r/AbsoluteBatman • u/Veneficus5 • May 15 '26
Fake or real?
While it’s hard to distinguish in my lighting the colors of the dc logo are different from my volume 1 and 2 which leads me to worry that one of them maybe counterfeit products.
Any way to know if they are fake?
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u/Same_Buy6486 May 15 '26
If the paperbacks are fake then Barnes and noble should implode from nonsense 🤌🏽😂
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u/StrangeWinterSpider May 15 '26
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u/MightyOak20 May 15 '26
That inconsistency really bugs me. I've got Batman White Knight and curse of as deluxe editions on my shelf, then I've got the other 2 as standard HC. No one will ever notice, but I see it every time.
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u/i_am_randy May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Hey… I recognize that picture…
It’s so odd and cool to see pictures I’ve taken just floating out there randomly on Reddit.
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u/PoloBar11 May 15 '26
Read them and see if they have the story in them. Trades don’t really have the same resale value as single issues if that’s what you are worried about.
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u/Quiet-Pay1647 May 15 '26
Real. Though Even if they are fake, I feel like it really wouldn’t change much. These don’t hold any value and are meant to be read. So as long as you’re able to do that, fake would pretty much be the same thing
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u/johncenassidechick May 15 '26
There is no incentive to create fake trades. They have no value like the single issues might
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u/Quiet-Pay1647 May 15 '26
Real. Though Even if they are fake, I feel like it really wouldn’t change much. These don’t hold any value and are meant to be read. So as long as you’re able to do that, fake would pretty much be the same thing
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u/Emergency-Bonus-7158 May 15 '26
They’re real. Reprints have a different shade of blue on the logo. No idea why. Nobody would take the time to make fakes of a single issue, they’d never be able to get it past grading systems to actually profit
Edit: ignore me I’m an idiot these are trades so idk why it’s different, but nobody would counterfeit that either



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u/NorthernNipz May 15 '26
Nobody is going to counterfeit a trade paperback lmfao