Nschenks

Hey all! Here are the rules: - First 'take it' trumps all negotiations - Shipping is $5 (US buyers only, but if you are from Canada, PM me and maybe we can work something out); (+$5 extra for Priority) - Accepted forms of payment: Zelle and Venmo are preferred, by I will also accept PayPal if you can't do the others - I ship USPS Ground Advantage (Priority upon request); will ship and provide tracking within 2 days of receiving payment - Returns accepted within 2 weeks of receipt of books - No one on the naughty lists; also, I reserve the right to request kudos or not sell to someone with little or no activity/feedback - I'm still pretty new here, but feel to check out my fledgling kudos thread and attached eBay link! Other than that, feel free to reach out with any questions or to request more pictures! Thanks for looking!

I’m in! This time will try not to forget until 5 minutes before the cutoff, panic, and then blindly throw out some grades in the hopes I won’t be completely sunk after one round (did not work).

Sold via PM

Just one book here: Uncanny X-Men #266 'Newsstand Edition' VF/NM--> SOLD Really nice copy here: sharp corners, dark/deep colors and good gloss; most defects are non-color-breaking, including some light creasing to the front and back covers and non-color-breaking spine creases on the back cover spine; only a few very light spine stress lines to the front cover spine. As is, I think VF/NM is fair, but I think a good clean and press could definitely bring this up to NM- or NM, if that's your thing.

Hey all! Here are the rules: - First 'take it' trumps all negotiations - Shipping is $5 (US buyers only, but if you are from Canada, PM me and maybe we can work something out); (+$5 extra for Priority) - Accepted forms of payment: Zelle and Venmo are preferred, by I will also accept PayPal if you can't do the others - I ship USPS Ground Advantage (Priority upon request); will ship and provide tracking within 2 days of receiving payment - Returns accepted within 2 weeks of receipt of books - No one on the naughty lists; also, I reserve the right to request kudos or not sell to someone with little or no activity/feedback - I'm still pretty new here, but feel to check out my fledgling kudos thread and attached eBay link! Other than that, feel free to reach out with any questions or to request more pictures! Thanks for looking!

Here's a fun fact: Since June 29, 2021, there have been no new 9.9/10.0 (in Universal label) for Spawn #1--over 10k copies graded total, including nearly 4k 9.8's (more than 1/3 of the total 9.8 population). Pretty wild to me, considering there were 75 in the 14k copies graded before that date. CGC real stingy with those Mint grades in the current era (at least for non-brand-new books). I'd guess part of it is just due to the sheer volume of books the graders have to get through on a daily basis--no time to stop and really look closely enough at a really pristine book to see if it could be better than 9.8. Nice enough to be 9.8? On to the next...

Yeah both this and SW8 are due for major drops. Two of the most overrated and overpriced copper keys (and most abundant overall and in high grade). Definitely some market adjustment on this, but I think the seller's bad rating and the obvious defects (bad damage to top edge, plus TWO chipped corners BC lol) all combined to tank this particular copy. TBH with that top edge damage it shouldn't have gone for half that, but just goes to show how many people buy the slab and not the book. That said, I believe this sale is a bit of a temporary outlier due to above reasons and not a fallout from the scam. I think in this forum sandbox (or Insta or FB, etc.) it's easy to forget how many people are out there buying slabs that don't care about a scam that only directly affected a relatively small subset of the slab-purchasing population. Perhaps it'll make people look a touch more closely at the slabs they are buying (not a bad thing), but I doubt long-run this is going to ruin CGC's reputation to the point that people will stop buying slabs altogether. Some people will get out, some people may stop buying/selling/subbing...but will it be a significant enough portion to ding high-grade slab sales? My personal opinion is it won't. That person who's been saving up for three years to buy an ASM 252 9.8 because it's a book they've most wanted to own...is still gonna buy that ASM 252 9.8. (But hopefully they'll look a little closer at the scans this time...)

ComicBookStation is a legit comic book store in Brooklyn. I've never been, but I'm pretty sure they buy and sell slabs pretty regularly. Probably just a coincidence they purchased one of his books (New York is a very big place lol). EDIT: Sorry, I misread the reference to this store. Yeah, if zaneglor bought from them on eBay, I suppose it would check out that they'd likely have that address from their history

Just got this baby in the mail today

Here's the slab:

Unfortunately if he bought a slabbed sub-9.8 MJ, it could easily have been bought offline at a show, in an offline auction, at a LCS, etc. So trying to find the specific MJ that was swapped is going to be tricky, as eBay/Heritage/etc. probably only accounts for a small amount of the potential sold population. If it was bought at a show or LCS, hopefully the seller/owner is aware of the videos and may recognize the book they sold.

This is awesome--thank you!

One final price drop on the DCCP 26’s, and then they’re off to feebay. Or buy both for $350 (and I’ll throw in Priority Shipping for free!).

Im glad you like it! If you wouldn’t mind posting this in my Kudos Thread I’d very much appreciate it 🙏

Wolverine LS #1 and Star Wars #2 have been sold via PM

Kinda want to move these to get a little extra cash for the holidays, so I'm reviving this thread with some big discounts.

Missing the top staple? If so, possibly a production defect--maybe not worth billions though...

This came in at 9.6 WP! I'll post pictures once I get it in hand

Modern Fast-Track Press and Grade: - Received CCS 11/15 - CCS in process 11/21 - Received for grading 11/27 - Scheduled for grading 11/27 -GEI 11/30 -G/QC 12/13 -Shipped 12/14 Reasonably happy with the grades too!

Thanks y'all! Appreciate the responses.

Maybe a stupid question, but I haven't found a good answer. What exactly is 'gloss' and how does a comic lose it over time? I ask because I've been getting some early 80's X-Men books from an original owner, and the covers are some of the brightest I've seen. That said, the PQ is OW/W for most of them (in my eyes). Does gloss/brightness depend on when the comics were printed (i.e. how much ink was left)? Or is it more about exposure factors over time, such as exposure to moisture and sun? Is gloss just related to the brightness of the inks or is there some other factor that makes a comic 'glossy' off the press? Again, apologies if this is a 'newb' question or if the answer is really obvious. Was just curious, since I see the words 'glossy' pop up a lot in relation to old books and don't really know how to qualify that other than 'you know it when you see it'.

I'd imagine a C&P could take this to 9.6/9.8 unless there's some hidden damage somewhere

Not sure the best place to ask this, but I figured this would be as good a place as any: what's the deal with the Third Printing of the Special Origin Issue? By that, I mean, what's the story? I haven't been able to find out a lot of information about it. I'm mostly curious about where/why it was published, why there is no UPC or price, and why they seem to be so scarce (like, more-so than even Newsstands and Six Flags issues). Does anyone know anything about this? Publication date is over a year after the free comic book day printing and 9 months after the Six Flags giveaway, which I always thought was kinda weird. Was it a promo released when Return of the Joker came out? Any info would be much appreciated! Thanks! (*note- posted this question in another thread but never got a response so figured I'd try re-posting it here)