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a 1980 Crazy issue as i recall.

I have all 5 Steel's figured I'd post one that gets less love Those All-Star pages re-inked by a young Ordway are fantastic. There is a CAF gallery that contains most of Steel 6 before the re- ink , they sure look different. Different as in less polished and less substantial.

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Thats some pointed wit

(General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching.) General Kala: What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire! All weapons!

I do realize if #31 had been at regular auction it would go for less than the fair-ish price I paid but who knows when another will surface? For me this represented a rare occasion when I did not see the book in hand prior to purchase. Got lucky as it is what I call a 9.8. #32 1/1 is still out there. I'd love to have it but will be hard to justify overpaying when I already have #31. Still I do think about 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. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Movie adaptation, part 1 of 3 Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow & Ornella Muti photo Universal 12 8.86 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Signature 35 8.86 4 5 6 10 5 3 1 1 3. Flash Gordon 31 (3/81, Whitman) Qualified 5 9.32 1 2 1 1 4. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Flash Gordon - The Movie Part 2 (of 3). Movie adaptation. Timothy Dalton & Sam Jones photo cover Universal 10 8.83 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 5. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Signature 16 8.84 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 6. Flash Gordon 32 (4/81, Whitman) Qualified 4 9.35 1 2 1 7. Flash Gordon 33 (5/81, Whitman) Flash Gordon - The Movie Part 3 (of 3). Movie adaptation. Sam Jones photo cover. Universal 12 8.98 2 2 3 1 2 1 1

Gordon's Alive, live, live, live

The film is truly Classic cheese and I love it. As a child I think i watched it 5 times during Spring Break in 1983 or 1984? Was able to get a "fair-ish" deal on this 1/1 Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary inter-galactic upsets

Sweet! I'm rather jelly Ornella Muti

What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching?

D'oh ! Thanks!

CGC just sent out an email seeking barbed-wire experts in addition to VHS tape and Booger collection experts. I do keep my much of my Comic Collecting private/secret although with Original Comic Art its probably been a double edged sword.

Social Media pimp's must have really made a thing of this issue to their sheep. At least it's not a 1st appearance so at least there's that. 423 is a nice cover but I prefer other McFarlane Batman covers over it. Here's my favorite Todd Batman Cover in order: 1) Detective 576 - regardless of what the "market" says, IMHO this is THE Classic McFarlane Batman Cover. 2) Detective 577 3) Batman 423

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^ Solid writing from Mantlo. Standout covers for me are #9 (Byrne/Austin), #19 (Layton), and surprisingly these; #16 (Lubbers/Mcleod) and #8 (Robbins/Esposito) - one of the few Robbins pieces I truly like. I'd post them but I've owned them for years so do not qualify for this thread. The interior art on most issues is not my cup of tea.

With a bit of vision Overstreet 15-18 years ago could have become the modern Day GPA. Instead of what is pretty much a curio of the past. I picked up the yearly book from the time I was child in 1982 until 2020. It's now nothing more than a too tiny print sized anachronism in my mind. As for Comics and Real Estate; it appears, sadly, that "1st App" "1st App" "1st App" is equivalent to "Location" "Location" "Location"

Sampling of my non raw's. While 2 decades prior to my earliest childhood collecting days the Mid to late 60's Showcase books have always appealed to me, especially 1965-1966. Raw purchase at a mid 1990's con from Harley: Raw purchase at a 1990's con from Motor City - at the time it was most I'd ever spent on single comic. Spring 2000 purchase from Vinny just before he joined Metropolis. If I recall correctly at time of the 1st CGC census this was highest graded copy and 1/1 - no more on either... I'm a strict grader and I feel I have a potential 9.4 candidate of the highly condition sensitive Showcase #57 waiting in Sarasota since Dec to be graded. We'll see

Hoberg/Giordano ?

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Looks like a strong 9.4 or a weak 9.6. In mid 2021 9.6 was more likley but grading seems to have tightened on Modern Tier keys the last 5 months.

This book I shipped out in Sept 2021 returned to me yesterday. Amazing Spider-Man 238 first went on sale Dec 1982 during the waning days of my personal childhood "newsstand era" so my 1st childhood copy is rough shape. Early in 1984 while at my LCS I read in some publication the name of which I no longer recall that ASM 238 was poised to go up in value. The cover of the book they pictured in Black and White was the Direct Sale version. I thought the direct sale 238 looked extra cool with the Spidey face in lieu of the UPC and I made my way to the back issue section. There were 3 copies. One was missing the Tatooz, I picked the nicest of the remaining 2 and paid the .75 cents which at the time was the price of most new Marvel and DC's This exact copy of this book represents several 1st's for me. 1) First back issue I ever purchased as an upgrade to a book I already owned. 2) First 1980's or newer book I've ever submitted to CGC that I knew would never be a 9.8 3) First book I've submitted to CGC which I've ever had pressed - the 22 year streak endeth. 4) First "special" CGC label in my collection as I'm really not fan of them. I graded this as VF/NM in the 1990's as noted in my spreadsheet, and before I submitted i figured a 9.2 as is. There was a light non-color breaking finger type indention likley from when the Shop owner (Thanks Ken!) originally bagged it. Due to some spine dings that go through from front to back it would never be a 9.6, but I figured nicely displaying 9.4 if pressed was very plausible, and was correct. I also knew it was not going to get White Pages. The front of shop I purchased it back in 1984 had a southern exposure and the sun shined directly on the back issue section specifically the lower letters in the alphabet (Thanks again Ken!) I'm thrilled to have my childhood 238 back CGC, finally! Regardless of the going rate of the newsstand edition, I greatly prefer the direct sale version of this book!

It was a humorous tongue-in-cheek comment. Run of the mill Marvel book's can jump from $50 to $1000 on the most causal of rumors while DC keys (outliers aside) ofttimes stagnate with little interest. Humor aside ROI's on the whole greatly favor Marvel over DC.

To the original poster, please do not quit your Job based on the pictured item.