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Yes, but the Silver Surfer 50 "said" Tec-Tac-Toe and ....

I will also purchase Silver Surfer 50 NM+ $8. Thank you!

I will also take the Cloak and Dagger 1. Once again, thank you.

I will also purchase all of the copies of Silver Surfer 1. Thank you again.

I will purchase all of the copies of New Mutants 1. Thank you.

Hello, I request that Amazing Spider-Man 265, first printing, receive an increase in points, currently worth 88 points, as this issue is selling, for example, on ebay, for an average of approximately $300.00. Below I have provided a sample of recent eBay sales for this issue. Thank you for your review of the point value of this issue. Amazing Spider-Man #265 (Jun 1985) CGC Graded 9.8 1st Silver Sable Appearance $307.99 Jun-29 12:09 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #265 - CGC 9.8 White - NM/MT 1st SILVER SABLE 1st Print $299.95 Jun-27 18:37 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #265 CGC 9.8 FIRST SILVER SABLE 1985 $285.00 Jun-15 08:37

"As you can clearly see, .... My goal is to have 100 posts before the end of the decade."

Pat, Good to hear. On a side note, I am still getting together my next sub to CGC. At the rate that I'm assembling it, it may be 2020 before it reaches CGC.

Paul, I hope that you are well. Pat!

Well, now, I am even happier than I was a minute earlier that I stayed true to not purchasing any variant covers for any comic book that is priced above cover price at release; and hopefully a discount is offered at release.

ComicXposure is to ethical business practices what a Big Mac is to healthy eating.

Yes, yes indeed. Although, of course, the "final" version of the set will be determined by CGC, I decided to submit "all" (we'll see) of Aparo's comic book covers for my set proposal Best, Manuel

