A couple of years back, I went to a comic store in Baltimore to find some 30 cent variants to add to my collection.  The first box I went to had a Planet of the Apes 5.  I was excited.  I went through all of the Marvel Comics backstock, and ended up pulling a stack of 30 cent variants.  The boxes were alphabetical, and almost entirely superhero.  At that time, I still needed several westerns and horror books to complete the run.  At the end of the backstock, there was a box marked westerns and horror.  I was flipping through them, and was finding the regular versions of Mighty Marvel Western 45, Kid Colt 206, ect, when something caught my eye.  There was a Kid Colt 219 35 cent variant looking back at me.  I had never even seen a scan of that book.  At that time, people were still looking for proof that certain 35 cent variants even existed.   I picked out the book, and added it to my pile.

Soon thereafter, a CGC graded 5.5 showed up on the census.  After many months, that copy came to rest in the collection of the Cosmic-Spider-Man.  Without getting into too many details, I ended up trading my copy of Kid Colt 219, to Daffy06, for another western variant, and a handful of 35 cent variants I needed for my new 35 cent variant collection.  People suggested that I may never get another copy.

Fast forward years--Comichunters managed to find another copy of Kid Colt 219, and put it up on ebay.  Darthdiesel was the winning bidder.  Knowing I needed the book, Darthdiesel made me a deal, and now that book is in my collection.

Fast forward again--the fourth known copy of this rare 35 cent variant is now on ebay.  It is hard to grade by the picture, but this may be the nicest copy of them all.  You be the judge:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330274005551

As usual, we talk about all variants, and I track the prices for price variants here:

http://forum.stlcomics.com/viewforum.php?f=40

come join us, and chat about variants

-ShieldAgent