Get Marwood & I

Coincidentally, it appears within Richmond!

"That's right Dusty - you take the balls in your hand, and grip them tightly like this..."

Afternoon I did a little Marvel UKPV write up for my online friend Ben's 'Rare Comics' blog (click on the screenshot below): Well, it was supposed to be little but I couldn't shut up in the end. It's a load of old waffle of course, but some of you might like it. Boys, I gave you two a mention @Kevin.J @Malacoda Hope you don't mind.

What a jolly cover this is Lifts the spirits.

I see that you were following the Chaucer auction schedule too then, Albert Only two titles missing from the first four stamp cycles now:

Please do ComicJack - all types of Flys are welcome

Ah, just missed out. Congratulations to the winners, good luck to the tie-breakers, well done to the production staff in front of and behind the cameras, thank you to the thread contributors and commentators, and thank you to CGC for once again stumping up the prize money.

I'm starting to think that you weren't joking....

That's VAR for you....

Who wouldn't want to be saved by The Comet in his powered rainbow-helmet?

Fly Variants!

Great grasshoppers! I can imagine the owner of the force spheres replying "Did you just assume my gender?"

Mission accomplished!

Snap!

I think @Ghostzapper deserves praise for bringing this example to the forum, and for conducting himself in a considered, non-combative, and dignified manner throughout. It was a stressful life event that prompted the submission in the first instance, and CGC have added to that stress by acting in an unprofessional, evasive way. Mistakes will happen in a high pressure, high volume, human-led environment. Whilst discarding a book in error is very unfortunate, as is allowing a book that is, say, upside down in a slab to pass QC, it is understandable and can be forgiven if the response to it is appropriate. I wish you well John, and hope that the recompense CGC offer - for the loss of value and associated stress - is appropriate and to your satisfaction.

That's nice. The panel top right looks much better without an inked outline.

I like this cover. It looks like they're dancing at a bug disco

Maybe it isn't, maybe it is. If they choose not to answer a simple procedural question in a public thread, and not respond to chasers, people will naturally speculate and then draw their own conclusions. Like I said earlier, Newshane, read into it what you will.

I'm sure all the packing suggestions are welcome, as are the suggestions being made to help CGC better investigate the contents of a box, but these are the salient points of Ghostzapper's position:

What is refusing to show the submitter the unboxing video called?

Indeed, but I suppose that amounts to the same thing to the OP - CGC lost it. I'm going to duck out of this now. It's Ghostzapper's thread, and I wouldn't want to jeopardise his negotiations with CGC by speculating. I was hoping just to add a supporting voice to his cause, which on the face of it, has a very simple path to resolution. I wish him well.

The Orstralians

That depends on their definition of 'vintage' I suppose. You could just as easily argue that a holder covered in Newton Rings isn't 'crystal clear'. This is the only reference I can find on their website: https://www.cgccomics.com/about/help-center-faqs/cgc-grading/cgc-labels-and-holders/ Is it necessary to get my CGC-certified books reholdered after a certain number of years? No. The CGC holder is designed for long-term preservation and provides superior protection for your books. A properly handled and stored CGC-certified book can last for generations. The CGC holder is made from high-quality materials and is entirely archival-safe. The inner well that holds books, for example, is comprised of PETG, a plastic that is well known to be archival-safe and extremely clear. This PETG well is placed inside of a durable outer case that is sonically welded to ensure a secure, tamper-evident seal. For added long-term preservation, CGC inserts *MicroChamber® paper into vintage books prior to encapsulation. This MicroChamber paper helps to neutralize the natural acidity of some books by using a specialized, proprietary "zeolite" that was designed to absorb and hold the molecules known to damage archival collections. That is why MicroChamber paper is used by many of the world's most respected museums and institutions, including the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Louvre, the British Museum and the Northeast Document Conservation Center. To further protect books from the natural off-gassing that releases acidic molecules over time, CGC has a secure sonic seal that is NOT airtight so that acidic molecules are not trapped inside the holder.