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which is specifically why I added that statement from Steve when he was still with them.

Congratulations to everyone that competed in and won recognition in the expanded awards for customs sets!

I believe it was CovrPrice.com, which is not exactly reliable and more concerned with selling you a subscription than providing accurate market value. @STEVE17 for any raw book you have questions about value, using ebay sold listings or 130point is simple and easy, and will have the bonus of visualizing book to price. For graded books GPAnlysis is the go to sight that tracks most* sales (but requires a subscription).

I am weirdly conflicted about this movie. On one hand it is a bit of a jumbled mess of connected scenes that eventually resemble a story, on the other it is an expertly spun fan service cameo fest that is just absolutely fun and had me laughing and smiling more than I have at a movie in a couple years. Deadpool 3 works in the way Thor Love & Thunder was meant to. The jokes and cameo's were on the nose but in a way that didn't insult the audience. Without posting spoilers Chris Evans stole every scene he was in despite purposefully chewing dialog like he was William Shatner.

I do not currently believe any authentication company will pass the DF 1990's Kirby signatures. They are not going to come out and say it specifically because they want your money. The thought process 10 years ago was that some may have been real but most were signed by Roz (as stated by Borock working for CBCS and a few have JSA/PSA Stickers) but today it is all but consensus that they are not his signature and no authentication company is going to pass these books: Uncanny X-Men #304 (750 copies) Milestone X-Men #1 (2000 copies) Marvel Milestone Edition Fantastic Four #1 (2000* +/-)

For outing who it is, I think there is a very big difference in clients: If it were some random ebay buyer; outing doesn't serve a purpose other than petty revenge and ends up just looking bad on both parties. As this is a comic store owner and knows full well what happened; it should be used as a deterrent for others who may deal with them in the future. If this person is taking this route over $100, imagine what kind of "adjustments" they do on the daily for their business? selling books as complete without a centerfold, undisclosed but known restoration, maybe a little trimming to help with marvel chipping? Or even more underhanded swapping out books to unsuspecting customers to "maximize" value/profit. I guarantee if the situation was reversed the owner would be screaming about getting scammed on all social media platforms in order to get their art back (and sympathy). While it may not be worth outing the name of a common person with shady morals, it helps protect the community to do so for business owners.

QC issues are usually always bad with CGC but this is something different. I wonder if there was a personnel change and someone is in a position they were not prepared for and this is the outcome of just bad management reflected on an employee level.

I binged this over the weekend and it was pretty much what I expected and what many have already voiced. Poor scripting, inconsistent acting, uneven narrative... but great fight choreography and force usage. Like most new star wars it suffers from obscure lore issues meant to reward those who know it but always has the opposite effect to the majority of "fans" that have not read every comic or cartoon series. For instance I don't read any of the SW comics and even when explained to me I thought "crystal bleeding" was dumb and a very overly abstruse way to just say corruption. It isn't as bad as it was reviewed but I wouldn't give it more than 6/10; if a season 2 is made I would only watch once it is finished airing.

It is interesting but they currently are being purposefully vague with all details; at the end of the day sale prices of slabs will determine if they will be competition for CGC. I am very curious as to who these people are, as that will also add (or diminish) trust in the product: Price point will also be KPI that will drive business; as well as how they handle signatures. The label does leave a lot to be desired but that is just how PSA is, all of their slab labels look the same. There could be some change in this avenue though, CGC has only been grading cards for short instance and they have already changed labels three or four times now, finally settling on a beckett clone.

Retaliation on this level would be obvious and should get multiple employee's fired; so while I love a good conspiracy it is doubtful it happened that way but the optics are terrible given your recent experiences. Given the amount of QC failures (especially from this op) a breakdown of this level is often institutional and a reflection of quality management style and the managers. For what it is worth I do hope you get your book returned to you and CGC does what they need to do to fix this.

I hope you declared the max value of $400 on this submission so you can hopefully be made whole. CGC will absolutely only give you the very lowest amount possible, also make sure you are refunded your submission fee's, shipping, and processing. They are also very likely to offer "account credit" vice cash reimbursement first, that is up to you but always demand more if you take the credit cause that is just get off the hook free money to CGC.

This isn't explicitly related to Dre's business but CGC has always had branding problem and they really need to start protecting their IP better. Any associated or even non-associated business (it seems) freely uses CGC's branding as their own in advertisements for financial gain. When one of these businesses scam's their customers CGC doesn't do anything until it gets so bad they are forced to acknowledge it (hotshot/Asheville). In some cases (complaints about Desert Winds/Celestial) even go out of their way to protect them, IMO. In order for even a recognized facilitator to get into trouble is rare, even with numerous complaints. Obviously CGC could be taking action on the back end that we cannot see and is being ignored until it publicly explodes, but we haven't really seen that. I.E. a former facilitator crying on twitter about CGC pulling their account or sending them mean letters.

