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Sometime during the first wave of Bad Idea books, I think they struck a deal with Diamond so that they still distribute books to stores, even though you can't order the books through them. So there is a relationship there.

I got a copy at NYCC as well. I'm pretty sure they gave these out at a panel though, not at the booth. I sold mine way too early. Got $800 for a 9.6

I like Bratukhin's work, but sometimes it's a little hard to read. I kinda feel the inking on the background should be muted/ghosted a bit so the characters pop a little more.

This was one of three books in the shipment to be damaged in this way (along with a Silver Surfer #1 1987 Newsstand, and a 9.8 ASM 344), and I just got another shipment back with 2 books affected the same (Thor 459 9.8 and Thunderbolts 1 9.6).

This is essentially what Bad Idea said they were going to do with any printings subsequent to the first printing. That is, the second print will be distinguishable from the first print, but the third, fourth, fifth, etc. will be the same as the 2nd. They're all "Not First Printings." But then, they made that known before they ever did the first reprint.

I slabbed my only Australian price variant (the only one of this issue on the census), but it became a victim of Shaken Comic Syndrome on the way back to me.

I know nothing about this, but I do know that comic creators Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese, Dork!) and Sarah Dyer (Action Girl) wrote for the cartoon. I wonder if they were involved with the comic. Is it just promo material, or is there an actual comic story in it?

I guess that means I'm out of luck with my Chick Tracts?

One of the big problems with this whole situation is that, since CGC has positioned itself as an authority in the comic collecting hobby, with grading just a small portion of the print run of these books, they have essentially lent an air of approval on the entire print run of these "editions," whether graded or not. I'm sure that there are at least some people whose decision on whether to buy the book, whether they intend to get it graded or not, was influenced in some way by recognizing that CGC essentially confirmed that it's not a bootleg by giving it a blue label. I doubt the book would have sold as well at $85 if essentially people recognized it for what it is. CGC needs to take its position in the industry more seriously and ask themselves *beforehand* what the ramifications may be for a decision they're considering.

Another non-paying buyer. Has over 1300 feedback, so a little surprising, but one recent positive indicates another seller had the same problem. bist_7114

Considering Bad Idea's all-acetate comic, and the fact that you can print on polybags, makes me think it won't be too long before we see a comic that's entirely printed on the plastic polybag material. Ideally such a book would also be enclosed in such a bag, and attached to the bag, so you effectively couldn't open the comic without severely damaging the comic.

I think the Astoria location (if it's the store I'm thinking of) is just games. If it's not the store I'm thinking of, then Astoria might be building a bit of a geek quarter, as there is a gaming store right near near, and that's also just a few blocks from the Midtown Comics outlet store. BTW, the Midtown outlet typically evaluates and buys collections as well, if you're just looking to dump what's left, but you're probably not going to get much for them there.

Yes, several times. At one point, I was told that there was one book left to complete pressing. But it was still almost a month before it showed up at Scheduled for Grading.

I think "bootleg" is appropriate. Typically a bootleg in the music industry will be a legitimate performance by an artist, but the edition being issued is not approved by their recording company. That's essentially what's going on by pretending that these Black Flag monstrosities are legitimate "editions"

Genius. Acetate over a sketch cover allows you to commission an actual artist to fill in all the details that Liefeld can't be bothered to draw in the first place.

Yep. Entered on the last day the Value tier existing (4/28/21). Shipped to CGC just after that (first week in May). But of course they were swamped with submissions then, and that is the slowest tier. It's been at "Grading/Encapsulation/Imaging" for a couple of weeks now. The odd thing is the other books in that same submission (it was more than 25 books) shipped back to me on 6/20/22.

It was up to individual retailers to determine how they were doing that. I pre-ordered a few sets from different retailers. I think one held everything, one shipped each title as it was complete, and another shipped individual books as they came out.

If CGC graded wine, it would be time to bust it out of the case to drink by the time you got it back.

I just got 100 books back. Going through them now, and I'm noticing quite a few that look similar to the Vigilante book. Unlike the Newton rings I'm used to, these don't have the same pronounced rainbow effect.

I'm still waiting for 25 books from a Value submission from April 2021.

HOW?

I think it ended up selling for somewhere between 700-800. Considering how hot things were in general then, I was expecting 4 figures. But I'm not complaining considering it cost me probably $20 or less plus grading fees.

I'm assuming you're asking because it's way over-graded (otherwise, we'd have to see the rest of the book to determine whether it's undergraded). I'm going to guess 9.2 (since 9.8, 9.4, and 9.0 are already taken, and I think even a 9.6 would have raised serious eyebrows by anyone in the process, even if they weren't an experienced grader)

You people need to stop sending slabs with shards back. Every time a case gets cracked, they have to get rid of the broken case somehow. They do that by breaking down the case and spreading them amongst new slabs. Whenever you send a slab back for a single shard, that just creates tons of new shards.

The system should be set up so that a label won't be generated until all of the required info (including page quality) has been entered.