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Everything posted by newshane
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I honestly can't remember if I had them reholdered or not. I know that I was considering having them ALL reholdered when the new "corrected" slabs were released. I think the current design is perfect, and I hope they keep it forever, but I know they wont. Businesses can't seem to learn the whole "if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it" mantra. Upgrades for the sake of it aren't always necessary or good. Of course, the fact that an obsessed weirdo like me would pay to have them all reholdered is one of the justifications for redesign. Not sure why they were sold on the "pressure" design when there are so many delicate books from the Golden Age out there. For example, I'd hate to trust partially detached covers to those slabs. Like I said earlier, probably the worst moment in the company's entire history. I remember tons of drama.
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SPAWN 125 - CGC 9.8 I haven't looked lately at the census number for any of these books, but I remember this one was extraordinarily difficult to find in grade. Imagine if this comic would have hit the shelves back in the late 80s. Talk about Satanic Panic! This is another example of the older "pressure style" holders. The book looks beautiful without the inner well, but there were questions about the safety of these slabs. Anyone have any updates on how these have held up over the years? Or did everyone panic and get them reholdered?
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SPAWN 121 - CGC 9.8 I remember this issue was extraordinarily hard to track down in grade. Again, super dark cover. I also noticed that this is one of the only newer generation slabs that you will see. In fact, this is the first one. Unless you have followed CGC very closely and consistently throughout the years, you will remember that there were numerous complaints when this generation was first released. If I recall correctly, the book was held in place by "pressure" from the outer slabs. This was one of the biggest, if not THE biggest mistakes, ever made by the company. People were VERY up in arms about the design of these slabs. The scan makes the book look hideous, but this was a super clean copy. Thankfully, the CGC fixed this by going back to a "dual-well" system and all is well. I'm recalling all of this from memory. Feel free to step in and correct me if I'm not remembering it correctly.
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SPAWN 109 - CGC 9.8 As mentioned and discussed previously, we are square in the zone of difficulty when it comes to finding these issues in grade, and it keeps getting harder as the run progresses. Lower print runs. Less interest in the character (I'd imagine dealers were throwing unsold copies away by the armload). And those black covers. Collecting a solid run in ultra-high grade becomes a very difficult task.
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These are VERY difficult books. Great stuff!
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Much like any other investment, it's often best to go in for the long haul. But I've always looked at the hobby as a passion rather than an investment.
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SPAWN 108 - CGC 9.8 A seemingly forgotten Sam and Twitch cover. Again, a TOUGH black cover. We are getting well into the range of "these are pretty darn tough to find in grade" era. Just scroll back over the last dozen or so issues and imagine all the gallons of black ink that were rolled out. Also, while the print runs are still in the tens of thousands at this point, they are starting a steep decline. I actually made a chart once. It will take some serious digging to find it, but I will try when my life settles down a bit.