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The question was asked: 1. Are Newton Rings 'normal and acceptable'? The following members answered: No Get Marwood & I July 21 Artboy99 July 21 Iceman399 July 21 I like pie July 21 walclark July 21 comicdonna July 21 Black_Adam July 21 DarthRawn July 21 Point Five July 21 szavisca July 21 Cat-Man_America July 21 Krydel4 July 21 Mr. Lady Luck July 21 Spyder! July 22 SAKI July 22 DavidTheDavid July 22 mstrange July 22 SuperGrover July 22 fett July 22 Mads Larsen Nielsen July 22 Gaard July 22 1koko July 22 delekkerste July 22 jas1vans July 22 rjpb July 22 Joosh July 22 etowah1123 July 22 Leo-man July 22 Neurosis138 July 22 bentbryan July 22 ygogolak July 22 maxon July 22 29dukedog July 22 path4play July 23 All Be D'Oh! July 23 MadGenius July 23 O. July 23 Howling Mad July 23 namisgr July 23 october July 23 BRob's best July 23 jaeldubyoo July 23 Blorgon scum July 23 Loki July 23 porcupine48 July 23 austinhg July 23 paperheart July 24 comeaux July 24 Foley July 24 surfcitycomics July 24 evilskip July 24 Transplant July 24 ernster July 24 thunsicker July 24 Unca Ben July 24 Mecha_Fantastic July 24 SteppinRazor July 25 devilsrain July 25 Jimbo749 July 26 eee91 July 27 bronzejunkie July 27 FSF July 27 exitmusicblue July 27 adampasz July 27 DanPiercy July 27 MagicMan_2017 July 28 CKinTO July 28 Cody Teal July 28 OdinsSecrets July 29 Subliminal July 30 Douglas Sulipa July 30 Turtle July 30 sd2416 July 30 Moetown July 31 Cosmic_Shel July 31 MustEatBrains July 31 bc July 31 Ladic July 31 The Syndicate August 1 Jerkfro August 1 Bahulwee August 1 meshuggah August 1 LordRahl August 1 Acegraphix August 2 obsidian00 August 2 F For Fake August 2 Cozmo-One August 2 lonetree August 2 BriD. August 2 sfcityduck August 3 jokiing August 3 AJD August 3 Broke as a Joke August 4 Zevgoli August 4 Dormian August 5 nikocb August 5 skeltner August 7 Badger August 7 wampus13 August 7 wormboy August 7 Aznfunk August 7 ADAMANTIUM August 9 JWKyle August 9 Brian Bollinger August 9 Tim Weaver August 9 Ghost Town August 9 Northwest August 14 plumcrazy70 August 16 VintageComics Saturday at 10:41 PM mec3437 Monday at 01:43 AM Tedsaid Monday at 03:57 AM Peter N. Monday at 11:12 PM Redshade Tuesday at 07:37 AM Zraximus Rouge Tuesday at 08:55 PM PhantomEwan Wednesday at 04:53 PM zeeto 5 hours ago The upper management of CGC, made aware of the poll by several lower ranking employees decide not to respond. Bear that in mind the next time you think of submitting books to them, and cross your fingers that you wont be giving up your hard earned money to have your book visually destroyed by a ridiculous manufacturing design flaw that any reasonable grading company would simply not tolerate.

Excellent! When do they arrive Jim?

Great stuff there @masterlogan2000 - you've done very well as eBay can be really temperamental. I used to search not only the 'basics' (e.g. Hulk 8) but every permutation going (Hulk lot, Hulk newsstand, Hulk 2.49, Hulk 1999, Hulk 2000 etc etc). I had a lot of luck searching sold copies, but found that sometimes eBay doesn't always give you the full results. It may be because I'm in the UK searching eBay.com and maybe you guys get different results to me. What used to annoy me is I would search for, say "Hulk newsstand" in comics and get less results than if I searched for 'all categories'. The amount of people who list in the wrong category is staggering. Still, excellent work and analysis there Here's the updated list of what is confirmed to exist - 27 books in total. We still have: Only one Feb 2000 book No variants where the issue is double sized No title with more than 3 of the same priced variant More 2.49's (16) than 2.29's (11) Only six titles with a variant from the scores of available potential titles No title has variant issues covering all 5 months (FF has the only Feb 2000 but no Oct 1999) Additionally, if we assume that no title extends over 5 months by design, and that there are definitely no double sized variants: We have a 'full set' of ASM and X-Men Keep looking

Gotcha. Not a new book for the record then, but interesting nonetheless. New one! Ta. Neat little run now for that title: Of course I have! It's another of those deliberate errors to keep you on your toes

Oh, right, I see the correction to your post. Shame - back to only one Feb book! So we're on 27 confirmed books. Considering how long I looked (years, albeit from England) and how long you've been on the case it really shows how rare these are. Maybe X-Men 97 doesn't show because it doesn't exist...?

