Bomber-Bob

Excellent signature placement. I love that date stamp too ! Great eye appeal for this book.

Straw, I like your taste in books, great eye appeal for the grade. IMO, that's the way to build a collection.

I can join this club......

Actually I have heard of a process called plumping. While I have no idea about the actual mechanics, the idea is to plump up a spine that has that pancake look from an aggressive press. It's all smoke and mirrors. I try to buy organic and stay away from the processed stuff.

I concur that the PQ is a snapshot in time and may degrade in the slab. I'll tell you another thing that may degrade in the slab, the press. Creases that were pressed out,especially on the spine, can return. So you may buy a 9.4, put it away and never touch it, and it degrades into an 8.5 . This especially happens when the book is not real snug in the well. Not fun. I'll take the integrity of a White Page designation over a manufactured grade anytime. Unpressed, original books with White Pages will someday be rewarded by the marketplace.

Except that CGC page colour notation is not every consistent. So I put very little weight on it. Why can't the same argument be applied to the grade ? The difference between a 9.2 and 9.4 may simply be the day of the week so why pay more for the 9.4 ?

I spit on SA CR/OW books, I will not go near them. Even OW is a stretch for me. Before CGC existed I only bought books with nice pages. To me, it's the best indicator of preservation. It is also one of the few things that cannot be manipulated or manufactured.

The more I read this thread, the more it sounds like E-Bay. I'm beginning to think the Boards are not the right venue for auctions. If you want to put your books in an auction then pay the fee and use E-Bay, Clink, etc.

+1 I agree with these comments. The current thread bumping via bids is terrible. Some rules about max duration and BIN needs to be implemented immediately. It's honestly getting out of hand. Another problem: sellers are using the auction format to dump a bunch of dreg in a lot. I feel this site should be a step above, if you want to sell dreg, use E-Bay. Perhaps only CGC items should be allowed for auction ?

Thanks. It now has one view !!!! It now has 92 views and is the #1 viewed book in the Latest Activity category. You guys are funny ! Thanks.

Thanks. It now has one view !!!!

I recently added this Showcase 37 to my collection. I put it on Mysladdedcomics over two days ago and it has received 0 views. I think this is a reflection of the current marketplace where most are interested in only what's hot and trending. The 'classics', like Showcase, are not in vogue. Maybe someone from this thread will look at the attached and get this book a 'view'. http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=25494&GSub=887

The colors on that copy are still wet. Love it !

DC Showcases into 2 sets 1-61, 62-104 Honestly, that list is long, maybe more like mid November 2015. Pardon me for asking but what is the significance of a cutoff at 61/62 ? 62 is dated 5-6 1966, books are still @ 12 Cents, break in the middle of a Spectre run. Seems rather arbitrary. Enlighten me.

Great book. I was the high bidder until the last few seconds. Congrats !

Nice pickup. BTW, you snagged it from me in the last few seconds. It really is a cool book.

I like it. Nice pickup !

One of my favorite covers of all time but I could never find a decent copy. Look in GPA, no sales. I just got this today....

2nd Supergirl !!!

Great books. That's the first time I ever saw Adv 290 . Do you have a 247 ?

Wow, that Adventure 247 in 9.4 is a freak of nature. Love the Bethlehem pedigree ! Here is my humble copy of 247......

To be honest, I don't remember ever having a cassette player in the home. I went directly from a turntable to CD player. I remember buying my first CD player in 1985. The problem then was finding CD's to purchase. Those early CD's sounded terrible. Lots of tinny high end. You had to have an equalizer. Good times !

Wow, that is a stunning copy. So white and news stand fresh looking. I wonder what the flaw is holding it down to a 7.0 ? If you ever upgrade, I'm interested. Wow.

Here's my workhorse amp, Harmon Karmon Citation 16. I paid 800.00 for it circa 1975 or so. Still sounds great!