Professor K

Some of Kirby's best work was in this series.

Yeah selling a Batman 1 to buy a grail. Only a few books can beat that. Must be some grail.

Band? No man I'm named after my father Dinosaur Sr. What?

Ok well we just see it differently thats all. You see it as a courtesy which is used at times without any rhyme nor reason and I see it as inconsistency in grading. Basically I can send in to nearly identical comics both with the name Stan Lee written on the cover, 1 could come back green and one could come back blue and they both will say "Stan Lee written in pen on front cover". Another thing I've seen is a Greeny with a married centerfold. I've seen purple with the same thing. I don't know, seems to me they are nowhere near consistent in assigning Green. I guess I'm done , take care

I get that. But your not going to see a qualified 9.2 that is equal to a .5. I look at a lot of comics and I see Blue Labels with pages missing and signatures on them all the time. By CGC's own criteria, their own rules , those should be qualified. Judging by the very low numbers of qualified Silver and Gold books plus the many Blue Labels I see with missing pages and signatures it seems they don't follow their own rules too much. To me its either Green Label them all or don't Green Label any of them. That's just me.

I just did. I only found 1 greeny currently for sale but their past auctions have some nice ones. For example an AF 15 3.0 with 1 married wrap for $2868.00. To me thats not as bad as an most restored books. For less than 3K? I'll take it. I will take it.

Yeah I know it'll never happen but maybe a certain amount of free graders notes with a paid membership. Although I think graders notes should be listed on the back of the slab. I wasn't thinking of this when I started the topic but it would be a way to eliminate the Green Label, because it seems to me assigning that label is not consistent.

Yes thanks. Youre right most people including myself would take a Blue label lower grade any day. It just seems to me the rules for slabbing a book with a green label are not always followed. If they were I believe there would be many more Green Labels in the census. My solution is: Eliminate the Green Label and make graders notes FREE.

Hi. 1st sorry to say but if you were going to send using the highest tier you really should have sent them yourself. You get 150.00 credit for joining CGC so thats reason enough. Anyway the highest tier cost 150 dollars and that is same day. So basically if you sent the comics yourself you would see the status of your comic on the CGC website within a couple of days of them receiving it. The 2nd tier is the 5 day 100 dollar tier and with that you would see the status about 1 week after they received it. But an AF 15 should have got sent using the 150.00 tier The status is found in the My Submissions link on the welcome page after you sign in. Can't miss it. Can't miss it. You better find out.

Hi, A recent auction I saw made me see something I had never paid attention to before which is the CGC census numbers of Qualified grades of some major Silver Keys. According to CGC Qualified Label (Green) A Qualified label is used by CGC for certified books that have a significant defect that needs specific description, or to note an unauthenticated signature (one which was not witnessed by CGC). For example, a comic book with a missing coupon that otherwise grades 6.0 will receive a Qualified grade, avoiding a considerably lower grade. CGC would give this book a Qualified grade of 6.0 and a Label Text notation “COUPON MISSING FROM PAGE 10, DOES NOT AFFECT STORY.” Or, if the book is signed on the cover it may be noted as “NAME WRITTEN ON COVER IN MARKER.” Is that 2 criteria? A "name" written or a "coupon" missing? Am I missing something? Well to me writing is writing whether its a signature or something else like a name, a number, a date,ect. Its all writing on the book. By a coupon they seem to mean the section in an ad that you must fill in, cut out, and send in the mail. Like for selling shoes or seeds or getting those 200 toy soldiers for 1.98. This usually amounts to 1/6 to 1/4 of a page missing. Whether its a coupon or not its a part of a page missing. A small percentage of the interior of the comic missing. Ok. So here are some numbers for some of the big Silver Keys. Showcase 4 - 468 graded, 4 qualified. FF 1 - 2216 graded , 16 qualified. AF 15 - 3135 graded, 43 qualified. ASM 1 - 3709 graded, 38 qualified, JIM 83 - 1781 graded, 21 qualified, TOS 39 - 2104 graded, 18 qualified, Incredible Hulk 1 - 1634 graded, 24 qualified, X-Men 1 - 4461 graded with a whopping 62 qualified. I checked a few big Bronzes and found for example HOS 92 - 2057 graded, 14 qualified, Giant X-Men 1 - 7918 graded, 11 qualified. Hulk 181 had 11,724 graded with 606 qualified which I believe many may be due to missing value stamps? These qualified numbers seem very low to me. Assuming they are grading these using only the un-verified signature and missing coupon criteria it still seems low. I wonder if a lot of books that could be graded as qualified get graded Blue Label with a lesser grade. The qualified numbers just seem very low to me percentage-wise. And like I said at least to me writing is writing despite what is written and part of a page missing is part of a page missing whether its a coupon or not. Any thoughts? Thank you.

Cool cover

$610,000 would be my high bid.

I'm in

yeah that went pretty freaking high

I'm in

A 5.0 White is exactly what I've been looking for. Only problem is I'm broke. What a great looking comic that is. Beauty. Wow. That is NICE.

Hi. Showcase 80 was an upgrade but WW 179 took me years to find and snag.

I sent it registered mail. I was told by the lady at the PO who I know that with registered mail it must get signed for each time it changes hands. So registered priority mail with 15K insurance cost 52 bucks.

Yeah there's a lot of that out there. Just waitin for a sucker who never comes. If anybody is reading this does anybody know the record sale for a FF 1 4.0? I'm not sure if one has ever topped 15K. I've seen 14K's but don't recall ever seeing a 15K. I'm predicting 15,200 on this. Wish it was mine.

Thanks. I waited for it. In my collection the comics from 1966-67 are all at least 7.0's but with these three I had to make an exception.

Just picked this up to match my 6.0 48. Now I just need a 49.

It's up. Thanks again http://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FPREVIEW.ASP%3Fcode%3D2019mar%26session%3D1%26pg%3D16%23Item_1307251&id=1307251&itemType=0

I'm a member of the 133 Club. The Return of Jack Kirby

Yeah DC has a lot of titles they could play with for TV or Movies. Mega Key? If it has to be a Mega Key than I say Fantastic Four 1 will thrive the most. Also Showcase 4, Hulk 1, and the rest will also continue to soar out of reach for most. There are only so many Mega Keys and I believe FF1 has the most growth potential in the near future.