MAY1979

On 7/15/2024 at 1:06 PM, JadeGiant said:

Undesirable in most cases, yes, but not worthless. If the right art showed up in a sketchbook and the price was right (and could be removed)- I would definitely consider it. 

Me personally it's a big nope. 

On 7/15/2024 at 8:18 AM, Jayman said:

I got a copy of this book recently that I’ve always wanted.

Imagine my shock of finding writing on the inside cover! 

Very nice!  

When I was a child the grizzled proprietor of my local newsstand added a copy for free to books I was purchasing. He said "thanks for being a regular, take it on the side".  He probably also knew 1.50 was way out of my league.

On 7/14/2024 at 6:30 PM, MattrixAlien said:

Share an experience, including photos, of a comic you thought was ok, but when you took a closer look there was a nasty defect.

Here's my example. On the weekend I went to a closing down sale of a store over here in Brisbane, Australia. The shop was packed with people. As a Jim Lee fan I was happy to find an Alpha Flight 51, Jim Lee's 1st art for Marvel, while digging through the bins. It looked solid and for $4 I didn't bother pulling it out of the bag & board to inspect it.



When I got it home I found this on the back cover.



It looks a combined mould food stain. A shock twist 

 

I feel your pain. We've all had it happen

On 7/14/2024 at 4:30 PM, MAR1979 said:

I have 5 books that were CGC graded/slabbed in 2024

Just pulled them. 4/5 have the warping :(. The other is not a standard sized comic and currently appears ok.

Of the 4, the grade dates are:

Jan 31 2024 - 2
Mar 14 2024 - 1
June 12 2024 - 1

@CGC Mike appears the 4 I have with warping the comics have not yet suffered spine damage.   I am not the original submitter of any of them. I do hope they can sent back before the soon and inevitable damage occurs

I have 5 books that were CGC graded/slabbed in 2024

Just pulled them. 4/5 have the warping :(. The other is not a standard sized comic and currently appears ok.

Of the 4, the grade dates are:

Jan 31 2024 - 2
Mar 14 2024 - 1
June 12 2024 - 1

On 7/14/2024 at 3:09 PM, Ninja0215 said:

I have books I'd like to send to cgc but thisnis a concern.  If there is conformation that these inner wells have been taken out of production; then I'll send them here. 

Is there a definite answer to this?? 

Based on past history, at very best expect it to be a long wait for any official response.

The good news is DC Digests due to the nature of their size are not affected

On 7/13/2024 at 8:44 PM, BraveDave said:

I’d like to know - is the CGC intending to continue damaging high value books with this defective encapsulation approach? Has it truly been fixed? I have multiple high value books recently submitted… should I have my fees refunded and books shipped back rather than having them potentially damaged through encapsulation (which is intended to protect them)? Is it worth sending my book in-hand back for re-encapsulation if this has not been corrected? 

At this juncture CGC has not even acknowledged there is an issue. Its going to get much worse 

For Grading Opinions; https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/42-hey-buddy-can-you-spare-a-grade/

182 missing stamp... likley will fetch just as much unslabbed. If 181 I'd say go for it.

On 7/13/2024 at 2:55 PM, Buzzetta said:

Sooooo still no bueno to send any high grade stuff in to be graded I see... 

 

nor purchase any books slabbed in 2024

On 7/12/2024 at 7:07 PM, BraveDave said:

Okay - in agreement then. My biggest issue here is what appears to be awareness of the risk (given time frames) and continuation of encapsulating books when it could be doing more harm than good. If big $ books are getting impacted, this is ripe for … well, let’s just say it will be highly problematic for CGC.

Not as long as they have no viable competition...

On 7/12/2024 at 5:50 PM, Frisco Larson said:

Those pages are awesome!!! I used to have quite a few but ended up selling them. Now they're a lot more expensive to try to get back.  

They went from throw-in type pages to keepers due to increased Spider-Man Demand! The only "remotely affordable" 1970 Spider-Man pages still left.

On 7/11/2024 at 8:11 AM, GawkHawk said:

Here's the gripper tears on my book.  It came back a 9.8.

My self-submitted copies I purchased when new do not have tears, seems unfair I only received same 9.8 grade

On 7/12/2024 at 8:46 AM, Frisco Larson said:

It sure is! A rare treat!  

19 and 20 only IIRC 

A quick sale at 750 is a fiscally smarter move than a looong wait for 1k... 

On 7/10/2024 at 10:47 AM, NewWorldOrder said:

Whatnot has declined by a lot since COVID ended.  Sales are way down for the majority of sellers whether they are dealers you have heard of or the bedroom warriors selling their ASM 300 in raw VG condition that they think is rare.  

 

whatnot and the uniformed comic bandwagon buyers on that platform are both on the down slope. Unlike the whatnot hype/spin makers state its likely a death spiral.

Droves of uninformed buyers have left a hobby they never should have been in, replacements for them are almost non existent

Depending on uninformed buyers to make a profit in comics is short term + unsustainable and may no longer even be cyclical.

The blazingbob or even better anthonysnyder [not for comic art] business models are ones that are viable to make a living or nice living in what is the new normal and how it will evolve...

On 7/9/2024 at 7:19 PM, DC# said:

I don't want to keep bringing this book up but holy cow is it dropping fast all the sudden.   It really seemed to be holding at the $3K mark for the longest time......Heritage just sold for under $2.2k.     Looking at GPA there are still a lot of recent sales in the upper 2s.....maybe Heritage is just not the place for sellers of this book right now (and yes....these books are for sale every week it seems on Heritage so I get that aspect too)

 

 

Noticing those here who vehemently and sometimes nastily insisted book was a sound investment at 5K are totally quiet.

