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THEY
STARTED IN THE 1960s, WERE BIG IN THE 1970s, FADED AWAY
IN THE 1980s & 1990s -
FIVE, FOUR, THREE OR TWO COMIC BOOKS SOLD TOGETHER,
PACKAGED IN A SEALED PLASTIC BAG
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They
were disliked and scorned by many regular comic book
readers at the time: those sealed plastic bags
commonly containing three different comic books and
sold as a package at a marginal discount. Even today,
their nostalgic reputation is tainted. And yet these
"comic packs" not only sold well for more
than two decades, they also offer some interesting
insight into the comic book industry's history from
the 1960s through to the 1990s. Today, sealed comic
packs are comic book history time capsules.
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COMIC PACKS THE ORIGINAL COMIC BOOK
IN A BAG
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DC COMIC PACKS CHARTED
Establishing
and compiling an overview of DC comic
books packaged in comic packs of the
1970s is still work in progress, but
information collected and analyzed so far
is available
here.
An
overview and analysis of the 1973
Super Pacs is available
here.
 
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MARVEL
MULTI-MAGS CHARTED
Establishing
and compiling an overview of
Marvel comic books packaged in
their Multi-Mags comic packs of
the 1970s is still work in
progress, but information
collected and analyzed so far is available
here.
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MARVEL MULTI-MAGS
REVIEWED
1974
AUGUST
1975
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER (A) - SEPTEMBER (B) - SEPTEMBER (C)
1976
JANUARY - OCTOBER (A) - OCTOBER (B) - OCTOBER (C) - OCTOBER (D) - NOVEMBER (A) - NOVEMBER (B)
1977
DECEMBER (A) - DECEMBER (B)
1978
FEBRUARY - JUNE
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Page created
19/DEC/2013
Last updated 18/FEB/2024
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