Silver Surfer

Resub that J.I.M. #91 it may be a 9.4?

I hate to muddy this thread so I'll be brief. I just want consistency, clear guidelines for all to understand and be held accountable to and if poor judgement/policy was used in the past, acknowledge it, correct it for the better and move forward.

I only recently became aware of these issues and to be honest I have lost a lot of confidence in the operation as a whole as a result. I just saw a GA book that have a "spot of glue which was holding the centerfold in" yet it still was given the blue label. Stuff like this is too objective to not question the Heritage connection, etc. The fact that they will offer pressing under the NGC umbrella just further confirms (to me at least) that it all about the money first, not the hobby. As Paull said if the message wasn't so shrill more people would probably speak up about it.

Jon, Another super book, what grade is that?

Here's a big to Tomega, Iron Maniac and Nohips for throwing a life line out when help was needed. Appreciate it guys.

You can pick this up on EBay for $2 and its in full color.

Basically one of the biggest cop-outs in the history of comics. I'm always shocked the MM #9 is so sought after because of how terrible the conclusion was in #10. Torch and Subby fight to a stalemate/cliffhanger at the end of #9. There appears to be no way to resolve the situation. Then in #10, the authors basically acknowledge as much, saying that Torch and Subby agree that it's been a good fight and they should part ways with mutual respect. This all happens in 1 page, with text that says "Well reader, if you thought this was a tough spot, you were right, and that's what our heroes thought as well, so they decided to quit." Has to be one of the Top 10 comic book letdowns of all time. If there had been Internet message boards back in 1941, the servers would've all crashed under the outrage. I bet there were at least a few early "fanboys" who swore off Timelys forever based on that fiasco (only to come back 3 months later, because after all, they're fanboys and can't help themselves). Well Issue #9 at least had a full battle sequence and an awesome cover, probably one of the best from the whole Marvel Mystery run. Issue #10 should get the all the flack and little mention because it was a terrible cop out and probably one of the lamest endings to an extended battle that I have ever seen. Actually the ending of J.I.M. #109 with when Thor batlles Magneto was probably worst.

Don't even think about it!

I recently bought a reprint of the complete arc and the conclusion to this battle was only one page in issue #10? What the heck was that about?

Awesome books, what a collection. I have a copy of issue #4 and I would sell every other book that I own before I get rid of it (well at least I would try to).

Jon, More please, this is such a treat to see these in raw form.

More Marvel Mystery's please. Aside from issue #1, #4 and #9 are probably three comics books I would want to have the most.

Another book I have never seen. Freaking outstanding, keep them coming.

Holey cr@p that book looks awesome. Interesting that at of all the Marvel Comics #1 I have seen the only October copy is the Nic Cage 5.0 that Metro has. I wonder how many are left?

Jon, One of my favorite covers. What grade is that book? Have any early Marvel Mystery's you care to share.

Yeah but I'm assuming you were just a geeky snot noed kid back then so who's going to blame you? I can't imagine DC had too many of those letters back then anyways.

I didn't think I'd get any response to this at all, this is awesome. Anyone have a scan handy?

Hopefully he will read this thread.

What year is that Frankenstein book from? I have never seen that before, very cool.

I have been meaning to ask this question for a while. There must be a few of us who can show us a copy of a letter they wrote to Stan Lee back in the day that actually was printed and responded to?

CLS! Crooked(sp?) Label Syndrome?

Fold it?

That book is probably my all-time grail. I'm not familar with the story so please indulge me.

Just saw four books I have never seen before. I just love the GA section.

I tend to agree with you there because I'd hate to be the guy that resubs that book. Does anyone feel like that book has a hope of getting a 9.0 again? You are correct it is a shame that the staples can't be replaced without obtaining the PLOD designation because it will probably continue to decay over time left as is.