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number, journal, -ex: one-fifty becomes ninety

I find it hard to believe ..  that ..  I am the only one .. ,  EVEN AFTER 40 YEARS(!),  that HAS  straight 9.8s on these three books...!  CALIFORNIA, .. THEN .. WAS,  and still IS .. SO FAR from Kitchener, Ontario....  Nevertheless, when I was nineteen, in 1983, and when I got these, we had SOMETHING IN COMMON.  (I know y'u don't care, or COULD care less, and I'm not asking YOU to tell ME what it was that we had in common.  IN FACT, ... it was RO

J74: I should be content with ..

... 5 HGCs,  7 FIRSTS,  the 3 9.8s,  4 FIRST 9.6s (1 HGC),  1 FIRST 9.4,  2 FIRST 9.2s,  ALL ... WHITE PAGES,  18 SIGNATURES,    ... but what  I am SO GLAD  to have  HAD DONE (after SO-O LONG, 35 YEARS) is my FISH POLICE #7 (WITH .. my date stamp:  'FEB 18 RECD'),  . . . ... WHICH ... IS ..  SIGNED BY  the CREATIST (STEVE MONCUSE), the LEDDITOR (PAUL NAGY), the PUBLISHER, the BUSINESS GUY, AS WELL

J X + x: [not] “finally”

Thanks for your help;   I just saw The Census, but ...    there is no second line    in the Set Score Details, and    the points value is the same.    Is this version, of this book,    worth MORE points?    How ‘scarce’...    are these,    in comparison,    to the rest of the printrun?    Isn’t this book,    more desirable than any of   the.. ‘regulars’?    Again, thank you for your attent

The difference between Fish Police #1, and Fish Police #1

comic-insider/enthusiasts,  ...The difference   between   Fish Police #1,   and   Fish Police #1 is..  that    the first state,   of the First Printing ..    (.., apparently, for .. a couple of thousand copies, according to STEVE MONCUSE, himself.  I asked and HE told ME, THEN, in the 80s.  He worked at Comics & Comix, on Telegraph Ave., in Berkeley, at the time, and I was there 4.5 times a week.)    HA

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

J. x: The Difference .. between 2..

{... finally captured these ifcs, with this iP.}    So, I figured I would tip-off The CGCCS.  These two 2. (i.e., Two) comic books, by S. Clay Wilson, publ. by Keith Green, in 1975-6, have identifiers, namely price, that determine .. “State”.   I mean first state, compared to first printing.  Two States are:   1) printed .75 cent cvr. price, ifc.    2) printed, corrected/written-over, hand-written, “$1” price, ifc.   ... more on these later.  Good Luck,

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

...a very special thanks

To Mollie Davis.... Thanks, Mollie Davis, a whole heaping' helpful,   for adding this   (..., and the others)   to the list of Competitive Sets.   I really appreciate it; '''c'us', sometimes... I feel like I'm flying' blind.   ...from 52, to 87   ...to 2017, thanKS, thanks a ton.   {So, why has the spaceship been suddenly reversed?} Happy Hunting Sports Fans

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

...another one-of-a-kind,

and another Number 1 Set. It's my 23rd.   Please welcome.. [this] Frank Frazetta & Al Williamson cover...!   ***   This is what I call...: (laughs) hee-hee-hee   (CGC Book 226)   This is the first/1ST CGC'd .. Doc Weird's Thrill Book #1 Pure Imagination ..., and currently, The Highest Graded Copy. I bought this at Comics & Comix, on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, CA. in 1987; this is a one-owner, Direct Sale, newsstand, file copy....   ***

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

When I got my..

12-13-238 books, from 5 October; ..the latest and [maybe, not so] greatest, ..   I found that, when I had pulled them out of the box, to pack, to take off to scanning them, .. this one had a cracked bottom corner of the case.   So, that's one cracked case for each of my two last invoices _______ (Sep., and Oct.).   I hope to be shipping [books] again [to be graded], .. but I would prefer that it be.. not for these reasons....   (Hey! M

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Love and Rockets is back,

and ... Cerebus ... is in Hell. (What's going' on, here? I know they are all about, The 80s, and cub and bear, and.... )   I think I should.. call on Maggie, ..   (or Maria Belyi, as the case may be.)   [..., and I think]   I've got .. MECHANICS .. 1, 2, and 3, somewhere in there, but ..   O, how I miss ..   Hopey, Penny, and ...   those PRO-SOLAR MECHANICS, and ALL .. of PALOMAR, and ... that 'somewhere in California'.   ---Extended Thanks .

