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Dude, I take things literally. If you say month, that means month. Let's try this. I'll sell you an Action Comics published on the 'Month' you were born. What year are you picking?

Yea, I can't focus long enough to read beyond three panels. After that, I just look at the pictures. I missed your details beyond the headline. My bad. I should look for a book year and month like Monkees #4, Bewitched #11, or Go-Go #8. Back in the day Ghost Rider still didn't own a hog. Its actually got me searching.

Lol, no I thought your thread was month, not year. I am the son of my father, who was born in 1941. Actually that is my question, is it Month AND Year? Which could be phrased as "Comics published when you where born" to which I would have to answer, I own none. So this was more interesting because I could post something.

Interesting and thoughtful take. Stage 2, I would note was also impacted by general inflation, which saw even the newsstand prices rise rapidly. While I was not collecting late in Stage 3, wasn't there a bubble burst in the late 90's...so call that 3b? Also would consider adding a Stage 4a and 4b. 4a being the explosion of superhero movie popularity followed by (4b) locked-in COVID and subsequent additional inflationary hot money liquidity buying.

Month, just month not month/year? Cover dated... Kinda being...super?

True, I don't play much in that level but I have to admit I start to consider the slabbing fees in my thought process. Something was just off enough about that listing I would have gone in at a 2.5-3.0. Maybe I would have lost out. Let's agree on this - best to lay flat on nice scanner and scan both sides - then photo at least inside front, centerfold and back inside, and don't go crazy playing with the contrast... In fact, I like to scan and photo the front cover to give two views of the colors. If your selling four figure books, at least do me that favor?

Well that's the gamble. Sometimes there is a reason its not already in a slab? Especially when a 'fee bayer' is primarily a comic seller and its a big book... that and jacking with the contrast makes me hesitate imo. But on the other hand, you might be right and this will grade out solid winner for a good buy. Regardless, its an awesome book, wish I had one. As long as buyer is thrilled. We will probably see it in 2 months on HA in a 5.0 blue label sell for a double lol.

Agree, the photos were jacked up to brighten the whites. I'd would have probably eyeballed it as a "better to be safe 2.5" and lost out by way under-bidding. Cool book though.

Good sleuthing! I'd say what's going on is someone got a decent bump on a marriage and a slip on the graders part. Not in the same league by any stretch, but I once sold a married Cindy #37 (I clearly disclosed it was married). I've seen it for sale subsequently (2x I think) in a slab with blue label. So mistakes do happen. But for a book of this caliber, I'd hope it was the ole' measure twice and label once. I sort of agree the grade kinda covers it and maybe value/price work out in the end - but regardless the intent of the label is to disclose such things, so this is clearly a miss. Unfortunately no process, not even banks, hospitals or airlines is 100%. On a different note, I'm not going to lie - I'd would have been giddy when this came back from the slabinator... and I can understand not even noting it in the submission...lets be honest, that submission is always a bit of a roll of the dice - more than a few times I've been stung the other way with an unpleasant surprise (which again, is really the reason behind slabbing at least as much as the grade itself imo). But if its one thing I've observed about this hobby - stuff's going to come out. No point in trying to slip a fast one by.

lol, understood. I guess my point was I was not familiar with his using this Xela on anything other than an airbrush cover until I ran across this. I could start another thread "show us your Xela signed non-airbrush covers."

Says Xela, sure doesn't look a whole lot Xela.

Girls Can’t Resist – Glowing Kiss Me Necktie

Assume I can get it re slabbed. Could this be done at Baltimore Comic-Con as opposed to shipping? Also, note pedigree label is not gold. I had 3/4 pedigrees labeled without the gold color?

And lettering by none other than Charles Schulz. Learned that on the Charles Schulz museum tour....

Take Planet Comics #54 per p.m.

Very cool. Greetings mem72, congrats on the Jo-Jo. We have chatted in the past. Fyi, I sold a Police Comics #4 (regrettably - aren't all sales?) here on the boards that I believed likely to be Recil Macon. Unfortunately it didn't come back from CGC as Recil and I knee jerk sold it. I purchased it from same person with the #9 at bottom, and it had the same black lines on Plastic Man (s on forehead and little goatee) as drawn in #9 seen on Manhunter and Check Carter's teeth - but didn't have the tell tale name written inside or anywhere. The inks were same, but limited to matching the cover head of Plastic Man to the cover teeth on my #9. And, note some previous owner (after your father) did some old school restoration on on both copies - which are only a few issues apart. That also makes me think they originated from the same place. I understand why GCG didn't certify it Recil, but I still believe it probably was a Recil Macon.

Thanks to a boardie.

A cosmic I had slabbed.

Bought several raws on HA, had this one slabbed myself. Curiously out of 4 recent pedigrees I submitted - while all came back as pedigree - only one had the gold color label. For example this one below is clearly Promise, yet no gold label? One of 4 I could see as a mistake - 3 of 4 not sure what's going on? No more gold labeling?

Posted before, but now in a slab.

Double Red Dress cover - thought interior would grade higher, I think held back by staple detached on bottom centerfold.

Just in bin. Triple Cover!!!