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Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh Buh when then were going for $950 people on this board said there was no limit to the upward trajectory for 361. You sure they are dropping as the folks who post here with wares to $ell and profit from can't be wrong. They just can't be. </sarcasm> P.T. Barnum wuz right ! P.S. I do own the book folks I have multiple copies, but so do does almost every collector and dealer who was around back then! I don't sell comics however so I don't care if the going rate is $75 or $1000 Here is one of the copies i purchased from my LCS when I was young.

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On my Silver and Bronze I personally wont pay any more for a pedigree. The newer CGC label possibly pay be enticing a folks with heavy wallets to pay extra...? Good marketing by CGC on that one if it works The example mention of Church is a great one, as i understand it command a rather large % premium. All Church's are pedigrees but no other pedigree is a Church.

6.0 - 6.5 Clean and Press might get you a 7.0 however it may only succeed in making it a a nicer presenting 6.5

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With so much art in 5 figure+ range Check and Money orders ain't helping dealers EVADE taxes. Easy enough for any bank to determine business type earnings being deposited. Sure a few checks that add up to a couple of G's in a year will be fine, but dozens or more that add up to say 25K or 50K or 100K or more that's another story. IMHO far too risky to forgo buyer protections and use Venmo or Paypal friends-family unless it's an in person transaction and you are sure of what you are getting. Also since as a buyer you will need a receipt if you intend on reselling not smart to do a deal in which you won't get one. The big Tax evaders (dealers) once they stop their whining will figure out new methods to hide their income and likley probably have already. BTW: As for me personally there is no way I'm going back to inconvenience of writing checks or hassle of obtaining money orders and frickin' snail mailing them again. Ain't happening. All who advertise Cash, MO, or Venmo Only , will not get my business and I know I'm not alone in that. The question is are their enough like me that it will make difference to a seller intending on committing a crime (Tax Evasion is how they got Big Al) P.S. Buzzetta this post not directed at you, merely using your post as a starting reference point.

If your ASM 300 garners a 9.0 or 9.2 or even a 9.4 then $400 is right in line. IMHO never assume a 9.8 on any book. If you are out of line CGC will contact you. Of course if you are seeking potentially faster service then of course use whichever level you like.

This sometimes works on thermal receipts. Set your hair dryer on medium and then blow hot air directly towards the receipt until the text becomes visible. Never try to apply heat on the front as this will cause the whole thing to turn black. Keep the source of heat a few inches away from the BACK of the receipt and make sure to pay close attention to whether the heat is reaching the faded paper or not.

Never overestimate. Send in as Modern.

With the current prices of OCA my guess is first sale of the new year triggers the threshold for almost all.

IMHO it's akin to sell an automobile and obscuring the VIN number. IMHO stay away from sellers like that, stay far, far away.

On a Mid 1981 book the point could be argued either way. DC first differentiated between Direct Sale and Newsstands on their books cover dated October 1980. My opinion is if the DC book has UPC code after Oct 1980 it is Copper. Of course the delineation is fuzzy from Bronze to Copper but now you know my POV.

Black Adam is a huge outlier both for GA and Bronze + Copper. The first hints of the movie being developed with The Rock go back almost a full decade now yet Black Adam appearances are still about a hot as DC ever gets. I for one first never realized and still don't get The Rock's popularity but it simply can't be denied. I feel the original post was referring to Silver/Bronze age to current not GA. Wonder Woman - at least in the art world where I've spent most of the past 21 years has always been an A-level or near A-level demand character. Bronze WW for example has been "hot" for a long time. WW is almost always in the 10 most popular searches on CAF. Not sure it translates exactly to Comics say for bronze where at best she's equal to a C or C+ level Marvel Character. I will say I am glad I spent my time in the 00's picking up 1970's WW Covers and not 1970's WW Comics! Of course I own the only "vintage" 1 of 1 CGC 9.8 Black Adam app that remains worthless....