Direct Sale in 9.8w will negatively and consistently breach 2000 mark possible as early as later this year.

On 7/9/2024 at 1:41 AM, southern cross said:

I have a FF 4 in 3.5, as long as it doesn't drop under the price I paid for it 20 years ago then all good.

Another book is Avengers 1

During the boom a 6.5 sold for something crazy like $14k

I think it's dropped to around the $6.5k

As long as it doesn't drop to $800 then all good 

That does not account for inflation. To break even a book needs to be liquid at 2x the price from 20 years ago. Even then to break even Compared to the S&P 500 a book needs to be liquid at least 5x or is it 6-7x the original cost.

At 6500 appears you are close to even overall from an investment standpoint. 

On 7/9/2024 at 1:50 AM, RockMyAmadeus said:

 

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Just have them sit unsold, simply not worth submitting IMHO

On 7/8/2024 at 6:06 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

@MAR1979 might have focused in on them for a while, I don't think grading will make too much difference in that they will take a while to sell, $10 a piece is usually the tipping point when I've seen them for sale and next time they're missing and I guess sold.

I'm not up on the market other than they sell, but idk to whom nor why but then again they have a niche

Agreed.

Here's how I see it in my total opinion:

They must score 9.8w in order to at least break even. Unless you reel in 2 competing registry collectors at auction don't expect to pull in a profit.

Even when Groo peaked in 2022, from what I said then and still do was a nothing burger announcement, the only books that really benefited were the "Keys".

Are peeps still shelling out solid coin for the first "White Rabbit"  (MTU 131) ?

On 7/6/2024 at 8:26 AM, wiparker824 said:

Drinking a random unopened Coke that just appears in front of you no questions asked is the most unbelievable part of this whole commercial.

 

 

Folks teach your Daughters never ever to do that its extremely stupid as a great way to get roof-ied..  Not to mention thoroughly disgusting.

Ad is way too long for TV, must be Theatrical.

100 of these commercials will not impede prices from their OVERALL continuing free-fall, which will last until end of decade.

On 6/30/2024 at 1:57 AM, Still Only 35c said:

UPDATE: Added Doctor Strange which "strangely" we all missed. For some reason, despite being within the time range Doctor Strange Issue 34 (Mar 1979) reverted back to 35c in usual format rather than the Still Only 35c starburst. 

 

Title	Sep 1978	Oct 1978	Nov 1978	Dec 1978	Jan 1979	Feb 1979	Mar 1979	Apr 1979	May 1979; 40c starburst
Amazing Spider-Man		185	186	187	188	189	190
Avengers		176	177	178	179	180	181
Battlestar Galactica							1	2	3
Black Panther			12		13		14		15
Captain America		226	227	228	229	230	231	232	233
Captain Marvel			59		60		61		62
Conan		91	92	93	94	95	96	97
Daredevil			155		156		157		158
Defenders		64	65	66	67	68	69	70
Devil Dinosaur			8	9
Doctor Strange		31		32		33
Fantastic Four		199		201	202	203	204
Flintstones				8		9
Ghost Rider		32		33		34		35
Godzilla		15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Hanna Barbara TV Stars		3	4
Hanna Barbera Spotlight	1		2		3
Howard The Duck			28		29		30
Hulk		228	229	230	231	232	233	234
Human Fly		14	15	16	17	18	19
Invaders		33	34	35	36	37	38	39
Iron Man			116	117	118	119	120	121
John Carter Warlord Of Mars		17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Kid Colt Outlaw		226		227		228		229
Kull		29
Laff-a-Lympics		8	9	10	11	12	13
Machine Man			8	9
Marvel Premiere		44		45		46		47
Marvel Super Action				11		12		13
Marvel Super-Heroes		75	76	77	78		79		80
Marvel Tales		96	97	98	99		101	102	103
Marvel Team-Up		74	75	76	77	78	79	80
Marvel Triple Action		44		45		46		47
Marvel Two-In-One		44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
Marvel's Greatest Comics			80		81		82
Master Of Kung Fu	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76
Micronauts					1	2	3
Ms Marvel		20		21		22		23
Nova			22		23		24
Power Man & Iron Fist		53		54		55		56
Rawhide Kid			148		149		150
Red Sonja			12		13		14
Scooby Doo				8		9
Sgt Fury & His Howling Commandos			149			150		151
Shogun Warriors						1	2
Spectacular Spider-Man,Peter Parker			24	25	26	27	28	29
Spider-Woman				9	10	11	12	13
Spidey Super Stories	36				38		39
Star Wars		16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Super Villain Team-Up								15	16
Tarzan		17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Thor		276	277	278	279	280	281	282	283
Tomb of Dracula			67			68		69
X-Men		114	115	116	117	118	119	120
Yogi Bear			7		8		9

It takes a village

On 7/4/2024 at 9:51 PM, newshane said:

Way tighter in the old days. 

Must resist crude jokes....

I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Dazzler 1 Club That Will Accept Me as a Member

I've cracked and re-submitted 3 original (circa 2000/2001) CGC slab/label books over the years here were my results.

Original Grade | Resub Grade

9.6w | 9.6w
9.6ow/w | 9.8w
9.6ow/w | 9.6w

2 of the 3 received page quality bumps! 1 went up in numerical grade.  The only 1 of the 3 I had pressed retained it's original grade and page quality.

I'm not alone in receiving page quality increases, to the point I feel it's a joke that people pay extra for White compared to Off White-White on pre 1981 comics when appears all CGC does is flip a coin to decide.