That's great. Really great. And 76 means a second February book. Excellent stuff. Can you post the 76 too? I'll update the chart at the weekend.

Interesting, thanks. Based on my last chart showing 26 confirmed variants... ...you're saying you've found a further 2 $2.49 priced books: - Cable 74 - Cable 75 Can I see pictures please? And are you sure about Cable #75? As a double sized $2.99 regular priced issue a $2.49 will be very odd

And so you should!

Try telling that to Barry and Dave.

Judging by the response, it's looking like death emb. But look, it's only 128 voters. Quite reasonable to ignore that. Isn't it?

Does anybody like Charlton westerns?

13 of them are mine. And they're about farting. Or are they....... I'd just like to apologise about everything.

No worries. I suspect that one point will make a lot of people happy. Their old journals can continue, just in a different forum. I'm sure a few will take you up on it. It does mean that we will have an old journals area, a new one and then journals scattered about if people take you up on the offer. Not ideal, but who cares as long as we can read the ones we want to in the format that best suits us. Thanks Scott

Further to the above speculation, when you see the same books crop up, with the same gaps, it cements the theory still further: This seller has (had) 3 pence KCO's, and none happened to be 90, 92, 93 or 94. Again..... It doesn't mean they definitely don't exist, but it does strengthen the theory a little. Time will tell, when it learns how to speak.

Thank God - two shots and you missed both times

I absolutely agree, and have been making the point since they started up. But no one listened. I'm often accused of giving the admin team a hard time. They are not full time on this site and are likely under pressure. Scott and the team have delivered the transition well technically. But there is a disconnect on the CGC boards between what the members want, what they say, and what is then delivered. It can seem at times that our opinions don't matter, hence the need for clear and timely communication. I like Scott. He has a great attitude. I like Dena. Ditto. But I do not like the new journals and am still trying to work out why they had to be delivered at all. The new boards were a necessity - the old software was unsupported. The pain came from a lack of communication and a disconnect between what the members wanted and what they finally got after long months of dragging the optimum model out of the initial mess that was delivered. Subject to further clarification, the new journals were an optional change. There was nothing wrong with the old ones (subject to clarification). If so, the issue is that those in the delivery area do not understand what the users want. The new journals are not user friendly, if only comparative to the old ones. It would be great if we had a board member support the admin team with this kind of thing. Ditch or AJD would be a great choice to discuss the journals with admin before they decide to deliver new - optional - functionality. But we can't expect this from a site that is delivered free, with support staff having 5 minutes a day to support the site. Let's see what Scott says. I'm only writing this because I care by the way, odd as that may seem to some.

If true, I can send a book to CGC and get a 9.0, 9.2 or 9.4 depending on which grader is grading it on which day. If the difference in prices on some books are so huge, how is this right? If high value books go to a committee, fair enough. The group decide on the final grade and even each other out. But what is the definition of high value? Is an ASM 129 high value? If not, and only one grader grades it, the difference between a 9.0 and a 9.4 is still significant. Bad luck, Barry graded it a 9.0. If you'd have sent it in a day later, Dave would've given it a 9.4. Sorry about the few hundred dollars. Who's going to be first to say 'what's the alternative then?'?

Hi Scott, you know my personal feelings on the new journals but I do want to thank you for this update and all the hard work you have put in over recent days. I don't like the result of the activity, but I cannot fault the quality of your execution of it and the concessions you have put forward (although an announcement prior to the event may have lessened the impact / negative member reception). Just one question from me, to make sure I understand what you're saying. You lost me a little with the bit about journals being created in the 'old area' / the Collectors Society. Can, for example, @AJD ask you to move his journal to Comics General, you'll do so and he can then carry away posting as he did prior to it's locking? It's this one: I'm not saying he'd want that - just want to clarify using his journal as an example. Cheers

OK, they're taking the ing now

Bear in mind for early Marvel copies that you'd have to rip the date box off as well if your intention was to pass a pence copy off as a cents. And the Thorpe & Porter indicia details too. Two examples to prove the point here:

