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On 12/16/2023 at 12:26 PM, Mike22 said:

Savage Tales #1 CGC 3.0: Origin and 1st Appearance of Man-Thing: $250.00 $200.00

 

You might want to change the way you listed that Batman from #325 to #235! 

I am still catching up on the boards and this is the sort of news I dread encountering. I am truly sorry to learn of this.

Tell them you will be happy to supply hi-res scans.

On 11/12/2023 at 10:30 AM, zzutak said:

Yes.  This looks like an extreme case of a classic oil transfer stain.  This is what happens when oil from the interior printing ink migrates to and penetrates the cover stock.  Oil migration is possible because the printing inks used on the interior are oil based.  An oil transfer stain is definitely regarded as a blemish/defect, but one that's much less severe than an equivalent moisture stain.

If this was an aging/oxidation issue, the discoloration would begin at the cover edges and work towards the cover center over time.  Just the opposite has taken place here.  The center of the cover (which is directly over the inked portion of the interior pages) has yellowed from the oil transfer.  The edges of the cover (which are directly over uninked page margins) are still white.

My confidence level is this explanation?  99.999%.   

You should increase that confidence by .001%!!! Back in the day it was often called "ink transfer stain". Now "oil transfer stain" seems to be more common. It can ever be called just "transfer stain". 

BTW - that Journey #24 is one of my favorite mummy covers!

On 11/18/2023 at 6:45 PM, CGC Mike said:

I am not sure we supply the answers to number 1 and number 2.  Anyhow, here is a recent post from customer service regarding this:

As always thanks Mike. You never fail to come through! Unfortunately, I have been logged in with my Premium Membership. Last search I tried was about 90 minutes ago that gave me the error. Just tried again and got the same error. Seems an awful long time to still generate that error. Could something actually be either broken or have an incorrect parameter in the algorithm?

On 11/18/2023 at 6:29 PM, alexgross.com said:

i heard marvels is pretty bad. too bad it doesnt have it's own thread here. 

Actually I have not seen it yet but have watched several reactions/reviews by Youtubers who are not Marvel apologists and they all seem to come to the same conclusion. The story is weak but the acting and the characters are quite good, including *Brie "Don't call her gorgonzola. She'll flip the eff out!" Larson. Most of them were ultimately delighted with the comedic turns. Of course those "40 year old white dudes" who cannot release a grudge while venting their oh so hurt feelings have gotten old in the tooth and are losing their bite. I'm looking forward to seeing it in July on Disney. Just wish it could hit streaming sooner. The pieces I saw look fun.

*The gorgonzola ref:

On 11/13/2023 at 6:35 PM, OtherEric said:

While the copy you have is a production error, somebody could create an identical version just by removing the inner cover of another copy, so there wouldn't be any value in the error.

Exactly. A carefully removed inner cover would be undetectable.

On 11/18/2023 at 6:01 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Must be really terrible.

His virtuoso acting talent was a highlight of the classic Plan 9.

Agreed! "I go get flashlight from patrol car." But he actually produced a wonderfully convincing comedic line with this "I'm a big boy now, Johnny!"

BTW - Plan 9 From Outer Space was originaly shot for 1.85:1 widescreen.The original aspect ratio really enhances the viewing experience.

So I took this advice and tried a few searches and soon got hit with "CGC Search Limitation Exceeded,  Looking Up Your search activity has exceeded our limits. These limits help to protect the security of our database. Please try again later."

I checked ASK CGC and saw the same issues was asked back in 2020. No apparent resolution there or explanation other than someone was going to check the functionality.

I posted the following in ASK CGC and just waiting for it to clear an admin and get posted there:

I have dome a few searches with the Certification tool and got hit with CGC Search Limitation Exceeded,  Looking Up Your search activity has exceeded our limits. These limits help to protect the security of our database. Please try again later.

I've waited a while. Changed from Chrome to Firefox. Wiped all history. Disabled all extensions, and still get this. I have a Premium CGC Membership. I have three questions:

1) if there is a limitation to the number of searches what is that number?

2) If one has to wait a certain time to search again what is that wait time?

3) If neither of the above is there a fix for this?

Thanks!

I saw this was asked once in 2020 but no resolution.

I have dome a few searches with the Certification tool and got hit with CGC Search Limitation Exceeded,  Looking Up Your search activity has exceeded our limits. These limits help to protect the security of our database. Please try again later.

I've waited a while. Changed from Chrome to Firefox. Wiped all history. Disabled all extensions, and still get this. I have a Premium CGC Membership. I have three questions:

1) if there is a limitation to the number of searches what is that number?

2) If one has to wait a certain time to search again what is that wait time?

3) If neither of the above is there a fix for this?

Thanks!

