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you miss understood, he meant there were 80 different spots of foxing/mold.

odds of HOM Vol2 getting back in stock?

and lets not forget that there were multiple phases of submissions by the seller The first where he discovered the loophole (one book that came back on a character blue label despite restoration) And the second where he exploited the loophole (multiple books submitted for Spider character labels all that had restoration and/or trimming)

just a wonder for those more experienced with ebay selling. If he sold the book, but then processed the return of the book thru ebay (since he said he was taking back all the sold books) does ebay offer to relist the book and could that be the mechanism that led to the book being relisted despite it being sold (again, only possible IF he processed the return thru ebay, which I'd assume he did so he wouldnt be out the fees)?

Three odd submissions to track, just shipped, so starting my record for milestones. Mechanical Error fix (2 books, label swap) 8/25 Shipped via FedEx Restoration Removal/Clean & Press/Regrade 8/25 Shipped via USPS Priority Reholder (hopefully) for Pedigree Label 8/25 Shipped via USPS Priority

fair point, but man I LOVE seeing Perez's detail work in those big splashes in COIE in the biggest size possisble (how great would an artist edition be?!?!?)

this one? This one is the one based on the '83 OHOTMU. It has all the main characters as of '83. But the Deluxe version (being reprinted in the other Omnibus) allowed for multiple pages of the main Marvel characters, while the older OHOTMU limited it to one page. I mean one page isnt enough just for Peter's romantic entanglements!

Marvel released their next pre-order for November, and was thrilled to see this even if I disagree with their formatting. So a 1400 page omnibus is a behemoth, and I dont understand why they didnt split it up into two volumes so they could include the meaningful '89 Updates from the Update issues. I assume they arent going to do a second volume. I do wish they'd do updates to it since Marvel wasnt etched in stone back in 85-87, stuff has continued to happen!

LOVE that Waid/Wieringo run of F4. I have the HCs from back in the day before the Omnibus came out. Cant believe they took so long to put out the Omnibus, its an ICONIC run.

I have Absolute COIE. Its great. Lots of extras from the creators, some extra pages from key moments in tie in books. I think it's one of the best done Absolutes. (there are also the COIE Compendiums that print in HC the various full tie in issues from the event)

Can we petition moderators to mark all marketplaces threads from the 1800s as "CLOSED" so they cant be commented on?

Just got a few Space Adventures back from CGC so I thought I'd take group photo... 8 pedigrees, 3 Charlton file copies. And i think 13 highest graded copies.

These two pictures make me wonder... We know she was old enough to be working (in or near the camp), did she maybe work at the camp newsstand itself? Did she write her name on copies to "lay claim" to them as they came in? If we knew the frequency of new books coming in to the camp (I assumed weekly, but since we can see that there are "daily" news papers, so its probable that deliveries were made more frequent than weekly, and those deliveries may have included a few comic bundles) we could have an idea.. .

and one more #12 - 1943-Manzanar Relocation Center, Cal.-Ansel Adams(Original caption) Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper [i.e. Los Angeles Times] in front of office, Yuichi Hirata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, Californiahttps://www.loc.gov/resource/ppprs.00006/Adams, Ansel, photographer. Roy Takeno Editor and group reading Manzanar paper i.e. Los Angeles Times in front of office, Yuichi Hirata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. California Manzanar, 1943. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002696017/.---You can read more about Adams' photos at the Manzanar Relocation Center here:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3241073/Inside-America-s-forgotten-war-camps-Rare-photos-everyday-life-thousands-Japanese-Americans-locked-internment-camps-U-S-soil-70-years-ago.html

