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There’s a thread on these 2008 survey variants on this board somewhere, here’s an article I found on this topic along with a picture of one of the centerfolds of one of these books. https://comicbookspeculation.com/2019/09/25/spotlight-on-2007-2008-marvel-reader-surveys-variants/ While the Nova 8 variant I have consigned with MCS isn’t a super high grade grade, 9.8 candidate, the inclusion of a glued in/stapled in envelope would certainly be a contributing factor to the 6.0 grade, methinks.

NOVA #8 MARVEL READER SURVEY VARIANT 1st Appearance Of Cosmo, The Guardians Of Knowhere , The Luminalshttps://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=58573369https://www.ebay.com/itm/364204053312Mycomicshop sales records indicate that since MCS started recording their sales of this book in 2014, ONLY FOUR copies of a Marvel Reader Insert Variant of this issue have been offered/sold on MyComicShop.com or thru their eBay mirrored listings. The fourth copy is this copy which I had held for consignment upon my purchase of tthis book. I can upload a screenshot from mycomicshop of the sales records showing this, if ya think I’m making this up 🤷🏻 Also, worthy of note is that CGC labels on slabbed copies of Nova #8 indicate it’s the first appearance of Cosmo, which most people are aware of….but I didn’t know it is also the 1st app of Knowhere & The Luminas, which CGC labels indicate.. If you are interested in buying this book at the BIN price or submitting an offer, the book will cost you considerably less if purchased directly thru the mycomicshop link, wether at the asking BIN or via a best offer, accounting for the 2.9% “buyers premium”, which is only the cost of processing credit card transactions. Buyers premiums are typically at least 10%.

Take it: Supersnipe Vol 3 No 7 Good $15

I’d say this pulp makes the list of most desirable pulps, largely due to its’ appearance in the first Back To The Future movie. https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Fantastic_Story

Well, apparently I should have posted about sending this book to @MyComicShop auction 6 days ago, it looks like it's slipping through the cracks: BATTLEFRONT #15 CLASSIC RUSS HEATH STRANGULATION COVER: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=battlefront+15&pubid=&PubRng= The ONLY OTHER COPY available I can find on the internet is a raw VG+ offered at a $500 Buy It Now on eBay, from a reputable CGC boardie/eBay dealer, with NO Best Offer option. Linked below is the listing for the raw VG+ copy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334713754887

I have never dealt with that seller but that said, it sounds like both of you dropped the ball on that slab. The seller saw 💵 signs lit up while exchanging messages with you, I would be curious to see screenshots of the message exchanges as it sounds like you inadvertently talked the price up instead of down.

Not really my comic room, in terms of showcasing books. This is my comic office/pressing room, as of tonight, before I head to Baltimore to sub books I've put off pressing intil the last minute....hence the total disarray of boxes in the middle of the floor and stacks of raws on every flat surface in the room.....my basement is even worse.....about 8 times the size of this room hhhh 😆🤣😂

@Robot Man For the answer to your question, I'd point you to the link to the Lichtenstein source thread , which I included in my opening post in this thread.

The movie isn't released intil 2/17/23 , keys always due beat within the 30 days or so before a movie is released. One other option is to consign each book, to be offered separately, with a Instagram comic dealer / "waffler" with a HIGH follower count. IG raffles of slabbed SA keys typically get full GPA average + a 10% to 15% "bump". Raffler gets a small commission, around 10% or so. The raffler pays you via PP F & F or Zelle, which allows the funds to not be instantly reported to the gov't. Even dealers & auction house in Texas will send you a 1099 fir any funds sent to you in the amount of $500 or more. I'd look into IG rafflers now, if I had slabbed mega keys like those two with the movie approaching in a few months.

Please add me to the contest! Edit: Nevermind, I just saw the deadline for entries has passed, lol.

Nice! Just curious....were you aware that this book is a Lichtenstein swipe source book? I found out about that around a year ago, been looking since than.

@circumstances I had Google searched the title if the book (+ 1945) and only saw 1 copy previously sold. An eBay listing from Dave Reynolds from a few years ago. Just checked heritage and between 2006 thru 2019, 6 copies have been sold. 3 sold in individual auction. 1 copy mixed unto 3 separate auction lots. https://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231&Nty=1&Ntt=adventure+is+my+career&Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&ic10=OtherResults-ViewAll-071515 Couldn't find the comic connect auction you referenced in sold itens but than again. CC's search function is very finicky. Didn't know there is a 5.5 and an 8.0 in the census, but I'll take your word on that. That said, I would still think it's a relatively rare book....while I'm sure they're around, at less than the handful of recorded sales the two of us are aware of and the 2 slabbed copies being under 10 in total, that's fairly uncommon, imho. I've found that the 2 (or 3, can't recall offhand) Lichtenstein Young Love and Young Romance early 1960's swipe books are a dozen to find, but I'd contribute that largely to their odd numberings making searches harder. And prize books must have been lower printed than dc romances from the same approximate time period.

