ASM-completist

Kudos to Worldsbestcomics and BigHulkFan for being awesome buyers and overall swell dudes.

I see.. although I do wonder if there is a story behind your snipe bid of $11.57. Seems like an odd dollar amount to choose. Is there a story?

Pretty cheap ASM 270 DC that I found. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120081560560

I won one of these on Ebay and sent it back for a refund. It was never mentioned in the auction that the outer cover was not attached. It looked legit but I did not have enough proof. Someone could have easily just taken the cover off one book and placed it around another. The seller appeared legit and everything but it wasn't enough for me. I have no idea how CGC could verify this. If it is not glued on, then how could it be attached?

I need lots of ASM with MJ inserts, including 129. I got extras and would be willing to trade/buy. LMK if you(anybody) have some.

Not doubting eithe one of you, but I have been unable to find one anywhere in a very long time.

X-Men 118? You mean like this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:IT&ih=012

Or get it here for 2$. I thought it to be rarer than that. http://cgi.ebay.com/Marvel-Star-Wars-11-...VQQcmdZViewItem

I think this lot has the variant for issue 11. issue 11

I need ASM 169 $.35 variant big time. I have other ASM variants to trade if necessary. Please help.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:IT&ih=012

I would drink an ocean of Satan's urine to have that.

My OCD is ASM. Check my site. Help me fill some holes. For the regular US series, I basically have everything but #1. I also collect direct, newsstand, Canadian, French Heritage, British, DF, error, Toybiz, and a few international editions. All of my copies are raw and nothing real high-grade in the lower issues. I strive for completeness. http://home.comcast.net/~taste_of_h8red/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html

You have dupes and are not selling/trading/giving them to me? I have been searching for 169 and 170 for years. ?

When posting an old, smelly comic for auction, should the stench be noted in the description? What if it came from a smoking environment and smelled smoky? Does that affect the grading and should it be revealed to the buyer?

Not to be a jerk, but it appears as if you did not answer one of my questions. What about the grading?

A good point but won't the collector break down or decompose much sooner than said comic? Or won't the comic trade hands before the fibers of the paper actually degrade enough to be relevant?

I am sure this has probably been covered so forgive me. We have all purchased comics at an estate/yard/garage/auction sale and quickly discovered that they have that old, stuffy, musty, smell about them. Does this degrade the comic and if so, by how much? I recently purchased many comics/playboys from an auction and man, they really were musty smelling. They stunk up the entire room in which I was storing them. I have sold many of them and have had no complaints. What are your thoughts? If two Hulk #1's were identical, with the exception of the smell, would they be graded differently?