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On 11/9/2023 at 4:22 PM, Grendel72 said:

Even Dances with Wolves ? 

Yep. It's unexplainable. I just can't stand seeing him on the screen. Great movie though. Except for him. 

On 11/9/2023 at 1:51 PM, Bosco685 said:

It is sounding like Ms. Marvel was the big hit in this movie. Good on that actress.

If so, that's good. 

The thing that repels me from anything with Brie Larson is Brie Larson. Can't stand her. It's visceral.

I get the same repulsion from anything featuring Kevin Costner, Jack Black or Pete Davidson. 

Some actors just turn my stomach. Brie Larson is one. 

"guy power" at the expense of and putting down of women today is called "toxic masculinity". But I don't remember see much of that in the pre-Endgame MCU movies. 

"girl power" at the expense of and putting down of men today is called "female empowerment". Seems one can't avoid slamming into this a lot in Disney & post-Endgame MCU. Haven't seen The Marvels though, so the jury is out. 

On 11/5/2023 at 5:32 AM, TupennyConan said:

The dumbest move was calling it Endgame.  

It was well-titled IMO.

7 points, another mediocre performance. 

But nowhere near as bad as the last round though! That round sunk me good! 

I think I've seen all the mid-grade GA books I ever want to see... er, on second thought, that's not quite true - it's just all the midgrade GA books IN A GRADING CONTEST that I ever want to see again LOL! 
 

Oh wait, so grades are NOT due today?

On 11/3/2023 at 3:44 PM, TC33 said:

Those last two rounds were certainly tougher ones, harder than the first two in my book. 

Yep. I got obliterated on the last round. Probably more points on the last round than the previous two rounds combined. 

Good grief. 

I seriously struggled to put ANY of those books above 5.0

Might have hit a dozen on this round. 

Those some farrged up books with enormous GA gift grades. 

Headline Comics #11     

Out of the Shadows #8     

Fight Comics #28     

My Romantic Adventures #68     

Nature Boy #3    

On 10/28/2023 at 1:50 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

Hello all 

I'm just testing cut and paste tagging here. I've added all the original 109 participants, so don't worry if you have dropped out of the contest, or have already submitted your R3 grades. 

There was a little confusion at the start of the thread as to the deadline for your R3 submissions - it is: 

   Tuesday October 31, 8:00 PM Eastern time       

Remember - the earlier you get your grades in, the easier it is for @CGC Mike to collate them.

Good luck!

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Round #3 - same ol' same old

On 10/27/2023 at 5:08 PM, g-man said:

4/5 🎯…..1 point (just missed running the table but guessed 2.0 on The Thing) 

Whoa!! 

2 Bulls and 4pts. 

What's going on!??? 

Grades in!

Alright... gimme your best shot 

2001 A Space Odyssey

The impossible crescent moon:

On 10/26/2023 at 5:20 PM, MultiSig Mike said:

Is this a hole in the back of my 9.8 book, or just some object between the inner and outer case?

It casts a shadow so it looks like debris. 

On 10/23/2023 at 5:52 PM, JollyComics said:

Other round with GA books!!!!

Round 2: 

6pts, no bulls, off by one grade on all but one book (Perfect Crime), no complaints. 

Supersnipe #9   6.0 +1

Super Mystery V5 #3   4.0 +1

Horrific #7   3.0 +1

Perfect Crime #28   2.5 +2

War Action #2   8.0 +1

On 10/23/2023 at 4:09 PM, JollyComics said:

Less than a hour to go!

On 10/20/2023 at 9:14 AM, Cushing Fan said:

Grades in - had to a;lskjdf;laijdl;kjaeoija;,vnlakndlkjflj

 

 

On 10/19/2023 at 4:55 PM, CGC Mike said:

Let the grading contest begin!  

On 10/19/2023 at 5:19 AM, lostboys said:

IM not sure but I purchased them all from Ebay within the last three years.

The cert #s should say if you do a cert lookup

Just curious how far back this glaring omission has been occurring. 

On 10/18/2023 at 5:14 AM, lostboys said:

These are the ASM issues that I cracked out.

Im downsizing my graded book collection and trying to go about 90% raw.

None of these books came out after 1986.

They all should have had micro chamber paper.  

 

#193

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276

 

Im guessing my 194, 252 and 238 probably dont have micro chamber paper either, based on these results.

Thats not good. 

 

 

 

 

Terrible. 

How long ago were they slabbed?

On 10/4/2023 at 3:25 PM, MattTheDuck said:

It's a little hard to say without comparing the appearance of the front cover of this book with the $125 copy, BUT there's also what I think of as a "hassle tax" if you have to have it reholdered in addition to the extra cost.  That slab has been abused - I suppose it's possible there's damage to the book you may not be able to see.  If the $125 book looks as good as this one, I'd say it's the clear choice.

^^^ Agree as well. 

Not just the cost and time waiting to reholder, but the additional risk of damage you are taking on by having to reholder it.