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LOL.. not that low Point Five, but mid range. FedEx is delivering the books today so I'll get it scanned tonight and posted!

I linked this book to a for sale thread in the forum since the book is back and the grade was a bit of a let down but I'll scan the front and back of the book so people can see and CGC definitely graded it harshly with the notes only stating "heavy distribution ink back cover" "heavy distribution ink full bottom of front cover"

Sorry for the delay and thanks everyone for the bump and kind words. I had a friend submit books under my account which is funny since they were all ASM related books and he wants to sell them so I was waiting for them to show up to post those as well. I have lots of other books to post but it's hard to figure out what to keep and not to keep ... lol. One book I'll be posting is this crazy book from this thread that I bought from a collection. Since I know the grade now which was a bit of a let down from the distribution spray.

I think that might help. Plus there's so much more to rebag and scan and post..lol

Hehe... here's a better shot of Filter's booth. Sorry I tried not to drool...

There's a longer story about how the books came into my dad's possession but that wasn't his writing while he was a kid unfortunately. Otherwise I would grade it just to keep it. Basically the jist of most of the early issues is that his friend needed money to go on a date with a girl so my father offered him the cash for his comic books...lol. He ended up pretty much buying most of the collection from his friend...haha. But my father said to do whatever with these books so I'm just picking the best of best copies and getting them graded to keep. The duplicates and lower grades will make their way around the Net if not purchased from here.

Tomb of Dracula #25 ~ around 9.4 ~ $79 (First Hannibal King) Daredevil #181 ~ around 9.4ish - $70 (Death of Elektra) Spectacular Spider-Man #90 ~ 9.0ish - $40 (First black costume in title) Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 ~ 9.2ish - $40 (Death of Supergirl) Batman #241 ~ 8.0-8.5 `~ $100 Daredevil #158 ~ around 4.0-4.5 ~ SOLD Daredevil #169 ~ 7.5 ~ $60 Spectacular Spider-Man #28 ~ 9.6-9.4 - $50 (Frank Miller Art) Amazing Spider-Man #101 ~ Had it between a 4.5-5.0 ~ $125 More to come later when I get a chance to post more....

Reserved for future use...

So a little back story is that most of the ASM books were from my father which I thought he had long time ago threw out when we moved houses. My parents moved from OH and retired, for now, here to AZ. Along with them when they moved were my old comic books and why I got into comics. They were nothing big and all from the 90's but they were mine and what got me into comicbooks. (Hint hint, witchblade #1 was my first comic) What was surprising was this massive old collection of ASM books that I remember as a kid but didn't know much about them as I grew up and totally forgot about them. My father told me he had them in the attic and just never thought about them. The books sat up in the attic for over 20 years and were never touched other than when they were first purchased. So anyways, I've decided to keep the higher grade books and sell the rest, which there are a lot of books..., so this will be a sale thread for parts of this collection as well as some other books I picked up along the way. I will showcase the best book once it comes back from being pressed and graded but there was an entire run from AF15 to around 248 for ASM. The AF15 was just sold at NYCC but it wasn't a good condition. Anyways, enough of the story time and onto some books. Payment is via Paypal, Cashier's Check can be accepted and we can discuss. Shipping is done via USPS. Other carriers can be used if requested and we can discuss. Pricing is based off of weight, service and location. Returns, I rather not accept any returns but will be open in case there are any problems or issues that arise. Grades and Values, I'm open to discussion if someone feels the pricing isn't right or the grade is not quite there. I'm flexible and willing to listen. For anything else, just PM me and I'll respond when I get a chance. ASM #3 ~ collective grade 1.0 ~ asking SOLD! ASM #4 ~ collective grade 2.0 ~ asking SOLD ASM #5 ~ collective grade 3.0 ~ asking $307 ASM #7 ~ Grade 3.5 ~ asking SOLD ASM #8 - Grade 3.5 - asking $180 More to come as I scan more copies of books...

