Black_Adam

Merry Xmas from Canada!

Irving bought a lot of EC and Eerie Archives off me and was easy to communicate with, a quick payer, and very, very patient (thanks, media mail).

Five stars! (out of five...)

$1,333

11 minutes ago, shadroch said:

So disagreeing with a CGC grade is okay as long as you go under it but disagree with it going the other way and you are scum.
 

 

MCS isn't knowingly offering a different grade than CGC - sounds like this seller is.

29 minutes ago, shadroch said:

I traded for a Spidey 11 with a very reputable forum member. He said it was a cracked CGC 5.5. I recently sent the raw book to MCS on consignment and they graded it a 4.5.

Where is the outrage? Where is the justice?

MCS 4.5 = CGC 5.5 in most cases 

You can always ask Este to have it sent for grading and then have them relist it when it comes back from CGC (  ) as a 5.5

1 minute ago, skypinkblu said:

Maybe we could have a notification holiday? No notifications during Tim's contest.

Meanwhile, I'm going to see if I can find my mailbox under the snow, lol.

This was yesterday about 7 am, there was a lot more by noon;)

That doesn't look like Florida.

1 minute ago, DR.X said:

I don't agree at all. I would hate to have my P.M. box flashing like the bat signal, and listen to endless whining and crying,.............. why me? I didn't do it.

1 minute ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Was it intentional?  Seems pretty lame to do that, and not give the volunteers prior notice.

I was only joking. I actually think the reveal, intentional or not, may actually lead to multiple mod resignations as I am sure going forward it will suck some of the joy from the boards for them.

I'm guessing a large part of CGC's decision to finally make the identity of the board moderators public is knowing it should make their job much, much easier, as going forward even their appearance in a thread should immediately quell any shenanigans. Sort of like when the Dementors arrive in Harry Potter.

Is there a complete list of mods? I think I only saw the half dozen outed in this thread. Still hoping for a Canadian mod. 

@greggy demonstrating his modliness.

1 hour ago, thehumantorch said:

I nominate greggy.  Any seconds?

Seconded.

3 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

and beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright homes  

and blizzards.

Just now, greggy said:

Yeah, Point Roberts, WA is way better, cuz gas and postal outlets. 

Yes, we will accept Point Roberts, but not Buffalo.

3 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Can he be one that LIVES South of the border?

4 minutes ago, skypinkblu said:

Blow up the Moon lives in Buffalo, that counts as Canada if you live in the U.S.;)

Don't try to give us Buffalo, we don't want it!

Looks to me like all the outed mods are Americans. With the number of members from north of the border on these boards, I demand CGC appoint a Canadian mod. 

On 12/15/2020 at 4:37 PM, catman76 said:

Betty and Veronica by Harry Lucey

Great pick! I think every female Harry Lucey ever drew counts as "my favorite drawing of ____ "

On 12/15/2020 at 9:28 AM, shadroch said:

I had a question on a consignment so I emailed them at 10:07 AM this morning.  At 10:22 AM, the Director of Consignments got back to me after looking into the situation and cleared up any questions I had. 

Nuff Said!!!!!!!!!!!

Este is a rock star when it comes to customer service.

17 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

Wait,did someone shoot that moose as they were driving?

Wow I'm big mad if that's so.

I hope not! I just found the gif online and it looks like the moose went to break left into the woods as the car neared and slipped on the icy road. Gif should come with a disclaimer: No animals were harmed during the shooting filming of this gif!

14 minutes ago, Professor Chaos said:

Hi, rather than start a new thread I thought it would be best just to ask here. Not really sure if it is a quality control issue. I just received a few books back from getting re-holdered and on my Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love 2 I noticed something I've seen before on CGC slabs which is a whitish sort of scuffing or blemishes. In most examples they don't seem to be on the surface of the holder but I suppose either on the inner surface of the holder or on either side of the inner holder, or perhaps on the book itself (but I don't think the latter is the case) . Like I said I have seen this before,maybe some of you have also, any idea what these marks might be? 

New holder on top, old one on bottom. There also seems to be scratches on the new holder (near the tree, her face, and her shoulder) that weren't visable on the old holder. Another thing I can't figure out is both the old and new slabs show these marks, but in different places on the comic. Weird. PS try not to mind the glare my old HP 8250 leaves on the slab. Thank you.

 

 

 

Scuffing on the inside of cases is unfortunately relatively common now, and appears to be CGC's solution for newton rings.

Being Canadian, I'm only after big game!

7 minutes ago, DR.X said:

Who said anything about coins?

Interesting. Maybe this year instead of coins it'll be comics. 

Do we have to wait for the pics of the coins to be posted before guessing? Not sure if being able to see them even helps or not...

Heavy Metal and Den were a staple of my teenage years. Corben had a unique style you knew in an instant. RIP and my condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him.

I will put in my standard vote for Warren Kremer. A stalwart for Harvey Comics for nearly four decades, where in addition to being their top artist he also served as art director and created thousands of covers, he is also renowned for some of the most iconic covers of the pre-code horror era and, post-code, went on to create or define Richie Rich, Hot Stuff, Casper, Little Dot, etc. These characters may not be well known anymore, but at one time probably sold more titles than any other characters from any other comic company.

When Harvey folded in the early 1980's Kremer was hired by Marvel Comics. After a brief visit to the legendary bullpen to drop off some finished work, Marie Severin said: "They don't know it, but this is the best artist who ever walked through these doors."