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Fake.

I’ve owned hundreds of CGC witnessed Stan Lee sigs (most of which he signed right in front of me) and this one doesn’t match. It looks like one of the cheap forgeries Turtlegirl is churning out on a weekly basis on $1 bin books. Even with Stan Lee’s inconsistencies this one has obvious issues. 

Was Brent Anderson still signing at comic cons prior to COVID?

I'm looking to get a couple books signed by him but hadn't seen his name on the comic con circuit in recent years.

Millie the Model #107 (March 1962) is the first appearance of a Marvel Bullpen creator (Jack Kirby) appearing as a comic book character after they changed from Atlas to Marvel Comics (June 1961).

101 by Stan Lee.

At the height of my collection I had 203 Stan Lee SS CGC books. I met Stan about a dozen times and got every first appearance/key book from the early 1960s signed by him. I sold half of them over the years as I started to consolidate my collection.

Joe Quesada

Scott Lobdell

Mike Friedrich

Mike Ploog

John Byrne

Barry Windsor-Smith

Paul Smith

Brent Anderson

On 4/29/2020 at 9:33 PM, Lesliesfbay said:

There is a story out there that Claremont was in the cubicle next to office where Wein and Cockrum were plotting GSX1. Wein & DC ran into a problem at the end where they couldn't figure out how the X-men defeat Krakatoa (sp?) and Claremont popped in and suggested the solution used in the comic. I'm not sure how true it is... 

https://www.cbr.com/x-men-giant-size-chris-claremont-secret-assist/

Very interesting. I haven't heard this before, so it was a fun read!

Personally, I would never buy a book signed by someone who is not credited on the CGC label. My GSXM1 is signed by Len Wein and my XM94 is signed by Len Wein, Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod.

Great find and I hope David agrees to sign for CGC in the future! 

On 12/3/2019 at 6:25 PM, Rich_Henn said:

Generation X #1 CGC 9.8 s/s Chris Bachalo - $90

1st Chamber

Just because someone selling on EBay has nearly 100% positive rating doesn’t mean they’re genuine signatures. Case in point: Tonfulle84. A known con artist who produces an unlimited supply of signatures on dollar bin books with 100% positive rating because the people buying don’t know any better.

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/426693-tonfulle-84-stan-lee-forgeries-on-ebay/

This may or may not align with the signatures you found, but why risk it when there are THOUSANDS of genuine verified Stan Lee autographs in CGC SS cases?

I have met Stan Lee a dozen times and had a lot of books signed by him in person and the signatures you posted look fake to me. 

CGC Yellow label signatures were witnessed and are always genuine. I’ve seen countless people buy fake Stan Lee autographs online because they’re trying to “save money.” Keep in mind that Stan Lee was charging about $150 per autograph in his later years, so anyone wanting to sell his autograph for $25, for example, is guaranteed to be fake.

On 5/6/2019 at 8:44 AM, reptilekingdie said:

Finally finished my hulk 1-6 SS Stan with help from Tristan Pence.....plus some extras.....

That IH3 is my former copy. It used to be a 6.0, but looks like someone pressed it and it’s now a 7.5.

I sold it along with my other 1-6 Hulk CGC SS books 2 years ago so that’s cool that it ended up with another collector who had the same goal!

Is Erik Larsen even attending Comic Cons this year? I haven’t seen his name on any guest lists.

22 hours ago, RadiantGraphix said:

I concur, this looks legit.  Has all the appropriate marks for a signature from that era.

 

+1 looks real to me circa 90s

That’s an obvious fake.

NY Comics hasn’t updated their website in almost a year. Has anyone been able to reach them regarding a Terry Austin signature opportunity?

Ugh.... the good news is at least all of the new listings don’t have “CGC it” in the title anymore. Bad news is, how do we prove to an ignorant EBay that these are obviously fakes?

Thank you all for group reporting! Apparently on EBay, teamwork is the dreamwork for stopping crooks!