Just noticed I posted this in the wrong forum....hhhh. I have just copied and pasted this post to the appropriote forum on this board.. Can a CGC moderator please delete this thread? Thanks!

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=57508933 https://www.ebay.com/itm/314201245872 Here's a post of mine detailing the Lichtenstien swipe from this book for Mr. Bellamy with 2 links to images, which were originally posted by David Barlasou, 20 years ago...for those unfamilar with that name, Barsalou is an art historian who is widely considered to be the foremost expert on Lichtenstien swipes. https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/499888-roy-lichtenstein-comic-list/page/5/#comment-12558529 I seem to have been one of the very few people who knew this book is a Lichtenstien swipe, prior to my addition of this book to the Lichtenstien swipe thread on this board a few days ago. This book seems to be possibly the rarest Lichtenstien swiped source book, I purchased this copy graded at 2.0 by MCS a couple weeks ago from my Mycomicshop saved search notifications and had it held for consignment with MCS. Upon pricing this book, I saw there have been NO OTHER COPIES of this book in any grade than this GD 2.0 copy, sold at Mycomicshop , per their sales history on this book. Considering the volume of comics that Mycomicshoop buys and sells, I think that is a pretty solid indicator of the relative scarcity of this book. After about a year of waiting, I did manage to luck out and get a hit from my eBay saved searches back in July, I snagged that copy via BIN/BO soon as I got the notification from eBay and it's in my PC. May have it slabbed at Baltimore this weekend but probably not as I doubt I'll find a third copy. and I collect Lichtenstien swipe books for my PC.....lightning doesn't strike three times, especially now that the cat is out of the bag and I won't be the only person I know looking to buy this book any longer.

https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=57508933 https://www.ebay.com/itm/314201245872 Here's a post of mine detailing the Lichtenstien swipe from this book for Mr. Bellamy with 2 links to images, which were originally posted by David Barlasou, 20 years ago...for those unfamilar with that name, Barsalou is an art historian who is widely considered to be the foremost expert on Lichtenstien swipes. https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/499888-roy-lichtenstein-comic-list/page/5/#comment-12558529 I seem to have been one of the very few people who knew this book is a Lichtenstien swipe, prior to my addition of this book to the Lichtenstien swipe thread on this board a few days ago. This book seems to be possibly the rarest Lichtenstien swiped source book, I purchased this copy graded at 2.0 by MCS a couple weeks ago from my Mycomicshop saved search notifications and had it held for consignment with MCS. Upon pricing this book, I saw there have been NO OTHER COPIES of this book in any grade than this GD 2.0 copy, sold at Mycomicshop , per their sales history on this book. Considering the volume of comics that Mycomicshoop buys and sells, I think that is a pretty solid indicator of the relative scarcity of this book. After about a year of waiting, I did manage to luck out and get a hit from my ebay saved searches back in July, I snagged that copy via BIN/BO soon as I got the notification from eBay and it's in my PC. May have it slabbed at Baltimore this weekend but probably not as I doubt I'll find a third copy. and I collect Lichtenstien swipe books for my PC.....lightning doesn't strike three times, especially now that the cat is out of the bag and I won't be the only person I know looking to buy this book any longer.

MCS has books of mine slated for consignment which I bought from them directly as far back as August, and included notes with my payments marking them as to be consigned/not shipped to me, sitting somewhere. They recently listed 2 books from 1 MCS buy from mid september, which I noted was to be held for consignment, and there's at least a dozen other books, bought before those 2 they posted, directly from MCS & held for consignment..... If books arent already scanned in, it seems like the waiting period is about 2 months. And with Mycomicshop setting up at Baltimore this weekend and accepting consignments there, one woud have to think books subbed to MCS at Baltimore, for the most part, won't be listed for a good 2 months, if not longer, on average. However, MCS did list 2 books which I bought directly and had held for consignment, within a week or so of purchase....however, theey each had FC scans in the original listings, so no scans had to be taken. TL;DR.....now is not the best time to consign w/mycomicshop, if you want your books available for buyers during the x-mas shopping season.

