...and I answered.

Journal 550

I was nerve wracked when I had my 9.6 ASM 129 cracked. By any collectors standards having this book attain a 9.6 with three signatures is paramount to being a holy grail. I was asked if I had the chance to add a fourth, would I? I told him originally I would, and that was after thinking about it for a few seconds. Now, four invoices later, I'm not so sure.

The first two signatures on my ASM were via facilitators. The third was traveling cross country (And I must add a heartfelt Thank You to RonnyLama for which this never would have happened). The latest scrawl was added at ECCC. I was relieved when I found out that it retained its 9.6. The relief I felt equaled the disappointment after I found out my 9.4 dropped to an 8.5. Another invoice has begun to trouble me. One that I even feared to look at.

Out of fourteen books turned over to get signatures at Baltimore (for this invoice), a majority of them were for signatures on some of my New Mutants by one of my personal favorites, Sal Buscema. Three cracked 9.8 slabs dropped to a 9.6. So devastating was the news I immediately went to eBay to see if any of the issues were available for purchase.

None of the books from this invoice went through CCS, although one of them, issue 85, I meant to turn over along with 15,16, and 17 (this invoice also included The Incredible Hulk 271) but, I forgot. The first Liefeld New Mutants issue worried me the most. Fortunately, it was one of my 9.8's that are on their way back to me. The invoice was marked shipped/safe late in the day. A side nite must be added...yes CGC is behind, but they have extended hours until ten at night to get more done. This dedication is one of the reasons why, even with drops in the grades they previously were, make me dedicated to getting more books graded.

Now I will have to wait until I get them back, box them up, and ship them back...or will I.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

Ps... Random book quote...

"And I would have you believe, my sons, that the same Justice which punishes sin may also most graciously forgive it"

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