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Man...those headlights...

Careful...he used to be a magician.

Capullo is pretty tight. Mike Grell...hmmm... I been out of the sig game for too long. I'll never return.

...and he has one of the prettiest sigs in the biz. Here is a sneak pic I took at a con a few years ago.

I would love to straighten him out. If it ever goes down, I will videotape for the sake of posterity.

One problem...Bob was NOT the creator of Iron Man,

I use a scissor as well...but you DO have to be careful about the shearing motions of the tool. I cut right inside of the heat seal. I cut at least the top and corners, most of the time I cut all the way around before lifting the book off the back piece of plastic. The key is...whatever tool you use...be CAREFUL.

The wild market is why I'm not buying "movie" keys or first appearance books from the silver age and up. Using ASM 300 as an example...there are a truckload of those out there. The price is ridiculous. I could go on and on... I think the people who will hurt the most are folks who went all in with the variant chases...followed by the hot movie books/first appearance keys.

No politics please.

All I have to say is... after what happened with my most recent pressing... I know who I will have working on my books forever and ever. I can't say any names of course...but...yeah.

It really depends on how the conservation is defined. I think a book with replaced staples of a vintage nature at 60% off blue label prices would be a killer deal in grey. I don't think there is a thing wrong with replacing the staples if it ends up saving the paper in the long run. They define certain types of tear seals as conserved...so I guess it really just depends. Saving a book from damage is more noble than trying to restore it Frankenstein-style.

Great pickup!

Delivery by armored car?

I just had to click to see if it was real.

I couldn't find 156 in 9.6...let alone 9.8. You'd be rather ucky to find one in NM. Both books are ghosts.

It should. Spawn prototype. I know that's not where you were going...just a trivia piece. Hobie Brown was even black, just like Al Simmons.

I had no interest in newsstand books, thank goodness. That's a whole 'nother wild goose chase. But I had 99% completion in 9.8 (or higher) in the main title...all of the insane variants included.

Yes, I have. It was hard to part with it at first, but it got to the point where it was overwhelming me. I almost nailed 100% of everything in 9.8. The one's I never found were 156 (impossible book in 9.8, I really believe that) and 64, 212 was very hard..as were a number of issues from that era. It is a brutal run to accomplish in ultra-high grade.

Agreed. I don't know why they are so cheap. I love the series. GLWTS!

Oh...just read the update. Congrats! Now...sell it to me. haha

I think you should sell it to me. Notes first. If the book could benefit... Then clean, press, and resub for the win. I know people love those old slabs, but they are crapola compared to the new ones. Do it.

It couldn't even remotely operate that way.

My Spawn collection was around 400 graded slabs at its peak - I think I had 14 9.9s. I probably had at least 30 9.8s that were every bit as good, if not better, than the 9.9s. But what do I know? The collection was lovingly scrutinized inside and out for a good 5 years.

I really hope you don't collect modern variants by the way.

I'm sure they go by their private standards. I'm just arguing that those standards need an adjustment in regard to what's going on with the top tier grade levels. It's wildly inconsistent.