Some of my older comics have a barcode where all the cover scans that I find have a Spidey logo in its place. What's the difference? I don't think it warrants a change request with a new scan, I was just wondering why.

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I believe it had something to do with returns on unsold items. I recall something along the lines of Direct Editions could not be returned for credit if unsold, and newsstand issues could, because of two reasons: direct editions would be bought at a higher discount and also directly form the publisher. So they were marked to be able to tell the difference.

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This is an old thread. I found it with a search looking for the topic of bar codes vs spidey or graphic.

I noticed on some of the issues with the spidey logo, the price box has a CC and number, but no UK price. They also have a price for Canada.

Those with Spidey logos have the UK price, but no CC and number.

I'm in favor of adding a variant to the DB, so that collectors may find the differences and add them to their collections easier than the lotto way (buy and hope for a bar code variant or spidey variant).

Truth is, the ones printed for the Newsstands are probably rarer, as they were returned and destroyed by the distributors. Many times, the comics had the price tags or bar codes torn off, and then the comic was trashed by the retailer, and credits were applied from the torn price tags or bar codes. Sometimes you can find these torn ones in bargain bins.

If we do not separate them, we can't get the accurate sales or values, because no one will ever know if one is more sought than the other.

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