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8.5/9.0

this is the oldest and weakest response to criticism ever - shoot the messenger while ignoring the message I read his post as a buyer's perspective, never said he could do it better. You do not have to sell to have an opinion on buying/pricing

The Starman page on mcs is mine, figured I would see if it was worth a shot. I also have some Andy MacDonald published pages there, sold 2 or 3 dirt cheap (under $50). I am regretting it now tbh, it is up there 6 months and I will probably just have it returned when it hits the year. Nice splash page priced at $1000 or so.

gonna put this here I moved last week. Joey also dropped off some books the very day I emailed him my new address and they shipped from cgc last week to my old address. FedEx failed delivery today (I was going to go get them off my old porch but no luck, sig required and driver respected it which is not what I expected). So I called cgc and spoke with customer service. I believe that I had Celeste. She was awesomely helpful, we are going to have them re-routed hopefully to me and that is that. I did not think they did that but that is what Celeste said. It will cost 20 bucks, but just more moving money down the drain I guess. So Celeste rocks.

now back to the fistings!

You woke up in a good mood! It is contagious, sorry for being a bit rough on you lately.

by saying they have an unusually large number of ME submissions now, they deflect blame and make it seem like it is a submission issue instead of taking responsibility and saying that they are shipping out an unusually large number of mistakes

Is this your opinion or an official statement? What is the possible reason for 2 month TATs on MEs then? Why would it take longer to reholder a comic than to grade and reholder a more expensive comic? The only reason seems to be $, they are not prioritized due to not generating income. If not that, what is the reason for 2 month reholders?

MEs should be done immediately upon receipt at CGC. The idea that an item not properly encapsulated has to go back into a queue is just bad service. TATs on ME should be no longer than walk through, the rest is just more fisting from the cgc customer disservice department. give him 2 weeks for an answer

well it was $50 a sig, so forget that. I bought 6 of the calendar prints instead. they are still in the car, got pizza on the way home and didn't want to touch the prints until cleansed. I'll get them out in a bit and show them off. I'm going back to talk a little business (first live auctioneers auction in January) and a little pleasure, may get some more steranko merch

https://www.superjerseyexpo.com/ I don't see a thread for this event today. Gonna go get a few comics signed by Steranko, only 16 minutes form my new home! Anyone else going/go?

No addressing anyone specific, but you really have to wear rose colored glasses to think it is anything but this. mikey checked and was told the economy tier was "the last thing to get addressed" or something like that. I emphasize the word last, as in it will never be fixed. I am not sure it was meant that way, typed words lose context, maybe they meant only remaining but since we have seen no changes (5 days, whoopitdeedo) I would think when they say "last" they mean never, and not at the end. cgc has gone rotten from the core...it has spread slowly but surely and now even the boards are craptastic. Fun in submitting, fun with slabbing, fun with talking about slabbing here on the boards...all falling apart or gone entirely

The Defenders is really close to being possible now. Banner can be the mediator instead of Strange. All we need is that Silver guy...to me my board!

yeah, I guess mutants may be on my roster above (Namor?, never sure what he is) but I did mean X-Men as well I was saying to wifey the other day, when they bring in the X-Men I hope we get young Rogue who then ends Carol Danvers' time on screen and becomes the powerhouse Rogue I want to see, not the one walking on the Earth but the one flying in the sky sugah! It would be a great way for Brie Larson to move on in a few years and works perfect with the comics source material.

nah, gotta fight them first...then team up

the run of JSA I enjoyed had Jack Knight Starman, my boy!, for one issue and then Stargirl. The old guys were mostly gone, Wildcat was around as mentor and Jay and Alan as well but it was also focused on newer generation. Johnny Thunder passes the lightning bolt to Jakeem Thunder and that was fun. I had never read JSA before James Robinson Starman introduced me to the characters but I love the books I read in that decade. Mister Terrific was an arrogant (ithought Richard was now allowed?). but a fun read, new Hourman and Dr Fate IIRC both groovy as well. Hawkgirl (name escapes me, Shiera Saunders?), Atom Smasher. I am an odd DC JSA duck, I care not for Barry Allen, give me Wally or Jay and Alan Scott is my GL from the Golden Age, Starman and these JSA issues and I care little and no little of any other GL. So when guys in the LCS are saying the old Flash is the best I usually pipe up with "Jay? He's my Flash". I did read the wonderful Waid Flash with Wally and Linda, so Wally is aces in my book too.

hmmm, I'll play! Danvers Captain Marvel Sersi Black Knight Namor Ant-Man new Black Panther Sam Captain America I do see a Young Avengers movie taking the younger characters on their own adventure. I don't expect it, but Winter Soldier in the weary teacher trying to make amends role Magneto played with New Mutants would be groovy.

a happy meal

I loved the Ordway series; not so much the short Jeff Smith one though.The Ordway series is wonderful.

good question, since I am doing wifey posts now, she said something earlier tonight about the Guardians Holiday Special ( to which I replied, yes I told you about that the other night for the second or third time) and is looking forward to it now that pajiba or whatever mentioned it. but he has that first and then guardians 3 to promote, so good question

that is burying the lead! This is thread worthy stuff all on its' own, don't you think? enjoyable, coherent movies, preferably with no comic knowledge required. she enjoyed BoP but not Suicide Squad 1. She is out of earshot but IIRC she thought the Gunn Suicide Squad was fine but nothing special. She loves Guardians though. she is a fair single person stand in for movies in general...not too pre-judgy like my daughters. I made her watch Snyderverse with me over a few nights and she enjoyed it enough to finish but on her own, nah. she's perfect, so yeah, her definition is the correct one. (and so y'all know, zero chance she ever reads that)

so I am back in...10 moderns dropped off yesterday by sir joseph of post and scheduled for grading, 10/24. I have a triumph & torment tpb in there I am really hoping for nice things with! X-Men 95 as well.

Thanks, I am full of pretense so I will be alright. Update, I am moving! In 3 days. So the comic room is no more, long gone. Everything packed up and in transit. Staying in NJ! w00t w00t The slab collection has grown nicely but was recently culled with 11 slabs going to mcs (2 already sold). I will be selling on live auctioneers after the new year too! w00t w00t! Good action on there so being incorporated it makes sense. Am using my own stuff for auctions supplemented with smaller consignments as I get going. Anyway, I remembered this thread and felt it should have a bit of closure, or at least an update, since things have changed a bit. I am now a jaded cgc person, a long way from the naive hobbyist who was chasing shiny things when I started this thread. I was saving for an AF15 and then the recent price hike happened; I had $17K saved but cannot spend that on a wonky 1.5 or whatever $25K gets now. AF15 money long gone too, as I said, I bought a house. (And a Sienkiewicz Hendrix page, and a Mignola Wolfman, and a PCR Clea. so yeah, kinda worked out I guess.)

I haven't watched Peacemaker but I am a big believer in James Gunn as well. Hopefully he gets his creative juices flowing and things get coherent and fun.