Randall Dowling

Wolverine 50 and Marvel Comics Presents 90. Went strong on both, got punished badly on both.

I also had assumed that without warning, this was another multi-day change that was in progress. I just happened to check the homepage and try that link and was surprised to find they've been up for a while. This may sound harsh, but I'm beginning to think that how this latest change was handled is a fairly equivalent analog to how much the management and staff at CGC value this community. It seems to me that we don't matter much to them and we should feel lucky they provide this environment. They may well feel that their business wouldn't be impacted at all if these message boards didn't exist. If I valued this community, I would post a large message banner for a week before letting users know when they were implementing a change and when they expected to be back up.

This sounds like someone pulled something if the inner sleeve appears open as well. I doubt CGC would just accept the grade and reholder if the book can be removed and replaced in the current cracked slab.

And the fact that the book has value in it's current condition. To be clear, there are times where it makes sense to do all this work (preferably by skilled and experienced preservationists, not hacks). But the calculation should be considered accurately and not just default to putting every book through the ringer. Unfortunately, everyone wants to treat comics like scratch-offs these days.

Although pressing may improve the appearance of the book, I doubt it would be worth it given the other issues with the book. Frankly, it's not the sort of book I'd spend more money on- either trying to "improve" it or grade it.

Mine too. I think that guy Frazetta is going to be big one day.

Creepy 11 is a big boy book!

I just got my books from @nochips and, man, I wish I'd purchased more... these are very cool in hand with black and white interiors and nice glossy covers.

What a nice bunch of books! One of these days we'll have to meet up over there, such a great store with very helpful staff. And Greg's grading as about as good as it gets!

I can't say how many times that this has happened to me with comics, many dozens if not over a hundred. But when you collect non-comic magazines, it's even worse. Because a lot of people recognize that comics have value. But old issues of Collier's or a 1950s Detective magazine, I've seen some very messed up things. Including packages that are pretty much impossible to open without damaging the book. Very frustrating.

Sweet Mary, what a haul!!

I would only slab a book if I was going to sell it and knew that I would make more money slabbed than raw plus grading fees. Ideally, significantly more.

These are very cool. Keep 'em coming!

These belong with me.

Yep, that's the one. It's the January 1963 issue of Male magazine. Very happy to have found the publication! And yes, it's Gil Cohen.

Some of us find these valuable.

Look what I found...

I don't have many Pocket Books in my collection. Cool to see some of these early Sci-Fi titles!

That's excellent, Bob! Thanks for sharing a chapter in it's history. Since I first saw the book around 30 years ago, I've always wanted a copy. But when I was a kid, yes, this would've been in the category of "not collectable" for most of my friends. And thanks for putting it back so it could find it's way to me!

It is.

I didn't realize this thread existed. A lot of nice books so far! I've posted it before but here's my small contribution.

What I take from this thread is that you guys like to do models. But everyone wants to do a model. We put them on a pedestal and for many, it's a dream. You think about what it will be like, how good you'll feel when your finished. And most models look pretty good from a distance. But in the end you know that once you're finished with one model, you'll move on to the next one, never content with just having done the one model. And each successive one will bring you a little less pleasure than the one before. It's just the way it goes. Wait... what's with all the pictures of kids toys... never mind, disregard, disregard!

None of these mags shouldn't still be here at these prices. Therefore, when it comes to these 5 books,

This is the big boy of that bunch. Permanent classic and peak L.B. Cole!

Are you saying that Warrior 1 isn't the first appearance??!!