CGC Mike

Since the beginning of Invision in 2017

Here is another batch sent to me from our database specialist. ADAMANTIUM This is going to sound hum drum as well, but here goes: 2nd appearances of Deadpool and Harley Quinn in continuity? Ie x-force #2 and Batman #570? Would be nice to nail those down, as they've been touted as such for so long, might as well get in on it to substantiate? Imo, but idk both are really modern, and idk that 2nd app get notated that much on those, but bare in mind, it's been 30 years >> The label for X-Force #2 has stated "2nd appearance of Deadpool" for as long as I can remember. For Harley Quinn, it is a bit different, as she made several (out-of-continuity) comic book appearances before Batman #570. CGC has Key Comments for characters that state "1st appearance of...", "2nd appearance of...." and "1st appearance of ______ in continuity", but I don't know if we need to start adding "2nd appearance of ______ in continuity." IcedDog Star Wars: The High Republic #1 (Marvel Comics, 12/22) - 1st appearance of Vildar Mac, Matthea Cathley, Oliviah Zeveron, and Tey Sirrek in comics. All are main characters in this run, thanks.>> These characters' first appearances (and a few others who appear in that issue) have now been added. jjfversion1 Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #1 - First Appearance of Eric Frankenstein Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein #3 - First Appearance of Bride of Frankenstein>> This one seems complicated as the characters appear to be linked to their literary namesakes and some other comic book appearances. I feel that we need more data confirming that these are separate characters and that the issues in question are indeed their first appearances. The websites and references that I have found so far are not conclusive. ADAMANTIUM Can we add star wars #5 mace windu As the first in continuity of Ahsoka? It's being sold for a long time as such, and promoted also as such by other media, would be nice to confirm with cgc. >>> This is another request that is made very complicated by the character's multi-media history. The appearances that the character made in Dark Horse Comics were in continuity until Marvel resumed having the rights to Sar Wars, and then those appearances were retroactively made to be out of continuity. A comic could be argued to have a character's "first appearance in Marvel Comics" but I don't think that Mace Windu #5 would apply in that case. The character doesn't actually appear "in person", so to speak, but instead is seen a one-panel montage of a vision of various characters. Domo Arigato Not sure were this Action Comics #61 notation error originated (Overstreet?).....but it's not correct. Superman is not fighting atomic radiation on the cover. He's fighting an oil well fire. How do you tell?: The four huge oil drilling rigs in the background. The massive fire and black smoke shooting out of the hole in the ground (why would atomic radiation cause fire and smoke to shoot out of the ground?). The men are not wearing radiation suits. They are suits used for fighting oil well fires to protect them from the flames and intense heat (Link to fire fighting equipment....see an image of a similar suit below from that linked page). You can see the exact same type of oil drilling rigs (and fire) in the picture at the bottom of this post. The comic is from 1943...well before the first detonation of a nuclear device, and before the general public was even aware of them. Edit: For those thinking this sounds familiar.....I discussed the same topic in this thread two years ago.>> Apparently, the Key Comment for this issue used to be simply "Classic cover", but at some point was updated to "Historic Atomic radiation cover". From the imagery on the cover, it does appear conclusively that it depicts firefighters at an oil well, and is not related to radiation. The Key Comment has now been changed back to "Classic cover." Stefan_W This is more a CGC Census thing than a slab notation, but for Batman 608 there is a 2nd printing error variant that is noted as such on the slab. However, the census does not distinguish the error variants and groups all of the 2nd print 608s together. As a result, there is no way of knowing how uncommon this error variant is. >> There does not appear to be a large enough percentage of error copies to warrant breaking out as a separate variant. Out of the 2200+ copies we have graded thus far, 19 of the copies include this error.

Ok, this is what I was told this morning from one of our senior graders. We were waiting for our database specialist to chime in but, he has been swamped with work. "We’re going to recreate the Royal Blue variant. They’re obviously two different kinds of foil, so let’s just put them back in that way." From our database specialist: Looking into the history of this book (apparently the blue foil edition was not authorized and was an error), I think I understand how the two versions got confused in our database and merged together. As they are obviously different from each other, they should be separated in our database. I have created an entry for a "Second Printing/Blue Foil Edition". And the two examples listed here in this email have been changed over to that new entry.

Ok, this is what I was told this morning from one of our senior graders. We were waiting for our database specialist to chime in but, he has been swamped with work. "We’re going to recreate the Royal Blue variant. They’re obviously two different kinds of foil, so let’s just put them back in that way."

I am not sure. I recommend giving it a little time. It appears that the books from that 1 submission have in fact been graded. If it is still doing this after 1 business day, let me know.

Well, it's in comics general. I don't see any other spot here that would give it more views. I recommend someone going through the other thread to find more people who sent books and/or money to him and got nothing in return.

Seems as this is someone's FS thread, I think it would be appropriate to take this up in another thread. Everything has been disclosed... No need to reply.

Thanks for the images. I did send them to the team. The person who made the comment now realized he was mistaken due to getting the images mixed up. I am waiting for one more person to chime in.

No.

Will do.

The operations manager did send me an e-mail late yesterday. "I still don't have a good update for you. The team knows about these 2 invoices, but it's tough to search for anything while a lot of our department is still not put back together yet."

If it wasn't his book, I was going to reach out to the team and have them contact the submitter so this can be fixed. If it is, I would have given him instructions on how to do a ME.

This is what I was told: the one pictured is a Blue Foil Edition Vampirella #1, but that particular copy didn't have the foil added to the cover so we had to qualify it. The other two numbers provided are Vengeance of Vampirella #1, a totally different book that only has a green foil cover.

I've cleaned up the thread. If this "feud" continues here or in another thread, time off will most likely follow.

Will this forum we already have work for the games?

@VintageComics I moved your thread out of the water cooler to this forum.

Alright. I think it is all set. Let me know if anyone spots anything wrong.

I had to create another forum to move it to. Now I have to check about 200 permissions.

It will be in the same section as the water cooler. It will not be a sub forum of the water cooler, though. I think I found the switch this morning. I'll see if I dare to press the button. What's the worst that can happen?

Hi Sorry this is taking so long for an answer. I bumped the e-mail that was sent to the team. I hope to have something for you soon.

Thanks for the correction. I will alert the team. @Hillen0075 Please use submissions@cgccomics.com for an address change.

Hi In the event that CGC, at its sole discretion, determines that the fair market value of a collectible is higher than the value stated by the submitter, CGC will move the collectible to the appropriate higher tier and the additional charge will be the responsibility of the submitter. Here is more important info regarding this. https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/declared-value-policy/

I don't see why not. We already have a video games section. I am hoping more people will chime in.

Some people have posted their concerns regarding this. Please post your opinions regarding this. Keep in mind this forum is currently located in the comic section, along with 35 other forums. If non comic related movies are going to be allowed, the forum will be moved to the general discussion section. Screenshots below show the 2 sections.

Currently, any new threads have to be approved before they are allowed to be seen by members. Non comic related threads prior to this have "Grandfathered In". (for now anyways) It is possible some will be moved to the water cooler.