I do find it absurd that even a mere rumor of a possible mention of some throwaway character appearing on Marvel TV show or Film causes a frackin' panic. The only hope is the bandwagon jumping folks will take fiscal losses resulting in them exiting the hobby. Still other media and comics have influenced each other since the 1940's. A bunch of what became Superman canon for example originated on the 1940's radio program or 1950's TV show. P.S. As for Taskmaster as I recall Susan Richards (nee Storm) easily took him out with nothing more than a glance. So in my mind Taskmaster equals loser,Loser,LOSER!

IMHO Ghosts 97 is in the same league artistically as Aparo's Adventure Spectre covers. You post inspired me to move mine to the top of my ongoing collection scanning project.

I've received 2 sub's slow submissions back prior to a earlier submitted Fast Track. With the high level of perceived randomness paying extra for FT may be tantamount to nothing more than a nice gift for CGC. Standard may be the only way to get a degree of faster assured turnaround and I'm not so sure about that either.....

I've seen that as well but I am under the impression that is due to batch and or queued processing of Database updates. All automated in effect, no human is required. Are there any confirmed reports that they use Saturday's the same as say a Thursday - meaning regular operation.

I believe that is the "new process". Pick out approximately 5% of submissions and in effect give them the walk-through-treatment. That way word gets out to Social Media and regular submitter will likley see one of their orders receive quick service. Of course that type of "line cutting" is at the expense of delaying even further all the other in the queue. I was lucky as I received the fast treatment on 1 of my 10 submissions in 2021. While my first sub (NO CSS) of the year sat in limbo for 7 months. You'd think CGC logically would utilize Saturday's - thus adding 52 additional processing days, nearly 2 full months, per year. I think that would do leaps and bounds more to clear out the backlog than arbitrarily rushing a tiny percent of orders at random through

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Honest question: How many collector's or speculator's introduce a book to a thread topic like this one who do not already have a vested interest in that exact book? If its a book one is seeking it simply would not prudent.

I totally agree that Dr Strange story is a lot of fun and spackle's in the plot holes of FF19. Yep excellent Rogers/Austin cover and art. To actual comics fans, readers and collectors its a great issue. As for the flippers and speculators that cause a hot book-de-jour to spike its Rama Tut not Kang (although to fans pretty much the same thing), it's not a 1st issue and it's not a first appearance. With it's Excellent art and engaging story line, I highly recommend Doctor Strange 1st series #48-53 to any fan of the Comic Book medium!

9.8 looks nicer

$420 INCLUDING the Buyers Premium. Probably 2 buyers that just had to have it in Nov, with one of them gone the next sale plummeted down. Will the next sale go for more or less than $420 is the question. Compare and Contrast folks, yet another example why attempting to base a books value or going rate by single online auction ofttimes is folly

The more who get burned to the tune of a quick 10K loss, the more who are likley to exit the hobby. Don't let the door hit you on the way applies Conversely those who purchased at 5K may still be happy even if less so than in May.

One cover is considered classic/iconic the other is not. The print runs on both for their time were HUGE. Nearly glut era in number. Most collectors from back in the day have multiple copies of each, I know I have 4 or 5 of both covers. Some entities are sitting dozens of long boxes full of both #1 covers. Now that the issue is actually worth slabbing expect to see that number of 74 jump in leaps and bounds. In the short term this may be a good book to sell while it's status is warm, if the census jumps during the next year expect a frost. It's high print run DC after all How many folks are glad they spent $350-$400 on Suicide Squad #1, even with Big Budget Films the last as recently as Summer 2021, the book now sits unsold at $150 in CGC 9.8 on eBay. P.S. As I recall about a year later the changes watering down Superman were not thought of too highly among fans and collectors. It has it's place in history but it's not an 80's DC Flagship Character Classic like Miller's Batman Year One or Moore's Killing Joke. At least John Byrne displayed reverence for the character and did not change Superman's costume as Lee, Didio and John's did out of pure hubris as well as "bonus padding". Those of you who work in Fortune 200 Corporations may understand the later.