Hello, I request that a set of Jim Aparo covers be created. The list of Mr. Aparo's covers (credit for the list is comicbookdb.com, The Comic Book Database; edited by me) is: Adventure Comics (1938) #431 #432 #433 #434 #435 #436 #437 #438 #439 #440 #441 #442 #443 #444 #445 #446 #447 #448 #449 #450 #451 #452 #452 #459 #461 #462 #464 #465 #466 #468 #469 Alter Ego (1999) #84 #106 Amazing Heroes (1981) #27 #78 Aquaman (1962) #57 #58 #59 #60 #61 #62 #63 Batman (1940) #284 #285 #286 #291 #292 #293 #294 #295 #297 #298 #299 #301 #302 #303 #304 #305 #306 #306 (Whitman Variant) #307 #307 (Whitman Variant) #308 #308 (Whitman Variant) #309 #324 #324 (Whitman Variant) #325 #326 #326 (Whitman Variant) #329 #329 (Newsstand Edition) #331 #331 (Newsstand Edition) #332 #332 (Newsstand Edition) #333 #333 (Newsstand Edition) #334 #334 (Newsstand Edition) #335 #335 (Newsstand Edition) #336 #336 (Newsstand Edition) #337 #337 (Newsstand Edition) #338 #338 (Newsstand Edition) #340 #340 (Newsstand Edition) #341 #341 (Newsstand Edition) #348 #348 (Newsstand Edition) #352 #352 (Canadian version (75 cent price) #352 (Newsstand Edition) #414 #414 (1st print - UPC Millennium is coming) #414 (3rd Printing #414 (6th Printing) #414 (7th Print) #414 (Multi-Pack Reprint Edition) #414 (Second Printing) #414 (Third Print DC Bullet Pasted Over Barcode) #415 #415 (2nd Printing) #415 (5th Printing) #415 (6th Print) #415 (Newsstand Edition Bar Code UPC 1 Printing) #415 (Third Printing) #416 #416 (2nd Printing) #416 (4th Printing) #416 (6th Print) #416 (Multi-Pack Reprint Edition) #416 (Third print - DC Bullet pasted over barcode) #481 #482 #482 (Newsstand Edition) #483 #486 #487 Batman (1976) #71 Batman (1984) #7 #11 Batman and the Outsiders (1983) Annual 01 Annual 01 (Canadian Edition) Annual 02 Annual 02 (Newsstand Edition) The Batman Family (1975) #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (1989) #125 Beyond the Grave (1983) #13 Black Canary (1993) #11 The Brave and the Bold (1955) #105 #106 #107 #108 #109 #111 #112 #113 #114 #115 #116 #117 #118 #119 #120 #121 #122 #123 #124 #125 #126 #127 #128 #129 #130 #131 #132 #133 #134 #135 #136 #137 #138 #139 #140 #141 #142 #143 #144 #145 #145 (Whitman Variant) #146 #146 (Whitman Variant) #147 #147 (Whitman Variant) #148 #149 #150 #150 (Whitman Variant) #151 #151 (Whitman Variant) #152 #152 (Whitman Variant) #153 #153 (Whitman Variant) #154 #154 (Whitman Variant) #155 #156 #156 (Whitman Variant) #157 #157 (Whitman Variant) #158 #158 (Whitman Variant) #159 #160 #161 #162 #163 #164 #165 #165 (UPC) #166 #167 #168 #169 #169 (Newsstand Edition) #170 #170 (Newsstand Edition) #171 #171 (Newsstand Edition) #172 #173 #174 #175 #177 #177 (Newsstand Edition) #180 #181 #182 #182 (Newsstand Edition) #183 #183 (Newsstand Edition) #184 #186 #187 #187 (Newsstand Edition) #188 #189 #189 (Newsstand Edition) #190 #190 (Direct Edition) #191 #192 #192 (Newsstand Edition) #193 #193 (Newsstand Edition) #194 #195 #195 (Newsstand Edition) #196 #196 (Direct Edition) #196 (Newsstand Edition) #197 #197 (Newsstand Edition) #198 #198 (Newsstand Edition) #199 #200 Career Girl Romances (1964) #40 Cheyenne Kid (1957) #70 #71 The Comic Reader (1961) #101 DC Comics Presents (1978) #83 #83 (Direct Edition) DC Flash (1985) #14 DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980) #23 DC Special Series (1977) #8 DC Super Stars (1976) #7 #14 #18 Detective Comics (1937) #430 #437 #440 #441 #442 #443 #444 #445 #446 #448 #468 #469 #470 #480 #484 #492 #493 #494 #495 #496 #497 #498 #499 #500 #501 #502 #508 #509 #518 #519 #520 #521 #521 (Newsstand Edition) #522 #641 The Flash (1959) #311 #311 (Newsstand Edition) Ghostly Tales (1966) #71 #74 #75 #79 #81 #146 #149 #153 #164 Ghosts (1971) #97 #98 Green Arrow (1988) #81 #100 Gunfighters (1979) #83 House of Mystery (1951) #269 House of Secrets (1956) #153 Jonah Hex (1977) #76 Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #282 #282 (Newsstand Edition) #283 #300 Love Diary (1958) #62 #66 Man-Bat (1975) #1 #2 The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (1967) #8 #14 #15 #19 #66 #67 Metal Men (1963) #53 #54 #55 #56 Mighty Comic (1957) #103 Outsiders (1993) #24 The Outsiders (1985) #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 The Phantom Stranger (1969) #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #39 #40 #41 The Phantom (1969) #31 #32 #33 #34 #35 #36 #37 #38 #60 #61 Secret Origins (1986) #10 #10 (Newsstand Edition) Secrets of Haunted House (1975) #6 #7 Showcase (1956) #94 #95 #96 Space Adventures (1968) #2 #4 #8 Strange Suspense Stories (1967) #4 #7 #8 #9 Time for Love (1967) #16 Weird Mystery Tales (1972) #4 Weird War Tales (1971) #53 #105 World's Finest Comics (1941) #249 #250 #251 #252 #253 #254 #255 #257 #265 #266 Thank you ahead of time for your dedication and effort in creating this set.

Hello, Please review again the points for Detective Comics 402 as I believe that a substantial increase is warranted because a CGC graded 9.6 copy recently sold for $3000 in an auction format. Once again, thank you for your consideration.

All I receive, and ever have, from HAG is the fold-out and one leaf flyers. HAG has never "presented" me with a "$50" catalog as, apparently, I have not "presented" them with enough $.

