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. . . I got lucky on my first (and only) one. . .

Man, what were they drinking on the press line that day? Check out the staple placement . . .

Pretty sweet!

Hey, we stick together around here Have you checked out my lastest information on the saga. Bumps are always appreciated. No, but I think you should just let it go . . . it's not worth the strife. You made your point, now breathe deeply.

Hey, we stick together around here

Very sweet!

I love everybody all the time except for Al Shevy, that is

kompliments of Kilty, this kopy of Kritters #1:

Overdue Kudos to: Jolly Roger Goody Rickles Pirate for flawless transactions, And to Kilty for a sweet copy of Critters #1

Fandango, Those are just beautiful! You've been workin' overtime! got any dupes?

freakin' gorgeous copy! Dude, you may rest now . . . Ok, now back on your feet

We don't care what you think . . . we wanna see some pictures!

I could stop anytime I wanted. I could. Really. yep, me too . . . in a NY minute

I can't remeber exactly . . . But I think Rickdogg said I couldn't grade worth a [embarrassing lack of self control] and Supa sent me an e-mail telling me to come on and defend myself . . . then they all skewered me in classic newbie fashion Don't know why I ever stayed after that . . . Happy New Year!

Private sale - regular client; not one of the low ball offers on eBay.

SOLD! New GPA record (2x's Guide) - definitely worth it!

Vampirella #1

Big kudos to: Uberman X Jolly Roger jeffb comicdey and GoodyRickles for seamless transactions.

Uh, that's kind like kudos to yourself . . . .no?

Believe it or not, I recently duplicated marvel chipping. I was using a simple paper cutter to cut a 40 page legal sized document to standard 8.5X11 size. The paper cutter had a dull blade and the document wound up with what looked exactly like marvel chipping. The only problem with this is that this chipping went through the entire 40 pages. As far as I know, Marvel chipping only affects the cover. The question is, were the covers cut seperately and then later on added to the pulp pages? Anyone know? No, but the cover paper was lesser quality stock than the interiors. Even if the blades weren't all that dull, it could cause the cover paper to tear while the interior pages (thicker, stronger newsprint stock) could still be cut cleanly. If you look closely at the edges of a lot of Marvel comics printed in the 1960s, there will often be edge "burrs" along the leading edge of the book. The edge burrs that you see on interior page edges typically match those you see on the edges of the covers. This leads me to conclude that the covers and interiors were cut together -- collated, stapled, folded, then cut. If this had happened in any other order, miscuts (book not cut squarely) would only show up on half of the book and the edge burrs wouldn't match up on the covers and interiors. Yes, see post #2

No, I didn't mean that as "Yours is low-grade, I want a low-grade copy, too", I meant that as, "Congratulations on getting one, I hope to get a low grade copy myself in the future." Sorry. Uh, thanks for the clarification . . .