Been Found to be Cheating?

There is a set by a collector named clarkkentdds that is SO spectacular that it seems to stretch credibility. This collector is currently ranked 39th on the strength of just ONE set, Superman #1-#423. The set is now obscured but it used to be available and I can tell you that this person has somehow amassed nearly every highest grade early issue of Superman in existence. The thought had crossed my mind that it was a fraud. It is certainly possible to discover online the registry number of high grade issues and simply plug them in whether you own it or not. If no one has the comic registered then it appears in the database as yours. Now, let me add that I do not believe clarkentdds is a fraud. The set has been up there for awhile and although I wish it weren't obscured I do believe that at this point CGC would have caught on.

Now let me confess to something. When I purchase a comic online I just can't WAIT to add it to my CGC set and I will plug in the number after the comic is bought and paid for but before I physically own it. However I can imagine someone just going out and plugging in numbers and giving the appearance of an awesome set. Ok, confession two. I have put in numbers for comics that I don't own at all. The reason I do this is to get the CGC census which for some reason I can't seem to access unless I'm shown as owning the comic. I immediately delete the comic but it shows how easy it is to pull a scam. mycomicshop.com also contains a census but it's often months behind. I remember putting in a number for a Western Comics graded 9.6 that I didn't own because mycomicshop.com didn't show any 9.6 in existence. In fact even the CGC census didn't show one existing but it took my number and filled it in as a 9.6. I deleted the comic after looking at the census but did eventually purchase it. It was indeed legit.

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