Here are the 57 issues I've confirmed so far (the spreadsheet is still a work in progress). A price and a '1' indicates I have the evidence the book exists: Four Color 1087 Peter Gun April-June 1960 9d 1 1088 A Dog of Flanders Apr-60 9d 1 1089 Restless Gun April-June 1960 9d 1 1090 Francis, the Famous Talking Mule April-June 1960 1091 Jacky's Diary April-June 1960 1092 Walt Disney's Toby Tyler Mar-60 1093 Mackenzie's Raiders June-August 1960 9d 1 1094 Walt Disney's Goofy May-60 1095 Walt Disney's Gyro Gearloose April-June 1960 1096 The Texan May-July 1960 9d 1 1097 Rawhide May-July 1960 9d 1 1098 Sugarfoot May-July 1960 9d 1 1099 Walt Disney's Donald Duck Album May-July 1960 1100 Walt Disney Annette's Life Story May-July 1960 1101 Walt Disney Kidnapped May-60 1102 Wanted Dead or Alive May-July 1960 9d 1 1103 Leave It to Beaver Jun-60 1104 Yogi Bear Goes to College June-August 1960 1105 Oh! Susanna June-August 1960 1106 77 Sunset Strip June-August 1960 9d 1 1107 Buckskin June-August 1960 1108 The Troubleshooters June-August 1960 9d 1 1109 Walt Disney's This Is Your Life Donald Duck August-October 1960 1110 Bonanza June-August 1960 9d 1 1111 Shotgun Slade Jul-60 9d 1 1112 Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks July-September 1960 1113 Fury July-September 1960 9d 1 1114 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jul-60 9d 1 1115 Ricky Nelson July-September 1960 9d 1 1116 Boots and Saddles August-October 1960 9d 1 1117 The Boy and the Pirates Jun-60 1118 The Sword and The Dragon Jun-60 9d 1 1119 Smokey the Bear Nature Stories Aug-60 1120 Dinosaurs! Aug-60 9d 1 1121 Hercules Unchained Aug-60 9d 1 1122 Walter Lantz Chilly Willy August-October 1960 1123 Tombstone Territory August-October 1960 1124 Whirlybirds August-October 1960 9d 1 1125 Laramie August-October 1960 9d 1 1126 Hotel de Paree Sundance August-October 1960 9d 1 1127 The Three Stooges August-October 1960 9d 1 1128 Rocky and His Friends August-October 1960 1129 Pollyanna Aug-60 9d 1 1130 The Deputy September-November 1960 9d 1 1131 1132 1133 1134 1135 1136 The Jungle Cat September-November 1960 9d 1 1137 1138 1139 1140 Donald Duck Album October-December 1960 9d 1 1141 1142 Johnny Ringo November-January 1961 9d 1 1143 1144 The Story of Ruth Sep-60 9d 1 1145 The Lost World Aug-60 9d 1 1146 Restless Gun November-January 1961 9d 1 1147 Sugarfoot November-January 1961 9d 1 1148 I Aim at The Stars 9d 1 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 1154 1155 North to Alaska Dec-60 9d 1 1156 Swiss Family Robinson Dec-60 9d 1 1157 Master of The World Jan-61 9d 1 1158 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Jan-61 9d 1 1159 77 Sunset Strip January-February 1961 9d 1 1160 1161 Grandma Duck's Farm Friends February-April 1961 9d 1 1162 1163 Daniel Boone March-May 1961 1/- 1 1164 Wanted Dead or Alive March-May 1961 1/- 1 1165 Ellery Queen March-May 1961 1/- 1 1166 Rocky and His Friends March-May 1961 1/- 1 1167 Tales of Wells Fargo March-May 1961 1168 The Detectives March-May 1961 1/- 1 1169 Sherlock Holmes March-May 1961 1/- 1 1170 The Three Stooges March-May 1961 1/- 1 1171 1172 1173 The Twilight Zone March-May 1961 1/- 1 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 The Three Stooges June-August 1961 1/- 1 1188 Atlantis the Lost Continent May-61 1/- 1 1189 1190 1191 1192 Ricky Nelson June-August 1961 1/- 1 1193 The Real McCoys June-August 1961 1/- 1 1194 Pepe Apr-61 1/- 1 1195 National Velvet May-July 1961 1/- 1 1196 1197 The Aquanauts May-July 1961 1/- 1 1198 1199 1200 Hennesey August-October 1961 1/- 1 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 David and Goliath Jul-61 1/- 1 Gap! 1236 The King of Kings (On sale September) 1961 1/- 1 Total 57 Fixed this 'make sure people are paying attention' / Overstreet style deliberate error You've lost me - I'm looking at the link and not seeing any pence printed FC which predates Peter Gunn 1087 ? What am I missing? Like the new avatar by the way Gnash! Velly nice. I'm not a big fan of changing avatars myself of course, ahem, but this one is cool Oh, and I'm probably going to be offline again for a while so you'll have to hold the fort again. Try not to burn anything this time. When I return, huge updates across the pence board. Can your bear the excitement? Be there or be circular

Cheers Gnash. I'm the high bidder and hoping to win. It's already a known copy. I'm grateful for the heads up but I scour eBay like a sad person with no life so it's unlikely that I'll miss any. But not impossible! Send me a PM in future - don't want anyone bidding against me (not that they would. No other cretin buys the damn things)

FYI Looks like a few concessions in there to lessen the impact: