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Here's a UK focussed scenario, outside of the thread dates. I recently discovered a new ASM variant in the form of a second Spidey head UPC direct edition for ASM #320: You can read more about it here but all the newly discovered copies appear to exist over here in Englandville. We're always in the variant mix, aren't we

Hulk like beans. Beans good for Hulk's constitution. Tasty in Hulks belly. But if Hulk should accidentally overdo it on beans, and eat more beans than is recommended in one sitting for Hulk, then Hulk will FART!

Thank you Iksar, that's a cracking good image. We're up to 95 confirmed 15 cent variants now: Only three more Jugheads needed now for the full 15cv set

That kept me busy for an hour yesterday - cheers Gary. I didn't know most of that, especially the shenanigans stuff!

Is it that you resized both images to 250 width when you could easily have had both side by side on a PC at 400?

Hold on, you're saying it's not that the Wasp is the only one without an enormous letter of the alphabet on her forehead now? Nicely played Rich

I was being kind, Lazyboy. You should try it sometime.

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Thank you

Would you be able to seek greater clarity on this for us please Mike - under what specific circumstances can a submitter expect microchamber to be inserted with their books? This extract from the CGC home page is too loose and appears to be the only reference to the process that I can find: How are CGC defining vintage? Additionally, and subject to your clarifying definition, is the absence of microchamber paper in a 'vintage' slab a valid reason for free correction? This may be tricky to establish, I would imagine, given that CGC would have to take the submitters word for it. Without cracking a slab open, how else can we be assured that the paper will be there if the policy indicates it should be? If the paper is absent in error, the book may degrade quicker than it otherwise would have. One further point - can you also ask why calendarized paper does not require microchamber paper? Is calendarized paper immune from degradation? It's the first I've heard of it. So, three specific points which it would be nice to have an official CGC position on: Under what specific circumstances can a submitter expect microchamber to be inserted with their books (with 'vintage' defined, if that is the deciding factor)? Is the absence of microchamber paper - where it should be present by design - a valid reason for a free reholder? Why does CGC believe calendarized paper does not require microchamber paper to be inserted and, as @newshane noted above, when did they stop adding it?

It's terrible isn't it. The amount of times I go back and think "Who wrote that sh--" and then go "Oh, it was me"

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.

There are 113 possible Archie 15 cent variants in the cover date window and we've accounted for 94 of them since I started posting in the thread. By that I mean that I hold photographic proof of 94 of the issues, in the files you can see in my earlier post. Bill, who started this thread, has seen many of the 'missing' issues but, alas, never kept the evidence! So the point of this exercise is to retrospectively fill the gaps so we have a definitive record of what exists which we can prove with physical evidence. These are the issues that we need: Archie - 129, 136 Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica - 74, 78, 81 Archie's Joke Book Magazine - 60, 61, 65, 68 Archie's Mad House - 17, 25 Archie's Pal Jughead - 83, 93, 94, 95 Laugh - 131, 134, 142 Pep - 159 19 issues remaining for which we do not have a confirming image.

Nice copy! All the TCTDYBs are already accounted for: If you spot any of the issues missing from the table here, we'd love to seem them Ironfist

I said something like that, not actually that. No need to show off. Kirby old school aside, is it that the Wasp is the only one without an enormous letter of the alphabet on her forehead?

Is it something to do with the combination of Kirby and Adkins - only Avengers cover they did, something like that?

Keep going....you're very warm. By redrawn I meant completely new. If the opposite is how you took it.

Redrawn cover?

28 30 32... The Scarlet Witch never gets her head shot... No. Give up.

I think it was the former completist in me that got a little over excited!