Yep, my grades finally came in...

Fifteen books.

Three go-go checks

One Strange Adventures

One Weird War Stories

Ten shark covers for my buddy's Christmas, some of those being books I bought for him. And some being books Ronnylama bought for him...

The go-go checks are ok, An 8.5, a 9.2, and a 9.4 - they'll be added to my sets eventually. Right now they are all being rejected as not available for their slots. I do have to say I'm a disappointed with the 8.5, I must have really missed something on that book as I expected a 9.2. The 9.2 I am pleased with, only copy graded for one of the romance titles. Hard to find, and very much needed to complete the set.

The Strange Adventures came back 7.5 (yay, 24 points) but it did have a small tear in the lower right portion of the cover from mishandling. Twin Cities pedigree, and it does fill a hole in my set, albeit an entire grade lower than I'd prefer as a minimum.

Like the Strange Adventures issue, the Weird War Tales was added to make the fifteen book minimum after I realized one of the shark covers I was going to submit had a pulled staple at the centerfold. From my personal collection, it came back a 9.0, and if too will be added to my set once the registry lets me.

My buddies shark covers came back pretty sweet.

Kona #3, Dell, 1962, 9.0 ow/w (expected 8.5)

Adventure Comics #441, DC, 1975, Don Rosa, 9.4 ow/w (expected 9.6)

House of Secrets #145, DC, 1977, 9.4 ow/w (expected 9.4)

Flash Gordon #30, Whitman, 1980, 9.6 white (expected 9.4)

Airboy Comics V7#11, Hillman, 1950, Crippen D, 5.5 ow (expected 6.0)

Sub-Mariner #57, Marvel, 1973, 9.2 ow/w (expected 9.4)

Sub-Mariner #66, Marvel, 1973, 9.6 ow/w (expected 9.6)

Tarzan #243, DC, 1975, 9.0 white (expected 9.0)

Bionic Woman #2, Charlton, 1978, 9.0 white (expected 8.5)

Gold Key Spotlight #9, Gold Key, 1977, 8.5 white (expected 9.4)

All in all, I think he'll be happy with his Christmas sharks.

There's blood in the water! Happy Hunting!

Lee K

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