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Here's a first for me. Had a WK sub go from G/E/I to QC today...then back to G/E/I, where it ended the day. 

On 4/12/2023 at 6:16 PM, october said:

Would a male Mary Sue face the same scrutiny? Honestly, probably not...

On 4/12/2023 at 2:36 PM, scburdet said:

I'd say 7.5 post C/P. Outside shot at an 8.0 for a fawning grader

I agree

There's nothing appealing about the trailer to me, and I doubt I'll see it, since I won't see it in the theater, and my D+ will be expired by the time it hits streaming, and I don't plan to renew.

That said, it will be interesting to see if it finds its audience. Not all movies/shows have to be all things to all people. I'm fine with that. I watch what appeals to me, don't watch what doesn't. 

Squish 'em! Then squish 'em again!

Keep on squishin'! 

4.0

On 4/6/2023 at 1:25 PM, ender said:

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Low grade, lotta tape. But, complete, readable. Tough to price, so throwing a number out, but feel free to make an offer.

$100 delivered.

Thanks!

Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated.

Contacted CGC, this is what Matt Nelson said. I'm following up to see what kind of tape is acceptable.

I'd say a JIM85 2.0, MAYBE a 2.5, for your Avengers would be a decent deal for you. The slightly brittle pages is a killer on SA books.

Hey guys. What would you all do in this situation? I'd be looking for a Universal grade, so what are my options?

Submit WK, declare $2k, be happy with a 9.6, over the moon with a 9.8, and happy all around.

Pay the $150. No biggie.

On 4/2/2023 at 11:50 PM, AmbassadorSlip said:

I can't, no. I tried real hard, but I don't know what people use to make it show up.

Nice thing is that, if I recall correctly, professional CT involves no bleed through, so no chunks would have to be taken out. Just a scraping off.  Not really sure though.

Can you see the CT? 

On 3/30/2023 at 3:53 PM, valiantman said:

$78K in September 2021 for blue label CGC 9.6

$88K in April 2021 for blue label signed (interior cover Eastman & Laird in pen) CGC 9.6

The $88k was on CC. That one was crazy! Just kept going up.

Next up:

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54K. Not bad in this market

Well, what are we thinking, TMNTers?

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On 3/23/2023 at 12:03 AM, sfcityduck said:

Fair enough.  By the mid-70s Marvel had interracial relationships.  

I view the core Avengers movies are about a GA hero and a bunch of SA heroes.

How dare you! Cap really started at #100. 

On 3/23/2023 at 12:03 AM, PopKulture said:

Not to get too far off track, but don't you think Jack was more the iconoclast than Lee? The greater part of what Stan did with his editorial platform was to maintain the status quo, and on a month-to-month basis, perpetuate Millie the Model and My Girl Pearl as stereotypical dumb blondes. He didn't seem to care much about civil rights until he met the college crowd and started playing to their priorities like the deft showman he was. The stories took on a more progressive feel when the bullpen grew larger - and younger (think Roy Thomas). If it cast Stan in a favorable light years later to claim it was chiefly him leading the charge - well, he was a bit of a revisionist when it came to his own self-promotion. 

I agree

On 3/22/2023 at 11:54 PM, sfcityduck said:

I didn't give any thought to what the religion was of any superhero as I was growing up.  Why would you?  Aside from Spire Christian Comics none of the publishers had a religious agenda. The only characters who I can think of built on a religious orientation were pagans of some sort.  

I'd put it the category that if you see Captain America has short hair, you assume he gets haircuts. You don't need to see them, or even mention them, but you'd assume it. You wouldn't even think about it, but if asked about his hair, you'd say "Yeah, I'll bet he gets haircuts."

If you got back to 1970, and ask the readers what religion Cap, Spidey, Reed, etc are, you'd probably get the answer of sort of Christian denomination.

On 3/22/2023 at 11:51 PM, sfcityduck said:

To be clear, I'm talking about GA through to about the mid-1960s.  Brown v. Bd. of Education which declared segregation as unconstitutional came down in the mid-1950s, but the battles to de-segregate the nation were front and center into the mid-1960s.  Around 1965 or so, a lot of victories had been won by the Civil Rights Movement, important Acts were implemented in the 1964 and 1965, and Governors were no longer standing at the school house doors trying to bar black kids from going to school.  But, all major Marvel characters were created when segregation was very much a thing that could impact comic sales.  Stan was courageous to start taking it on in the mid-1960s. 

That's where we were having miscommunication. Marvel started, and then really got going at the end of that period, became much more diverse and inclusive. By time I started reading in the early 70s, diversity was more the norm.