Thanks for helping grade the issues 3-5, this is #17 which is the typical condition of the run until you hit mid to late 20's where they get cleaner and less marks on the books. I think I might keep the books that may grade high enough and sell the rest. Let me know your opinion on this book just so I know I'm not crazy. Front Back I recently submitted silver age books and the books received the grades that I thought or close to it. Except there was 3 books that shocked me since one was lower after a press and regrade from what it was previously graded and now I'm second guessing the grades that I feel the books are. Thanks for your help!

I'm curious, even though I'm a member of the insurance company previously mentioned but isn't registered mail only good for up to $25k?

Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to list the books that are under a certain grade and keeping the higher quality copies. I might post 1 or 2 more books to see what people think since those will be the average quality of the whole run if not in the 9's.

I'll leave this up for another day and move them to other locations. Thanks the pm's!

Thanks Grebal and Primetime!

Thanks Primetime!

Thanks grebal for the opinions on all 3 books. Yea the other books go up dramatically in quality after this issue.

Typical Rules: No Probbies, No Hos Payment Method: Paypal Shipping is $10 for the first slab, add $2 for each additional for domestic locations ~ International shipping is based off weight and location Returns: Not accepted unless damaged during transit Preacher #2 - CGC 9.6 ~ $60 Absolute Vertigo - CGC 9.8 ~ $120 Sandman #1 - CGC 9.6 ~ $125 Sandman #4 - CGC 9.4 ~ $75 Zombie Tramp #28 Risque - CGC 9.8 ~ $65 Zombie Tramp #37 SDCC Risque - CGC 9.8SS ~ $100 Grimm Fairy Tales #64 LE Variant - CGC 9.8SS ~ $400 Grimm Fairy Tales: Genesis: Heroes Reborn NYCC Nude - CGC 9.8SS ~ $450 Incredible Hulk #340 - CGC 8.0 ~ $70 NYX #1 - CGC 9.8 ~ $275 Generations: Wolverine & All New Wolverine #1 - CGC 9.8SS ~ $125 Generations: Wolverine & All New Wolverine #1 Virgin - CGC 9.8SS ~ $150 Supergirl #12 Artgerm Variant - CGC 9.8SS ~ $150 Batman Adventures: Mad Love - CGC 9.4 ~ $145 That's all for now. I might start another thread with all the NYCC exclusives we picked up but we'll see how this thread goes first. Thanks for looking!

Trying not to be a thread hog but here's issue 5 of the asm run that I have. The 3rd worst of the whole run and the question is: what's your opinion on the grade and is it worth it to grade? Front Back

Here's issue 4 of the run. Second worst condition of the books. So what's your opinion on the book and is it worth it to grade or just keep raw? Front Back One more thread on issue 5 coming up

So there's a long story associated with this book as well as an entire ASM run that I just recently acquired from my father. But cut to the chase I'm looking for a grade for a few books and the opinion of whether or not this as well as a couple of other books should be either graded or left raw. I might sell the first couple of books in the run to pick up better copies possibly but we'll see. There's a lot of duplicates of issues above 20 that my father got which is nice where I could grade them possibly and sell the other copies but we'll see. The first books from 3-5 were the worst copies with the first issue being around an 8 or so. But these issues are hard to determine a grade due to tape being on the covers. So let me know what you think this book would grade at and is it worth to grade or sell as is. Thanks! Z Front Back I post 2 other threads on issue 4 and 5.

I have extra tickets if anyone needs any. Just pm

Well I would like to divulge in correct information but won't let the cat out of the hat...(is that how the saying goes?) But regardless, with the amount of books JSC sells, he clears a lot of dough. A colorist, Nei for example, only charged around $200-$400 per page. Not $5k...lol. If it's true that JSC sells 70% of this inventory for each book then it's well over $75k. I've ran numbers for the store exclusives costs and profits and it's pretty good if you can sell most of your inventory. 20% is usually the break even point depending on your price point for each issue you sell. Over that is usually gravy.