Spiderturtle

Just now, lonetree said:

Man-Thing #14 VG- (1975) Gil Kane Cover Steve Gerber Story Marvel
Book is complete
Marvel Value Stamp Sif Inside
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Life with Archie #73 (1968) Fair

Center Page is deattached - may be missing the centerfold, I dont have anything to compare it to
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Name of front cover
Pages are in good condition

1 minute ago, lonetree said:

Invaders #21 VG/F (1977) Gil Kane Cover Roy Thomas Story Marvel
Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Iron Fist #7 VG/F (1976) Al Milgrom Cover Chris Claremont Story Marvel
Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Incredible Hulk #249 Fair/Good

Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Water Damage

Just now, lonetree said:

God's Smuggler Spire Christian Comics Poor/Fair

Book is complete
Both Cover are deattached
Cover tears and creases
Pages are in good condition

1 minute ago, lonetree said:

Flash #207 Fair
Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Coupon cut out of back cover
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Frankenstein Monster #15 VG- (1975) Gil Kane Cover Doug Moench story Marvel
Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Name written on cover
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

E-Man #7 VG (1975) Joe Staton Painted Cover Charlton Comics 1973 Series
Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears, creases and dimples
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Doctor Strange #8 VG

Book is complete
Cover is attached
Cover tears and creases
Name written on cover
Pages are in good condition

Just now, lonetree said:

Daffy Duck #38 (1964) Gold Key Front Cover Detached; Back Cover Missing (Poor/Fair)

Just now, lonetree said:

Avengers #132 Good+ (2.5)
Appearances of Kang, Immortus, Rama-Tut and the Legion of the Unliving
Includes Marvel Value Stamp
Appears Complete with no missing pieces
Name written on front cover
 

Just now, lonetree said:

Avengers #130 Good- (1.5)
Funeral of the Swordsman
Book would grade higher, but is MISSING the Marvel Value Stamp
Name written on front cover

2 minutes ago, lonetree said:

Action Comics #433 G/VG

1 hour ago, gnoe said:

USPS lost my package in March. It contained 6 of the best Spirou's I'd ever seen, all over 9.2
One copy was a 9,6 or 9,8.
My life is ruined. Pretty sure they are stolen.

Very sorry to hear this.  Maybe you can post the scan of the books so that we can all be on the lookout 

18 minutes ago, lou_fine said:

Definitely NOT as transparent as you may think and hope since as we all know, the CGC unrestored blue Universal label is actually already hiding a lot of books that have been artificially manipulated into higher grades.    

Yeah no one can stop that.  But if it’s still restored I would like it be clear cut restored purple label.  Not some blue label that describes the the restoration in small print 

34 minutes ago, Frederic9494 said:

New Spirou 1071 on its way... Anxious to get my hands on this one given postal services reliability these days 

Sharp looking copy

On 5/30/2020 at 2:26 PM, Mr bla bla said:

Cgc’s policy of the colour coded plod label has brought this butchering upon us.

Everybody knows what needs to be done. But it aint gettin done😎

Cgc color coding is a good thing.  It’s transparent.  Cbcs restored blue label is deceiving if presented from across the room you would think you had an unrestored book but on closer inspection...

3 minutes ago, Gotham Kid said:

July auction - some highlights

Superman #1 CGC 5.0
Superman #1 CGC 6.0 (A-5)
Superman #1 CBCS 5.0 Ext Amateur

Wonder Woman #1 CGC VF 8.0
Detective Comics #37 CGC VF+ 8.5

Captain America Comics #3 CGC 7.0
Captain America Comics #3 CGC 5.0

All Star Comics #8 CGC 5.0
All Star Comics #8 CGC 4.0

Batman #4 CGC NM- 9.2
Superman #6 Central Valley CGC 9.0
Marvel Mystery Comics #48 San Francisco Pedigree CGC NM 9.4
Mystic Comics #9 CGC VF 8.0

 

 

The all star 8 Cgc 5.0 and 4.0 are too similar to be in the same auction (eye appeal and grade)

6 minutes ago, Ryan. said:

Do they also have copies for sale? 

Both of the boardies sold them to me already.  Part of the sales pitch was “I’m gonna regret selling these since it’ll be hard for me to find in the same grade again”   I fell for the sales pitch and took the bite 

1 minute ago, Frederic9494 said:

It is Silver Age and a such it's unfair to draw comparison with some scarce Golden age books...

My point is that it's difficult to find those in high grades (8.5 and above). In low grade it's fairly easy, as reflected by the vast majority of CGCed Spirou that are in low to mid grade.

Trust me, French is my first language and I have proactively scouted Belgium and France to get nice copies (understatement of the day!). And very few have surfaced in the last two years... it's frustrating!

There’s a couple of other board members That I’ve interacted with that will agree with you.  

3 minutes ago, Ryan. said:

I grew up with the Smurfs cartoon and was a big fan as a kid. When I became aware of these books a few years back I started collecting them. I've owned each in grades ranging from incomplete to slabbed 7.0. I've also sold copies to prominent national dealers who are well aware of what these are. I agree with the sentiments above that these are legitimate keys, or at the very least, issue 1071 is a key.

With that said, I suffer under no delusion that these books are rare, as that term is generally accepted. Relative to lots of Golden Age books, surviving copies of which may not exceed a few dozen, thousands of surviving copies seems like plenty to fulfill demand. 

Regarding the census, low numbers may simply reflect demand rather than actual scarcity. See, again, many Golden Age books with as few as zero copies on the census. 

Sounds reasonable to me.  Yeah this book would be classified as a silver age book

I believe in the smurfs as part of pop culture.  I’ve hoarded quite a few of these copies and really believe in the book.  Will continue to hoard them.  Truly believe in it.  It doesn’t get the recognition because it’s not a book that originated in the USA so kids didn’t grow up with it.  I’m Asian so my Asian relatives grew up with these so I was introduced when I was younger but I never realized that the 1071 contained the 1st smurfs until I joined the boards.  There’s many 2nd and 3rd  tier characters from marvel/dc that get more respect than these spirou but it might be because most USA collectors are not aware of the existence of spirou.  Like I stated before a couple of “expert” big time comic dealers here on the boards didn’t even know these existed 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spirou-1072-CGC-7-5-2nd-Smurfs-Appearance-1st-Smurfs-Cover-Off-White-White-Pg/224022243678?pageci=0abbe43a-8aca-470b-8c02-691587458ecc

Everyone is discussing the glitches but I also don’t like the mobile and desktop layout of the new comicconnect.  The old layout was 100x better.  Don’t need to fix it if it’s not broken.