MAY1979

Modern folks be thinkin' its vintage sneaker related.

I got mine at a 7-11 as well! Perhaps you were in front of me in the checkout line.

unless it was the Master of the Universe interiors torn out of comics like Justice League America 208 and Batman 353, because CGC apparently really needs that teeny tiny amount of revenue because a few pennies is so much more important than reputation and perception to CGC. Master of the Universe preview was only available as a 16 page "insert". The "insert" was attached with the same staples as the main title's pages. Pages 8 and 9 of the "insert" form the centerfold of all complete issues in which it was included. It was not released by DC as a stand-alone. Master of the Universe preview appears in the following Nov 1982 cover dated DC Comics: Action Comics #537 All-Star Squadron #15 Arak Son of Thunder #15 Batman #353 Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #9 Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1 DC Comics Presents #51 Detective Comics #520 The Fury of Firestorm #6 Justice League of America #208 Legion of Super-Heroes v2 #293 New Adventures of Superboy #35 New Teen Titans #25 Superman #377 Warlord #63 Wonder Woman #297

Your response does not seem congruent with your forum signature. Guess you condone WATA and Haspel and their ilk

The only true Marvel Bronze success in terms of length was Star Wars. The 80's Film one-shots and mini-series' are Copper Age for most part IMHO. Not much to discuss as they served their purpose which was to adapt the film and that was that. As mentioned in an above post Indiana Jones Character had a 3 year monthly run but it's Copper not Bronze. In terms of Licensed Properties for late Bronze and Copper, Marvel had solid successes with multiple Toy tie-ins.

^ Whomever at CGC decided on choosing this shipping box design and construction seems to lack the most basic knowledge of physics. All part of the worsening negative customer experience. But hey they will now grade old VHS tapes

Correct, If the 9.6 is strong, and the 9.8 weak, even veteran collectors may not be able to discern difference once the books are slabbed. Then there is the reverse; when a strong 9.8 and weak 9.6 the differences can be glaring to an experienced collector. As for novice collectors whether its Comics or Trading Cards they seem to think everything they have is in "great shape" or "mint" then after a time they usually find out none of their stuff is above mid-grade

and gocollect's bread n' butter livelihood was attractin' rubes during the bubble. Now that its a burstin' they be needin' more than dubious (IMHO) take downs in order to be keepin' their lights on. Perhaps they might consider consider offering a quality service with up-to-date accurate factual data without hyperbole, at a price that won't turn away most collectors. Nah that is probably too much work ... <sarcasm on> issuing dubious (IMHO) take downs is likley the superior business model. Next they can begin suing dirt poor welfare moms like the RIAA <sarcasm off>

"Poly-bag removed" I believe CGC mentions that merely as statement of fact. It is not a defect.

TMNT 1986 #6 ? All Fixed price sales so I'm a bit skeptical. Still with exception of #1 (of course) with 73 9.8 copies it is easily the Lowest 9.8 Pop Mirage Turtles of the first printings of the first 8 issues. Also like #1 #6 is only one of the 1st 8 1st printings with a 9.8 under 100. Perhaps finally getting it's due from TMNT run collectors? Books CGC Label CGC Total Avg. Grade 10 9.9 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.0 0.5 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 (1984, Mirage Studios) Origin & 1st app. of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Splinter & Shredder. Wraparound cover. Universal 920 8.08 31 60 90 91 106 114 114 93 77 54 22 22 17 12 5 4 4 4 2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1984, Mirage Studios) First appearance of April O'Neil & the Mousers. Pin-up by Laird & Foster. Wraparound cover. Wrap Universal 1,402 9.17 197 364 313 174 119 84 66 28 31 10 6 3 2 2 1 1 1 3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (1985, Mirage Studios) Pin-up by Matt Howarth. Wraparound cover. Universal 2,040 9.06 253 493 361 272 211 163 125 60 42 26 14 9 7 1 1 1 1 4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 (1985, Mirage Studios) Pin-up by Jason Sklaver. Wraparound cover. Universal 1,935 9.01 254 400 389 248 173 150 137 65 44 35 16 11 4 2 2 1 3 1 5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 (1985, Mirage Studios) Wraparound cover. Universal 890 9.32 176 276 180 88 72 47 23 14 6 3 2 1 1 1 6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6 (1986, Mirage Studios) Wraparound cover. Universal 582 9.23 73 194 107 77 51 29 25 8 9 3 2 3 1 7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7 (1986, Mirage Studios) 1st color Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 4 page story by Kevin Eastman and Richard Corben. Wrap Universal 740 9.41 221 236 123 58 40 21 21 5 9 3 2 1 8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 (1986, Mirage Studios) Cerebus appearance. Wraparound cover. Universal 677 9.36 164 200 123 76 55 20 16 12 3 3 3 1 1

