STORMSHADOW_80

Long Beach Comic Expo Modern Fast Track Signature Series, 4 books Rec'd 2/24 Verified 2/25 Scheduled For Grading 3/3 Graded 3/4 Quality Control 3/8 Shipped 3/9

I've been hearing bad things about low grades lately, were all your books undergraded from what you're used to? It scares me to think that the 20 books I have sitting at verified could all come back low because of the current grading trend. It'll be my last sub for awhile if that is the case. Unfortunately my grades weren't the greatest. I had one book drop that was graded just a couple months ago.

Long Beach Comic Expo Modern Fast Track Signature Series, 4 books Rec'd 2/24 Verified 2/25 Scheduled For Grading 3/3 Graded 3/4 Quality Control 3/8

Graded - 3/7 Nice man! Hope they all grade high! Any day now I'm hoping they hit QC.

Long Beach Comic Expo Modern Fast Track Signature Series, 4 books Rec'd 2/24 Verified 2/25 Scheduled For Grading 3/3 Graded 3/4 moving pretty fast

Long Beach Comic Expo Modern Fast Track Signature Series, 4 books Rec'd 2/24 Verified 2/25 Scheduled For Grading 3/3

Long Beach Comic Expo Modern Fast Track Signature Series, 4 books Rec'd 2/24 Verified 2/25

Man, I got to try not looking at the grades one of these days

Classic 80s I got to admit it took a little while for me to warm up to this book. And is now one of my favorites. I saw this book sitting in the showcase of a nearby shop for a couple months. At first glance I just noticed the old bag and board it had been in. Then my next visit to the shop I had some key issue money to spend and decided to have this book taken out for a closer look. To my surprise it was extra minty. I told the shop owner I would take it. He told me this was from his original collection. That makes it extra cool. Being able to say I got this from the original owner. Also I've known the owner from when he use to manage a local shop probably around the same time this book came out when I was just a kid. He just recently opened his own store last year. He's kind of old school and hasn't gotten into CGC books yet, but I thought of taking this book to him to show him it's gone to a good home and that I'm very proud to have Walt Simonsson's signature added to it at a beautiful 9.8. Thanks for reading, STORMSHADOW_80 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Graded 10/26 Quality Control 10/30 Shipped 11/4 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 Quality Control 11/5 Shipped 11/10 NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20 Verified 10/28 Scheduled for grading 11/4 Graded 11/9 QC 11/11 Shipped 11/13 SoCal Modern SS FT, 5 books Rec'd 10/27 Graded 11/13

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Graded 10/26 Quality Control 10/30 Shipped 11/4 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 Quality Control 11/5 NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20 Verified 10/28 Scheduled for grading 11/4 SoCal Modern SS FT, 5 books Rec'd 10/27

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Graded 10/26 Quality Control 10/30 Shipped 11/4 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20 Verified 10/28 SoCal Modern SS FT, 5 books Rec'd 10/27

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Graded 10/26 Quality Control 10/30 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20 Verified 10/28 SoCal Modern SS FT, 5 books Rec'd 10/27

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Graded 10/26 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20

2015 with the help and encouragement of a couple of really good friends my CGC collecting has evolved into more and more beautiful yellow labels My very first CGC book when I started collecting comics again in 2013 was getting a Spidey 1 platinum edition signed by Stan and Todd. I always loved that book from back in the day. How it was made exclusively for shops as a thank you with a limited print run and no ads. I was fortunate to come across my platinum edition at a great price so I figured why not spend the extra $ I saved on a couple of great signatures. 2014 Is when I really started learning all about the different aspects of CGC collecting. I started hunting down books from everywhere I could think of and sought those high grade raw copies. My submission quantities grew and I started doing a few 9.8 prescreens. Signature Series was still always on my mind (especially after reading so many great journal entries and seeing some of my fellow collectors and friends share their collecting journeys). But for me it took a back burner with the bulk amount of books I was getting. I did get a couple cool books done, but that was it. 2015, Now my collecting this last year has become a lot more focused. I've been concentrating more and more on those books that really standout to me. And rather getting a bunch books graded, I've been embracing SS books for the personal collection. With the exception of Spidey, I got these books in the picture this year. A couple were already graded and a few I was lucky enough to have a friend get done at SDCC for me. I have a few more really great books coming soon from other conventions that I can't wait to share. 2016, I plan on doing a few more SS books. Now that Wondercon will be in LA I might attend that show and hopefully Long Beach as well. The picture sums up a lot of my collecting style from rare variants to modern, copper, and silver age books. Next year I hope to get some more Silver and Bronze age keys. Thanks for reading To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2 Scheduled for grading 10/15 Graded 10/19 QC 10/21 Shipped 10/22 (I'm really surprised how fast this was) NYCC Modern SS FT, 2 books Rec'd 10/20

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Graded 10/16 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2 Scheduled for grading 10/15

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Scheduled for grading 10/14 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 10/9 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Scheduled for grading 10/5 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Baltimore Modern SS FT, 3 books Rec'd 10/2

Modern Slow Track, 10 books Rec'd 7/21 Economy Slow Track, 2 books Rec'd 7/21 Verified 9/22 Unfortunately these didn't make it before the SDCC books. "Gone til November, Gone til November..."

It took 2 months to get the books verified?? Not to be a stick in the mud, but isn't that too late if there IS a problem with verification? We've all heard horror stories about packages being opened in the mail & books being taken ... if CGC doesn't do their verification till 2+ months after we ship them off, isn't that too late to file a claim? Mike Damn 2 months!!! It use to be a week for verification less than a year ago.... I miss my books

you tell me.... $175 or best offer on the ebay seems like a steal for 1:100 sketch. I'm surprised Batman completest aren't all over it.

Any SDCC books ship yet? Its got to be getting pretty close.