Incredible Hulk Epic Collection vol. 1 new printing

[Gregory Hecht]

I recently received a copy of the latest printing of Incredible Hulk Epic Collection vol. 1.  The indicia in my copy states that it is "third edition, first printing".  I am going to submit it as #1-C, reserving #1-B for "second edition" issues since I *assume* those exist.  LMK if this isn't the proper way forward.  

BTW, the notes field for issue #1 of this series could use some clean-up as there is a lot of repeated information in there.  

[Mark J. Castaneda]

18 hours ago, Gregory Hecht said:

I recently received a copy of the latest printing of Incredible Hulk Epic Collection vol. 1.  The indicia in my copy states that it is "third edition, first printing".  I am going to submit it as #1-C, reserving #1-B for "second edition" issues since I *assume* those exist.  LMK if this isn't the proper way forward.  

BTW, the notes field for issue #1 of this series could use some clean-up as there is a lot of repeated information in there.  

sounds good. Feel free to cleanup the notes (remove any redundant info) for #1 too and send a submission for it.

[Gregory Hecht]

OK, I just realized all of these months later that this fell off my radar screen.  ?

I cleaned up the Notes field for #1 and #1-2 and submitted from my database.  

While doing that, I noticed that an incomplete UPC was present for #1-2, so I cleared that field prior to submission.  So that field should be cleared out inn the master database, and hopefully somebody with #1-2 can submit the correct complete UPC.  

I submitted #1-C (with scan) as we agreed above.  

[I am suspicious that #1-2 might actually be the presumed "2nd edition" but without a copy available to me, I cannot be sure.  For now we will live without #1-B in the database, pending clarification from another user(s).]

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Here is the information I can find on the 3 different Editions of Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #1 (Man or Monster?)

        Cover Date**  Cover Price    UPC                                   Street Date
        -------------------------------------------------------------------
1st      Jun 2016    34.99             978078519600653499    06/08/2016
2nd    Jun 2021    39.99             978130292974953999     06/09/2021
3rd    Sep 2024    44.99             978130296043854499    09/18/2024

Based on this information and what is in CB, I concur that 1-2 is actually the 2nd Edition (same UPC, Cover Price and Street Date).

** Cover Date is from MyComic Shop and may NOT be an actual cover Date.

PS For most (if not all) UPC that start with 978 (bookland), the last 5 digits are '5' (for US) and the Price (as long as 99.99 or less). When you start getting 100.00 and up, then it can be a bit strange.

[Gregory Hecht]

On 6/1/2025 at 2:33 PM, Steven L. Dasinger said:

PS For most (if not all) UPC that start with 978 (bookland), the last 5 digits are '5' (for US) and the Price (as long as 99.99 or less). When you start getting 100.00 and up, then it can be a bit strange.

I know that Marvel uses 9999 for anything that is $99.99 or higher.  So for example omnibus books that are $100, $125, or $150 all get 9999 at the end of the UPC.  (It is a little annoying when creating entries in CB for those books since CB autopopulates fields with $99.99 for those ISBNs, and you have to go and correct them with the correct cover price.)