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

If its not one thing, ...

then its .. Strange Days #3. This is the other thing:   ...finally got the 12-13-238, and this was the 003 on the order.   So, I'm trying' to get .. CGC to add Strange Days #3, .. AND even after a round trip.. twice.   (I sent; they sent it; it got sent back, they sent it back.)   Nevertheless, and despite all this ....   Here, I am .. writing .. to share .. another Highest Graded Copy, another first, ______ (IVE FINALLY GOT IT!) ano

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Last year The Muppets..

came to Hippie Hill, .. in Golden Gate Park, ....   Instantly, .. I recognized, The Peppers, and The Puppet Master (Director/Produceress) a lady from .. Well, I cannot find it.... ...the Henson Team.   ***   Nevertheless, I have got some, particular.. Number 7s, with yellow covers, (e.g. Cerebus, The Aardvark #7) and this one, .. (32 years on) which is part of my run of one-of-a-kinds, and TRIBUTES.. The Puppet Master, Jim Henson,

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Eisner Award for Best Single Issue, 1988

Art Adams, (with Bob Burden for Gumby Summer Fun Special #1)[13] {Here is another one folks, and happy hunting.}   This is what I call:   (CGC Book 224)   This is the 1st ~ 9.6, and the 7th overall, the third highest grade, BUT This one is SIGNED AND DATED by Art Adams.... (images here)   ***   Now, here is the Cert. info.:   Verify CGC Certification Certification Information   Certification #: 1212546001 Title: Gumby's Summer Fun Special Issue: 1

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Here's Another Newbie.

(Some might call it an OAK.) Take a look at this, .. folks.   Here is another one from the archives, and 1987.   This is a.. Comix & Comics, newsstand, file copy, .. , for which I am the One Owner, which I bought off The Stands in 1987....   Fast-forward 29 years, .. and .. here you have it....   (Well, .. I have it .. for now, .. but....)   Here is another CGC, and CGC CENSUS 1st:   It's..   CAPTAIN SCIENCE..   ,

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

..., why this stumped CGC.

I couldn't figure out. I could not figure out.. WHY.. my 4th invoice passed my 3rd, and... well, ....   ***   I had the chance to actually LOOK.. at a hard copy.. [paper cover] of the Comic Book Price Guide!   (Don't be amazed; I'm homeless, but..)   I wanted to see something....   ***   I had gone in with an associate, Christian:   now bumped up on a waitlist for a liver transplant, ..because of a recent drop.. into a coma. {He got down to one, fo

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

I like TGA: 1, & TGA: 0, but...

Would you not call this an OAK ?!? (clarion horns trumpet)   ..., and how about this Flaming Carrot Comics No. 23 ?? or.. Flaming Carrot Comics No. 23   (, or Flaming Carrot #23) ....   This is what I call...   (CGC Book 182)   This is the FIRST, 1st CGCd Dark Horse Comics Flaming Carrot #23 ..., and It is the FIRST, 1st 9.8 [currently the Highest Graded copy]   ***   Here is the CENSUS for this book:   CGC Census - Search Results Title C

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Another TGA: 0

Again, please welcome...   (Can I have a drum roll, please?) another TGA: 0, or..   Flaming Carrot Comics No. 9   (, or Flaming Carrot #9) ....   This is what I call...   (CGC Book 191)   This is the SECOND, 2nd overall, CGCd Flaming Carrot Comics #9 Renegade Press Itsa TGA: 0 ..., and it's the FIRST, 1st 9.8 !.!   ***   Here's th' CENSUS..   CGC Census - Search Results Title Flaming Carrot Issue No. 9 Issue Date 10/85 Year 1985

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

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