6 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

Huge profit margin. He's greedy and stupid though. 46 bargain box quality signed Stan Lee forgeries all listed for auction simultaneously? Some selling for as little as $19.95? All it will take is one sale for him to be in a situation where every penny he's made will have to be spent and more on legal/criminal expenses. One sale. He's sold tens of thousands of dollars worth of forged pieces and his life will be turned upside down, made a living hell from one $19.95 sale! To someone he doesn't suspect is an investigator or the wife of one!! And if he were to stop cold today, and cap his pens, it wouldn't matter. His bad ink is already out there. The interstate mail fraud already committed! Who he sold to, for how much, and whether or not the books he bought were signed when he bought them, and where and when, Investigators will get his financial records quickly. Long statue of limitations on interstate mail fraud! He's laughing all the way to the bank now, but that laughter can turn to weeping and gnashing of teeth in a heartbeat. All it takes is one $19.95 sale!! And the rest of the junk he's peddled comes crashing down with that $19.95 sale!

I've been watching and documenting all of his sales for over a year! Fed it all, updating files I already sent, to the proper investigative agencies. Proven that his signatures are forgeries by sending authentication failure letters from services that I've paid (not much) to view his listings, so not just my opinion. Sent these investigators dozens of example of Stan Lee's handwriting from in-person signings at different periods!  If and when they're ready to pull down the curtain on him and others I've done likewise, they already have a flying start that I have provided. For now, it's wait and see if the seeds take that I've planted and keep watering monthly.

I appreciate your efforts! It truly makes me sick that unsuspecting people are spending tens of thousands of dollars on this one seller's forgeries.

8 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

His Stan Lee forgeries have improved somewhat. They're still horrific, but not as horrific as they were when I posted about this seller about 6-9 months ago on this forum. Still the same forger, the handwriting is easily recognizable, and like Tonfulle-84 and other forgers I've called attention to on this forum, I also filed a report with the seller's state attorney general's office. The investigative process is slow on interstate mail fraud, not a real high priority to them, sad to say, but who knows. One of their buyers may be may very well be purchasing items, representing the attorney general's office. That's what they do when building a case, unbeknownst to the seller's of this garbage. They buy it, and give it to their forensics people. Then one day, there's a knock on their door at 4:30 AM, two men wearing suits and one in a policeman's uniform holding an arrest warrant in one of their hands, just like what you see in the movies. .

 

Slow process is an understatement. Apparently this seller has been doing this for over a year! Thanks for pointing this out, JJJ.

Obvious forgeries aside, I don’t understand how this garbage seller continues to abuse “search manipulation” and “misusing a brand name” by adding ‘CGC it!’ to every listing.... 

My advice is that if the signature is unverified and on a low grade $1 bin book, it’s almost certainly a fake!

When it comes to reporting fraudulent sellers, I have run into a roadblock with Ebay and as a CGC SS comic collector, this frustrates me to no avail. I tried calling their number to report this seller and they wouldn't help me. I asked to speak with a manager and was put on hold for half an hour. I eventually just hung up. I am hoping to gather some help from you guys to combat a fake seller.

If you all could "Report" turtlecrazygirl1999 by clicking on a fake signed comic for sale and clicking "Report Item" maybe Ebay will take us serious when multiple complaints come in about the same seller.

I have been reporting turtlecrazygirl1999 to Ebay for MONTHS due to fake signatures and misuse of the CGC brand name and no action has been taken. This seller has an "unlimited" supply of low grade $1 bin comics with obvious fake Stan Lee signatures that are listed weekly with 24 hour listing times, which results in this scammer pocketing about $500/week. This frustrates me because it's cheating, lying and people who aren't experts in signatures like we are are getting scammed thinking they're getting a real signature for their kid or whatever the case may be. I find it disgusting.

Perhaps if we do the right thing and report these fakes, we can collectively help stop many more scammers in the future.

On 2/25/2019 at 8:24 PM, Chett*Eye*Knight said:

I've also got 45, and like you, I don't have much interest in most the others!

Marvel fans think alike!

45/100.

Out of the ones I don’t have, only 3 books stood out to me as ones I would like to pick up eventually. The other half of the list doesn’t interest me.

I’ve got one that hasn’t been mentioned yet: Forbush Man!

He appears on the cover of Not Branch Echh #1 but doesn’t appear inside the issue.

1. Kirby

2. Romita Sr.

3. Ditko

4. J. Buscema

5. Colan

6. Andru 

7. Kane

8. Everett

9. Heck 

10. Steranko