Spawn 1 is $200-$225 ballpark in GPA in 9.8 And good for $75 to $100,shipped in CGC 9.6. How are you getting the equivalent of full GPA on 9.6 for raw NM+ copies? Actually, if one factors in grading cost, you are making around 200% profit of what sellers of CGC 9.6's are selling at. Can you please post up your ebay ID so I can take a look at how you're doing this? I'm guessing buyers are paying up to $100 for copies you have as NM+, thinking they will pull a 9.8 on it after subbing it to CGC.

Anyone know if Garth Ennis will be staying for all 3 days? I've got a bunch of books for him for CGC SS subs, and would rather go to the show on Saturday or Sunday as that'd give me more time to press other additional books for submission for blue labels. But the last thing I want to do is get there Sunday morning and Ennis is long gone.

That happens with on-site grading cons, as they can only grade so many books before the show ends. Even than, I subbed books on a Sunday and they were accepted- just were taken back to FL for grading

What? How is there an assumed risk of getting back a different book when shipping CGC an undamaged CGC 9.8 for the purpose of having the book reholdered only for a custom label to be included? Let alone receiving an altogether different copy, in a 9.6 grade? There is never any "assumed risk" of a switched out book, unless one "assumes" they are dealing with thieves.

I should note that I didn't discover this Lichtenstein swipe myself, I only found the two postings from art historian David Barsalou. Though, that's not hard to see as the two links in my post right above say as much if clicked on. Barsalou created the Deconstructing Lichtenstein site in the 1990's and is considered to be the foremost expert on Lichtenstien swipes; he's studied Lichtenstien since the mid 1970's. This is one of the rare occasions that Barsalou publically answered an email from a reader, that inquired as to Lichtenstein's source for Mr. Bellamy..... .....in fact, I am unaware of him answering, or stating anywhere, the sources of any of Lichtenstien's swipes other than this book, along with Girls Romances 105 and Secret Hearts #83. I have spent collectively 100's of hours over the past 3 years researching Lichtenstein source material books, and tracking copies down for purchase, nowhere near Barsalou but I've made this into a pet project of mine. That said, here's one of the two references I found for this work being a nod to an art scout & art dealer associate of Lichtenstein's, named Richard Bellamy. I didn't save the other reference, or at least I didn't tag it correctly in my bookmarks. But I'll add it here if I'm able to dig it up again. I just re-read it 2 days ago while refreshing my memory on details WRT this source, so a should be able to find it, though this New York Times article covers the same ground. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/arts/design/MR.-bellamy-the-man-hiding-at-the-center-of-everything.html

I'd like to add Adventure Is My Career which is the source of Mr. Bellamy ,swiped by Lichtenstein in 1961, to the list of Roy Lichtenstein source books in this thread. On an additional note, there is some pretty interesting history on how R.L's "Mr. Bellamy", ties into this source book. During research of this book, I picked up that Lichtenstien's "Mr. Bellamy" in the speech bubble of this work, altered from "Charles Faber" in the original source from this book (see images below) is a tip of the hat to an associate of Lichtenstien's. Richard "MR." Bellamy, an art talent & art dealer scout whom had a signifigant impact on Lichtenstien's early career path, and from what I picked up in research, Bellamy was key in getting Lichtenstien his first showings. One can venture a good guess that the title of this comic likely struck Lichtenstien as fitting and ironic. I don't believe most Lichtenstien swipe collectors are aware of this book.

Your post office is incorrect. And you should always purchase your shipping labels right thru ebay, tracking is uploaded automatically. You can ship a slab via 1st class international package with insurance, pretty much anywhere in the world. About a year and a half ago or so, eBay started offering optional insurance (up to $400) to sellers for USPS 1st class international package shipping, when purchasing the shipping label label online directly thru your ebay account. Log into your ebay account, go to the sold item and click "purchase shipping label". You'll see different carrier options, click on usps / 1st class international parcel (or package, cant remember offhand). Click on the option to purchase insurance coverage thru ShipCover , a 3rd party insurance company. Pay for the label with your CC. Print it out and done. If you don't have a printer at home, you can pay for the label and than print it later using a computer/printer at your local library.for ten cents or so. Advantage of 1st class internationail on books/slabs under $400 is that it's cheap and delivery tends to be about as quick or almost as quick as international priority, IME. And it can be insured for up to 400 for a few bucks more. Advantage of usps priority international is that the boxed up slab is first rerouted to ebay's shipping hub in Kentucky, and the box is opened to verify its' contents.Than its packaged back up and shipped to the buyer. I've sold slabs internationally this way, as well as raws....the disadvantage would be mishandling by the packer/inspector or a sloppy re-packing job. But as the item is inspected/verified by ebay, I think they'd take the hit on any damage.and the buyer opened a case for item not as described. As your'e shipping a slab, I wouldnt worry about this.

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