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Ditch Fahrenheit

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  1. I would agree with this it is disrespectful to take a graded comic and crack it for any reason other than to press it and have it bumbed up a grade (if possible) or signed. I don't even like restored so no don't do it. As for the readers please find a copy you can still read. To unslab a comic being a non-professional and in my personal opinion you will immediately decrease grade and value while its un-slabbed then put it in storage and mark the grade but the grade isn't the same anymore it got damaged. (?) Also just opening a cover can and will defect grade or looking through pages. If no 1 cares about grade and value a poor cheap 1 can be bought why pay top dollar for same words same artwork Holy threadsurrection.
  2. I'm out of town and away from my desktop. I should be back Monday night though, and I'll pick it up from there.
  3. Yes, they replaced the inner liner material that they had used for 15 years. The inner liner material used to be Barex, but they moved away from it because it was becoming obsolete. For a while with the pressurized well, introduced in the spring of 2016, they used Mylar sheets with no inner well. Just pressure to hold the book between two sheets of Mylar. They replaced the two sheets of Mylar with an inner well again but I can't remember what it was made of (whether it was still Mylar or something else). The Newton Ring effect was present on both holders with the latest design - the one using Mylar sheets in the spring of 2016 and the replacement about 3 months later (around June 2016) that we currently still use. That's what leads me to believe that the new inner holder might still be Mylar. Basically correct. It was Barex-brand polyacrylonitrile (PAN), and this material was becoming obsolete to other materials. Eventually, one of the last companies manufacturing it (Ineos Group) stopped and closed its plant in Lima, Oh because they could no longer turn a profit with such low demand. When this happened, CGC lost its supplier.
  4. The Grid Game Rules 1) There are a total of 150 Zones. Some will be available for play, some will not. The playable zones will be specified.2) The first person to post a zone request number after each grid is posted will be chosen. (There's no need to hurry - pick a good zone). You do not have to take turns.3) Zones will be revealed until someone correctly specifies the comic book. Here's another easy one.
  5. The Grid Game Rules 1) There are a total of 150 Zones. Some will be available for play, some will not. The playable zones will be specified.2) The first person to post a zone request number after each grid is posted will be chosen. (There's no need to hurry - pick a good zone). You do not have to take turns.3) Zones will be revealed until someone correctly specifies the comic book. Ok...here's a fairly easy one. Hint: It's a virgin variant.
  6. The Grid Game Rules 1) There are a total of 150 Zones. Some will be available for play, some will not. The playable zones will be specified.2) The first person to post a zone request number after each grid is posted will be chosen. (There's no need to hurry - pick a good zone). You do not have to take turns.3) Zones will be revealed until someone correctly specifies the comic book. Ok...here's a super easy one.