Gary Strange

On 3/22/2022 at 4:23 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

That didn't sell for $2,000, it was listed at $2k or best offer. It sold for $300

That makes a lot more sense. 

On 3/22/2022 at 1:17 PM, F For Fake said:

It's cool to see Purves get some love. My recollection from my middle school days was that all of my friends were McFarlane freaks, so when he left Hulk, and Purves came on, he was the WORST ARTIST IN THE WORLD. Their opinion, not mine. I thought his stuff looked pretty cool, and honestly, in hindsight, a lot more solid (though admittedly less flashy) than Todd's.

It’s a great run in the series. Purves art was my first Hulk comic. And I hope that book does get hotter for selfish reasons. 
 

On 3/22/2022 at 12:50 PM, The Meta said:

Harder being relative, which is basically the same as saying, I don't know

More sought after, not sure of either

Personally think UPC symbols are ugly, but, I say this with the market being the market

If you look at recent sales of graded direct vs newsstands you’ll see the difference. All it proves is that there are people willing to shell out a lot more money for certain comics with a UPC on them. 

On 3/22/2022 at 12:49 PM, davidpg said:

This run of books is massively underrated.  Peter David was on the top of his game back then and I absolutely loved the Purves art.  I have an awesome OA page from 351 hanging on my wall that I've had for a couple decades...I love the piece.

Agree. I have four purves OA pages myself. 

Uh, what? Last one went for auction a little over $400.  Book is getting hot, but this hot?? Wonder what a newsstand would go for?

On 3/10/2022 at 7:39 PM, Beastfeast said:

Marvel would change the logo and a bunch of people who haven't bought a new comic off the stands in 15 years will tell everyone they're never buying a new comic off the stands again.  

Well I’m not buying any of this new punisher stuff. He’s not a samurai. I’m also not a fan of all this pandering. 

If certain groups started using the spider man logo wonder what they’d do. 

This one really deserves key status 

Some Newton ring blobs on these guys

Just received this book back. Is this enough to warrant a reholder? Thanks. 

I submitted a STANDARD that was received 1/5/22
CCS in PROCESS 1/10/22
SFG 1/21/22
GEI 1/24/22

Yet my April last year modern fast track is still there stuck in GEI and G/QC. It's a race to see which shipment gets to me first now.

On 1/23/2022 at 11:29 AM, Devin Colman said:

So 163 business days and counting for my arrived June 1st, rec 8/3 submission, still in GEI

Who else still has submissions not back yet under the "really old" pricing?

My April submissions are still there.  Stuck in G/E/I and grading/quality control.

Just cracked open a Bronze Age slab and no micro chamber paper. Did they stop using it or some get lazy??

On 1/4/2022 at 7:13 PM, Gaard said:

c'mon you guys ... free grader's notes!

Lol, after you buy a membership

Couldn’t bring myself to send it in for slabbing. Don’t think it’ll get higher than a 9.4 even with a press. 
 

On 12/28/2021 at 8:04 PM, allhailkonshu said:

Thank you for your opinion appreciate that. 

Now do you think there is anything that can be done to maybe increase it's grade a bit? I dont see how pressing would help its a raw book and pretty damn flat... But Im just guessing Im a noob.

The spine tick seems like something you'd have to live with i guess?  

 

Yea once they break color you can’t do anything. And I think I can see about 8 or so of them on the spine. You could still get it cleaned and pressed prior to grading. I’m thinking the grade could land anywhere between 8.0-9.0 

Color breaking spine ticks and a blunted top corner but that’s an easy 8.0 IMO 

I’ve seen a fair share and own a few miswrapped 9.8s 

that’s a great copy, lots of other spine issues to consider before the miswrap, but I think any copy of that issue is worth slabbing regardless of the grade. 

I would think if it was trimmed all the pages on the edge would line up better. 

See pics. Cover moves a little up and down on the book