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October 22, 2023 17:24
LastDodo item 24076, the first edition of Vandersteen's KARL MAY 15, indicates that part 14 is listed last on the back. I have been looking for this version for years, but I suspect it does not exist. I only come across parts with part 15 even listed last. Which Vandersteen collector knows exactly how this works?
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October 22, 2023 19:14
Hemrom I'm no Vandersteen expert, but if there are already 100 collectors of this (ok not all, maybe looking closely), and on strip info 59 (also perhaps the same).; it seems to exist.
1 There is a disadvantage with the back (the newer one (= history = the same in terms of print) is the print that is also used on comic info be.. who borrowed what where ?????
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October 22, 2023 21:00
Thanks for your response, the strange thing is that the other issues were only reprinted after a few years, but this one in the same year.
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October 22, 2023 21:36
Hemrom
See history of LastDodo item 24076. The original importer (Bonte) entered an image of the back at the time. Later the 2 images were replaced by another user who entered 3 images, also a new image of the back. This means that there were 2 users who owned a back with 14 as the last number. The item therefore appears to exist.

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Sorry. Didn't read Leike's response properly. So the second one may have been borrowed.
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October 22, 2023 22:25
What cannot be ruled out is that during the assembly of the 1st edition, a number of back covers with number 14 were first made up and then the back covers with number 15 were used.
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October 22, 2023 22:41
How do you imagine that, with a stapled book?
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October 23, 2023 09:55
Boekenmagazijn rikMooren vertigo Hemrom Leike-w

https://www.lastdodo.nl/nl/areas/919353-karl-may-standard-2e-reeks?q2=de+zingende+draad

What makes it even stranger is the mention in the Matla catalogs that there is a redesigned front cover, both the Standaard bookstore 1966 and Standaard publisher 1967 are said to have the original one. I don't see any differences, but I'm not an Eagle Eye. Unfortunately, the Matla cat. 7th edition only 1 front cover. In the Matla catalog ninth dimension it has been corrected that only the 1st edition 1966 Standard Bookstore has the original cover. But what does it look like?



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October 23, 2023 11:22
Harry56 and others personally I assume that a publisher's 'naming' was used incorrectly.
Like the image (matla) and also the 15A version, the publisher is: Standard, but the title on the vk below says Studio Vandersteen.
There is already a difference compared to 1973 and the main title color.

edit: and if you believe Wiki: In 1984, the publishing activities and bookstores of Standaard Boekhandel were finally separated and Standaard Uitgeverij was officially born. (so there is some overlap here and there as to who did what?)
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October 23, 2023 11:48
Leike-w

Hi Leike, clearly seen. The only one who can tell is Hans Matla himself and those who really know what would have been redesigned now. Hans was/is quite a purist, so when he writes redesigned front plate instead of changed layout (am I saying that right?) it seems to me that there must be a (slightly?) different front plate. On the other hand, the absence of a 2nd front plate for comparison in that catalog may be an indication that there has been a typo. Unfortunately I never owned these albums, in the Good Old Days I crossed off my owned/owned albums, that's besides the point.
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October 23, 2023 12:31
Please Harry56 especially for the sleuths: a new edition of: Spot the Difference ;-)

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October 23, 2023 13:07
Leike-w

The colors (colorings) differ, the title blocks the same, okay.
However, I don't see anything different about the drawing itself.
Not an Indian is missing, the horse is dead in all the drawings, please don't keep me in suspense any longer...
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What do you mean tension Harry56 ? It is a disadvantage that the scans are not the same size, and there are certainly color print differences, but small differences are still visible. Some of the biggest differences highlighted. I wonder if an enlargement will show it more clearly. Lines do not simply change with a scan (chest is a good example (outside color). Also look very carefully at the cloud next to the gun, or between the 3 Indians ;-)

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October 23, 2023 14:31
Those are completely marginal differences. There are 7 years between these two printings, it is quite possible that a detail was lost during the copying of the films, or that something was retouched. That does not fall under the heading of "redesigning".
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October 23, 2023 14:54
Boekenmagazijn Leike-w

Retouched is the right word. Part of the illustration is also missing from plate 2. Perhaps the 1st album is fractionally larger. Hopefully there are a number of comic book fans of this specific series who may still have an album with a slightly different illustration. Nice exercise again.

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October 23, 2023 15:24
Boekenmagazijn According to that Matla text = redrawn. What does that mean? is therefore unclear. Where do we draw the line?
Perhaps intended: newer layout.. + retouching work.
If a 'person' is depicted differently in terms of attitude... ok then that is clear,
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Hello
I am a proud owner of a 1st edition, 1/7/66, see photo and my copy shows 15 issues as a back cover. Perhaps P.Bonte recorded a wrong copy at the time,
Apparently a slightly zoomed-out drawing was used for the '73 edition.
Here are my prints:
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Bonte
Peter, would you like to shed some light on this subject?
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October 24, 2023 16:34
DeeCee Good that you included the colophon with issue date 1/7 66.
So part 15 is mentioned on the back of your copy.
If you then look up the last published issue of the Rode Ridder Zwaneburcht from 1966,
#18423 then part 15 by Karl May is not mentioned on the back, unfortunately there is no issue date there. However, part 30 of the Red Knight Camelot #18425 issue date Issue: 1/10/66
It does say Karl May 15 on the back. Zwaneburcht must therefore have an earlier issue date, if that were also 1/7 66, it could still be the case that there are Karl May backs of volume 15 without mention of volume 15. There are many owners of Zwaneburcht, so there is to find out quickly. Perhaps the question of Hemrom can then be answered definitively.
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October 24, 2023 17:05
For Standard Editions, that code ("issue date") only shows the month and year of issue.
The first digit is not the day, but the PRESSURE number, in this case the first.
The 1967 edition has the code 2/2/67 (second edition) and the 1973 edition 3/6/1973 (third edition).
That makes it more likely that "first edition" (15a) from 1966 does not indeed exist.

The back cover shown probably comes from another album.
But with 106 copies in a collection, this should be easy to verify
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