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On 2/23/2023 at 10:12 AM, CGC Mike said:

Yeah, that’s great, Mike, but clearly inaccurate.

I just had modern 25 book subs turned in 5-7 days, as have other boardies, judging by recent posts.

On 2/23/2023 at 5:53 AM, Hey Kids, Comics! said:

Unless it’s for your PC and you don’t mind waiting over a year, I wouldn’t recommend it. I recently did a 21 book order and had them back with Fast Track in under two weeks door to door vs more than a year using standard. Well worth the $315 extra for the entire order. 

Bah.  Still over a year, huh?  I was hoping it was easing off…

Can I toss one in that probably shouldn’t qualify?  John Byrne did a terrific six page stand-alone backup story in Superman 9 that is a perfect character study of the  that is the prototypical Lex Luthor. 

Not a stand-alone in the true context of this thread, but…

Anyone have regular Economy feedback?

On 2/20/2023 at 10:12 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

What concerns me with the Hulk #1 label is by itself I think again it would get past most people.  However as stated before if others got to see the book in hand it might be easier to figure out it's an counterfeit.

That’s the book I was referring to in my above post, yeah.  It looks pretty reasonable as a stand-alone.  You’d need to twig to the odd corners.

On 2/20/2023 at 12:25 AM, godzilla43 said:

That fake Hulk slab looks good. Easy to say NOW that the label looks fake etc. 

For sure, if you were the first guy buying, and didn’t have a legit slab beside it, you might not have listened to that little voice in the back of your head.  Or if you were an inexperienced or infrequent slab buyer.

That’s why threads like this and the long-ago Ewert thread are so beneficial to the hobby.

On 2/19/2023 at 10:01 PM, mysterymachine said:

The font is slightly narrower. You can see the differences in the letter M/m as well.

The capital ‘H’ in Hulk has different proportions, as well.

On 2/17/2023 at 7:43 PM, greggy said:

On 2/17/2023 at 7:40 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

Was there fisticuffs?

No, just angry yelling by Bob that stopped everyone else in their tracks that were close by the area. 

And woke you from your nap in the booth? 

On 2/14/2023 at 8:33 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

I carefully detail any flaws in the books I'm selling, both in pictures and in the text description, but I still get messages like "hey, is that a spine tic above the top staple?" Yes, it is - hence the "spine tic above top staple, soft corner on lower right" etc. details I added and the close-up photo. I'll also combine shipping and specify that if you buy multiple items you should ask for a combined invoice, but I still get people who will buy 3 books, pay for them with the shipping on all of them, and then message asking for a refund for shipping.

That drives me nuts.

It’s also likely what happened here.  The buyer didn’t bother to look at anything beyond ‘CGC 9.6 Sig Series’.  Any miswrap or ‘bad seating’ is clearly visible in photos.

On 2/13/2023 at 9:08 AM, Lazyboy said:

new characters can't make cameos.

My favorite cameo is Hulk 180, bro.

On 2/13/2023 at 8:21 AM, catch21 said:

All you are doing is repeating yourself without backing up with resources that show someone in the shadows and body count as full appearance in the grading community.

The market is irrational. 

Long winded collector entreaties that insist the market should see something differently usually end up being tilting at windmills.

Not discussed but significant is the amount of blunting at both top and bottom of spine, especially the top.  The area at the top of the spine also has significant scuffing and color loss.  That effect also seems to be present at the right edge of the cover near the top.

Multiple color breaking spine stresses.  Likely creasing at the top edge as noted.

There’s general wear issues that all conspire to limit the grade.

On 2/11/2023 at 7:56 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

I guess.  I’m kinda immune to snark at this point 

Probably a function of approaching our 20 year CGC Boards anniversaries. 

On 2/11/2023 at 2:19 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

On 2/11/2023 at 12:48 PM, Batdad007 said:

Ill just leave this alone. Keep on keeping on. For the benefit of anybody concerned.  https://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-a-Know-It-All?amp=1  

Someone points out exactly why the book got the grade it did, and this is your response?

Might be the snark in the explanation?  

Just pointing out the crease would be enough.

On 2/10/2023 at 1:13 AM, IbukiLord said:

Got to love it, nevermind the girl sitting on an meteor entering earths atmosphere, focus on hair and cape

Suppose you could argue that since we can see the meteor starting to burn up she is in the mesophere which does have air and causes the friction to start burning up the meteor which in turn could also be the why her cape and hair to start moving.

I’ve always just assumed she’d eaten some chili. 

On 2/4/2023 at 9:14 PM, World Devourer said:

I'd say some inexperience comes into play here.

As an investment this issue will have no great worth due to the sheer volume of high grade copies (9.8 - 954 of the regular version iand 334 in of the variant version).

Inexperience:  arguing a market outcome based only on supply.

On 1/27/2023 at 6:02 AM, bellrules said:

This might be a bit off topic, but why wasn’t the latest issue of ASM recalled? Most of the copies that showed up in my area, looked like this. Was it the same for everyone? 

They’re trying to get some fluidity into JR Jr’s art.

On 1/24/2023 at 3:03 PM, joeypost said:

In the hands of the right person,  the flaking can be greatly reduced. 

On 12/20/2022 at 1:35 PM, Lazyboy said:

you post too much!

On 12/19/2022 at 9:47 PM, fastballspecial said:

I will pack up and bring my whole inventory if I could.

@kimik is my show partner.  I can attest that his posts are accurate.

My philosophy is like yours - I’d bring a load the size of Santa’s sleigh if I could.  And, like you, I try to bring some of everything.

On 12/19/2022 at 9:50 PM, Lazyboy said:

I know. I sell at shows occasionally.

Don’t be lazy.

On 12/16/2022 at 9:14 PM, divad said:

Perhaps, but they're never going to leave it up to us to decide. 

Meh.  I’m lucky if I get a say in what’s for dinner. 

On 12/16/2022 at 11:18 AM, OtherEric said:

For an age to break off from modern, there first needs to be a clear break point from the current age.  And I"m not sure there's really a clear point the last couple decades where that happens.  I do think Copper should be extended out to about 2000, though, but that's just me.

To me, there’s a dead period between the end of the Copper Age (early 90’s) to the early 2000’s when Ultimate Spider-Man got going, that feels like its own age.

On 12/7/2022 at 12:24 PM, PeterPark said:

Jimmy Olsen 134 

Yep.  And X-Factor 23/24.