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Unfortunately the latter portion of the run hits right where DCs are the hardest to find in decent shape.

Figure out what you want, ditch the rest, then be patient. You're not going to complete the run in HG any time soon, so enjoy the ride.

Ha-cha-cha that was terrible.

That's pretty impressive. Did you get them directly from Joe R?

I don't think it's an easy problem to fix. Any pressure you put on the book elsewhere has the potential to damage it. The first iteration of the 3rd gen of holders led to a lot of problems (just look up "creep engine"). I think you could try and reverse that idea to make the slab concave in the center rather than convex, but that would probably lead to torn covers and damage from indentation at the center. If you eliminate the whole aspect of an inner "well" and just sandwich it between two pieces of plastic with a seam, then any overhang is in jeopardy of being damaged. Other than that, I don't know what the answer is. And to be fair, the damage isn't caused by the well. It's caused by motion within the well. So the answer is just never ever move a slab, and then you're fine.

I think I'd struggle to limit it to any less than 40

May-July 1954.

Comparing the two you can see the white triangle in the ULHC. Nice job.

A+++ packaging.

Beyond the logistics of it, it doesn't make financial sense. There aren't a whole lot of pulps out there, and even fewer people who want them slabbed. CGC's cash cow is moderns, of which there is an ongoing supply being created. There aren't new pulps being made, so you'll certify some up front, and then it will slow to a trickle. So you're going to develop new equipment and train/hire new staff all for this? Doesn't seem like a wise business move.

I like 6 for the color scheme. About 8 years ago I was at SDCC looking at John Verzyl's booth and a friend was deliberating over the 9.4 Mile High at $5K. It took every ounce of restraint not to just jump in front of him and take it, which he eventually did.

Spectacular. What an improvement over just a few years prior

It's pretty unlikely that this happened. US welding is usually in one direction, and you have a seam on the back of the inner well. What more likely happened is that the seam came apart and the book slid down. I've had that happen before, thankfully without damage.

Sexy might be a more accurate term.

That Romita Spidey page is about as good as it gets for a representative example.

It's really pretty bad.

That's all you need to understand the price.

Some of these covers are more horrific than most PCH covers. This is Jan/Feb/Mar 54 since I can't seem to do a good job of keeping up with posting these. What an amazing 3 month run.

Why bother with the name calling and pejorative comments? I'm honestly curious.

The anticipation of slabbing has driven the prices of pulps up more than actual slabbing will.

This one surprised me. Any idea why it went so high?

I was happy with the prices. I thought that they reflected the influences Wrightson was trying to emulate well. One was very JC Coll and the other was very Franklin Booth. Knowing what Wrightson was going for, they were good representative pieces. And they don't exactly grow on trees.

That 9.4 sale was shockingly low.

They certainly aren't common. It's a tough era for DC in general. But a lot of these are tied up in older collections where there is no reason to have them certified.

Chris Pedrin had that on his wall at SDCC back in the 90s. Maybe you got it from him?