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Thank you for the well wishes!

Good to know. Last night I woke up around 3AM with a sudden thought that I don't think I flipped my second submissions when I put the packing slip in. Hopefully it won't cause serious delays as they are currently stacked inversely. "Nightmares of a CGC newb."

Third Submission Costs: Grading, Pressing | Modern Comic / Mail-In or Show Drop-Off Comic Grading - 50 Comics Modern $1740.00 High-Res Imaging $250.00 Handling $25.00 USPS $285.00 Subtotal: $2,300.00 Total 50 Comics $2,300.00 Second Submission Costs: Modern - Grading, Pressing, Fast Track - 18 Comics $1,139.40 + High-Res Imaging - 18 Comics $90.00 Handling $5.00 USPS $72.00 Subtotal $1,306.40 First Submission Costs: WalkThrough - Grading, Pressing - 6 Magazines $1,530.00 + Screening - 6 Magazines $135.00 Handling $5.00 USPS $71.00 Subtotal $1,741.00 Shipping to CGC - $52, $54, $132 Total Cost to Submit needed books to CGC for this Quest: $5,585.4

Just dropped a box at Fedex containing the following TMNT Mirage Studio issues: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 1985 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 1986 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 9/86 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 4/87 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #12 9/87 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17 11/88 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18 2/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #19 3/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20 4/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21 5/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22 6/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23 7/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #24 8/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29 3/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #32 8/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33 6/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #34 9/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #35 3/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25 9/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26 10/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27 11/89 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30 4/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31 7/90 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36 8/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38 7/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #39 9/91 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #43 1/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44 2/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45 3/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #46 4/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #48 6/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #49 7/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #50 8/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51 9/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #52 10/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #53 11/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54 12/92 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #55 1/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #56 2/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #57 3/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #58 4/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #59 5/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #60 6/93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61 7/93 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 5/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 7/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 10/87 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 1/88

Going to go this route for the third submission of the series I'm packaging now. Thanks!

Newly Acquired: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #04 CGC 9.8 SN: 3861873019 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #05 CGC 9.8 SN: 3767177007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 CGC 9.8 SN: 3893318014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26 CGC 9.8 SN: 3752772012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27 CGC 9.8 SN: 3700328016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30 CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31 CGC 9.8 SN: Awaiting Receipt of Book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #36 CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945020 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #37 CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945019 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38 CGC 9.8 SN: 3869908007 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #40 CGC 9.8 SN: 3734219017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41 CGC 9.8 SN: 3869908004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #42 CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945018 The success of this quest is going to come down to how well graded are the teen books I've currently submitted, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16. Any books with current universal grade quantity that is less than 20 total CGC 9.8, I am submitting to CGC in the hopes that a large % return in a high grade and fingers crossed the coveted 9.8. Issue 13 has 5 and issue 16 has 1. As in 1 9.8... This is feeling more like an Indiana Jones movie by the day.

First acquisition from Primo Comics. Thanks Dave for sending this over well packaged! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 Mirage Studios April 1984 CGC 9.8 WP 3916949001

The following books have been submitted to CGC for grading as of January 12, 2022. Submission #1 #1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 2/85 Third Printing 1 #2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 1984 1 #3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 1985 1 #4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 1985 1 #5 Raphael #1 1985 1 #6 Fugitoid #1 2/85 1 Submission #2 #1 Malibu Sun #13 5/92 $400 1 #2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1985 Fourth Printing 2 #3 Michelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 1986 2 #4 Leonardo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 12/86 2 #5 Donatello, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 8/86 2 #6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 6/87 2 #7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 2/88 1 #8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 2/88 1 #9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 9/88 1 #10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 1988 1 #11 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47 5/92 1 #12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28 2/90 1 #13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #62 8/93 1 Current TMNT CGC 9.8 in collection: # 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1984 Serial: 3916949001- Currently there are 184 CGC 9.8 Universal # 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1985 Serial: 3737887001 - Currently there are 240 CGC 9.8 Universal # 4 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3861873019 Currently there are 240 CGC 9.8 Universal # 5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3767177007 Currently there are162 CGC 9.8 Universal # 6 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1986 Serial: 3833386024 - Currently there are 64 CGC 9.8 Universal # 7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1986 Serial: 3763037011 - Currently there are 200 CGC 9.8 Universal # 8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1986 Serial: 1568194014 - Currently there are 147 CGC 9.8 Universal # 9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1986 Serial: 3791672017 - Currently there are 46 CGC 9.8 Universal #10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 CGC 9.8 SN: 3893318014 Currently there are 119 CGC 9.8 Universal #12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1987 Serial: 39474336009 - Currently there are 72 CGC 9.8 Universal #25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1989 Serial: 3849364017 - Currently there are 61 CGC 9.8 Universal #26 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3752772012 Currently there are 39 CGC 9.8 Universal #27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3700328016 Currently there are 48 CGC 9.8 Universal #30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945017 Currently there are 109 CGC 9.8 Universal #31 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: Awaiting Receipt of Book Currently there are 45 CGC 9.8 Universal #36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945020 Currently there are 29 CGC 9.8 Universal #37 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945019 Currently there are 83 CGC 9.8 Universal #38 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3869908007 Currently there are 24 CGC 9.8 Universal #40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3734219017 Currently there are 51 CGC 9.8 Universal #41 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3869908004 Currently there are 42 CGC 9.8 Universal #42 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios CGC 9.8 SN: 3854945018 Currently there are 35 CGC 9.8 Universal #45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Studios, 1992 Serial: 3805492023 - Currently there are 45 CGC 9.8 Universal 22 CGC 9.8 out of 62 acquired

