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I have bid on many books (and lost) that I thought I had bid heavy enough to win.  Pre Code and GA are not soft in my opinion.

8 hours ago, Mr. Lady Luck said:

The solution is simple... we must find Nancy and ask her.

Seriously though, you've got a beautiful book either way.

Welcome to the BP16 8.5 Club! Here's mine...

I like the registration on your so much more that mine. it looks great.  I'm very happy with mine, but having yours to compare, its a no brainer - super nice book!

So I sometimes save images of books that I like just as a reference or a trigger to what I might want to search to purchase in the future.  I purchased this 8.5 earlier this year.

I was looking thru my image file and found what looks to be the same book that was formerly residing in a 9.0 old label case.  What happened?  Was this book once owned by a boardie?

Check out "Nancy" on the "N" and the "D" in the title.  I hope I saved some $$ buying it at the 8.5 grade vs. the 9.0.  Either way, I really like this Phantom.

If you do know anything about what happened here, I'd be very interested in hearing it's story. 

There is a 1/2" split on the bottom and a 3/4" split on the top.  Between the H and C is a smudge and below that what I would describe as a tape pull, not a hole.

In love with that Shadow!

Not sure what is happening with CGC as late.  I saw a 4.5 blue this weekend with a hole in the cover about the size of a quarter.  How it was a 4.5 is amazing.  I thought I knew basic grading, but books like this "Conserved" Avengers book and many, many others have me scratching my head.  Someone please explain.

On ‎10‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 9:54 PM, BlowUpTheMoon said:

Drove 40 minutes to Batavia because of the Facebook post above.  Spent about 40 minutes looking through the long boxes of the Incredible John Haines.   Didn't buy anything.  Drove 40 minutes home.

I'll try to make you feel a bit better.  2 years ago, I drove 45 minutes to a John Haines show in Batavia only to find that the show had been canceled.  No email, no facebook, no communication of cancellation.  To top it off, I received one of his mailers about a week prior announcing the CosmicCon.

Hi gang - I found this gently loved Witchcraft No. 2 this weekend a local VFW comic show.  Was hoping to get your opinion on the grade.

Thanks for any and all your help.  Andrew

1 hour ago, 1950's war comics said:

did you get them pressed ?  (i'm thinking yes)

No.  No pressing on any of the FF's......ever

16 hours ago, namisgr said:

It's a gorgeous copy, your 52.  With that said, it appears to me that with the spine stress line under the MCG box, the fuzzy upper left corner and the overhang wear at the upper right corner, the book is probably fairly graded and the grade can't be improved.

 

namisgr, thanks for your input.  I know nothing of pressing so I will leave well enough alone.  

1 hour ago, Straw-Man said:

we wouldn't think twice if both were in 9.4 holders---both just gorgeous.  maybe the page quality held them back.

I didn't have them pressed.  Perhaps I should have??  I've never had any of my books pressed am I missing out?

These FF's came back from CGC this week.  I bought these books many years ago.  I am slowly getting my key's graded - very happy with the grades.

2 more from my group that I got back from CGC this Week.  

All Star Western 10  This is another change over from the other "P" company.  Went into CGC as a 7.0 LT - OW and came back with the same grade, but OW-W pages

Vampirella v4 #11  I'm not much of a modern CGC'er, but I really like Adam Hughes and bought the regular and the Virgin covers.  My 1st 9.8 sub.  

Small central pools of rings on these 2 - hard to see straight on, but can be seen at an angle. 

Hello again.  Her are 2 more books.  I have included some photo's of the rings below.

Planet Comics 56      One of my favorites, brings me back to the wonders of the Sears or JCP catalogue days...  Anyway, you can only see rings if the book is at a extreme angle and in bright light.  Straight on, the book appears not to have them.  Submitted both of these Planets in the other "P" holder - they were graded both 7.0.  Once again, very happy with the Universal Blue holders.  The reason that I keep mentioning the other guy is that I once bought a universal ASM #5 from them graded 6.0.  I sent it to CGC - still in its holder, and it came back 5.0 Green Label "Missing 12th Page".  That really hurt.

Planet Comics 59     Another book that was graded by the others at 7.0 OW-W.  As you can see the pg quality must have gotten worse.  Very nice orange and green on this one.  I have included 2 photo's of the Rings.  First shows a straight on view - no issues.  Second shows the book at an extreme angle and under the light.  You can see the rings

I have been searching for this one for many years.  Very happy to have her in the fold even though it is Conserved.  I'm a sucker for Hollingsworth.  Are the stories good inside?   

14 hours ago, alxjhnsn said:

Manhattan Projects was one seriously fun book. I have a page from it here and my avatar is from a commission that Nick did for me.

That page of yours is top notch!  Great panel.

My first post in the Original Art section of the Forum.  I'm very happy to share these 2 Nick Pitarra pages from the Manhattan Projects.  Many of the main characters are on display.  I love Nick's goofy style.

Thank you very much, Ken