SteppinRazor

BRC on front is a little rounded, and a couple color breaking spine ticks on the back are all I can see that would cost you. Grade: 9.4 (in white so as to not influence others, highlight to see)

I certainly understand the collector side of wanting to have a narrowed focus. I also agree that there's nothing wrong with an old school comic con. Modern cons didn't happen in a vacuum, and they didn't happen because of greed, either (necessarily). ROI has to be sufficient to make it worthwhile though. Hitting your target audience is great, but if your target audience is a bullseye within a bullseye within a bullseye, even hitting it may not result in a worthwhile ROI. One irrefutable thing that can be said for modern cons is they aren't marginalized like the older cons were. If one were to try an older style con, incentivizing buying would be absolutely necessary. One unsuccessful show and vendors could/would depart.

I think there is, especially for long standing members (not that I'm one, but if I'm to sell, that at least let's me know they'd be burning a bridge they crossed many a time). It's a shame you can only truly know you're own integrity, but it helps knowing that say, someone who joined in 2002 would be walking away from a virtual community they have been a part of for 15 years would be loath to walk away for a bit of money.

PGM Spider-Man 1 Gold Hi all. I know I said I was done posting comics for a while, but then realized I forgot to ask about two issues. On this one, I'm wondering what the fade on the gold lettering costs grade-wise. It's most visible in the two top corner photos. Thanks

It really isn't sensible to set up a con and bar people based on their clothing choices. I'm not even really sure what the problem is that that solves. Cons morphed into multimedia events for simple reasons - comics became the source for other types of media, drawing in fans of those media, cons weren't making enough money for the effort when they were just longboxes of vendor stock, and there is natural display/organizational creep to compete and draw people through the door. If a comic book trade show (which is probably what it would need to be called) were to be organized, it would need to make enough money to make it worthwhile. Cons moved out of hotel banquet halls because they are poorly lit, part of a larger space making the con stick out, which creates kind of a sad atmosphere. Who is going to that show compared to a modern con? Probably a tenth or less of the people who go to a modern con. You won't have panels and rows of creators because you can't afford their appearance fees. So now you have no draw, at least compared to a modern con. Cons make money through ticket sales, booth fees, and concessions. You cut both the price of the ticket and slash the attendance, then there will be less sales meaning less vendors will return. Less concessions. That kind of show would be more about making the vendors happy, not the consumers. The organizers would have to devise ways to force sales.

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Looks great. I'm not that experienced a grader, and it's tougher to get the 9.x numbers, but I'd say 9.4. Only issues are minor corners and non color breaking spine tic on front and back. There's also a white line under the Y, but I can't tell if it's just on the mylar, no the actual book.

lol, I should've known.

He also wrote Robocop 2

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This isn't the fastest moving forum. Are you looking to buy it? Got any pics of the back? Without seeing the back, I'd say 9.0. The bottom left corner looks a frayed at the back, there are creases near the bottom right across Venom's leg, and the bottom staple is a little imperfect as you pointed out in your captions

That's fantastic! What kind of ink do you use? I like Speedball's Superblack, and I mix in a bit of charcoal.

That is a nice copy. 8.0-8.5

You got the staple thing, a spine tic near the gunsight, maybe one at cable's shoulder, and a bit of wear on the BLC. Each (except maybe the staple) are minor, but together I think a 9.0. I'm a novice though, and the 9 range is pretty tough to know what and how much a slight imperfection costs.

I've picked up my pencil/pen after a long time not drawing. Once I went to sculpture, I stopped drawing more than stick figure 'can it stand up' drawings. I'm surprised at how poorly I draw now. Guess I have muscle memory loss.

Looks like you've got some spine ticks between the staples and maybe some fingerprints on the back. You might be able to gently wipe the fingerprints (if they are really there, hard to tell for sure in the pic). I would send it in. 9.2 is my guess. Also a noob though

The only part of NM I liked was Warlock, and he turned out to be the one comic book character ever that stayed dead (AFAIK).

I wouldn't call it sparse. Art needs space around it to give it its due attention. Finally getting around to browsing this thread, there's a lot of cool stuff in here. It's given me some ideas for artful displays I can make. If you guys think there's a market for that kind of thing, I might whip up some designs.

PGM Uncanny X-Men #12 Last one from me for a while I think. This is the oldest comic I have, bought it in the back issue bins in... maybe '89. One of maybe 6 comics I have that had a previous owner. It's in rough shape, I just bought it to have an old comic. The rest of mine are CA/Modern Age, so I don't really know where the threshold is for grading this kind of book. There are a couple of small holes in the interior, looks like it took a blow from something that got through a few pages.

Thanks!

He basically changed the way baseball was played. People weren't really trying to hit home runs before Babe Ruth, the game was more about strategic hitting and running bases. He also was the biggest savior of baseball from the Black Sox scandal, bringing fans back in and saving its image to make it kid-friendly again. I'm not necessarily saying Starlin did something particularly spectacular, I'm only saying contributions don't end at the paycheck. Without quality creators, the comic book industry would not look like it does now. Imagine if the glut of lousy stuff from the 90s happened with silver age or today's readership numbers. Could well have killed the medium.

Just because he was paid for it doesn't mean he didn't contribute. Babe Ruth was paid to play baseball, but he contributed much more through his play than just a tally of home runs and hits. I'm not saying Starlin is the Babe Ruth of comics, but if his work fostered the cultivation of the readership, then in addition to providing story in exchange for money, he also contributed to the continuing existence of the industry and is one of the many support beams of comic book enthusiasm today.

That white line that runs the edge. I don't know if it's considered a color break, or the fact that it literally is the fold means it's okay. Almost all of my books are CA/modern, so I know they basically have to be perfect. Getting up into the tenths of a 9.x seems a lot more difficult to tell than the lower grades.

First one I'd say 6.5 Second, I don't know enough to know how much having extra staples, and having removed them would ding you so I won't guess Third is in just a little worse shape than first, so maybe 5.5-6