Now that is financially sound advice! Thank you!

I went with the following: 18 Comics (Fast Track) $1,139.40 + High-Res Imaging - 18 Comics

What a perfect time to engage the community. Sending this beauty off this morning for signature services.

Great thread! I'm new to the forum community. Can you provide a link to the Kevin Eastman TMNT Last Ronin signing? I can't seem to find the information and have a couple books I'd love to submit. ****EDIT - read the next post in thread and see the link. Thanks for posting!

Hey thanks for the feedback, I'm coming into this with a Clark Griswald mentality, so as long as they don't ship back jelly of the month coupons, I'm stoked to have them slabbed and graded. Thankfully, I have a couple GEM Mint 10 stickers from the shipping box, and if the wife ever takes a gander, I'll slap one on a book and the other on her backside. Should keep me out of the dog house on the $$$ spent on this initiative. But please please please let a few of them be 9.8!

Thanks for the kind words and let me know if you are in need of an issue or two along the journey! Best, Bdubs

So I've taken everyone's suggestion and guidance/expertise in the thread and submitted the following today for grade at CGC due to either scarcity within the consensus for 9.6 and 9.8 or multiple copies that may result in 1 of 2 (fingers crossed) receiving the coveted 9.8 grading... Second Submission to CGC #1 Malibu Comics Malibu Sun #13 5/92 QTY 1 #2 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 1985 Fourth Printing QTY 2 #3 Mirage Studios Michaelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 1986 QTY 2 #4 Mirage Studios Leonardo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 12/86 QTY 2 #5 Mirage Studios Donatello, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1 8/86 QTY 2 #6 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 6/87 QTY 2 #7 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 2/88 QTY 1 #8 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 2/88 QTY 1 #9 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 9/88 QTY 1 #10 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 1988 QTY 1 #11 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47 5/92 QTY 1 #12 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28 2/90 QTY1 #13 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #62 8/93 QTY 1 And as Mikey said, "I love being a turtle." Here goes nothing...

Great info! Thank you.

The ship has proverbially sailed. My goal is to have the entire Mirage Studio collection in 9.8 to pass down to my son who is seven. So these will be in the BDubs family for some time. As a mid 40s father, I have fond memories of owning all of the TMNTs and drawing for hours on end each comic frame. With the amazingly done TMNT cartoon, my son caught the fever, and my old comic nostalgia returned. I would guess the recent rise in interest, arguably its always been there, are dad's in my same position, a son or daughter and a little more coin in the pocket versus days long ago. Thanks for your suggestions. Cost was substantial, I will be transparent for the sake of others on results and costs etc.

There is a TMNT 1 2nd print on Comic Link currently for auction. https://www.comiclink.com/Auctions/item.asp?back=%2FComicTrack%2FAuctions%2Fbids.asp&id=1542855 Quick question, it states 9.8 but I noted that it received a grade of 9.6 & 9.8 on the external and internal covers respectively. How is that factored into market value? Thanks.

Will do. Thanks again everyone for guiding me through the process.

I went with the Walk through express service so I am hoping to see a quick turn around on grading. I have acquired two sets of the Mirage Studios TMNT with TMNT #1 in a 3rd and 4th printing and now am working on getting the comics 5-62 inputted and submitted over. From a cost perspective, I believe these will take a considerably longer amount of time to press and grade.

Followed all of your suggestions. Hoping for good results. Thanks everyone.

Ok, awesome, thanks guy. The magazine category was it. I actually just got everything packaged and mailed out. Fingers crossed. Thanks again.

Greetings, I'm inquiring to how to correctly list the Mirage Studios TMNT 1-4 1984 magazine size comics. Is there a specific category I should choose to correctly add these for submission. First time user, excited to get started. Thanks for your assistance. BDubs