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It was.

Primer (Max the Hare) is a prototype of the Maxx.

You also have to factor in that the characters were introduced in the movies (and they may have been part of Barker's short stories before that, I don't know). So the first image in comics may be more important to people than the first appearance in story. I have never really gotten into first appearances when the real first appearance was in another medium.

He inscribed several books that he signed “For EBay.”

I can tell you there are many, many collectors who would never buy a GA book with an actor signature on it. The OP's question appears to be financially driven. From a financial standpoint, I think using GA for SS speculation would be an absolute nightmare financially.

Kevin has MANY of my old books. I had nearly 2000 if you aggregated all the ones I owned over 8 1/2 years

This is a super interesting question. I don't know the answer for me but it would probably be someone I wouldn't expect. In all honesty, if you take all the books I have ever owned (including those I took in trade and resold immediately) it's probably Stan Lee.

J-Bone???

In my experience it depends upon how prevalent the defect is throughout the print run on the issue, or in some cases (such as Marvel's 2000 gatefold books) if it is endemic throughout the publisher's entire line. The best thing you can do is try to find graded copies and see if they have the defect. I have always referred to this as "flaking" at the spine, because cracking and splitting imply much more serious damage.

First of all, your grades are excellent - it's obvious that you preserved your comics very well. Second of all, as you noted, things are much different than the 80's. Non-colorbreaking damage was almost completely overlooked then (or at least considered to lower the grade very, very little.) And there was nothing above NM. Finally, the CGC era has ushered in fugly miscut or otherwise defective 9.8s while taking a perfectly cut, perfectly centered book down to 9.4 for one color breaking back cover 1/16th inch crease. Once you learn the system, I believe you will do very well, because you already have the chops as it relates to selecting high grade books and preserving them.

The book will need to be completely re-graded. @Chuymosca

If you PM me, I can send you a list that is a speculator’s dream. I have to check my inventory first.

I agree with this.

The Death in the Family Batmans are what I think of most for that phenomenon. I went down to a newsstand distributor in downtown Indianapolis to get 429s because I was so ticked about getting shut out of 428.

Yep. Couldn’t remember your user name. Sorry about that.

My reply: So I can get the pedigree signature series signed and have it be an official signature but keep the gold pedigree label? [Apparently the Black/Grey Pedigree label is actually called a "Gold" label] And CGC's final reply: That is correct! That is great news, but I don't understand how they are going to do it.

It wasn’t for lack of trying, craftsman.

@Avi I get it now - i wasn't even looking at the signature the first time. That makes it pretty clear they are the same book!

Those don't look like the same book. Pro-tip - stop pressing books with spine splits and other serious damage.

Sorry about that. I found the AI guy's information fascinating, and the ridiculous attempts to shut him up infuriating.

All of my SS pedigree books were done before the Black label was created. Thus they were yellow label with the pedigree designation retained (because I sent the books in with the prior pedigree labels.) you do not want black only - that will treat the signature as a defect, you should find out whether they do a black/yellow label. That would be #1 - a yellow label with a notation would be #2. Good luck!

Beautiful fresh copy of one of my favorite Bronze DC's. The key is what they do with that back cover fraying. Absent that it looks to be 9.0 - maybe even 9.2. So will CGC consider that to be from the cutting and binding process (that's what it looks like to me) and ignore it, or consider it a defect and knock it down to 8.0 or so. I don't know. I wouldn't grade it. I would keep it in a mylar and enjoy the beautiful front cover.

I have had two of these over the years. Both were DC covers with Marvel interiors, both were from 1977-1978 and on one of them, the interior was flipped (Karate Kid cover with (I think) an Eternals interior). CGC will 100% be able to tell if they are legit or not because of the wear patterns. It's not just the spine, but anywhere where there is wear on the book it will either correspond to the cover, or it won't.

He has media mail in the text.