Artboy99

here is a perfect example of how the color touch removal ruins / further destroys books and the process being completed purely for the blue label / profit.

that they only shaped Star Wars in a galaxy far away, not far, far away.

In fairness, she said the "make men uncomfortable" statement 8 years ago and it wasn't about Star Wars. That said, the statement "We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away" that is recent and specifically about Star Wars and yeah I will skip it.

I see enough going on with the book that my advice is to not submit it.

I agree. Disney continues to make the same mistakes: No one cares about the gender, the sexual orientation, the pronouns or ideologies/religion of any of the creators, directors or actors involved in the projects.

I had a buyer reject a slab because of that very issue. So it is of concern if it affects the potential resale since it isn't visually appealing.

saw this last night. Average film in my opinion. About 2/3rds through I fell asleep for a bit but waken up to see the final 20 minutes and felt like I had missed nothing.

4.0-4.5 as it sits. Clean it up, possible 4.5-5.0

I dispute the notation that selling a book that has a CGC blue label while knowing the book inside is missing the marvel value stamp is not committing fraud.

correct, I am sure this has been going on for over a decade.

CGC's flaw here is that they do not regrade the book when you submit for reholder. So what the scammer is doing is cracking the books out of the outer plastic, swapping the labels somehow and leaving the inner wells intact. Taking the labels out of the inner well sleeve was very easy, I have not cracked a book out in a while is it still easy to remove the label? He submits the lower quality book back to CGC likely inside the damaged outer case. To me the fix is either: 1. CGC must regrade all submissions even if it is simply because the outer case has been scuffed, scratched, damaged in anyway. 2. completely seal the label portion into the inner well (if they are not currently doing that) Regrade required for any older model slabs that come back where the label tampering is possible.

Not know if that is current, but a year or so ago they were intending to call the X-Men "The Mutants".

Yes, it was in the summer.

looks 8.5-9.0 to me.

That Marvel Spotlight was at least a 9.4

Met @thehumantorch at a local McDonald's parking lot in the city we live in to transfer some recently received books back from CGC. Going over the books with the back of my suv open a guy approached us and asked what we doing. "Oh - Looking at comics" he says, and he happens to have some in the interior coat pocket of the trench coat he was wearing: beat and folded Classics Illustrated and some low grade books of little interest, and when he asked what they were worth I told him the truth - very little. He demanded I buy them and for a very high amount of money and I told him I wasn't interested. That is when it turns C - R - A - Z - Y! He tells us he is going to take our comics. @thehumantorch tells him to eff-off and then the guy threatens us and tells us he has a gun. We told him off and then ignored him and he eventually wandered off towards the busy south side street we were near. And you thought this was a friendly and safe hobby!

I can see it getting a 9.0

sorry to hear of his passing. A grim reminder that our time here is indeed short.

I think the fans just want to see content that is faithful to the original creations. The Silver Surfer is a man, his name is Norrin Radd and he sacrificed himself for the preservation of his world. Anything else will be a mistake in my opinion because it isn't what people have been reading for 50 years. If Disney wants to make the herald of galactus female then choose a female character as there have been female heralds. I am aware there was a female Silver Surfer that was published but I am willing to bet most of the public do not know of that version of the herald.

I collect Marvel Value Stamp related things which includes comics (with stamps), booklets, posters, etc. Browsing Ebay one day i found a lot that had all 100 stamps on the pages removed from the books - tailor made for me! I purchased the lot and when it arrived i discovered there were other pages included. I was thrilled to find this page which i have framed for display.

I encourage you to put a single comic per bag with board. The sooner you start the better. If you ever do decide to sell the books it will help as the potential buyer won't have to do additional work, and therefore won't adjust their offer. I switched to magazine sized boxes over long boxes for my collection for ease of moving the boxes around, I also really like the drawer box system.

i see 2 defects on the image you posted: blunted top right corner and bottom left doesn't appear perfect, of course i am trying to grade using an image of only the front and inside a bag. Buying a book from a comic vendor as a brand new book doesn't mean you have 9.8's let alone 9.9 or 10. Good luck with your submission! Pack them well for the journey.

very cool! Your page definitely is Brickman and Tina

agree. It is definitely a writing problem as I do think with quality material even the lower tier characters can make a great movie and the Guardians of the Galaxy ( first film ) is a great example. There are many great existing stories that could be chosen instead of coming up with something new.

That sing-speak dance scene was horrible! The 3 Marvels go to this planet where the way to converse is to sing: the people do not understand you unless you are singing. Brie Larson's character is also famous on this planet and transforms her costume into a "disney princess costume" and she and the prince of the planet do this sing-speak dance thing. The whole scene is about 10 minutes long, and after they are done Brie Larson reveals that the Prince is bilingual and can understand their normal english. It was supposed to make you laugh, instead it made the entire song-dance thing completely irrelevant.