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hello all... my sentiments exactly rick

hello all... I like the ADV 48, but neither is "overly" appealing to me (as some has stated) rick

hello all... remember, it is worth what you think it is worth or are willing to pay for it, so if you are happy with the price (I know I would have been!), then you did great!...again, a sweeeeet copy! rick

hello all... TBH hit the nail on the head..."fun to collect"...I wish that defined out hobby... rick

hello all... outstanding, a wonderful diverse and somewhat eclectic group of folks we have here...now, I got to get back to my ciphering rick

Why don't you spread the books out in the shape of an airplane & take a new picture??? You've got enough Airboy's to do. Why don't you take them to the local elementary school and let them make paper airplanes from the comics?

Maybe that is the central question. And if it is, it needs to be tested and discovered immediately. Paging Selegue!!! CGC should contract Jack to run the chemical analysis. Bill paged me on a PM. This isn't a thread that I usually look at because the books are out of my league. I've wondered about whether enclosing the pages accelerates browning too. I'm satisfied now that the materials (do I remember right that the inside layer is Barex?) should be archivally safe. The upside of slabbing the little darlings is that less oxygen gets at them, which should slow down browning. On the other hand, IF the browning has already started, then the cellulose is already producing acetic acid (part of that "old pulp" smell that comic-book collectors love, even though it's eating their books!). Unless the acid is vented, it catalyzes further breakdown of the paper, producing more acid, and so on. How much buffer does a sheet of microchamber paper have in it? Overall, that's yet another reason why I don't collect slabbed comic books. (Except for my wonderful Marvel Spotlight 25 CGC 9.6 that I'm sure someone out there is clamoring for.) Probably the analysis to run would be to periodically sample the atmosphere inside slabs with a browning comic, a new comic and empty over time. If the acetic acid level rises in the slab with the browning comic book, that's a problem. Jack hello all... holy cow, how many genius do we have here...I am feeling all 3rd grade again man, I love this stuff rick

hello all... I have always accepted cream to off white or better on the cgc label....I have sent in about 40 GA Bats so far, and I noted page quality on most all, and CGC came back with virtually identical listings (if I thought white, then I got white, if I had off white, or cream to off white, pretty much in every case that is what it came back with)...only on one, did I note light tan to cream, that came back cream to off white... so, that begs to answer the question, do the holders advance page issues? rick

hello all... awesome, I love the 86...was one of the first actions I picked up moons ago...man, I miss them, but love to live vicariously through you all! rick

hello all... B, I think I will have an extra one when you are ready (3-4 years or sooner?), I am sure we can work something out rick

hello all... believe it or not, I would take the action 1, simply cuz I already have the tec 27 ....if I had neither, then tec 27 all the way rick

hello all... great pick up...next to the 27 and 29, my favorite as well! rick

hello all.... oustanding run! rick

hello all.... WOW!... rick

hello all... one of my fav's as well....nice pick up rick

hello all.... I think this one is the easiest one of all for me (and there have been some great ones) ...action 1 rick

hello all... yes, they are...he is a good friend, best customer (our arrangements, due to his intial limited funds, are that I purchase, and he gets at my cost +5% "commission" for the effort and the financing...so basically, he is getting at my real world cost)...however, payments have been a little slow, so worse case scenario is that I "inherit" the collection (which I would be pleased to do, now that I have asssembled, but I already completed a batman run in the 90's, so I don't have a great desire to keep...part of the joy for me, is the collecting, but I like new challenges, which is why I won't go after Action, but would superman)...personally, I am working on the Tec's 27-53, and about 20 other issues I like (have not started them yet, except for 2 I am getting from board member cgcmint)... so, if for some reason Bob has to bail (which, for the record, I don't anticipate), I will either keep the run, or sell it (a tough decision no doubt) rick

hello all.. hey, I think I need most of those...great books rick

hello all... wow, i am a pretty much only DC guy too, but that funny pages is a striking cover... rick

hello all... boy, some of those sensation comics are nice...I never really paid too much attention, but that is one of the great purposes this board serves, exposure to that we might otherwise not notice!... well done rick

hello all... naturally, I would pick the Marv....um, I mean the Tec 27 rick

hello all.. thanks for the kudos...Bats is definitely a love/passsion for me.... I have a wonderful time collecting them! enjoy posting and sharing, and I REALLY appreciate all the help I have received from many of my newly founded friends on this board! and I hope to make many more new friends! thanks rick

hello all... larson tec 35 rick

hello all.. have received a few new books back from cgc....eventually, will try to take a pic of 1-31 (since that is complete, but some books are still at cgc)... thanks rick

hello all.. ok, now it is detective27kid=newforcecomics on ebay rick