Shades of Wonka! It’s the “Krypto’s Golden Biscuit” sweepstakes…
Boy, they’re just having fun now, aren’t they?
DC Comics on Tuesday announced the “Krypto’s Golden Biscuit” sweepstakes, with the prize a trip to the Superman movie world premiere in Los Angeles.
And the contest is straight out of Willy Wonka — with two random issues of June 18’s Adventure Comics #210 Facsimile Edition packed with a “Krypto’s Golden Biscuit” hidden inside the front cover.
Each issue will be polybagged, so the excitement will be opening up the packaging, turning back the cover and finding out if you’re a winner.
Adventure Comics #210 was released in 1955 and includes “The Super-Dog from Krypton!” — Krypto’s first appearance — by Otto Binder, Curt Swan and Sy Barry. (There are also Aquaman and Green Arrow back-up stories, with art by Ramona Fradon and George Papp, respectively.)
I just love that they’ve chosen to do this with a Facsimile Edition. Imagine how many more people — especially kids — will see this comic now. Final order cutoff is May 26, so get on that, Superdog lovers!
Superman opens officially in theaters July 11. The premiere date has not been finalized.
For contest rules and further details, click www.KryptoGoldenBiscuit.com.
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May 20, 2025
I actually cut apart my comic books because I was convinced that I was going to get a role in Superman the Movie. I think I can spring for a facsimile edition for a chance to win a golden biscuit.
May 20, 2025
Someone’s taken a lesson from the Battle Beast blind bags last week.
(I’m not complaining. I got all the Battle Beast variants I wanted.)
May 22, 2025
There’s one thing neither the Official Rules nor your article make clear.
From the Official Rules: “If the purchased copy of DC’s facsimile edition of Adventure Comics #210 contains a Krypto’s Golden Biscuit sticker, Entrant is a prize winner, SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION . . . . . If the purchased copy of DC’s facsimile edition of Adventure Comics #210 does not contain a Krypto’s Golden Biscuit sticker, it will instead include a “Sorry. Not a Winner” message.”
And you say in the article that “the excitement will be opening up the packaging, turning back the cover and finding out if you’re a winner.”
So, will the sticker/”not a winner” message be on an insert included with the comic? Or will it be actually affixed to the comic, like the Marvel books that offer a free digital copy but there’s a sticker that you have to remove to get the code to redeem it?
May 22, 2025
No idea.
June 18, 2025
Now that I’ve got a copy and opened it (I didn’t win), it’s worse than I thought! The “not a winner” message is neither an insert nor a sticker, but a full page ad on the inside front cover, replacing the Art Instruction, Inc. ad that appeared in the 1955 original. Along with the printing error that has page 5 of the Green Arrow story appearing twice (where it’s supposed to be, and replacing page 5 of the Aquaman story) makes this a MUST AVOID.
And the fact that the contest page REPLACES the original ad means this is NOT a true facsimile. Some changes I accept as a necessary evil, such as barcodes on the cover (which Marvel still does), an updated cover price, and Marvel’s adding their current logo; some, I’ll tolerate (the removal of the references to 20th Century Fox on the cover of Star Wars #1), but the removal and replacement of an ad is, to me, UNACCEPTABLE.
June 19, 2025
Yeah, this is how I felt last week when the Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Special #2 facsimile came out. The inside back cover has a Tim Sale bio that includes his death date — which was just a few years ago. It’s no longer a facsimile at that point, as far as I’m concerned.