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Another raw book.  I got if off of ebay some years ago and was supposed to be high grade but it is kind of beat up..

Verotik Illustrated (1997) #3 - Milo Manara Cover

A pair of Guardians Of The Galaxy (2013) #5 Manara Variant Cover..

I need to get around and submit these, they look high grade to me.  They have been sitting in a pile for a few years.

37 minutes ago, Bird said:

lots of Manara, including the original for that Spider-Woman cover, coming up for auction on Heritage in the European auction starting in september and closing in october

 

Wow, I did not know this was in that auction, not I have to keep an eye out for it...

That is a very nice piece to have, I would imagine it is going to fetch a bunch of cash. Wish I had the money for it.

On 8/8/2020 at 10:37 PM, Will96 said:

I didn't quite get the drama.... There's far more sexualized covers of female superheros out there. The whole thing seemed more about the guy's past work than this cover....

You would think they would know his past works.  I think this was Marvel/Disney wanting to be more pc.

A video I found on YouTube about the Spider-Woman cover.

I love to read the comments at the bottom of the videos to see others opinion’s.

36 minutes ago, devald said:

my only 2, but my favorite of his marvel covers 

 

 

I have the bottom one, but I have not posted it yet, I am dragging my feet or just drawing this out as there are not many Manara covers.  Which was one of the appeals.

As for the top one, that is a stunning book (if you decide to list it for sale, please let me know).

3 hours ago, mysterymachine said:

I'm not sure why you asked if it would "knock it down" to 9.8? Is that what it was sold as, or was it pre-graded 9.8? In any case the book is not 9.8 maybe 9.4 at best.

What he said.. 

Why would you assume it is/was a 9.8?

Take - Batman 34 - 4.5 CROW $300

Sorry, I saw takes.. 

On 8/1/2020 at 2:31 PM, RICK STARR said:

STARTLING TERROR TALES  #14 - Star  1953   LB Cole cover

Excellent colors with ow pgs. Slight tanning to outer edges inside covers. Solid tight copy. Small lower rt. corner chip, lt. sp. wear. Overall, an attractive VGF/FN- copy. $500

 

 

16 hours ago, Summydad1 said:

On a roll with Manara. I found this little gem locally from a collector who had duplicates. Worthy addition to the collection. 

Very nice..

Always great when you find them locally, I fell it is more enjoyable..

20 hours ago, wpbooks01 said:

Milo Manara Mania!!

 

 

and that's just half of it!

What's the other half?

9 hours ago, Will96 said:

What is that?

The CGC CrossOver service, for a limited time, provides a 40% to 50% discount on CGC’s grading fees for comics that were previously graded and encapsulated by another grading company.

I still see it on the Online Submission Form.

You can read more here..

https://www.cgccomics.com/news/article/6924/

So... what happened to the other thread 

Another I need to submit as "Crossover Regrade".

Uncanny X-Men (2013) #12 Manara Variant Cover

My first Manara..

I need to find time to submit as "Crossover Regrade".

Spider-Woman (2015) #1 Variant Edition

7 minutes ago, gunsmokin said:

Paging Take-bot..

He already has these..

5 minutes ago, AmbassadorSlip said:

Yes, it is tape, that's one of the reasons I've never sold this raw, too hard to grade. Plus, I'd like a slight resto, or rather, cleaning done to it. I'm not sure who would do that.

CGC can do the clean/press when you submit the comics in for grading.

This is the link for pressing info.

https://www.cgccomics.com/ccs-pressing/

These are the options in the online submission form.

You would select "Mail-in to Headquarters", "Grading" & "Pressing" and then NEXT..

They looks like good candidates for a clean and a press.. 

Is that tape/glue on the Daredevil 2?

On 7/24/2020 at 8:35 PM, Summydad1 said:

Came in today. Very nice. Next up will probably be Thor: god of thunder 25 variant. 

In March 2017 I purchased two copies of this from mycomicshop, beautiful copies.  When I took them out of the bag/board to inspect the books one of them had the back cover folded.  So, I sent if back but kept this one.  I pressed it myself and sent it in to CGC..

Usually if I purchase raw books from ebay or other places I like to see that a seller has multiple copies, one for me to purchase and more likely for me to get a 9.8 copy.

On 7/24/2020 at 8:35 PM, Summydad1 said:

Came in today. Very nice. Next up will probably be Thor: god of thunder 25 variant. 

Very nice copy.. Congratulations  

On 7/20/2020 at 8:53 PM, maidenmate91 said:

@nicka just listed a HTF risque variant from dark horse in his modern sale thread. 

Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out #8

I purchased it Raw at a local Comic show back in 2017, it came pre-bagged.  I pressed it myself and submitted it for grading.

Also this issue was  banned in Canada because of sexy content.

Bought a book from Dan, which arrived in excellent packaging and couldn't be more pleased with my purchase. 
I would certainly do business again.

Thank you.