Calamerica

Kudos to GMan for sending me a pic of his avatar beauty! CAL

Respectfully disagree here. I would have to see some examples of these NM 9.4's w/ spine cracks - my experience is that such defects knock a comic( any age) to at LEAST NM- 9.2. Full length spine cracks to me are significant defects. If you could scan a few for us that would help a lot. CAL

1) The spine area of a comic book is NOT the first eye-catcher by nature. Takes a second look and IMO the spine is overlooked a lot of the times by private collectors. 2) Squarebound comics need to be scrutinized more than what they are generally - this comment stems from my recent experiences with SILVER SURFER 1968 - 1969 issues 1 - 7( issues 8 - 18 were NOT squarebound contrary to some folks' beliefs). Many Sellers I bought them from claimed the spine was "perfect" when in fact they were not. 3) I have many NM+ 9.8 comics, a few that are Silver Age. NONE of them show any "spine cracks" that I can see. 4) I find many very minor, minute "flecks" and "chipping" on comic books - and if I can find them you bet CGC Graders can too. Hope this helps some. CAL

This is another good Thread. Very impressed here, and I don't impress easily. The IronMan/Subby's? There HAS been significant price movements in the last 3 years - I started hoarding them 4 years ago. Have sold some of them. I do have some ASM's but only a few # 63. I like # 62 as a personal favorite as Medusa on the cover is, to me, one of the greatest ASM covers of all time. It is also the first one signed by Romita. The # 62, IMO, very hard to get in ultra-high grade because of the white background. I have not hoarded any particular ASM's. Other titles, maybe, but not ASM. I just like the IM/S...I feel confident that the will increase in value. I won't get rid of them all, just some of them. I still grab up the real high-grades when I can. CAL