Reality is still settling in. My guess is first high pop glut stuff, then modern non-true key stuff will approach and possibly even test pre-pandemic thresholds especially when not 9.8w. If I sold comics with post haste I would be getting rid of my; 1991 X-Men's 1 &4 , Spawn 1, ASM 361,362,365, X-Force 1, Spider-Man 1, Venom Lethal Protector 1 and even Harbinger 1 . This time next year it may be difficult to even "give away" most of those books.

They love playin' them mind games

Moon Knight be chillin' , speculators and flippers be illin' Huge downwards trend in Moon Knight Books starting after first episode of series aired. Unprecedented for a Disney+ series. Normally there has been a jump during the series airing - the whole White Vision nonsense for example. Perhaps Moon Knight in being in costume for what was seemingly only 25 minutes combined in the entire series was a factor? I think the hippo got more airtime? The time make decent coin on the series seems to have passed. Unless you are sure you have 9.8w's of issue #1 or you merely want your books slabbed for your private collection then the juice will not be worth the squeeze. Now if it was a year or 2 ago then things would have been way different. At this juncture except for nostalgia simply not sound fiscally to submit any issue from the Moon Knight v1 unless you are positive you will receive a 9.8w - keep in mind those positive of that are wrong probably 50% of the time

IMHO: if no color touch you paid market value for the book in that condition. If is a color touch then i feel you overpaid. If you are an honest person you will have issues reselling it with that disclosed. Its more than worth the amount spent as a learning experience.

in 1940/41 the video monitoring of Superman on the Plane On 6/20/2022 at 3:17 PM, MAR1979 said: I'm more concerned with 1940/41 plausibility of the last panel.

Before I clicked on it based on the title I figured any books mentioned in this thread would have been ASM361, X-Men (1991) #1,#4 and Spawn #1. Very glad to see I was very wrong!

No, the video monitoring of Superman on the Plane

I'm more concerned with 1940/41 plausibility of the last panel.

Thanos Copter!

Annual 9 was a good read!

Put it in a trust so u dont lose it after she wises up and leaves

Is the point here why were there no grader notes? Or what has to be done to change a 9.6 to a 9.8? If you have de-slabbed, pressed and graded again your mathematical odds of receiving a lower grade on the 9.6's are way higher than if you leave them they way they are and move on.

Dear Lord...Iron Man 126 Romita Jr/Layton splash 102K with Buyers Premium. https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/splash-pages/john-romita-jr-and-bob-layton-iron-man-126-splash-page-17-original-art-marvel-1979-/a/7274-93125.s Not many good solid "Demon In A Bottle" saga issues splashes with Iron Man not getting the dickens beat of him. I do wonder if there will be 120-128 issue art coattail riding on this? To me it was all potatoes no meat. WW arms covering torso, hokey type background with all the different logos. At least to me does not have a display piece vibe.

They are cut off and sold to satisfy the insatiable demand of a cadre of Corner collectors

Eventually if enough customers file charge backs for CGC mistakes rather than the customer absorbing yet another hit, CGC may attempt to improve their business model. While that is a big IF, I do know if people do not file charge backs nothing will change except further in negative direction. FWIW the expense of investigating each Charge back is the merchants to bear. How much it costs them is based on amount of business they do.