Ideally I was looking for a Wonder Woman story, more for my personal bias but more than willing to take any recommendations. I love V for Vendetta but do not include it as it can just be a bit too on the nose or just interpreted in opposite of its meaning, same with Watchmen. Both can suffer from the "Starship Troopers" Movie bias. I have had people try and explain in detail how the Norsefire Government (or contrasting V), Ozymandias, and Rorschach were the actual "heroes" in the books to be admired/idealized. Thanks everyone for the quick recommendations, I am going to definitely check out WW: Hiketeia and Supergirl: WoT. From the synopsis Hiketeia sounds like a great read.

It is that time of summer and I need to start planning for a guest lecture on "Alternative Story Telling in Media" which includes a segment on comic books and digital (legal) copies of the material provided to the students. For the past couple of years I have included the following: Superman: Red Son or All Star Superman Batman the Dark Knight Returns or The Long Halloween or Year One X-Men: God Loves Man Kills A public domain mix of Female Superhero stories Papergirls (a recent addition last year) I would like to stick to 5 graphic novels/TPB's to keep a short tight list and I would really like to replace the public domain books with a Wonder Woman story equivalent to the first three but I am drawing a complete blank and the google machine is no help. Conversely I am also open to other character suggestions as long as they are self contained (not multiple books), From Marvel/DC as I can pull trades freely for educational purposes (I have ask for permission for other sources), "newish" the PD stuff has gone over like a lead balloon, and be female character focused to balance the list. Any help would be appreciated Here is Lynda Carter for attention:

They don't post photo's anymore from the encapsulation room but in previous ones you could see slabs and inner wells just stacked on top of each other. That obviously when slid over vice picking up/laying down would cause scuffs. but I like to believe it is the dastardly plan of the young women who takes the slab photo's scuffing books she doesn't like with her nails:

I think advertising your services would work better if you added a "c" to beach Also the recommendation for hero restoration on the third post is heartbreaking given what we now know.

Sometimes you just have to show off the nails.

it is also highly likely that it was improperly handled during encapsulation after grading

This is a pretty bad look; that is a JSA full letter of authentication not the sticker option. It is much more in depth and more expensive. I would keep the letter with the comic and include it with the next sell.

Those are pretty cool, wish I had known about it and snagged the X-Men (1991). I wonder if they would get the "file copy" designation since you have providence.

I've been looking for a BWS SS slab passively and saw the 8 listed in the current CLink auction and decided to take a stab. Overall I valued his sig alone at $200 + book value but could not talk myself into picking up one of the MCP's in $450-$500 range and settled to this: I am also a Shooter fan and once the book is in hand and I can visually inspect for dings, I will probably further deface it with his signature as well. It isn't a Conan but I like the early Valiant run and this will fit nicely into my "I always wanted to have one" collection.

when dealing with Canadians I usually send payment like so:

Obviously, I would assume the reference is to JSA and their view of COA's not issued by themselves and not the more broad aspect of all COA's being worthless. Also if your interested i'll sell you a COA of this post for $5 and will guarantee it's authenticity!

I am sure someone has the link. In short you select the extra JSA option ($25) when submitting your book for grading. They will then determine if the signature is authentic based on their own set of standards. A COA is not needed and will be ignored, do not send it in with the book as it will not be returned and add nothing to the process.

I purchased roughly 25% of my X-Men (1991) run from Dre and would not hesitate to purchase anything he was personally selling. His business on the other hand is a different story; I have only had a bad interaction when I ordered until he stepped in to personally reply to emails and send it out. The pre-order slab business can be difficult due to delays on multiple fronts causing business stress that leads to only taking care of those who complain a lot, thus leaving people who are trusting and patient in limbo. I took a look through multiple sales avenues beachbum uses and they all have the same complaints; late orders & communication. I do not know his current expenditures or standards for delays but would wholly recommend a destination flag board style page implementation on his website. A single landing page with basic information on expected order date, ship date, signings, and delays to point customers to in your response form email and any email interaction. Something like this but made by someone with talent: Of course this involves having a single person responsible for updating the 100s of books in the pre-order queue but should be worth the investment if implemented with some automation and can be used internally to keep items on track (or if your into that kind of thing add story points to items and assign T-Shirt sizes to critical issues).