Mmehdy

I need a time machine

good to hear that Terry is out and about.....something about those days.....you just had to be there...

I agree

I wish they would do an interview with him about the early days of comic book fandom

In the early 70's Action 1 and Whiz 2 were about even...at least at early comic book convention sales. Some of the top books were the Flash Gordon FC#10 etc...Red Raven #1 was a hot book also. Over time this has changed. Cap #1 will be the #3 book maybe in the next ten years. Sup1 and Bat 1will be on its heels after falling to it. Where does that leave Marvel 1...I think in a unique position. The cover of this book is flat out amazing with the Paul painting...I would think a #6 for a long period. While I LOVE the Whiz#2 cover and story...one of the best first stories ever....it could fall by the wayside like Whiz #2...if Cap #1 was not such a great cover and book...then 1939 should beat out 1941....but as time and collector march on...there is little difference to the 2 year gap. In the early days..the older the GA book was...the more valuable it was supposed to be in the future....but in 1970....the difference between 1939 and 1941...seemed much greater..any book under 1940. Trends change over time, but this book should break 1 mil...possibly to some "investor" type who does not even know the Oct vs Nov date.

The collective mind of the board is staggering. I agree, but how many of US would bid on this and go to the max knowing the real history of the book..in way it degrades the meaning of the 9.4 "grade"

how many of those whale HA clients check the boards, they just pay attention to slab....but I agree it does in my mind downgrade the value....

Grade bumping...any guess on how much value was added by the pancake press..cleaning?

Has it been determined that this is a new copy or is it grade bump....if its a grade bump from 9.0 to 9.4 any guess on how much increased value added?

Yes..looks really sharp pushing to almost 9.6

Top publication for its time..."Alter Ego" which recently has just been flat out amazing by TwoMorrows , the last two issues are fantastic.....

Great set, thanks for sharing

I will second that....

should be interesting to see the results of this change.....could result in lower bids going into 10 min mark

I agree with as they probably have the same whale buyers, however that e-bay auction of Action #1 is still a record breaker.

Not on the boards in 2005 and wish I was, I came a little late to the party. I think the CGC has given the comic book "investor" type a platform to speculate. The comic book or widget investor looks for one thing...profit whether it be short term or long...I cannot say they care about a coin in holder or card or a comic book in a slab. This new grade bump process is quite distasteful to me as a long term collector, but a new way to speculate and make money for them. I think the fair way to do things is for CGC TO DISCLOSE THE COMIC BOOK HAS BEEN PRESSED ON THE LABEL or other repair which is not considered to be resto if they know about it and if CCS does it.

wow...

Fooey what a classic..how is the quality of artwork inside and how many issues did it run?

thanks, can we see some OA pics and estimates..

Slabbing does create increased price and demand based upon the color of the label, cgc census, and ego of the buyer. Period. Especially as the price increases and the gap in value between restored and non-restored widens . It is a fact of life now, we have to live with it. Do I like it...yes and no....I like the feel that I have lost the ability to flip thru, feel and smell true GA, but I like the safety of knowing that I am getting a book which is unrestored. The problem lies in the very definition of "unrestored or amount of restoration" as it seem to be a ever-changing and evolving standard. Nobody in their right mind can deny pressing a comic book is NOT an act of restoration or improvement upon the condition as it was on the newsstand, yet CGC turns a blind eye to this and has created even an in between blue label of conserved which is an extreme way to say this restoration was done right or whatever. This reality can only get worse with new ways to "cheat" the system for the purposes of greed. As a true comic book collector, I ask each and everyone of you to look back to the early days of collecting and truth and honor in which 99% of the collecting community would make superman proud..truth, justice, and the American way. If we fast forward from the early 70's to today we do have some very good safeguards rendered by the CGC and this very board which did not exist 40 years ago...but this is being attacked by flippers, crooks, and investors who don't give a damm about the comic book, its a widget to them. The only thing we can do now is "do the right thing" and not feed into the greed, and play fair, a 7.0 is a 7.0 not a pancake 9.0. because the CGC looks the other way. Do not let the flippers and wall street don't give rats ... investors dictate WHO YOU ARE.

Good point on the "older" graded books but now you have to compete with the Flippers and Pressers for those which can be upgraded as well.

great report, thank you

sold for 837.00 back in 12' with only one other copy on the census...very rare

You never know what you can find...true collector hunter that you are...you hit the jackpot.

I have noticed a upgrade from masterworks to Omnibus,that is why I have replaced then when available, just look at the last panel and no contest which is truer to the original comic book. Clearly the claim that they resrtore the material is proven out, I also like the bigger size and paper that they use. I just picked up Marvel Masters of Suspense Omnibus VOL#1 of two, which contains 1/2 of all Lee/Dikto Stories from 1956-1963 and let me tell you the upgrade in color and printing is stunning...when looking at he masterworks counterparts on some of the stories. I really appreciate the early 1956, horror, Sc-fi and War and never realized that there was so much material I had never seen, but the restoration of the early Ditko is totally stunning to say the least. I did a few review of the book in the silver age section...Best Buy for me for the year for any reprint book both in content and quality of reproduction.