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It wouldn't surprise me if it gets close to 10K. Paul

Thanks 👍 Paul-

Is anyone interested in me posting the cover credits, writer and artist information for the first 24 issues of the original Conan the Barbarian run? I pulled from a couple of different sources, but the majority of it came from the Marvel Database site. I found it helpful, but as they say, "your mileage may differ". Paul~

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I would be interested in some additional photographs of Conan #9 please. Paul-

A recent upgrade.

I always take a peak at the census on Astonishing Tales, but this must have slipped by me. Super-hard due to the black of the background. It appears that there is now (1) Astonishing Tales #33 in CGC 9.8. Someone on the boards? Astonishing Tales 33 (1/76, Marvel Comics) Universal 22 9.15 April 28, 2020 1 5 7 3 1 3 1 1

1st Unqualifed in the thread gets the book. • No probation Listers or Hall of Shamers. • Paypal Goods and Services is preferred, but personal checks, money orders, OK too. • Payment required within 3 days of invoicing. • Returns accepted within 14 days (no questions asked). I do ask though that you pay return shipping. Shipping cost is a flat $9.95 regardless of the number of items you buy. I will ship USPS Priority Mail (insured with a regular cardboard box, not one of the priority mailers, with plenty of packing peanuts & bubble wrap to ensure safe arrival). Lower 48 states only please. As always, my thanks. Paul~ Pictures to follow. Creatures on the Loose #20 (Cover by Gil Kane and Morrie Muramoto) (11/72) CGC 9.6 2009732002 Asking $159 (A tougher Marvel Picture Frame Book). "What Price Victory?" written by George Alec Effinger with pencils and inks by Gray Morrow. "Only One is Human!" (Reprinted from Tales of Suspense #22) written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber with pencils and inks by Don Heck. "For Whom the Drum Beats" (Reprinted by Tales to Astonish #22) with pencils and inks by Steve Ditko. Astonishing Tales #15 (12/72) CGC 9.6 White Pages 0767237015 Asking $139 (Near perfect centering) Marvel Team-Up #36 (8/75) CGC 9.4 3692963002 (Cover by Ed Hannigan and Mike Esposito). Asking $59 (Perfect centering on a notorious poorly centered book). "Once Upon a Time, in a Castle..." written by Gerry Conway with pencils by Sal Buscema and inks by Vince Colletta.

So very sad. David Anthony Kraft, wrote some great stories in the 70s. He will be missed. Paul-

Xeno, When the time comes that is my plan to drive from North Carolina to New Jersey to drop off my slabs. Nothing like a warm handoff, versus taking a chance with any shipping service.

#6, Sorry for the delay in responding. The inside of the covers are yellow with line drawings of the marvel characters plus POTA. After some soul searching, I've decided not to submit PR-17 to CGC. Going over it with a loop, I see too much that could definitely impact the grade (and although I bought these 4 Monster Power Records for myself PR14 Frankenstein, PR15 Dracula, PR16 Man-Thing, PR17 Wolf-Man (Werewolf by Night) one always has to have an eye down the road when eventually it will be sold by me or one of my kids). So, I'm just going to enjoy the set of 4, put them in mylar and call it good. Many thanks for all the info and illustrations. Great thread! Paul~

I went to SC ComicCon this past weekend in Greenville, SC. At the 2nd to the last booth, they had this propped up for sale. It is so nice that I'm considering sending it to CGC. A couple of questions Number Six. I agree, sending the 45 is probably a bad idea, so I won't, but was curious about cleaning/pressing. Have you sent PR in for slabbing that they were able to clean/press? I've become a believer in that if you are going to submit, you should pay the extra tariff and get it done before grading. Also, have you been able to sort out what they might be looking for with grading. Note in the close up here, the stress at the spine. I'm guessing this is going to knock it down considerably? Thanks, Paul~

I went to a local show in Greenville, SC and picked this up. Paul~

I'm on a roll. Went to SCon in Greenville, SC and picked this out of the $2 bin. Paul~

Is this the only 9.8 on the Census? Paul-

As always, great info. Just wanted to clarify that that is not my personal copy, but an image that I grabbed off of eBay to illustrate the edge clipping and hole punching. Sorry about that.

Number 6, Looking at various combinations of Power Record sets, I see what we used to call a "cut out" in which the album had an edge or two clipped off ; or in the case of Power Records the area punched price out and/or the cut edge. I'm guessing this was in order to prevent returning for full credit/refund? Having fun so far with my mini-horror set. (Frank, Drac, Man-Thing so far). Grabbed this image off to note the punch out/cut edge I'm referring to. Paul~

Here's my latest acquisition. Paul~

Picked this up recently. Has a Wrightson story (Abraca-Doom!) reprinted from Spectre #9.

If it has been over a week, you may want to reach out to someone in customer service. They have been extremely helpful as they are all working from home but our networked into the mothership. Paul-

#24. The big showdown between IT! Vs. Fing Fang Foom.