I am not a comic collector but our son was and had regular contact with USA comic industry retailers ... we have been sorting through some of his "things" which he no longer wants, this is more of the items we have found ...
COMIC SHOP NEWS - Promotional Material
Created, edited in USA
Publication was issued weekly to comic retailers in USA/Canada
Generally these are printed on 'newsprint' in full colour and were supplied folded.
Folded size; 175mm x 297mm (when supplied) and when opened they measure 350mm x 297mm
Folds out to between 4 & 8x large pages (some issues have less than 8 pages)
Each issue gives a 'heads up' of release dates, a summary of the characters or story lines and advertising for other releases
Issues that I have are:
#1289 2015 Featuring X-O MANOWAR on the front cover
#1295 2015 Featuring PANTHA on the front cover (2x copies)
#1410 2014 Featuring SHERWOOD, TEXAS on the front cover
#1447 2015 Featuring SWORDS OF SORROW on the front cover
#1460 2015 Featuring BOOK OF DEATH on the front cover
FCBD Special Featuring THE GREEN LANTERN THE ANIMATED SERIES on the front cover and THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN on rear cover (2x copies)
Comic Shop Newsarama - slightly different format, no issue number found but based on the advertisement for SWORDS OF SORROW series, this is 2015
Total of 9x promotional newsletters from CSN
COSMETIC CONDITION:
ALMOST all are in very good condition, with the exception of two issues (see below)
NO stains but there is some light 'foxing' (yellowish tinge) to some newsletters, this was not high quality paper and the paper reacts with the environment, slowly turning a yellow/brown colour over time.
NO folds
NO writing
Two of these newsletters have issues I noticed.
#1295 - 1 copy has a small tear on the front page, the other copy is fine.
#1410 - I found it had an internal page glued to the next page, I cut (but did not remove anything) around this glued area so I could read the newsletter! It is now readable but not mint of course
To maintain the condition I have now placed them all in sealed plastic and they will be provided in this way (all together, not individually packed)
