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Wow - those Planet of the Apes copies look fabulous. Where did you get these from? I've been looking for a top condition copy of #9.

It is from the Heartland Collection and was in the same Clink auction where you won your Psycho 3 - great mag by the way. I wanted to bid on several mags but thought I'd just concentrate on - and put all my $$ - into the Nightmare #1. Glad I did!

Wanted to bid on a few from the Heartland Collection on Comiclink's recent auctions, but decided to use all my $$ and just focus on this one - Skywald's first horror mag. Received it this morning.

Yep! That sure was a steal. Allcomixs had it listed as a BuyItNow item (can you believe) and I stumbled upon it by accident very shortly after they had listed it. Naturally, I hit that BIN button without a second thought. Allcomixs tend to sell modern comics in the 9.8 - 10.0 grade range, so I was really surprised to see Comix International #1 CGC 9.4 listed in their auctions. By the way, the service was excellent - all in all a fantastic (possibly never to be repeated) transaction. Thank you Allcomixs - and thank you bounty_coder for responding to the post.

I have definitely overbid on some items in the past few months, but I've also had some great deals. In the first few months of CGC grading magazines, I acquired the following magazines at - I believe - good prices, given their current values as listed in the overstreet price guide:- -Comix International #1 CGC 9.4 (White Pages) $149.99 -Vampire Tales Annual CGC 9.4 (White Pages) $ 70.00 -Marvel Preview #7 (Satana) CGC 9.6 (White Pages) $90.00 -Monsters Unleashed #1 CGC 9.6 (White Pages) $79.99 -Monsters Unleashed Annual CGC 9.4 (Off-white to White Pages) $50.00 -Legion of Monsters #1 CGC 9.8 (White Pages) $149.99 -Tales of the Zombie Annual CGC 9.6 (White Pages) $130.00 -Tales of the Zombie #4 CGC 9.4 (Off-white to White Pages) $49.99 -Web of Horror #2 CGC 9.2 (Off-white to White Pages) $129.99 I believe these are realistic prices. Any views? And what good deals have you had?

What is the deal when grading the spine of a book? I am not talking about spine stress creases, but rather when the extreme edge of the spine where the front cover meets the back cover (usually in line with the staples) is slightly separated on the surface. If the waparound is black or dark, then you get a white line showing through because of the separation. I don't believe this is what is technically referred to as spine split, as it is only the surface of the paper which is affected. I have several magazines in my collection where this has happened, and it does not look like a handling or reading problem, as the magazines are otherwise absolutely pristine. It does however, IMO, take away a certain amount of eye appeal. I have noticed the same thing on many DVD folded inserts - it's almost as if the stress of folding the paper causes it to separate on the surface. I have seen several CGC graded magazines and comics that have achieved 9.4 and 9.6 grades with this fault present, and have purchased from reputable dealers and graders who have let this go in a high grade. I have never seen a 9.8 with the fault, however. I am guessing that graders do not count this as damage caused by handling and reading, which is why it gets by in 9.6. How do other collectors and grading experts among you view this?