Or, Wow, this really adds up

I have thirty comic books all bagged and boarded. Three invoices worth of books for CGC and CCS. Twenty eight of the books are raw and I feel that I have the best chance of attaining the grade I want with a press. Without I feel that the books will range between a 9.4 and a 9.6. The funny thing is the last time I felt this way; the books were graded between a 9.6 and a 9.8. I want closer to a guarantee of getting those grades again.

There is one book however that I feel very strongly shouldn't have been a 9.8, my annual number one of the new mutants. After deciding to upgrade my universal grades to signature series I started to buy doubles because I feared that they wouldn't return with the same grade. When the New Mutants annual #1 was released it was the first annual I ever picked up. The combination of artwork between Bob McLeod and Bill Sienkiewicz with the story that Chris Claremont weaved was mesmerizing. I couldn't get enough of it. Surprising my original issue was graded a 9.4.

I always said I would never break the slab on this particular annual unless I could get all three signatures on it. I never thought that would happen, but this weekend the chance is happening. I cracked my 9.4 first to make sure I had the proper bags to hold the book without damaging it. After securing my 9.4 I cracked the 9.8. Unfortunately the 9.8 is ripe with manufacturing defects, or are they defects? It will be awhile before I find out, but at least when I do find out so will Bagofleas, because he agreed with me, it's worth the risk for all three signatures, now maybe I should chance it and crack the uncrackable.

Thanks for Reading

Lee

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