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Johanna Draper Carlson

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Oct 9, 2002, 8:13:02 PM10/9/02
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Be warned -- there have been reports of problems with the Marvel
Encyclopedia volumes. They seem to have been shrink-wrapped in such a
way that the shrink wrap adheres to the dust cover. When you unwrap it,
there are bits of plastic left stuck to the cover of the book. Since
it's a $30 book, it's likely most customers will find this unacceptable.

There's been no official word yet on how Diamond and/or Marvel plan to
handle this problem.

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Sean Walsh

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Oct 9, 2002, 8:49:40 PM10/9/02
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Johanna Draper Carlson <joh...@comicsworth.spamblock.reading.com> wrote in
message news:johanna-B4271F...@news.fu-berlin.de...

> Be warned -- there have been reports of problems with the Marvel
> Encyclopedia volumes. They seem to have been shrink-wrapped in such a
> way that the shrink wrap adheres to the dust cover. When you unwrap it,
> there are bits of plastic left stuck to the cover of the book. Since
> it's a $30 book, it's likely most customers will find this unacceptable.
>
> There's been no official word yet on how Diamond and/or Marvel plan to
> handle this problem.

I plan to handle the problem by laughing heartily at another Marvel blunder.

And I'll do so while watching Birds of Prey......... ;p

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DonFro...@webtv.net

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Oct 9, 2002, 8:49:52 PM10/9/02
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For what it's worth I had no shrink wrap problems with my copy.

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Johanna Draper Carlson

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Oct 10, 2002, 8:17:43 AM10/10/02
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DonFro...@webtv.net wrote:

> For what it's worth I had no shrink wrap problems with my copy.

I'm glad to hear it wasn't every volume. Thanks for the update.

~consul

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Oct 10, 2002, 2:24:31 PM10/10/02
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Sean Walsh wrote:
> Johanna Draper Carlson <joh...@comicsworth.spamblock.reading.com> wrote in
> And I'll do so while watching Birds of Prey......... ;p

It wasn't that good. :(
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Steven

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Oct 10, 2002, 3:34:42 PM10/10/02
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Johanna Draper Carlson <joh...@comicsworth.spamblock.reading.com> wrote in message news:<johanna-1BC506...@news.fu-berlin.de>...

> DonFro...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > For what it's worth I had no shrink wrap problems with my copy.
>
> I'm glad to hear it wasn't every volume. Thanks for the update.


Well, mine did have that problem. I mean, it was a kind of a pain, but
it didn't ruin it for me.

BlakGard

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Oct 11, 2002, 1:45:15 AM10/11/02
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>>>For what it's worth I had no shrink wrap problems with my copy.
>>
>>I'm glad to hear it wasn't every volume. Thanks for the update.
>
>Well, mine did have that problem. I mean, it was a kind of a pain, but
>it didn't ruin it for me.

Perhaps your copy got exposed to some type of heat source during
printing/shipping.

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MetMan122

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Oct 11, 2002, 9:07:34 AM10/11/02
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Their minds were shrink-wrapped when they wrote this book

Marc-Oliver Frisch

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Oct 11, 2002, 12:12:45 PM10/11/02
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MetMan122 wrote:

: Their minds were shrink-wrapped when they wrote this book

Why...? From the previews I've seen, the book is rather well-written-- It just
may not be of much interest to anyone who has been following Marvel books for
longer than a few months.

--Marc


Paul O'Brien

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Oct 11, 2002, 3:04:26 PM10/11/02
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In message <ao6ta6$37m$06$1...@news.t-online.com>, Marc-Oliver Frisch
<Dersc...@hotmail.com> writes

>
>Why...? From the previews I've seen, the book is rather well-written--
>It just may not be of much interest to anyone who has been following
>Marvel books for longer than a few months.

And are there that many people who are newcomers to Marvel who feel like
shelling out for a hardcover coffee table book? I'm not convinced.

But it's on sale now, so we'll see.

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W. Blaine Dowler

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Oct 11, 2002, 6:38:53 PM10/11/02
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Paul O'Brien wrote:

> And are there that many people who are newcomers to Marvel who feel like
> shelling out for a hardcover coffee table book? I'm not convinced.

