BriD.

Took some pics. Very difficult to get good wall pics with the glare

On 4/20/2024 at 6:21 PM, Shadow said:

Thought there would be a post started? 

Was planning on going Saturday but see it's Sold Out online. Not sure I've ever seen that or if they keep Day Of Show tickets available? May try and drive early on Friday now. 

Anyone else going? 

Some comic shops in Chicago have passes for sale and might not be sold out. You can find them here -

https://www.c2e2.com/en-us/buy/retailers.html

I don't know if it's logistically possible for you guys to get them that way but I figured it might be worth a shot. Graham Crackers will be at the con. Maybe if you're there on Friday you could get a Saturday pass from them and pick it up at their booth. I can't say that they will do that for sure

I might guess that the black plate was made without the knockouts for the white text areas and webbing at the top so instead of the white paper showing, it's printed black in those areas. Why only there and not other areas? Who knows but a mistake like that can happen. I would think that would have been noticed pretty early and a new black plate would have been made. So if true, I would say a production error. 

The tiny Os could be what some call a hickey. It's when a small hardened bit of ink gets on the plate or blanket and prevents the ink from fully covering that spot. So it creates a ring around it.

As far as the suggested marker used to fill in spots, I would think that would be easy to see from the inside of the cover. Obviously it would have to be cracked out to check. 

On 4/4/2024 at 7:16 PM, Paul Ng said:

Frank Miller is doing some CGC Remaques ($320), Head Sketch ($1085) and Full Figure Sketch ($2085) - these seem quite high prices.  

1.  What do people think?  Is it worth it generally?  I hear it is really a hit and miss situation

2.  Whilst the price difference between Remaque and Head Sketch (cost three times) is quite large - is it worth three times?  

Interested to hear people's views before I plonk a few thousand for this as I am a newbie when it comes to CGC sketch slabs.

My suggestion would be to do a search for some of his sketches (there's a few on ebay currently) and see if you like them. Then decide if it's worth the money and the chance of a miss to you. 

Seems we need a login to view your pics

Can you show the whole slab of the Batman please?

On 3/18/2024 at 5:50 PM, Surfing Alien said:

Just search for "overhang". It was mentioned prominently in their videos. Matt specifically said the wells were designed with 45 degree angles to envelop and have room for the overhangs and that the pressure of the well on front and back would keep the book in place in the holder. 

Whether that works for every individual book remains to be seen in practice 

I had been reading other pulp threads and I did see that video today about the inner well. At least I understand it now

On 3/16/2024 at 10:11 PM, Darwination said:

Yeah, I'd say it's not the optimal presentation.  I run into this with just bags and boards sometimes where the pulp sinks down to the bottom of the bag and you can tell that everything is sitting on the overhang.  Granted, I'm not worried about it most of the time with my beater pulps, but there are times where I'll make sure I've got the right pressure on the book so that it's kind of suspended up on the board a little bit and not sitting on any delicate bits at the bottom (and I'm sure I'm not the only one that does that with comics as well).   Presentation aside, I guess the concern is whether the overhang is getting stressed here.  I can see how there might be some give and take between stressing the books edges and making sure it doesn't shift around.  Pulps sizes can vary (I think I saw something about four different holders?) so maybe picking the right size holder during encapsulation is important.  Totally out of my element here, though, have no idea how much of the process is mechanical, what choices are available, etc.  I do know I've run into this with Weird Tales in particular where the author names are right at the very bottom and want to bend over on the overhang (in bags and boards, suspended in a mylar not a problem but it also depends on how long the overhangs been bent under and a tight fit in the mylar can still stress the overhang).  Sometimes if I get one in that's been kept like that I'll put a board between the pulp and the cover for a while and maybe with a board and a little weight on top to sort of flatten it out for a while, seems to help.  It can get flakey, though, some of these pulps have been resting on that overhang for a long, long time

Thanks for the info, I was thinking that it could be an issue storing them raw. But clearly you have some control over the problem in your own collection. But do you feel it's ok that it's being slabbed this way? There is no space at the top of the inner well so this seems to be the only way the book fits in there. If this was a comic slabbed like this it would probably be posted in the "where in the world was the quality control" thread. 

Edit:

I does occur to me that the inner holder may be designed with rounded edges specifically to keep the overhang from being crunched or sharply folded/creased, but I don't know. 

I asked a question about slabbing overhang  in a different thread. I'm not sure where it would be best to ask but I see there was some concern about it in this thread so maybe someone here might weigh in. Link below

 https://boards.cgccomics.com/topic/533439-recent-cgc-pulp-purchases/?do=findComment&comment=13126730

On 3/16/2024 at 1:44 PM, waaaghboss said:

Not just acceptable,  but preferred.

 

And some glue is allowed on a blue label, I got one with the glue notation.  Just not sure what their actual guidelines are.

 

*edit* I just read your post more carefully.  Not sure why they left it like that, strange.  Are they actually inside the pages or just flush against the bottom?

The overhang of the bottom edge of the covers are curled around the bottom edge of the pages. Looking at the bottom left photo you can see the edge of the cover along the bottom of the book. Notice that the name Eando Binder is actually folded over on the edge of the type. I'm not sure why this would be preferred

A question about slabbing. I have read that it's common for pulps to have overhang on the covers and results in quite a few trimmed books

I know that CGC rejects comics with covers that overhang but apparently they don't for pulps. The bottom of both the front and back covers on this book are curled under the interior pages inside the inner well.

I suppose this may be unavoidable but is this generally acceptable to pulp collectors?

Just bought my first pulp from Jeff and it arrived fast, safe and secure! 

On 3/10/2024 at 8:36 AM, ft88 said:

Magik Storm and Illyana 1-4 set for $20

2 sets

I'll take a set

Grades are in! Sure I hit every one  

Count me in! 

On 2/26/2024 at 1:22 PM, nochips said:

Showcase

55 VG Minus $ 45.00

68 VF+ $ 40.00

71 Fine $ 15.00

 

 

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Showcase 68 40% off if still available 

To be fair, I couldn't find a comic book image of him like this, but still