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So for it to qualify for the 100 list, I guess it has to have intentionally different artwork? Because Bloodshot 0 Platinum would knock most of these down. I think the Unity Golden Ticket variants would as well. And the X-O Manowar #15 Kotaki error would make the list near the bottom.

I think none of them are modern.

There are plenty of Valiant books that should be on this list over some of the books that are on it: X-O Manowar (first Aric) X-O Manowar #4 (first Jack Boniface) Shadowman #1 (first Shadowman) Solar #3 (first Harada) Solar #10 (first Eternal Warrior) Eternal Warrior #4 (first Bloodshot cameo) Rai #0 (first full Bloodshot) Magnus #5 (first Rai) Archer & Armstrong #0 (first A&A)

Porn is free on the internet, so no.

This is my book: https://www.ebay.com/itm/152627504035?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649 I'd say it's something you'd normally find in a dollar bin book without the double cover (although maybe not in as nice a condition). The double cover is really the only thing it has going for it. I have a best offer option so I'm trying to figure what the minimum I can expect to get would be.

Wanted to get the opinion of some boardies, since I know there is a niche that like to collect books with multiple covers. What do you think is a fair price for a CGC-graded copy of a non-key double-cover? I have a few books with double covers, but I'm sure that niche collectors would value them more than I do, so I'm willing to part with them. I have a 9.4 graded issue of Avengers and an as-yet ungraded issue of Detective (which I will get graded when I find it).

I don't call something a 9.8 unless I fully expect it would come back from CGC as a 9.8. If it's on the fence, it's a "9.6 or better." Hell, even when I do have full confidence something is a 9.8, I qualify it (e.g. https://www.ebay.com/itm/152785287149?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649) because you never know what CGC is going to see that you don't.

Is that Thunderball from the Wrecking Crew in the last panel? If so, the yellow/magenta plate swap would explain the color change in the mask as well.

Based on the earlier art posted and the latest post with Galactus looking the way he usually does, it seems to me that the yellow plate was run for both yellow and for magenta in the original run. Look at the yellow glow on the latter picture; it's orange/red in the original. (It's also the only obvious bit of yellow in the latter image.) This is an error, but likely one that affected the entire run and not caught at publication time.

Yet you list books that are clearly not 9.8s as 9.8s. Why don't you describe books accurately and target those people who do cherish their 9.0s?

Oh, I certainly think a book *can* be, but I've seen plenty of books that you posted which have obvious flaws that would keep it from being considered a 9.8 by the most respected third-party grading outlet (CGC), or by Overstreet's Grading Guide. If a Divad 9.8 uses different criteria for grading, you should list that criteria in your auctions. Otherwise, you're being deceptive, as people expect that, without qualifying your grade with your criteria, you're employing the accepted industry standards.

The same artist is on the first art of Ninja-K (first issue out today)

Figure you can make a bundle by listing them as 9.8s?

Yeah, I'm curious about that as well.

Wow. Pretty sure I have to list mine: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eternity-1-Felipe-Massafera-1-40-Incentive-Wraparound-Variant-Valiant-CGC-it-/142566697842?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=pFTlRlcxxu2vX58kDOnf5BcxjT4%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I loved the original line, but when you read the new stuff and then go back and read the old stuff it doesn't hold up so well. I would say catch up on all new Valiant before going back and reading the original line. Big tip: every so often, Comixology will have a digital sale of the old stuff at $1 a pop, or there will be a Humble Bundle that includes a lot of Valiant collections. Watch for those as a way to catch up cheap (unless you really like owning the physical copies). And Jump right in with the new X-O series. It's great!

Creators get tired of working in the same place, just like everyone else.

Longshot 1 is still a first appearance and early Art Adams. That's due for a revival. But PWJ, probably not. That's when the market was starved for Wolverine and Punisher appearances

I love Valiant and even I won't touch those (unless it's a gold or VVSS)

And what I find interesting is that while DCBS still has the Quantum & Woody #1 1:50 variants available for pre-order, the 1:20 chase foil variants are not. Those may be one to watch.

When I made my monthly pre-order with DCBS it was already unavailable. I did manage to grab one from a local store (and a couple for fellow Valiant fans)

Eternity #1 1:40 variant: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=eternity+1+variant+valiant+-warrior&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=10018&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=16&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&LH_Complete=1

Valiant first appearances.

Valiant did that a few times within the last couple of years. Someone mentioned Faith. I think A&A #1 had the second print ship same day as the first. Perhaps Harbinger: Renegade as well? Regarding the foil question, if that's not a stock that the printer normally carries, they may not have had more on hand, or obtaining the additional quantity needed may have been cost-prohibitive on a per-unit basis to make it economically worthwhile, thus the second print without. Or it could just be marketing, as you suggest as a possibility.

I realize that the barcode would indicate a second print, but it seems like these are actually different variants