I'm not completely new to Marvel, but I've thought of picking it up to
cover the ten-year gap in my collection. Unfortunately, I'm currently
unemployed, so it'll have to go on the Christmas list instead.

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Paul O'Brien

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Oct 11, 2002, 6:49:06 PM10/11/02
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In message <1qIp9.512689$Ag2.19...@news2.calgary.shaw.ca>, W. Blaine
Dowler <fiz...@bureau42.NOSPAM.com> writes

>
>I'm not completely new to Marvel, but I've thought of picking it up to
>cover the ten-year gap in my collection.

From a flick through it, I'm not sure this is necessarily the book
you're looking for.

W. Blaine Dowler

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Oct 11, 2002, 8:34:46 PM10/11/02
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Paul O'Brien wrote:

> From a flick through it, I'm not sure this is necessarily the book
> you're looking for.

I'm not looking for detail. I am mostly looking for things that will
answer my broader questions, like "when did the White Queen turn good?"
and "who the heck is this Chamber that's supposed to be an X-Men Icon?"
I read the first Chuck Austin UXM on dotcomics and liked it, but there were
a few team members I didn't recognize. It would be nice to know who they
were, and how they got involved with the team.

Even if this book doesn't cover that in sufficient detail, it would still
be a good place to point my sister when she sees a Marvel movie and comes
to me asking questions like "who's the guy with the claws?"

Eoghann Irving

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Oct 12, 2002, 11:58:00 AM10/12/02
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Hello, Marc-Oliver Frisch!
You wrote:

Oh I don't know its the sort of thing I like to have on my
bookshelf. That big Marvel Universe hardcover from a few years
ago is the same sort of thing. It didn't really tell me anything
new but I like these sorts of books. Now whether I like it enough
to spend what is it $35? I haven't decided that yet. I will look
at it though.

Besides isn't the intended market more the casual bookstore
browser really anyway?

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Eoghann Irving

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Oct 12, 2002, 11:58:10 AM10/12/02
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Hello, Paul O'Brien !
You wrote:

> And are there that many people who are newcomers to Marvel who
feel like
> shelling out for a hardcover coffee table book? I'm not
convinced.

In the comic shops? No I really doubt it. But this is a book
which screams coffee table to me.

Its a big, lavishly illustrated hardback designed to catch the
Christmas market in bookstores not comic stores. Or at least
thats my guess.

Pradera

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Oct 12, 2002, 12:18:16 PM10/12/02
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On 12 pa? 2002, eog...@adelphia.net (Eoghann Irving) scribbled loosely:

>> And are there that many people who are newcomers to Marvel who
> feel like
>> shelling out for a hardcover coffee table book? I'm not
> convinced.
>
>

Count one here :) It's a nice gift for a fresh Marvel fan, and I seriously
consider getting a copy for my friend's birthday.

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W. Blaine Dowler

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Oct 12, 2002, 12:25:25 PM10/12/02
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Eoghann Irving wrote:

> Besides isn't the intended market more the casual bookstore
> browser really anyway?

That's possible. The more I think about it, the more sure I am that the
people who find the book most useful and are most likely to have the
opportunity to pick it up are the people who already buy a lot of comics,
but very few Marvel comics. If someone's shelling out quite a bit for DC
stuff (to pick one company) and starts to see some interesting ideas in
movies based on Marvel stuff, they may be inclined to pick this up as a
crash course in the Marvel Universe, which would then help them decided if
they want to start making the long-term purchases of Marvel titles, and if
so, decide which characters they are most interested in and which titles
they should start out with.

Marc-Oliver Frisch

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Oct 13, 2002, 8:54:38 PM10/13/02
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Paul O'Brien wrote:

: >Why...? From the previews I've seen, the book is rather well-written--


: >It just may not be of much interest to anyone who has been following
: >Marvel books for longer than a few months.
:
: And are there that many people who are newcomers to Marvel who feel like
: shelling out for a hardcover coffee table book? I'm not convinced.

That's another question, of course, but at least they seem to be the target
audience, and I think the texts I've seen work well as introductions to the
characters.

With a whole bunch of big-time movies out there, I don't believe it's entirely
unreasonable to have that kind of book out on bookstore shelves, personally.

--Marc


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