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Cover H: Red Goblin CGC 9.8 (no. 0009 of 1000) $190

Cover G: Doctor Octopus CGC 9.8 (no. 0007 of 1000) $190

Cover E: Green Goblin CGC 9.8 (no. 0009 of 1100) $190

Cover D: Venom CGC 9.6 (no. 0011 of 1000) $75

Cover C: Black Cat CGC 9.8 (no. 0019 of 1200) $190

Cover A: Spider-Man CGC 9.6 (no. 0018 of 1200) $75

Summary Cover A: Spider-Man, CGC SS 9.6 (no. 0018 of 1200) $75Cover C: Black Cat, CGC SS 9.8 (no. 0019 of 1200) $190Cover D: Venom, CGC SS 9.6(no. 0011 of 1000) $75Cover E: Green Goblin, CGC SS 9.8 (no. 0009 of 1100) $190Cover G: Dr. Octopus, CGC SS 9.8 (no. 0007 of 1000) $190Cover H: Red Goblin, CGC SS 9.8 (no. 0009 of 1000) $190Cover I: Spider-Man, black outfit, CGC SS 9.8 (no. 0040 of 1000) $190

Hi All and welcome to my first sales thread on the boards. I've bought from a number of boardies in the past and my Kudos page can be found here, and eBay feedback here. Firstly, the rules (please read carefully since this is my first sales thread): 1) No HoS and PL members. 2) Domestic Shipping within US via Priority Mail - $15. If ordering multiple books, shipping rates may differ depending on how many books I can safely put in a box. In such an event, I will confirm with USPS to see how much shipping a large box is and notify the buyer. 3) International Shipping - TBD. I've only ever shipped large boxes overseas so I don't know what the rates are on medium sized boxes. If you are an international buyer, I can find out the shipping rate. Please bear in mind, if there are any customs charges, whether on my end or on your end, I will not be responsible for those charges. Any custom fees incurred by me will be added to your invoice. 4) Returns WILL be accepted for items damaged in transit if a reholder deal cannot be reached. Returns WILL NOT be accepted if you have a change of heart after item has shipped, or if you ordered for a friend who now hasn't paid you back, or for any of the other stories that have been passed around the boards. 5) Payment via PayPal Goods and Services or Personal check is accepted. If paying via check, package will not be shipped until the check has been received and cleared by my bank. 6) First wins. In the case of multiple members claiming via the board or PM, time stamps will be used to determine the winner. In the case where you live overseas or are buying multiple books and your decision to purchase is dependent on the final shipping costs only, please claim via thread or PM and I will put the book on hold for you while I determine the shipping costs. Should you find the shipping costs unsatisfactory, just let me know and I will release the hold for the next interested buyer. 7) No threadcrapping please. If you find the list prices to be egregious, you're welcome to PM your thoughts and concerns. Otherwise, market dynamics concerning supply, demand, and equilibrium price has worked for thousands of years, and I see no reason why this sale will be any different. Books: Regarding the books, for sale is one copy each of the J Scott Campbell Store Exclusive SDCC 2018 Amazing Spider-Man #800 virgin covers. All books have been signed, pressed, slabbed and include the J Scott Campbell Store COA (for whatever that's worth). I do have the whole set, but I am a fan of the Gwen Stacy/MJ covers and would prefer to keep those. In the off chance that anyone wants the full set, we can work something out. If anyone cares, the final JSC copy counts were: Cover A: Spider-Man, limited to 1,200 copiesCover B: MJ, limited to 1,200 copiesCover C: Black Cat, limited to 1,200 copiesCover D: Venom, limited to 1,000 copiesCover E: Green Goblin, limited to 1,100 copiesCover F: Gwen Stacy, limited to 1,200 copiesCover G: Dr. Octopus, limited to 1,000 copiesCover H: Red Goblin, limited to 1,000 copiesCover I: Spider-Man, black outfit, limited to 1,000 copies Without further pomp and circumstance, let's get started. Hopefully I didn't miss anything important, if I did, please let me know or feel free to PM me any questions.

