Buzz Break: Two Marvel Comics seven-book retail repacks

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The packs: Marvel Comics seven-book $10 retail repack (two)
Where to buy: Walmart and other retail outlets often have these ... BlowoutCards.com for Marvel cards
First Buzz preview: N/A

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery for what was in these ...

The Rundown (all in gallery below)

Pack 1
X-Men Blue (2015) No. 3 -- second print
Contest of Champions (2016) No. 4 -- second print
Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger (2016) No. 6
Doctor Strange (2015) No. 12
Secret Wars (2015) No. 7  -- second print (wraparound cover)
Secret Wars (2015) No. 7  -- second print (wraparound cover) ... yes, two of them.
Star Wars (2015) No. 14 -- second print

Pack 2
X-Men Blue (2015) No. 3 -- second print
Secret Wars (2015) No. 6
Doctor Strange (2015) No. 12
Secret Wars (2015) No. 6 ... yes, two of them.
X-Men '92 (2016) No. 1
Contest of Champions (2016) No. 2
The Mighty Thor (2016) No. 1

What's Buzz-worthy: So, why two of these at once? Well, I picked up a handful of these just for the heck of it after some interesting previous results ... and I got even more of that here to show that while the front books may have repetition the interior ones may not be all identical. (Though, oddly, both here included dupes ... of different books.) Also why these? Well, I landed all this for $20, which in most cases gets one a jumbo pack of something or a small blaster ... this just felt like a decent way to mix things up vs. some draft picks singles where they aren't my cup of tea (my team) more times than not. It's apples and oranges, really ... just adding some variety to my stash of stuff. The second-print stuff here seems pretty common though I guess it's a sign that those are probably popular titles as well as books that might have a shot at being a little rarer than one might expect. Some books appear in these repacks every time, while some spots can clearly yield ones that aren't like others and have potential. The Thor book here? It's the launching point for Jane Foster as Thor, which one can see on the big screen now in Thor: Love and Thunder. (It seems to be a popular slabbed book and the cover art is one, as I mentioned last time, was used for a few collections ... so somebody at Marvel sees it as a landmark piece, too.) The Contest of Champions books are something that tied into a a video game, while the Guidebook is something that acknowledges the films, too. All in all, this duo could have been better (without dupes) though it could have been worse (without the Thor book not as interesting). The conditions here are generally very clean and tight but in some instances among the handful I opened there are issues from how these are shrink-wrapped to boards. Either way, as a bargain/starter way to dabble I don't hate the volume here ... plus these are a little older. Ones out on store shelves right now will and can regularly include newer issues and variants.

Product Grade: A- (it is what it is ... a new-issue grab bag)
Packs Grade: A- (Thor book is a good find here)
Fun Grade: B (duplicates this time in both seemed odd ... but at least packs were not identical)

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