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Superior 32 & 33 I presume @Dutch74 - see the post from @bababooey above which shows Slott adding them. Must be an 'old' picture though, as it shows v4 at 29 issues?

Hello @Derrico Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to the boards. When I said there are no 'Giant Sized' pence Marvels I meant the titles like these from 1974 and 1975: Your Star Wars #2 might be a non-comic sized book, which aren't in the scope of my research. Post a picture if you can and we'll discuss it. Cheers

I agree @rjrjr (hello again). I suspect it's the nearest we'll ever get to the spirit and mood of the early comics. #3 could have been better. I might have said this before, but I thought there was a fantastic 4 (no pun intended) to be made with MJ being killed at the end. Love or loathe her portrayal, to see Kristen bite the bullet in the right fashion, after 4 films, would have packed a real emotional punch. I have the plot and -script in my head. A shame it'll never see the light of day.

Thanks @rjrjr but these are scans of books I used to own alas. Sold up a while back, long story. I do like the foreign editions and may well have gone down that road had I continued. I had a lot of the UK Spider-Man Comics Weekly back in the day. A full run of all 666 of those would've been fun. What are you completing in?

It's one of the reasons I dislike the CGC process. Judging a book on structural integrity alone, and ignoring eye appeal, means you can be disappointed with a 9.4 book when you find it miswrapped or miscut etc. My ASM 121 is a 9.0 and it looks so much better than my 122 which is a 9.4. I find that odd. So I recognise that CGC and CVA have their place, but I prefer the old way of judging your books yourself. Offer me a CGC with a CVA and I'll take it. But resto aside, I don't require the expertise of either company. In CGC's case, I personally find the subjectivity element on grading coupled with the absence of eye appeal rating alarming when a one point move can have such a huge financial impact.

That's more or less what I was saying earlier. CVA doesn't grade the grader. They just judge the eye appeal and composition. If CGC gave a view on eye appeal alongside the structural grade, CVA would be out of business. As long as CGC ignores the composition / appearance, CVA will have a market.

Probably. The eyes are at least. Pains me to say it but I really dont like the look of it all so far. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.

OK, so we're all agreed then. CVA is a waste of money @Bigsexy. Don't touch it.

I dropped one of these the other day. Some bloke said "you can't leave that Lion there".

Now that wouldn't do my grapes any good at all

Shit

Lot's of CVA fans in tonight ?

how about if I say no...., I bet you have. Do you think kav has had a finger of fudge Liz? Hibernating again Boys? @porcupine48 @Foley Any thought on fudge?

I can't see that being the case There are many collectors who know how to grade and don't need CGC to confirm what they already know. The restoration check is helpful, but that aside, the experienced comic collector can trust their own judgement on structural condition and grade if they choose. But not everyone has those skills. Those new to the hobby, or buying for investment purposes may not know the difference between a well centred 9.4 and, say, a mis-wrapped 9.4. My ASM 129 has a significant mis-wrap. It's a 9.4 and I got it fairly cheaply, possibly because of the mis-wrap. If an investor dipped in, and saw two 9.4's, one with a CVA Exceptional sticker and one without, which would they prefer do you think? CVA gives them a hint. If there were two similar looking Action Comics #1's out there, one an 8.0 with a CVA and one without, which would you prefer to own? If the answer is the CVA copy, then it follows that you might just pay a bit more for it, if you were in that purchasing field. So CGC and CVA are not nonsense. They are a service with potential benefits to some. Use them. Don't use them. CVA stickers on the OP's books may pay for themselves and some, if the intent is to maximise resale value. But if there is no evidence of that being the case however, which sounds counter intuitive to me, then at least you'll have the pleasure of knowing you have a third party's confirmation that your book is a looker.

how about if I say no...., I bet you have. Do you think kav has had a finger of fudge Liz?

how about if I say no...., I bet you have.

Have you ever had a finger of fudge @lizards2 ?

Pretty sure I've never had one. Pretty sure I've never had one. Me neither. Pretty sure I've never had one. Pretty sure I've never had one. Me neither.

I used to like a finger of fudge back in the day. Nowadays I just chuck it down the toilet and cut out the middle man.

CVA exceptional! ?

We like you @Scott =)

Fair enough.

I would say it depends on your motivation @Bigsexy Personally, I don't need CVA to tell me a book has outstanding eye appeal any more than I do CGC to tell me a book is 8.5 But if your motivation is financial, I would imagine their sticker could have a positive bearing on the sale price of the type of books you're referring to.