What you did is combine what I wrote concerning BP; I have not received an email from Hank/BP and, thus, have been unable to forward the pics of the damaged comics to BP; and my general agreement with you that, eBay or otherwise, I will provide pics of damaged books to a seller when I request replacement copies.

Yes, indeed; and, as a customer, I will very gladly provide photographs or scans of a comic book.

Thank you, I responded to your pm. I'll telephone Hank on Monday, April 9.

Correction: I reviewed my comic book grading log and noted that I received damaged DNM 5 Convention Edition cover copies, not virgin cover copies.

ComicXposure is another matter altogether.

Since, in fact, I am no longer a local, having been raised in Union City and Weehawken, NJ, I telephoned Bulletproof Comics twice and spoke with Hank both times. During our first conversation, I explained the damage that two of the four copies of DNM 5 (Edit) virgin cover that I received had and that I wished to return them for replacement copies; in fact, all four copies have color breaking spine ticks on the front covers and several dings on the back covers. Hank informed me that he would forward an email with a return shipping label and asked me to provide him photographs of the damaged books by responding to the email that he would send me, to which I agreed. I explained that it would take me three days, until Friday of that week, to send photographs since at that moment I was on my way to the airport for a business trip. Upon my return, on Friday, seeing no email from Hank, I telephoned him again and, again, he informed me that he would send an email with a return shipping label. I informed him that no later than Sunday of that week I would forward the photographs as I had several business meetings that day and Saturday. To this day, Hank has not sent me an email nor, of course, a return label. At this point, i very much doubt that he will. Thus, unlike you, I unfortunately am experiencing quite a bit of a hassle attempting to have BC replace the two damaged copies that it sent me. The lesson that I have learned, once again, from this is that my aversion to purchasing other than "standard" variant covers for a discount off of the cover price has served me well. I broke that practice with the BC DNM covers and, well ... Of course, I did not purchase BP's variant cover of Action Comics 1000 or copies of DNM 6 Convention Edition based on my experience with DNM 5; and, unless this matter is resolved; hope springs eternal; I will not make any further purchases from BP (clearly, BP does not need me in the slightest to purchase from it as it has more than enough customers). Now, as I noted in my original post, the probability is that other folks had received from BP 9.8 copies of DNM (Edit #2) virgin covers 5, you and another poster confirmed that likelihood.

Aparo's covers for Detective Comics 440 and 444 are two of my favorite ones; although all of Aparo's covers are my favorite at one time or another.

Hello, I request a point increase for Detective Comics 474 from the current 400 to 800 based on the demand and, consequently, strong sale prices for this issue. Some examples of recent sale prices are: ComicLink: CGC 9.8, sold for $425.00; and CGC 9.6 sold for $220.00. eBay: CGC 9.8, sold for $485.00; and CGC 9.6 sold for $180.00. As always, thank you for your time and consideration.

Gorgeous book. I have been planning, for about a decade at this point, to assemble a list of all of Aparo's covers to submit to CGC in order for them to create an "Aparo Cover" set; there is always something else that needs to be done. If I can find the time in the "comic" (coming) months, perhaps I'll commence assembling the list.

Unfortunately, based on the copies that I have seen, I have noticed that since Bulletproof Comics started selling "non-signature" CGC graded 9.8 (NM/M) copies of Dark Nights Metal issues, its raw virgin cover copies (since it does not sell CGC graded copies of the trade cover copies), are now, at best, 9.6 (NM+), with some lower (as low as 9.0 (VF/NM) based, again, on the copies that I have seen). Previously, you would more often than not receive 9.8 copies of DNM issues from BP. It appears that BP is pulling and sending to CGC some (all?) of the 9.8 copies from each shipment of DNM that it received. Granted, BP states in the listing for each raw issue number of DNM that copies are 9.6; sometimes 9.4 (NM) and it has received 9.4 and 9.6 grades on its signature series CGC submissions of DNM issues. Alas, it may be that the BP 9.8 copy "gravy train" may be a thing of the past. Lastly, the probability, of course, is that some folks have still received raw DNM virgin cover 9.8 copies from BP since it started selling non-signature CGC graded 9.8 copies of this series.