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(thumbs u That gas gun is sweet on the MM59.

Thanks Tyler. I didn't have it in hand the last time we spoke. She's pretty in person

I'm a little behind on posting my books. Here's one I obtained several months ago, and is my most prized book overall.

Mind blowing copy Thanks Ciorac. I had to sell quite a few nice books to get this one. ASM1 was my childhood, unattainable grail. So, I couldn't pass on this book. whatever you had to sell, it was worth it for a book of that caliber Unless it was your soul... even then I suppose a case could be made for it. Great book!

Mind blowing copy Thanks Ciorac. I had to sell quite a few nice books to get this one. ASM1 was my childhood, unattainable grail. So, I couldn't pass on this book.

Thanks Harvey. Been admiring your amazing contributions to the Boards from afar. Nice work whipping these threads into shape!

Here's my second ticket:

Here's my contribution to the club:

I'll go with the Golden Age Comic books that I most desire, which is not going to match up well with the masses. 1. Detective Comics 27 2. Suspense Comics 3 3. Marvel Comics 1 4. Action Comics 1 5. Detective Comics 31 6. Startling Comics 49 7. Captain America Comics 1 8. Wonder Woman 1 9. Marvel Mystery Comics 5 10. Exciting Comics 66, specifically Cheetah's Church copy. I know it's not right to covet another man's comic book, but I do..... I own a copy of the bolded comics.

I'll do better. Here's my Joker/ Bat 1 splash recreation painting by our very own Ryan Heshka. This would have made a great Bat 1 cover--first joker app and on the FC--perhaps Bat 1 would be worth a bit more today? I think demand would be even higher. Here's the original splash on the first joker story on bat 1 Love it Ben! Yeah, that might have made for an even more iconic cover. BTW: Yours truly may or may not be talking with Mr. Heshka regarding a couple GA cover recreations! The more I looked at his work, the more I realized I had to get something.

lots of nice pick ups ! congarts Thanks Chris!! I've been having a lot of fun Those inspector-gadget arms are amazing.

Thanks. I like the Terrific and Suspense runs. Outside of the "key" books in each series, 5 and 3 respectively, there are still many interesting covers.

Terrific Comics 3, from the Detroit Trolley collection. The back is not as nice, but the cover is sweet! Going for a a Terrific run. Only one more to go!

Thanks for the quick response!

One comment and one question for Cheetah. Comment: Piggybacking off of the other boardies' insights, one issue is the criterion. Specifically, it would be nearly impossible for any grader to submit exactly the same grades as CGC because there is variability within their own ratings. Let me make it clear, I'm NOT knocking CGC; it's just the reality of this line of work. One question might be, given two different rater teams at CGC rating the exact same books, what percentage would be an exact match? If it were 75% that would be amazing. The truth is that there are many books that are right on the border of grades. If God's rater were to evaluate them they would receive 1.9s, 7.75s, 9.1s, etc. The problem is that people just can't be trained to make such distinctions consistently. In earthly operations, the "1.9" will be 1.8 half of the time, and 2.0 half of the time. That type of error is inescapable. You can't stop rating error, you can only hope to contain it Question for Cheetah. Could you post scans of the most severely over-rated books (8GIs!!)? Assuming that there wasn't foul play, those books must have posed some unusual rating challenges. I would love to hear your hypotheses about why these books threw off raters so badly. Again, AWESOME job Jeff!

Interesting work. Much thanks for compiling.

It's my second favorite. I love #23 just because he looks so angry. Given Supes powers, one would have to question his choice of locomotion here.

If I look at the mantra long enough, I see diagonal lines linking the "sells." Coincidence??

There is not a thing in the world wrong with that copy. It's a beauty and I'd be proud to have it. Good choice! No kidding, that thing is beautiful! Even for Schomburg that cover is action packed!

Congrats. The colors look strong.

Three USA 7s. I'm with Gino- whoah Ben! And Gino, thanks again for the compliment on the Startling 49.

I was watching it NOT bidding on it even though I love low graders and it is on my want list...I didnt think it would reach that high to be honest as it was INCOMPLETE and Brittle...maybe if it was slightly brittle or complete but you could see chunks of it falling apart in the slab ... Either way we learn once again that even in the lowest of grades these classic books still will demand a decent chunk of change...and you were right the cover did present fairly well given the assigned grade (thumbs u Just looked a little too brittle even for this guy haha. I hear you. I may never get another shot at a sub-1k USA 7 with a decent cover. But yeah, that book was just crumbling in the case.

Did anyone win that USA 7 that just sold on E-bay? It was .5 with brittle pages. That said, the cover was in decent shape. It went for $835; I was the under-bidder. http://www.ebay.com/itm/321302600863?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Thanks. I love ASM1! I drooled over that comic in the Mile High ads during the mid 80's. It's nice to have one in my hand.