Doktor

well, I did say that I picked it up about 10-15 years ago (don't remember exactly when) and it wasn't slabbed when I bought it. That was just last year when I decided that slabs were the way to go for key/semi-key books. It was before eBay was really the go-to place for key back issues for the general public, so I nabbed it pretty cheap (though I think I might have paid like $45 for my G/VG XM 94 that I just sold which was a little higher than I should have paid back then)

This is my only concern too. Before the advent of downloadable comics & portable tablets/readers, I would have said "no worries about it" but now I'm not so sure..

Thanks everybody. Just some reasonably priced mid-grades but they look killer.

I bought my GSXM 1 about 15 years ago. I bought my IH 181 recently. Had I bought them (at the same grade) in reverse order, I likely would have saved a few hundred bucks based on the price/value increases of each book.

If the new Spidey is black, I can almost guarantee that it's going to still be Peter Parker. Miles' origin relies entirely on Peter's existence to make any sense. And you're also back to doing another origin story, but this time a different one? Not really the best idea for a character that's had 2 origin stories already (and a retcon) in 5 total movies. Doing a 6th that's yet a 3rd origin is just going to grate on the audience. Even if this origin is different.

Fair enough! My XM 2, XM 94 and the 98 30 Cent variant are gonna go off to get slabbed in the future at some point. Might hold off until I get my next coupon submission for them though (because I'm still a cheap **** at the end of the day)

Eh, not so much "new stuff' as much as X-stuff. Just trying to knock out my complete run on UXM Vol 1.

Well you too for completely stealing my thunder! NICE HAUL!

My entry to the club (excuse the awful photos) Just picked up a new copy of 94. Sold off my old G/VG copy. Serious upgrade here. And I've had this for about a decade now. Got it fairly cheap a long while back (under $150) and only got it graded last year.

Not all this week, but the past few weeks since I haven't shared much recently (I really need to break down & buy a scanner) Picked up on the boards Picked up on eBay for cheaper than dirt even though it's the price variant Also a board pickup to replace my G/VG copy that I've had for a decade A bunch of sketches The 4 stupid UXM 500 variants (the Turner sketch is going off for grading soon. It's a 9.8 candidate.

Invoice 1 Standard (Coupon submission) Received - 1/30/15 Verified - 2/2/15 Scheduled for Grading - 2/17/15 Graded - 2/18/15 Invoice 2 Modern (slow) Received - 1/30/15

I picked up some Marvel Legends just for the comics & they were in pretty high grade shape. I mean, if they're bound on the cardboard card with the toy, and the card is in good shape, you've got a pretty good chance that the book is in good shape too.

Well... so for some reason, the message system is only posting 1/2 my reply & it essentially starts at a part where I tell off a seller & it makes me sound like I'm telling off another boardie here. Not my intention. The message system is screwing around. Long story short... didn't realize it until a few weeks later when balancing my checkbook & it wasn't a significant enough difference that the argument over $4 was worth it. Instead, I just won't buy from AA again unless I REALLY need something

you could not cancel the order at that point? i would tell him to go himself. WTF? My reply is only 1/2 posting & it's very much sounding like I'm about to tell you off for no reason. Please excuse this while I try to fix it.

My one Atomic Avenue experience was very . Seller had free shipping over a certain dollar amount & I added a dollar book to get me over the hump. He claimed being out of stock on 2 of the books, bringing me back under the free-shipping amount & charged me shipping as a result without giving me the option of backing out or finding something else to make up for the lost $$. I ended up paying more afterwards with shipping and 2 less books than I would have had I got all the books I ordered. Weak sauce.

Yeah. Pleasant pick-up & return. Wish at least one of them would have come back 9.8, but hey... I don't look gift horses in the mouth.

I found 3 of them in the same box. Had to do a double take at all 3 of them (all in a row too, bet there were more but I wasn't about to take the time to hunt when I was already in free money territory) and make sure they weren't like the WGC re-prints or something. Nope. All 3 were legit (and came back 9.6) for a whopping $1.50.

What's even nicer is finding 3 of these in the same 50 cent bin that all grade out at 9.6. It's like free money

Invoice 1 Standard (Coupon submission) Received - 1/30/15 Verified - 2/2/15 Scheduled for Grading - 2/17/15 Invoice 2 Modern (slow) Received - 1/30/15

. Easier to distinguish that one from any of the other X-Men series by calling it Uncanny or shortening it to UXM. It's definitely sans-Uncanny in it's ACTUAL name, but for clarity sake... I'll still call it UXM. Granted, I could also be talking about either of the recent UXM series but still...

exactly. finally being able to say "this one is MINE" on a grail it the best feeling.

Yep. I like their work (at this point). Just picked up about a dozen books from them today.

Reading about the slow TATs at CCS, I'm really glad my one local shop has a professional presser on-site. Dropped some books off on Saturday and got them back today looking beautiful & flat & clean. I might try CCS out sometime to see how their work compares.

I think we ALL really like CGC as evidenced by our presence here. But criticizing their rivals for using the same standards that that they themselves admit to is hypocritical and generally eye-roll-worthy. There's a lot of reasons to prefer CGC over the rivals but this isn't one of them.

My mistake. Apologies. You were referring to CBCS...thought you were referring to all_things_comics. Having said that, we don't know either CGC's or CBCS's exact standards for evaluating trimming in an overall Restored Grade. As some have stated, perhaps their should be a logical threshold/grade cap once the book is determined to be trimmed. I could debate this either way. Even CGC's past use of the term "Apparent" Grade clouded what exactly the grade was...although I think they now no longer are using that term. No problem. Too many pronouns without establishing the actual subject left my comment murky to begin with. Misunderstandings happen. I'm in favor of grade capping trimmed books, but that might lead to more headaches & a lot of confusion for old books that have already gotten a 9.4 or a "greater than X-capped grade". I say 8.0 should be the max it can get & depending on how much trimming or how much of the book is trimmed off in inches, maybe even 6.0 cap, but that's a whole other discussion.