I see no need to grade my copy. I have thought about grading my IF 14 and SW 1, although admittedly, I haven't graded those books either. And I was a lurker before I was a member
My point with that is, without Howard the Duck 13 and Kiss appearances having the appeal of first Sabretooth, or first Star Wars, many more copies of those other 2 books are graded in general. I have seen more copies than the one I have but am focusing on other 35ers to complete my set rather than get more duplicates.
It felt like this needed census numbers.
HTD 13 has 736 universal and 23 universal price variants
IF 14 has 6124 universal and 67 universal price variants
SW 1 has 14065 universal and 275 universal price variants
Percentagewise, HTD has the highest ratio of price variants to regular issues graded, despite having the fewest graded copies of the three. Do you think of Howard the Duck 13 as a valuable comic? It is nice among the keys of the 35 cent price variants, but isn't Logan's Run 6, for instance, harder-to-find and more valuable? Price variants are the main thing I collect. It looks to me like most copies that are graded are by completists or resellers (if the grade is high). I didn't check the averages but I would assume SW 1 has the lowest average grade, then IF 14 and then HTD 13. I'd be curious to see that actually but I don't have time right now.
What is your threshold for grading a comic? I don't usually do it unless it is in the $1,000's...your threshold may be lower but I am sure for a lot of people it is not. I don't have a few hundred thousand to drop on grading fees, so it is only the best of my best that I submit. I have boxes of 35 cent variants but the only ones I have graded were ones graded by someone else and not submitted by me.
How long do I have to be on here to not be fairly new?!?