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Been here long enough to know that desirability for a particular comic book, a particular genre/publisher, or a particular comic book age always moves in a cycle. So, what's hot today might not be necessarily be hot tomorrow. The best way to look at this would probably be from a longer time frame and hence this is how I would settle this discussion here from Valiantman posting above: Better investment potential? Find an older example and see how it did... 25 years ago, what would have been better? 1.0 Action Comics #1 or 5.0 Superman #1?

Well, based upon this picture here, the choice would appear to be pretty obvious. Just go with the one in the top left hand corner here: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/suspense-comics-3-pennsylvania-pedigree-continental-magazines-1944-cbcs-vf-nm-90-white-pages/a/7147-91014.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Then again, I guess only if your pockets run really really deep.

Probably around somewhere still ruing the day that Borock declared that undisclosed pressing was simply "maximization of potential" while micro-trimming was "destruction of a comic book". Unfortunately for virtually all collectors not in the know at the time, this declaration only came out about 5 years after CGC first opened its doors and only after being flagged by Danny boy and some of the other astute board members here. I imagine if Borock had come down on the other side of the fence about undisclosed pressing and micro-trimming after several days of angst, Ewert would now be in charge of grading at CGC while Nelson would have been turfed out from the industry. Indeed, a game of barely perceptible micro-inches here.

Well, although the Cage 1 is clearly not a 9.0 copy, it also appears to be better than a CGC 3.5 or 4.0 copy. But then again, I haven't really submitted much of anything into CGC at all, so what do I really know when it comes to grading.

Well, the only ones that's listed as being restored are the 2 GA Detective's and Marvel Mystery 's which would probably not be that much of a surprise. I guess you are referring to the fact that micro-trimming and pressing were not being disclosed since both of these manipulative activities would have clearly fallen under restoration at the time of this ad.

That's a beautiful, great wrapped copy. Back in 81, many dealers used the G, F & M grading scale. He was pretty close. +1 Not sure what you are complaining about here since Good, Fine, and Mint was definitely the acknowledged grading scale in the hobby back then. You are actually lucky since apparently most collectors got back only mid-grades from CGC when dealers back in the day claimed they were Mint copies. So, this dealer was actually pretty much spot on in terms of the grade that he gave you.

Richard; All I can say is that you have some absolutely gorgeous copies of books that any collector could only ever dream of having in their personal collection.

You must mean this little beauty that's been given an estimate of only $8K to $12K: Should definitely beat their low-ball estimate since it's the 3rd highest graded copy of what I would say is definitely a tough book to find in this type of grade.

I’d disagree that Aquaman is third tier. He’s one of DC original comic book heroes. Ask DC if Aquaman is third tier. He’s literally in every major team for DC and one of its Golden Age Heroes. I imagine every collector would have their own individual rankings and really no right or wrong answer here. Personally, from a DC point of view, I would place Supes and Batman as being their top tier characters. I would then place Flash and Green Lantern as Tier 2 type characters, with Wonder Woman falling somewhere in between a Tier 1 and Tier 2 character. Others like Aquaman, Atom, and Hawkman, I would consider as being Tier 3 characters with somebody like Green Arrow falling in between a Tier 2 and Tier 3 character. Or at least, that's my personal take on how they rank from a comic book point of view for what it's worth.

Well, the lowest level tier has a current TAT of 60 business days, not sure if that is what he wants. SInce I don't know what books he is submitting it's really difficult to say. I understand the concept of when the value is close, put it in the lower tier but simply putting everything into the lowest tier, not sure if that is a good thing. Personally, I always like to get my books back as soon as possible and would rather use a higher tier. Should you get a hamburger or a hot dog ? I have no opinion. Well, I guess it's really to each their own. Being a long term collector, any book that's worth slabbing is probably one that I've most likely had in my collection for decades already. As a result, I certainly wouldn't be willing to pay additional monies simply to try to speed up the grading process. Now, if you was a speculator trying to flip the latest hot book that was just released before it loses all of its speculative value, I imagine speed would be much more critical here. Definitely not a game that I would want to be playing though.

