or I am grading them twice to find out who's naughty or nice.

In the case of pressing my 4.5 copy of the New Mutants #15, no it isn't worth it. Of course if we are talking about pressing my 9.4 copy of ASM #129 signed by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. to the possibility of a 9.6, then yes it is worth it. Of course any worth of a comic book is subjected to the whims of the owner. I planned on interviewing Matt Nelson from Classics Incorporated on the second day of the Baltimore Comic-Con but first I had to have some books of my own to be looked at. I wanted Matt to show me what is worth it, and what isn't. I met up with him at the High Grade Comics booth and showed him what I had.

I brought graded books and raw books. I wanted to see how close I was for the raw books and as for the graded books; I wanted to know how well they would improve. The following is a list of what I brought with me. I listed what I thought the grade would be in parenthesis.

X-men #52 9.0 White Pages (9.2)

The New Mutants #58 9.6SS White Pages (9.8)

Infernus #3 9.4SS White Pages (9.8)

The New Mutants Summer Special #1 9.0 Off-White to White Pages (9.2)

The Uncanny X-Men #142 9.2 Off-White to White Pages (9.4)

Walking Dead #100 Foil Variant Raw (9.8)

Daredevil #48 Raw (9.0)

X-Men #101 Raw (8.0)

X-Men #99 Raw (7.5)

X-Men #132 Raw (9.2)

X-Men #42 7.0 Cream to Off-White Pages (8.0)

X-Men Alpha Flight 9.4 White Pages (9.8)

New Mutants Annual #4 8.5 White Pages (9.4)

Amazing Spider-Man #129 9.4 Off-white to White Pages (I didn't expect anything, I brought this on a lark)

The ones I sent with Matt were (the grades in parenthesis are his prescreen)

Daredevil #48 Raw (8.0)

X-Men #101 Raw (6.5 if he is right I am way off)

X-Men #99 Raw (9.0)

X-Men #132 Raw (9.4)

X-Men #42 7.0 Cream to Off-White Pages (7.5)

X-Men Alpha Flight 9.4 White Pages (9.8 which was a 9.8 before the signature was added)

New Mutants Annual #4 8.5 White Pages (9.6)

Amazing Spider-Man #129 9.4 Off-white to White Pages (9.6...dare I dream)

As for the Walking Dead, he said I should just be able to send that in without any problems, more on this book another time.

As he was looking them over, his experience showed by how quickly he scanned the books and estimated the grade and more importantly whether it was worth it or not. All the above books are being submitted because I find value in them. The X-Men #42 was suggested I shouldn't bother to send in because the most I could get is a 7.5, only a half point increase and would not increase the value of the comic book at all. I am OK with that because I wanted to see, I wanted to know what to look for, and it's only money, this book means a bit more than any financial benefits, kind of like my New Mutants #15.

I now have to wait, not only for CGC, but for the books to even get there. I trust Matt just because of what he did for me earlier in the year at Wizard World 2012. And if I make it to the NYCC I will give him a few more books including my Daredevil #168 and ASM #300. The scary part is, as it was a few years ago with CGC, if I decide pressing is good, my wallet will never forgive me

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb