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Continuing my scanning "project" another I did not realize I had newsstand edition. My 2nd favorite Joe issue.

Now I have pics

"Fanttastic Four #112 Society" Curious is the misspelling intended?

"Decent" is highly subjective. If someone is seeking to begin collecting 60s or 70's Marvel Covers or even splash pages then yeah best to think about a different hobby. As for panel pages (likely non battle, non a-list artist) perhaps they can pickup a few nice items per year? BTW it's not what you make but what you keep I'd bet there are some in the salary range you mentioned who have little to nothing in the way of expenses. Still though your point is valid most vintage Marvel Art, and to a lesser extent DC has become a hobby for the wealthy. Although since at least the late 90's has always been a hobby for those with at least some "disposable income"

Don't think it will have an bearing. CGC does not hold manufacturing against you like [begin homer simpson voice here] stupid PSA, Stupid SGC, Stupid BGS do with Stupid trading cards.

CGC should note fragrance on their labels as they do page whiteness. "Echos of Morning Dew" "Notes of Vanilla and Elderberry" "Basic Newsprint Aromas" "Hints of old Moldy Sock" "Light Sewage Stench" perhaps even a quote "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, This book Stinks and so do You"

Pics sadly don't show everything, especially ripples. However based on your pics I've seen what to my eyes are many worse looking 9.8's than your 9.6 A 9.8 on technical merit does not always look nicer to me than strong 9.6. It's why "buy the book, not the slab" applies for me at every con I attend. BTW what I've seen the past few years is CGC is very strict on anything that represents color loss, but yet lenient on things I find worse like ticks/ hits on the spine or blunted corners.

Let's see how it pans out over the next year or 2 as more an more folks send them in when they see the going rate.

I do agree with what you have mentioned. I'd also like to add the Social Media crowd has virtually no attention span so I am surprised their interest with Comics (and trading cards) has lasted this long. Still books like ASM 300,361,362 , Star Wars 42, insert name of high population hot book here, etc are outliers in that the CGC 9.8/9.6/9.4 pops are so very high and seeming growing exponentially each month. There are still many quality investments that may look less "sexy" now but may not give up their gains. Won't mention any examples for those . I don't like my use of the word investments in the last sentence how about opportunities instead. Of course Keynes statement still applies! ; Markets Can Remain Irrational Longer Than You Can Remain Solvent

Hi, You mentioned earlier that the newsstand data was/is not tracked by CGC from 1999-2020. The figure of 33 how exactly is that derived? Also do you believe it to be accurate and complete data OR merely represents a bare minimum of those in a CGC 9.8 slab?

In process of scanning my collection and found this among my digests. Another Canadian Variant that states "Canadian" right on the cover yet not correctly noted by CGC. Not to mention it's actually #34 not #35 which is 2 mistakes by CGC . #497 is indicated on the cover which is a whole other matter. This book was graded in 2016 so no relation to recent "issues". Hannigan was a great cover designer.

Pooped is right, expect to see more and more of these appear like brown trouts being release into the wild. Edit: I see BigLeagueCHEW corrected the spelling in the post I quoted. Rendering this post significantly less humorous.

Genre inspiring but less relatable as years pass. Superman will never overtake Batman for the masses, but why does it need to be a competition???

Bronze Age Print Runs decreased as each year went on. By early 1978 when Frank Miller interviewed at Marvel he was told by Jim Shooter (or was it James Galton) "are you sure you want to go into a line of work that wont exist in 2 years" . What they did not realize at the time was the direct sale boom was nearly upon them - also coming to the realization that most ads in comics book cost more to print than they earned from them. The reason so many more Bronze Age Books exist in High Grade than Silver is more "adults" were buying and treating them gently. Of course the average press run of even a middling Bronze Age Marvel or DC titles would qualify as huge block-buster in the in the 21st century. So it's not how many Comics are printed but how many are nicely preserved. But yeah there were many 1990's pre-bust books that had runs so high it caused global deforestation (tongue in cheek folks); Superman 75, Spawn 1, Maxx 1, Youngblood 1, X-Men 1, Spider-Man 1, X-Force 1, Rai 0, Amazing Spider-man 361,362,363, etc.... I highly recommend the following IMHO essential books for those interested in Comics Sales,Comics Industry, Comics History from 1970-1990's : Comic Book Implosion An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978 (twomorrows) 2019 Eisner Award Nominee: BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s (twomorrows) by Jason Sacks and Keith Dallas American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s (twomorrows) by Keith Dallas American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s (twomorrows) - not as essential like the 2 above, but still very worthwhile The Comic Book Heroes: The First History of Modern Comic Books - From the Silver Age to the Present 1996 edition by Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs

They have missed every one of the 6 Canadian Newstands I've ever sent in... What gets me is one clearly states Canadian on the book. I also did the submission forms 100% correct. ..SMH

I want you to hold it between your knees

Well then its good to know his Social media posting is not indicative of his writing - right? BTW: I might have just F-ed around at lunch and consumed "an omelette - plain, a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast. No mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee"

Thanks! It will be wintering in Sarasota. It was 20 years between my 2 Oakland DC 48/52 page Adventure Comics CGC submissions. It was this topic that inspired me to gather up my DC 48/52 page books for grading.

It's got a lot wrong a press won't solve. Still a CGC 5 is more desirable to most than CBCS 6 so more than worth it for that alone. BTW I did want CBCS to succeed, as consumers benefit from true competition, however I've seen only a small handful of book in their slabs which I feel are indicative of the grade they assigned. IMHO they should have been too strict to the point it slowed down business the first few years then they would have boomed once word got around they were equal to CGC in grading or better. They decided to go the Oprah route "Here's 9.8 for you, a 9.8 for you, and everyone gets a 9.8". Hopefully one day a new service will come along and use CBCS as a template for what not to do.

or lack of regex skills doing a mod rewrite ?

I think I just f-ed around and purchased an Original Miracleman #1 :

He did get lucky it was Albert as their were at least 3 OCA dealers in attendance at NYCC who would likley not have accepted a return if it had been a cash sale. No names need be mentioned ,I think most who have been around the hobby know.

Never heard of "Cates" until this topic. No issues with someone not being in the Original Comic Art know. The IMHO cringe worthy post on his Social Media however has nothing to do with a lack of OA knowledge therefore a good ribbin' is simply not out of order.