On 11/18/2023 at 12:53 PM, Dr. Love said:

My personal experience, GA, small sample set - none at all

HA romance auction end Oct had me look up 65 Atlas slabs, maybe 60 of them recent GA early SA admissions within the last 3 months - none at all

A simple question that could be answered beyond asking here - requires some work though - find a recent submit, HA links to cert lookup is probably the easiest way, and then run through the whole cert by incrementing the cert # until you reach an end to that cert.  rinse and repeat.  If you've got 2 hours or so you're willing to put in, you'll prob get some sort of vague answer you can run with

Good lord I never knew that about HA, and I have had an account with them for years! Useful little tool! Thanks.

THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS has to rank in the bottom. It is so low budget that they did not have synced sound, but shot any scene with dialogue so you could not actually see the person talking: for example, from a far distance or from the back of the head. Even Tor Johnson was not able to save this one!

Full movie on Youtube but due to nudity in the opening scene I decided to show the trailer here. Sadly the trailer is  heck of a lot more interesting than the movie thanks to the bong drum action!

On 11/17/2023 at 5:27 AM, RedRaven said:

 

Just added that one to my media server! I love these bad films.

And you can use the instructions shows on the CGC site to get a good idea of packing methods for shipping to CGC.

On 11/17/2023 at 4:01 AM, The Lions Den said:

This is a pretty tough question to answer, but here goes...   

What I can tell you is that if you're trying to determine the amount and frequency of finger bends on CGC graded books, it's probably going to be a waste of your valuable time and energy. But if you're in a gambling mood, step up to the bar, make your wager, kiss the lucky rabbit's foot and spin the big wheel.

I wish you the best of luck...  

  

 

Thanks but it is a deceptively simple question. As I said on the first post, there was a period a couple of years ago when finger bends and creases seemed rampant on freshly pressed books (mine included) as CGC ramped up their personnel.

All I am asking is if this seems to be continuing with folks who have recently received their books back from CGC.

On 11/16/2023 at 9:48 PM, VintageComics said:

CGC has been putting all sorts of notes that make no sense on books in my experience and I'm not sure why. 

I literally would get books back, crack them out, look for the defect in the notes and was unable to find the defects. It was quite ridiculous for a while. 

The only thing I can think of is they had new graders. 

Yes, this was happening in the midst of CGC playing catchup and increasing the hiring of new graders. I understand all that.

I am trying to determine from folks who have submitted and received books back recently if this finger bend/crease/fingerprint trend has been lessened..

On 11/16/2023 at 6:46 PM, VintageComics said:

Pov, are the defects in the notes or are you actually seeing them on the books themselves?

Both. This was back in Feb 2022 and lots of folks were reporting especially finger bends and creases that were not there before. It has been documented enough for Mike to put out a request for folks to send him details of their submissions. Since pretty much a couple of years have gone by I wanted to discern if this remains as bad as it was then.

On 10/5/2020 at 1:55 PM, J-KComics said:

Everyone's thoughts on this book? I am considering getting this. It has had some light color restoration on the front cover. I can't see it anywhere. Hard to spot. It has also had the pages trimmed. How bad is this going to hurt the grade?

 

 

Unfortunately the way the book is curled it seems to be hiding the most likely area. Can you get a shot deeper into the curve so we can see that price box area on the inner front cover spine area?

On 6/12/2020 at 5:04 PM, KCOComics said:

  Of course I would love blue labels,  but I'm pretty comfortable with my choices. 

And that should be the deciding factor for any individual!! Well said.

On 11/5/2023 at 4:24 AM, batmiesta said:

Just sorting some books to send off to CGC and thought this MTU #31 was nice, then spotted this under the N, does it look like color touch? No bleed through and the lines are so sharp, I can't make my mind up, so thought I would consult the experts.

When you have this kind of question the quickest way to really verify an answer is to just search for the book and look at a few images, especially slabbed images. Doing that for this book shows that, as @ThothAmon suggested, it is a printer defect. I am seeing this on a few 9+ CGC copies all blue label.

I'm considering submitting more books to CGC but am leery after the plethora of finger bends and creases on my modern (1975-Present) submissions that had been pressed and sub'd by a VERY well known and respected presser here. 

So I am wondering if folks receiving recent submissions are still seeing these defects in their Modern books but also if they are seeing them in the Vintage (pre-1975) books.

I have been seeing some of the recent posts about slab scuffs etc. but am primarily interested in the actual grade of the book and potential defects once they are in CGC's hands.. 

Should I decide to submit you can be sure I will imaging of each submission.

Thanks folks!

On 11/16/2023 at 11:22 AM, MAR1979 said:

Had to google that. Thanks.

 

 

It is unfortunate that the name "Ken" is becoming more associated with a male "Karen" meaning a self-absorbed self-privileged person rather the the name of a series of lectures (Ken Talks)by experts in many fields!

On 11/4/2023 at 8:36 AM, MAR1979 said:

collecting methods can easily affect fiscal success. 

That should be the title of a Ken Talk!