MAY1979

2way Shipping expense+Grading fee+Invoice Fee+Tax will cost more than the book is worth even if it did get a 9.4 - My opinion is it's a 9.2 at best

Yes - so refreshing to see an artist who was not ripped off by a dealer for fractions of a cent on the dollar.

Good luck on Hugga Bunch especially #6 😅

Recently stumbled across a podcast dedicated to mostly DC Digests: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/digestcast/?pager=1

4.5

I used to have OA interior pages from #25... :sigh:

yet sadly still "better" than Fedex who ain't even subject to that type of audit. At least with USPS I do receive the parcels with Fedex more than half the time I do not - no kidding and no exaggeration.

As I recall their parent company owns significant amount of Fedex stock

It's not perfect, not by a long shot, but USPS registered in my decades of experiences is by far the safest option from ANY carrier.

If you'd rather look at some dude's package in the skintight Surfer suit there's nothign wrong with that. However speaking for myself and bulk of the potential audience for the film I'd much rather stare at a shapely female form with potential cam3l t0e in the taut Silver. BTW's I'm positive Lee and Kirby would agree with me!

Sullivan County I see... I've not been 'round those parts in 2 decades.

That may very well be the coolest thing i've ever seen on these CGC Forums

Anything he pencilled that was returned to an inker by his account was stolen. He may have even been correct from a metaphysical perspective ...?

Make note folks; Fine for art but worthless for comic and card slabs.

No matter how much my SP500 fund rises or drops, I'm not moving a cent of it into comics 😁 MCU no longer fueling the back issue fire as it did for near 15 years and burst from the bubble have caused drove after drove to leave hobby. Settle in folks, attrition in collectors and price dips and or stagnation will reign until at least decades end. P.S. Of course there will always be exceptions or outliers or hot book de jour, I'm talking about the 60-00s Marvel market as a whole. This post does apply to SA - please ignore that portion of my sig

yep Along with other factors, given the current state of the MCU I do think there is room for many books to negatively breach 2019 and possibly even 2017 prices. Of course there will always be exceptions or outliers or hot book de jour, I'm talking about the 60's SA Marvel market as a whole. This post does apply to SA - please ignore that portion of my sig

With pressing 9.2/9.4. Seeing a bunch of color breaking spine ticks/breaks that should preclude it from grading higher.

Minor Color Rubs on back cover and an impediment to 9.8's for this book. I think the book is 9.2/9.4 - as mentioned the back cover on this issue is scrutinized heavily by CGC and I see at least 2 color breaking spine lines/ticks/break and possible color rub near top left of book. Question: with free-falling prices if 252 Direct Sale receives a grade lower than 9.6 is it really worth the time, money (especially if paying for pressing) and effort over keeping it raw?

^ only if it has vintage lint attached to it

Fake Sale⁰

In May 2023 we were successful with Black Panther 14 (1979) Bill Sienkiewicz's first published cover. Info can be found here: The Pizzazz effort never really got off the ground.

Comic connect is a Super 8 that fancys itself a 5star Hotel which it clearly is not.

While I like your thought (Mr Fusion anyone ), it's more likley our species does not survive in any quantity. Einstein's quip about sticks and stones applies P.S. While the long-time joke is "quantum computing is always 10 years away" that won't last forever.

Not clear on how that relates to near quarter century old code that makes up basis of their website. Or has the discussion changed ? PS I've reason to suspect Boracks time at CLink will run no longer than 24 months maximum in total.

IMHO the Kingpin page is far more desirable and classic. Surprised it did not go higher