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Unless it's Wolverine or Venom, in Hulk 181 and ASM 300 I know what you meant though, just injecting some humor. P.S. IMHO the last page full splash of Venom in ASM 299 is by far nicer than any Venom page in ASM 300. At least with Hulk 181 it's Wolverine's first cover.

You are correct Pizzazz 1 is the first Star Wars extended universe story! Pizzazz 1 is cover dated Oct 1977 and went on-sale late June 1977! Star Wars 7 was 3 months later and by then 3 installments of the Roy Thomas/Howard Chaykin story had been published in Pizzazz 1-3. As 1970's Marvel Magazine Pizzazz #1 has virtually no CGC census population. http://cgcdata.com/cgc/search/title/:pizzazz:/desc/no/label/all/orderby/year/variants/yes/census/220104/ Expect to see these disappear off of eBay now Problem is they are way too rare, supply is way, way,way too low for flippers and speculators to obtain copies in order to make their fast bank. The sweet spot for that is a high population around 1500 copies or more in 9.6 and higher like say ASM 194 Question: how can we go about having CGC recognize Pizzaz 1 rather than Star Wars 7 as 1st extended universe? While we are at it have CGC correct Blank Panther 14 1979 which is Bill Sienkiewicz's first published cover not Bingham's. Bingham never drew even a single 1970 marvel cover.

I'm surprised it's not already been deleted, and won't be if tomorrow it's gone.

and more are coming. Star Wars however is true pop culture royalty, Felicia Hardy not so much. Based on your initial post that started this thread you appear to have a vested fi$cal interest in the book. My mostly worthless opinion (insert your argumentative dig here) is there is at least some bias at play on your part.

I do wish any of the current competition was truly viable. Hopefully there will be another player one day. Folks the goal was not to slow down submission of books that probably should not be submitted. If it had been CGC would have done what PSA did which was only limit subs to only express for 8 months. This is purely a cash grab. All this price increase will do, other than line the CGC exec's pockets, is cause a deluge of new submissions. Prepare for turn-around-time for what is already in the pipeline to be increased by months - perhaps even a year. Great times ahead with CGC; higher costs, turn around time possibly at a year, and continued reduced quality control. After all why do any quality control if you are overflowing with business? P.S. Years from now when the boom is but a memory try to recall how you were were treated when they was a livin' way high up on that hog

I just checked my raw and graded copies neither have that defect. My raw was purchased fresh from my LCS in Aug 1985

I always had problems reaching them via phone or email. Yeah its worse now and has been over a year since they had stock due to pandemic related delays.. No idea what going on but hope they will stay around.

Agreed. When a book is somewhere in the approximate neighborhood of low quantity (say under 40 on Copper/Modern in 9.6 and higher and under 30 on Bronze in 9.4 or higher) its way too difficult for the Flippers/Speculators/Social Media bandwagon jumpers/etc get a hold of copies in order to get the machinations flowing to make the fast bank they require. 2616 in 9.4 or higher for a Bronze Age book in very high population and extremely high number for an allegedly difficult book to find in high grade. My opinion remains those purchasing these at 5-6K in 9.8 or below don't want to be holding them when Flippers/Speculators etc move to their next ASM targets. Rules of Musical Chairs apply. <sarcasm> Buh Buh Buh its so rare there are "only" 469 in CGC 9.8 and CGC 9.9 combined , and only 1058 in CGC 9.6 </sarcasm> Above represents my opinion, except for specific numbers stated in 2nd and 3rd paragraphs, those numbers are easily verified via CGC census.

Was Star Wars #7 the first fictionalized story for the Star Wars mythos after "A New Hope?" Nope. Marvel's Pizzazz 1 contains the first published Star Wars extended universe story, having been released late June 1977, 3 months before Star Wars 7 and 9 full months earlier than Splinter. Star Wars 7 is cover dated Jan 1978. That means it first hit the newsstands in Sept 1977 or 1st week of Oct 1977 at the latest. Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye first went on-sale March 1978. Although it was many years after 1977, the first issue of Star Wars i ever saw as child was an old beat-up #7. It remains one of my, if not still my, favorite cover in the run. Star Wars Christmas first aired Nov 17, 1978 so a distant 4th Please note I have revised this post as it originally contained erroneous information.

I recall more than once them halting during live streaming auctions to smugly publicly congratulate themselves for reaching different multi-million dollar milestones. To those upset by their miserly tactics and abusive buyer/customer treatment - spend your money elsewhere, you may very well feel better about yourselves

For nearly 10 years these have been my rules for Comic purchases. In 2021 I did break rules 1,2,4 for a 1/1 "oddball" book I'd been seeking for 2 decades, and got very very lucky and all went pretty well although still feel it was shilled up a bit. I also employ rules 1 and 4 for comic art. 1) Never buy from Heritage 2) Avoid purchasing a book even if graded unless viewed in person. Exceptions being very hard to find books then hi-res pics of front and back will hopefully suffice? This rule applies to all books in which approx going rate is being collected, not to discount lot type stuff. 3) Never purchase at going rate any book after it becomes hot. Wait until it cools and or simply move on to other books. 4) Never buy from Heritage, if in doubt see rule 1.

Try holding back a payment on an auction win for 120 hours and see what happens.

Ah yes the gool ol' days aka Sept.

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.