Some of these pictures have been posted before, but I wanted to make sure they were recorded with what source info was available with them #7 - 1942.07.01-Boy reading comic by Dorthea LangePart of the Dorothea Lange Gallery here-https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?id=CA29BB4E-155D-4519-3E5456896E1C2E6CCOMIC - Boy Comics (Lev Gleason) #5 (August 1942)#8 - 1942.07.01-Japanese War Relocation Bank(Original caption) A view of the bank and newsstand at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry, July 1st, 1942. (Photo credit: Francis Stewart / UC Berkeley Brancroft Library) #9 - 1942.07.01-Japanese War Relocation Camp July 1, 1942An example of propaganda created to convince viewers camps were a 'nice' place to live.(Original caption) Four youth — confined to the War Relocation Authority center in Newel, Calif. — enjoy the latest comic books available at the newsstand in July 1942. In the upper right, issues of Fantastic Adventures (August 1942) and Wild West Weekly (June 20, 1942) await sale.www.thepulp.netCOMICS - Upper left row-Uncle Sam Quarterly (Quality) #3 (Summer 1942) Spy Smasher (Fawcett) #6 (August 26, 1942) Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel) #34 (August 1942) x 2Middle left row-Target Comics (Novelty) v3 #7 [31] (September 1942) Feature Comics (Quality) #59 (August 1942) x2Bottom left row-Detective Comics (DC) #66 (August 1942)Upper right-Something FantasyMiddle right-Wild West WeeklyLower middle right-Buck Rogers (Eastern) #4 (1942)Bottom right-Super Comics (Western) #49 (June 1942)#10 - 1942.12.10-Japanese War Relocation Camp Dec10, 1942(Original caption) Pulps — including Thrilling Wonder Stories, Thrilling Adventures, Jungle Stories, Weird Tales, North West Romances and more — hang on the wall and on the shelves behind the counter of the magazine stand in the Granada War Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp in southeast Colorado, during December 1942.www.thepulp.net/#10 - 1942.05-Tagged for evacuation by Russell LeeRussell Lee, Tagged for evacuation, Salinas, California, May 1942https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017818140/Part of 264 heartbreaking photos taken and shared at this link:https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/coll/item/2004673851/COMICS:Pep Comics (Archie) #28 (June 1942) True Sport Picture Stories (S&S) v1 #7 (June 1942) All pictures/data sourced from https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7755.0

And three straight up randos. Was happy with the 9.6 "Cowboys and Aliens" Adams cover

3 highest graded Charlton File Copies Yes they flipped my labels for the SA52 and SA59... they're headed back for a fix. And a couple of 3rd highest, and the SA30 was a deslabbed PGbech 8.0, i knee wasnt that high....

Huh. FedEx SAID it required my signature (which was consistent with previous) but they just dropped it off at my doorstep, no knock no effort to get a signature. Is that common?

General slowdown is hitting FedEx too. My last two CGC signature deliveries have taken two days once they're "out for delivery" instead of the usual one day. Im assuming their volume is up and they cant get their days deliveries done so they are frequently spilling over into a second day.

Looks like the Times report was right...

It's that thing where you're excited that you're books are F/I/S, but then you look at the grades... any you're less exicted. FAST TRACK VALUE (15 day turnaround) Delivered: 7/20/2020 Received: 7/27/2020 Scheduled for Grading 8/4/42020 Grading / Quality Control 8/10/2020 Finalize/Image/Ship: 8/11/2020 9 books graded. 2 came back above expected grade (both were two grades higher than expected, yay!) 3 came back at or near the grade expected (2 at grade, 1 one grade below expected) 4, FOUR came back under grade by 2 grades or more... And of course the two that did well were the two I cared LEAST about... Im super bummed one of my File copies apparently had some staining I missed and my expected 9.0 was graded 7.5

FAST TRACK VALUE (15 day turnaround) Delivered: 7/20/2020 Received: 7/27/2020 Scheduled for Grading 8/4/42020 Grading / Quality Control 8/10/2020 This is easy to predict... it's one week per stage. So I'm guessing shipping 8/17...

Anyone who enjoyed Brian Woods Vertigo title "DMZ" will be happy to know that with the solicit of the DMZ compendium some of the Vol 1 Deluxe Hardcovers (OOP and running around $100) are hitting ebay at reasonable prices. If you've been waiting it's a good time to grab em. The OHCs are better quality (and easier reads to me) than the super thick compendiums.

Would love to see your toy collection! Share!

oh I totally did! I rescind my specific confusion and revert to my state of general confusion.