likes Canadians more than real Americans. He probably eats babies. He has an inordinate amount of interest in greg's holes. Ask Fred. Or Jim... Wait. I'm Jim. Nevermind.




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valiantdude wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:41:03 am isnt this a valiant comics board?😀

I thought we were an autonomous collective

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just sayin, a long time ago jim shooter adding to this story wouldve meant something.. ah well.. the whole thing if fading.. why the hell have i been posting here for 20 years? idk

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valiantdude wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:46:05 pm just sayin, a long time ago jim shooter adding to this story wouldve meant something.. ah well.. the whole thing if fading.. why the hell have i been posting here for 20 years? idk
What was it that he added? To ask Fred?

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i love they live-- who knew back then it was a true story..
well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open

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valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
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"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.

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perhaps, it depends on how you define counterfiets..
however, there were never missing books from orders, which was your main argument.

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valiantdude wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:01:34 pm perhaps, it depends on how you define counterfiets..
however, there were never missing books from orders, which was your main argument.
I would define a counterfeit book as one that was printed separately from the original print run; either published at a different time, by a different publisher, or both. The theory that the original publisher either printed too many books, failed to fulfill orders, or failed to destroy books that were supposed to be destroyed - all these meet that criteria and the counterfeit books theory holds water.

It is too bad that in most of those cases, the counterfeits would be all but impossible to tell apart from books legitimately purchased from the printer. Unless the miscut Rais are it… :hm:

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greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:51:15 am
valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
(translation)
"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.
The overprints are the counterfeits! All your holes just got blown wide open, greg.

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valiantdude wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:01:34 pm perhaps, it depends on how you define counterfiets..
however, there were never missing books from orders, which was your main argument.
My main argument is that comic book collecting DOES have counterfeits, but Valiant does not.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 has counterfeits
Cerebus #1 has counterfeits
Cry For Dawn #1 has counterfeits

Not a single Valiant book has ever been identified as a counterfeit.

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Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:44:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:51:15 am
valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
(translation)
"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.
The overprints are the counterfeits! All your holes just got blown wide open, greg.
I know a woman who was so excited the day before her baby was born.
Unfortunately, it was identical twins. Surprise! Yep, she had a counterfeit baby.
She never told the second baby that he wasn't real, and she never actually knew which child was in the sonogram.
Maybe both twins will find out one of them must be counterfeit from a message board when they're 30.

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greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:19:26 pm
Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:44:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:51:15 am
valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
(translation)
"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.
The overprints are the counterfeits! All your holes just got blown wide open, greg.
I know a woman who was so excited the day before her baby was born.
Unfortunately, it was identical twins. Surprise! Yep, she had a counterfeit baby.
She never told the second baby that he wasn't real, and she never actually knew which child was in the sonogram.
Maybe both twins will find out one of them must be counterfeit from a message board when they're 30.
Yes, that is exactly how counterfeits work!

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Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:59:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:19:26 pm
Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:44:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:51:15 am
valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
(translation)
"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.
The overprints are the counterfeits! All your holes just got blown wide open, greg.
I know a woman who was so excited the day before her baby was born.
Unfortunately, it was identical twins. Surprise! Yep, she had a counterfeit baby.
She never told the second baby that he wasn't real, and she never actually knew which child was in the sonogram.
Maybe both twins will find out one of them must be counterfeit from a message board when they're 30.
Yes, that is exactly how counterfeits work!
Only one child was authorized, the second, identical, child came out of the same factory without proper prior approval. Sounds like our Valiant situation and we have been assured multiple times they are "counterfeit".

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greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:46:30 pm
Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:59:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 5:19:26 pm
Chiclo wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:44:49 pm
greg wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:51:15 am
valiantdude wrote: Sun Jun 26, 2022 10:34:57 pm well chiclo, he shot down all of gregs theories, pointed out the other possibilities, and still left the whole thing open
"...he shot down all of Greg's theories"
(translation)
"... he said the books were probably overprints indistinguishable from every other copy, not normal prints indistinguishable from every other copy."

There are no counterfeits.
The overprints are the counterfeits! All your holes just got blown wide open, greg.
I know a woman who was so excited the day before her baby was born.
Unfortunately, it was identical twins. Surprise! Yep, she had a counterfeit baby.
She never told the second baby that he wasn't real, and she never actually knew which child was in the sonogram.
Maybe both twins will find out one of them must be counterfeit from a message board when they're 30.
Yes, that is exactly how counterfeits work!
Only one child was authorized, the second, identical, child came out of the same factory without proper prior approval. Sounds like our Valiant situation and we have been assured multiple times they are "counterfeit".

Um, can Fred Pierce tell the babies apart?
Does, uh, Fred owe someone child support...?

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I guess I just don't understand the point of any of this thread...

To start, variation in color (especially shades of blue and purple) was extremely common from the 60's to the 90's. Not as much anymore. So aside from Shooter, the sole supporting "evidence" is color variation. Now I'm not calling Shooter a liar, but without something to corroborate his claims beyond color variation, I'm not buying counterfeits.

Let's hypothetically say there are actual counterfeits. How do we definitively identify them? How much shade variation has to exist to be considered counterfeit? Which color is the actual counterfeit color? Like I mentioned with Werewolf by Night 32, colors on that book range from Deep Purple to Dark Blue and everything in between. What color is it supposed to be and how much shift the other direction is now counterfeit on a Valiant book?

Now, this is NOT me saying this is what's happening or intentionally, but here is my experience with collectors from comics, to cards, to video games, to action figures, to everything. Collectors like to have unique and valuable pieces. So what happens when two people have the same item? Well then collectors look for other ways to distinguish their item from the next persons....I have a 9.8 to your 9.6, or my 9.8 has a different shade of color and is cooler looking, or my item has an error and is more rare, or to the now more absurd with some Marvel books - the 2nd printing had far less copies than the 1st print so it is way rarer and therefore more valuable (check Marvel Now Point One 1st vs 2nd print prices).

So I guess my point is....who cares? From a scientific approach, we have Jim's word and nothing else...That's not enough. We have variations in blue-purple on the cover, which was fairly common in pre-2000's printing. We have no way to definitely say counterfeits occurred (or I suppose did not). So aside from trying to draw distinction between one copy of a book vs another, unless there's financial motivation here, I don't understand the point of this topic. It's never going to get resolved, no one with the belief in one camp is going to switch sides without something more definitive to come to light (damn unlikely 30 years past now). The cynic in me says this smacks of a way to justify asking more for a purple copy over a blue copy, or vice versa on a claim that one is legit or more rare than the other.

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markie7235 wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:17:03 am I guess I just don't understand the point of any of this thread...

...

I don't understand the point of this topic.
It is possible that the point is that the one who made the original claim about counterfeits desperately wants to be part of Valiant history like Woodward and Bernstein are synonymous with Nixon.

Unfortunately, Woodward and Bernstein had proof.

Just a small difference, really.

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It all depends on what your definition of the word "is" is.


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