Or half Way Home

I'm excited. My 9.8 copy of the New Mutants Annual #1 is no longer at CCS. CGC has just marked that it was received. Although I say my 9.8 copy, it is no longer a 9.8 copy. Once a slab is cracked, a book is no longer certified as that grade. This was the one book I never cracked because I was afraid that it would not retain the coveted grade that we strive for. I talked my self out of it when I had the chance to have Chris Claremont sign it. I did the same thing when I could have had Bob McLeod add his scrawl. A third chance ended when Bill Sienkiewicz also appeared. I couldn't even get over the fear to crack it out when two of them were together, but what about three?

Bagofleas and I discussed the first annual of the original X-Babies and what to do with it if all three creators would be at the same location to sign the book. His book was also questionable. How could we not open them up to have them triple signed? His book made the trip from Florida to Baltimore where he handed the book over to me and I brought it to New York. I had both our previous 9.8 copies along with my 9.4 signed at the NYCC. Now I'm shaking with excitement as this book is now at CGC and I am looking forward to the next few weeks to watch the changes.

I realized I have almost sixty books out there. Fifty of them are under my own membership number; another ten through Comics to Astonish who helped me garnish some signatures at Wizard World Chicago. I am afraid of any and all of these broken slabs not retaining the grade they once were. I tried an experiment, sending some to CCS while others went straight to CGC. Only a little more time and I'll find out what stayed a 9.8, then again in that same amount of time I'll also find out if any of them dropped.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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