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Amadeus Arkham

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  1. Amadeus Arkham
    I bought a copy of TWD Philadelphia Wizard World and it came back as a 9.6
  2. Amadeus Arkham
    They're possible, but extremely rare. Most people consider 9.8 to be "perfect" and a 9.9 or a 10 "perfect with frosting".
  3. Amadeus Arkham
    So my four books I'm getting done with my Coupons might actually be done in 15 days?
  4. Amadeus Arkham
    I'm really thinking of getting the graders' notes to see what was noticed on the Batman #404 and The Walking Dead #1.
  5. Amadeus Arkham
    So if I send four books with coupons (15 day TAT) and two normal slow track, will they hold the order until the normal ones "catch up" or will I get them in batches?
  6. Amadeus Arkham
    Couldn't be happier. The Wolverine was an 8.0 walking in, pressed into a 9.4. The Walking Dead and Batman #29 I bought from boardies here so it's nice to see books come out as well as they did.
  7. Amadeus Arkham
    Is that "WELCOME HOME" in the newspaper a Joker reference?
  8. Amadeus Arkham
    Classic.
  9. Amadeus Arkham
    Thanks. It's an issue near and dear to me. Apparently the next issue is a CGC Classic Cover with Tojo on the cover. It's all offensive stuff, with stereotypical exaggerated Japanese WWII caricatures. A CGC 4.0 is over $200.
  10. Amadeus Arkham
    Sentimental pick-up for me as an Air Force veteran, being able to trace the roots of the service from the Signal Corps to the Army Air Corps to the United States Air Force. Next I have to pick up United States Fighting Air Force #1 and US Air Force Comics #1.
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  12. Amadeus Arkham
    No it does not.
  13. Amadeus Arkham
    I just realized I bought my copy of Star Wars #2 off of you, Chip.
  14. Amadeus Arkham
    Got a copy of Amazing Spider-Man #41 at an estate sale for $5. It's in 2.0 or 2.5 shape, but for $5 it's worth it.
  15. Amadeus Arkham
    Found this one in a lot sale longbox. The Twilight Zone #84 from June, 1978. Frank Miller's first professional art in a comic book. I think I'll get it pressed out and hang on to it. For sitting in a long box without a bag or board all these years, it's in pretty damn good shape. Anyone think it would be worth sending to CGC or no?
  16. Amadeus Arkham
    Is that a first printing?
  17. Amadeus Arkham
    My latest acquisition: I also picked up a raw copy that's supposed to be NM/M so I might be willing to part with one or the other. I can only imagine that this book is going to pick up steam in the run-up to Avengers 3.
  18. Amadeus Arkham
    That wasn't his first appearance, that was just when the character got popular.
  19. Amadeus Arkham
    It seems like second printings have just been the "in" thing to have lately.
  20. Amadeus Arkham
    I just got off the phone with CGC and they said that current TATs for Moderns are a bit under two months, but they're "getting better". Guess they got a ton of books dropped on them that they're working through.
  21. Amadeus Arkham
    I got the book today and the bottom is simply a mis-wrap. I was worried that it was a rusty staple as well, but it's the ad on the back of the book wrapping over onto the front cover. Production error. Whew.
  22. Amadeus Arkham
    So what are the speculators saying that Infinity Gauntlet series could get up to? I have one slabbed in 9.6 and one raw in 9.6/9.8 and I wouldn't mind parting with one of them.
  23. Amadeus Arkham
    Just send a bottle of vodka in with the book next time. I wonder how workload affects how tightly and how closely the graders scrutinize a book. When CGC has a three-month backlog of Moderns to grade, do they really go out of their way to nitpick every spine tic and blunted corner? Or do they look it over and slab a potential 9.9 or 10 book in a 9.8 holder just to lighten the workload?
  24. Amadeus Arkham
    No it wouldn't.
  25. Amadeus Arkham
    Got mine yesterday!