I agree with @revat. "Fast Track" is merely intended to be faster than normal service. If you want a more immediate service, then you would probably pay for Express or Walkthrough (if you were are a convention). Secondly, a lot of businesses are likely impacted by Covid which has in turn slowed down some services. You could hire part time workers to make up for it, but no one's trying to make the workspace more dense currently, they're trying to do the opposite. Additionally, why hire extra staff for something that is expected to be a short term (less than a year) hiccup? I can't imagine many businesses expect (or hope) to be in this same situation come July 2021. It just means that when service returns to some normalcy, they'll be overstaffed. And lastly, I've just learned to accept it. Do I really need my book back this week vs two months from now? Not really. The anticipation lies in finally seeing the grade. But in terms of safety, CGC's about as safe a place outside my own home that my book can be. What I REALLY worry about, is when it leaves CGC and spends 2 weeks making it's way through the delivery service because they definitely don't treat your books as well as CGC does.

Your estimated turnaround time begins when it hits received status. "days" refers to business days. So if the Fast Track turnaround time is 15 "days", that's really 3 weeks. If it's not in received status, then the books are likely still sitting in a shipping box waiting to be entered by their receiving department.

Yeah, when I say I've done it temporarily, I mean a week at most. Under most circumstances, i'll lay a stack of books flat to prop up the rest. Or like I said, I'll use a full stack of 100 backing boards to serve the same purpose. The skyscraper method is more so if I'm waiting for a new order of backing boards to ship.

I believe you should be able to submit to CCS for pressing and then CGC for grading and it should maintain the chain of authentication. Note, it definitely wouldn't be a re-holder, it'd be a full priced submission. Just make sure that the pressing and grading are all on the same form.

One thing I've done in the past (only as a short term solution) is place several layers of backing board on one end of the box and then stand it up on it's end so it's erect like a pe...err, skyscraper. I also alternate my books front to front, back to back, otherwise the staple side is thicker than the flip side of the books. Alternatively, depending on how many books are in a box, just lay them flat until you have enough books to stand them. Or stand the books normally and then lay a 100 pack of boards on it's side preventing the books from sliding or falling over.

You can use the turn around rates topic to get a general idea from other users of how long it should take to see updates to your submission.

They'd probably just redirect you to the website https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/services-fees/cgc-grading/

No exact answer, but you can use the thread below to give you a better idea.

I recently saw a black sketch cover Cable and Ghost Rider variants. I'm wondering, are there any glow in the dark inks that could be used on these covers?

For what it's worth, I wear gloves when handling/reading all my books now.

Funny, I was thinking the same thing about McFarlane. When it comes to drawing people, there's always been something about them that i've never really liked. I'm not even sure what it is exactly. But when it comes to his costumed hero work, they're undoubtedly cool. I love how he made Spider-Man's eyes bigger for example. Or how dynamic the artwork/poses look. He's top 10 for sure, but I wouldn't place him in my personal #1.

JRJR penciled ASM for 3 years in the 2000s. I grew up with Bagley Spider-Man so he's my #1.

No, I've had two foil books (Wonder Woman #26 SDCC and Wonder Woman #1 NYCC) pressed in the past without issue.

You can mark to have the book pressed by CCS if you wish. In which case, the book is signed and taken away by CCS/CGC as it normally would for a Signature Series book. Only it will go to CCS for pressing first. Alternatively, if you know of an authorized presser, they can maintain the chain of authentication and then submit to CGC.

Is "variant" really the proper descriptor here? To me, a variant indicates that the publisher has intentionally released a separate copy. But there doesn't seem to be any accounts of Marvel doing such a thing. Instead, this sounds like a production flaw with the hologram sheets. http://www.recalledcomics.com/Wolverine75HologramErrors.php

Corner crease on my ASM 361 knocked it down to a 9.0.