MAY1979

Yes! Mike thanks for the assist!

The 50-year-old Virgin With all the talk about Comic Sniffing on this forum lately, I'm sure that is rather common 'round these parts.

Not sure if their circa 1998 single threaded website code can handle it. At minimum a complete refactoring is in order at c-link!

sadly I get this message when I try "You are not allowed to upload animated images"

Jerry Ordway is a good reason to meet you heroes. Class act all the way.

Get used to it, the other shoe still has not dropped. As i said here in 2021 and was scoffed at; Bigger the bubble the bigger the bust. Most of us will not live long enough to see another time when nearly all slabbed books are hot.

FEDEX has highest percentage of lost or stolen parcels of any major shipper. CGC's parent corp owns approx 6.5% of FEDEX so bully for them. IMHO get a PO Box to by-pass FEDEX's hijinks

Have read a number of posts recently mentioning the smelling comics fetish. OK as long as it doesnt hurt anybody, but i do find it vaguely creepy.

The one that sticks out for me were Dan and Josie DeCarlo. Friendly, Classy, Honest ( story for another time) people. They deserved so much better than the abuse Goldwater and Archie heaped on them their last few years.

2 self-submitted. ASM190 was a win from a Comic Heaven Auction in the 1990's Conan 96 is a $3.50 copy I picked up from Showcase NE in 1998.

Condolences to the family. I know all too well how sudden loss is.... I'd like propose that all who desire use this as their avatar for the month of May. If there are no disagreements I'll change mine tomorrow

RIP Bud. You final post was a great one.

I knew someone who licked interior pages of comics. That can't be done with a slab. I know smell brings out strongest memories, but I ain't a comic sniffer What used to bring me back to my earliest comics purchases was the combined smell of Coffee, Bacon, and Newspaper Newsprint. My earliest purchases were made at a luncheonette with a newsstand

Its 2023, for the last 18-20 years there have been other ways to read Comic Book content than to hold ones book in hand and I'm not talking about re-colored trade volumes which of course is another easy cheaper way to read a comic. I've not read a physical comic, other than beater/reading copies book since 2007. Not directing this at you KCOComics; The constant whine from some collectors about not being able to read a comic book once in a slab while technically true is rendered moot in this century. Yes I "care about" and "love comics" have since I was a child, which is precisely why I do not subject them to the usually damaging utility for which they were created but have found better ways to read nearly every book I want to read. BTW I do not sell comics so they are not a commodity to me. Hey look below, I don't need to spend $200,000+USD to read a decent copy of AF15. Nor a cool million to read Action #1 Plus on my tablet or screen I can easily adjust the image size to deal with my ever changing eyesight and look-y here I don't need to crack out my Dell Giant 48 out of its slab to view Fred, Wilma, Betty, Barney, and Dino's 1st Comics app. There may be many reasons to not want slabbed books but IMHO not being able to read them is the weakest reason of them all.

Is that JJJ in the top building window?

Archival Grade Mylar offers over 99.9% UV protection, polypropylene at around Zero % does not. After that on slabs, but not raw comics, the rest falls under personal choice. As for me even in cases where it's overkill I'll take Mylar every time over polypropylene or polyethylene!

3.0 - 4.0 Nice Book!

Not if you seek Mylar for the slab you mentioned.

Regardless of the Sellers Name they are not Mylar they are inferior Polypropylene.

That is a "magazine" size slab. I've never found a good Mylar solution for them I use; EGerber 1114M2 11 1/2 x 14 1/2 , but wish there was a nicer fit, like 10x14 1/2.

#182 was in a qualifying month (4/79) but it got the "normal" 35 cent. Same with ASM 191

Thanks @CGC Mike Will the census comments be updated going forward?

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