Only with a heck-of-a press As it sits? 5.0 +1 Hate to say it, but both books are in pretty rough condition considering they are Modern books and so recent. The scrunching of the book on the corners of the ASM 361 is a definite killer, while the huge number of big and obvious color breaking creases on the back cover of the Cable book is a real eyesore. If you are thinking of a relatively higher copy of a recent book, I believe this one would have a much better shot since it is being graded as a raw VF/NM copy: Definitely a lot nicer looking than both the ASM 361 or the Cable 1 from a pure visual appearance point of view. As to whether it would actually grade out to a CGC 9.0 or not, who really knows without having the actual book in hand.

Jay; Clearly you don't understand economics and the rationale for making super hero movies in the first place, as any profit from a movie is to be seen as a total surprise and unexpected bonus. Super hero movies are simply used as loss leaders to get more people to go into their LCS's to pick up the latest issue of their super hero comics because that's where the real money is being made. Seriously, very well done for what basically amounts to a 3rd tier and relatively unknown (to the general public) character like Aquaman and definitely good for all comic book fans here as the movie now looks like it could go past the $1B mark by the time it's all said and done.

I guess all of the Centaurs have already been loaded and shipped off to Metro since they are starting to load each one of them onto their CC auction site for their next Event Auction scheduled for March of this year. Best of luck to you in this upcoming auction and hope you make enough money so that you can dive around in it like Scrooge McDuck.

Would it not be best for the submittor to simply put everything in at the lowest value tier then and leave it for CGC to raise it to the next level if they deem it appropriate? Especially since you don't know what the final grade on the book is and whether there is any restoration or not which would significantly decrease the value of the book.

Well, it's obvious to me that you are not paying attention since the answer was posted in a previous thread just up above:

The Ezra Miller Flash from the movie version or the Grant Gustin Flash from the TV show? Or both of them and we need to come up with a third version if we exclude the GA John Wesley Shipp who would be too old for a new movie version of the Flash?

To each their own, I would have to say here then. Although I also thought the writers could have done a better job developing the Shang-Chi character, I really did like the Paul Gulacy artwork on the book and definitely the primary reason I brought the book back then. Reminded me of a poor man's version of Steranko's artwork.

I would imagine at CGC currently. Not a book I am interested, but man if the movie goes over well high grade will be a small fortune. Well, not a SME 15 but I do see a 9.4 graded copy of Special Marvel Edition 16 listed on CC's next Event Auction scheduled for March. Not the same thing I would imagine, especially since it has been graded by the other grading company.

I guess this means that I should really get around to replacing my books from the 70's which have been sitting in blocks of 5 or 10 books in the same old poly bags for 40+ long years. And yet every time I go to pull them out, they still look as minty fresh with the same glossy colors as when I cherry picked them off the shelves of the LCS when they first came out. So, why waste the money on relatively "worthless" books as the only books which I put into Mylar are my GA books since they have relatively more value and look so shiny and new in Mylar.

+1 Totally agree with you here and that is why I can't understand why anybody would slab a book unless it comes time to sell them and even then, only if the book has any significant value at all to warrant the additional inhibiting slabbing cost.

The answer is a possible YES if you are referring to a new Tonka car from a discount store. You definitely wouldn't be able to buy one of those vintage Tonka collectible cars with what you have shown us so far.

The only significant expansion and the one that's really impossible to ignore is the whopping increase in their admission fees from an outrageous $8 to an even more outrageous and gut wrenching $12 to get through the front doors.

I am actually a bit surprised with your relative low count as I thought you would have had a lot more, considering that you pretty much had first dibs on them after Burrell pulled his first $10,000 worth out.

I am actually a bit surprised with your relative low count as I thought you would have had a lot more, considering that you pretty much had first dibs on them after Burrell pulled his first $10,000 worth out.

$350-400. Maybe more. Well then, most definitely glad I just had to pay cover price for the regular edition then, as opposed to over paying for these limited variant editions which hasn't really moved anywhere in terms of valuation after almost 3 decades.