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It depends solely on the grade. The difference between 9.4 and 9.8 takes a keen eye to observe and the price difference between a slabbed 9.4 and a slabbed 9.8 is HUGE. I would not even think about slabbing books like these without either getting better at grading or pre-screening for a grade that will insure profitability.

This is correct - If all I had was a slabbed book and Neil Gaiman was available, I would absolutely have him sign the slab rather than not get an auto.

This is only true for a certain type of sig - Dave Stevens, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko are the three that come to mind. There are no SS books with contemporaneous witnessing for these three (and I'm sure for others), so the Green label version with good provenance commands high values. If you look at guys that are available (Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell, Greg Capullo, even Todd McFarlane etc.) Green label books are waaaay below Yellow label books in price with grade being equal.

Within the last month or so.

WTB! If you are going to do a jam book, I would not suggest a 1972 Swamp Thing #1. Two reasons, (1) That cover has a beautiful ST image that would be obliterated by the sigs (2) some people will not sign books that they did not work on, and you run the risk of not getting the sigs you want. I would suggest one of two things - either get a Swamp Thing blank and work with that, or get one of the Swamp Thing movie comics. With either of those, you can talk to the creators about it being a jam homage, and they may sign it even though they didn't work on it. Just food for thought . . .

The chances of it going down in grade are slim. It's a 9.6 already, so that allows significantly more flaws than a 9.8. The way Liefeld's costs are exploding for sigs, I would look and see whether his sig adds as much value as the re-grade and his signing fees will cost you.

I'm only about half kidding on that.

My go-to answer is always "money laundering."

I know, right?

You might be missing some tears when you realize you could've bought one for $15-20k just a couple of years ago.

It's a wind-up dude.

I could compare you to Stan Lee (1) Both bipedal (2) Both mammals (3) Both person_without_enough_empathyin' dudes. You are officially compared to Stan Lee.

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Why are you quoting me? I responded to "lunchboxcollector" who writes like an LD 9 year old, not to you, an Emmy-award winning writer who has been compared on various podcasts to Stan Lee.

To me, those scratch outs are much better than just tearing off a corner. I am just shaking my head at that corner.

And I to you.

That's why you are the greatest.

Respected by whom?

Good to see you bud! Hope you are well!

What does any of this mean? If you think you are some kind of victim, get over yourself and quit posting revisionist history all over the Boards. It's stupid.

Yeah, that's how it went. It wasn't about the possibility of rampant fraud and price manipulation, it was about everyone keeping down the Champion of Information. Good Lord.

I treated 174 as though it were a #1 (like a soft reboot of the title) when I put together my "comprehensive" list of #1s and first appearances in the 80's.

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http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=7740&GSub=627 Hauer's line was too long for him to do inscriptions. I had asked him to do "I want more life, f**ker." I think of that as the quintessential Roy Batty line, even more so than the Tannhauser Gate. RIP Rutger, you were amazing!

Pretty sure it was drop ship it to C-Link.