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Not that it should crack top 10, but what about honorable mention love for B&B 79?

I have been reading through this since the thread's inception.

 

I personally subscribe to the old model of scans with the older grading system for raws. G, VG, Fine, VF, NM. If I feel a book is between a grade I will say VF+ or VF-NM.

 

I cannot stand behind a point system as I have personally seen books come back higher on straight resubmits by a full point.

 

Recently acted as a third party in the sale of a book. The seller estimated the book at a 5.0. Both the buyer and myself estimated the book at a 6.0 with a 6.5 on a good day of drinking. The buyer has a history of some spot on grading.

 

Book came back a 7.5.

 

I feel it's safer all around to not guarantee an exact grade on eBay. On the boards, we act under the assumption of familiarity with the CGC grading process so it is a different story. Tuesday's 8.5 could be Wednesday's 9.0 and Thursday's 8.0.

 

I think you stated that really good. I'm going to follow this from now on.

I agree...I'll buy into the whole 9.2 vs 9.4 vs etc thing when I start seeing 6.2, 6.4 etc. Til then my mindset as a seller and buyer has to vary to accommodate this reality, but I take it all with a grain of salt....Like Buzzetta said, resubmits can vary. Everyone is human. If your gut doesn't like the match between the book in the slab and the # in the corner, find yourself a different copy, or negotiate the price to your belief if you can. CGC (or anyone else's) service of providing an objective third-party grading opinion does not abdicate you from responsibility as a buyer (obviously, I know)....same thing with the raw eBay seller....please give me good pix, give your grading opinion, answer my questions about what cannot be seen....so I can make a responsible bid/offer as a buyer. For all the inherent limitations of virtual, not in person buying, it generally seems to work out well.

Wow he must have really started in the business when he was young. Some of my first LCS experiences were right around when he had started the Daredevil series, it was red hot back then.

I guess so.....DD #158 was January 1980, so he was 23-ish. And John Carter 18 and that Weird War issue (#54?) preceded that by a bit. He may have started in his late teens??!

Club? When did this become a club? I wanna join the club. I like clubs!

Shhhh..... We're like one of those L.A. Clubs....there's no sign over the door, and ya gotta know somebody....

Without a doubt, it would be the Adams & Smith run of Avengers from issue #93 through #100 from my point of view.

 

I still remember back in the day when Avengers 93 used to be one of the most valuable BA books in the marketplace. Not so much anymore, as it seems to have fallen right off the radar for some reason. Not so sure why since it is part of a classic Kree/Skull Wars story line and coupled with 52 pages and cover artwork by Neal Adams.

 

+1

 

Many books to love

 

I'm so DC that thinking of Adams on Avengers just seems outlandish to me. Like picturing DiMaggio in a Red Sox uni, that bizarre. I have to admit, though, I am intrigued. Maybe I should look for a reprint of this run.

It's beautiful and an awesome story. One of the Aeams issues has a splash of Triton climbing out of the water onto a dock that is absolutely stunning.

I have seen several different versions of these do-it-yourself-cases, they all share the same problem: they are expensive.

 

I just don't see anyone buying them to store their collection in. Maybe a few books, but at $15.99 each it is just to much to make the average comic collection switch from mylar and backing board.

+1

Looks like the header is just an e-mail that you print yourself. Better have a color printer. Also, I'd prefer it to say "My Grade" vs "Raw Grade" under the grade field. "raw" and "slabbed" describe the physical state of the book; they are not sub-types of grades (as compared to "I grade this book at..." And "third-party graded at...")

Splash of seltzer to splash of ocean

So does anyone care about Malibu Sun 13? I'm truly clueless, not making a comment on the book. I'm making a trade with a guy who has two copies. Should I look to get one?

 

I'm a Spawn fan...I love that book. Not sure how those that didn't participate in the birth of Image Comics feel about it, but it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. So yes, I would trade for two copies if I were you...

Thx! Wasn't sure of true Spawn fans' views on it.

Nine hours for this thread is an eternity....Christmas tree to Christmas tree

So does anyone care about Malibu Sun 13? I'm truly clueless, not making a comment on the book. I'm making a trade with a guy who has two copies. Should I look to get one?

Rockford (at least some) have a distinctive stamp. Check comicbookpedigrees.com for examples.

 

Thank you!

Haha 4 has a war related cover...

Thank you Richard! I missed that when the 20 led me to scan Gerber. I guess the racist depiction on 20 especially struck me because I think of the funny animals books as targeted to the youngest set of readers, even younger than the intended target audience of GA superhero comics. I can't imagine, for instance, a copper age kids' comic such as Rainbow Brite or somesuch with a racist depiction of an Iraqi after the invasion of Kuwait.

WWII covers, especially ones that demonize the face of the enemy, are such enduringly powerful period pieces, snapshots of the culture, for that reason. (To some degree we also saw this during the Korean War/early Cold War). But to see it on a book for the littlest readers particularly speaks to the depth of feeling from that era.

 

Great story, Pat!

Thanks Bill!

Sorry MrBedrock! I don't know how I misread the flow, but I thought I was reading your story in a post by Pat Calhoun. Still, I stand by everything I said...except of course about the part about you being Pat...

How about, "Books with original owners' names written on them"?

 

I have saved this comic since 1991 as it was part of the first original owner GA collection we ever bought for the store. Denny Cobb was in his early 80s when he walked into a friend's shop with Batman 1-50, Detective 75 - 140, and some various World's Finest and Star Spangled comics. All of them had his name on the cover. My friend gave me a shout and the two of us negotiated a deal with Mr. Cobb to purchase the collection and split it. At one point my friend said to Denny "We would have paid you a lot more money if you hadn't written your name all over these." Denny replied, "If I didn't write my name on them my friends would have stolen them and you wouldn't be able to buy them at all!"

Great story, Pat! Like you (and many regulars on this thread, I suspect) I'm old school and do not like writing on books. But more and more, at least with GA, having the historical provenance of an OA's owner on the book bothers me less than the idea of having a book autographed. No offense to any sig series fans, but the point is I am warming to OA provenance.

This is low grade, obviously, but I was happy to find it in the wild. I believe it is the only "war" cover in the run.

Congrats! What's the identifier that enabled them to determine that?

I'd love to see someone do "Ruth Barrows to Ruth Barrows!"

Shadow Japanese villain to Shadow Japanese villain

Girder to girder

Combat to War

Bump

In 1980-81 timeframe, I "traded" them about $100 worth of New Teen Titans #1 and other early issues, shortly after they came out, while it was still "the next X-Men #94." I got one book and a trade credit memo for $90-something dollars. Memo states it expires in six months. The dance went on; I ordered other stuff. Not in stock either. Etc. I still have about $90 in TCM.