theCapraAegagrus

I might understand now. Let me amend your 2nd point to: "A contributing factor to the excitement/reaction of this movie may be that it's not a dumpster fire of a female team-up, unlike Charlie's Angels."

I cannot read #2, Bosco. I have no idea wtf this is saying.

Luiz must be smoking rocks again. You need VFX for almost every comic book character - because they do things larger than life. Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman speak for themselves. Things like Batman grappling, gliding, and beating multiple perps to a pulp also require illusion. You can't film Iron Man, Thor, or Hulk without VFX embellishment. It's ridiculous hyperbole. Possibly unpopular opinion: Only the 1st John Wick movie was any good. The 'stories' of the last 2 made them boring. If you don't have a good story to tell - then it doesn't matter how practical the fight choreography is - it's gonna suck. Also: The Raid is f^&*ing awesome.

Dayum. I don't mind reusing boxes. I have some stacks in similar situations. I wouldn't use anything stained, though. Not that I have anything raw that's really that valuable anyways.

Definitely reflection. There appears to be a tiny chip-looking flaw on the right edge, but again, this is still a 9.8 candidate.

Top-right corner doesn't look sharp, but this is still a 9.8 candidate. Good images.

9.0+ IMO.

9.0+ IMO.

Also: The comic you posted a picture of is worth, like, $200. A foil comic being graded 9.9 is literally nothing new or rare. Wait until you find out how high lenticular covers get graded...

I wouldn't take pride in my "moral compass" pointing in the direction of blind hypocrisy, but, shine-on you perpetually non-purchased diamond...

No, it just needs to be clean, for me.

I've read this 7 times and cannot understand the question.

This is the 2nd time this particular OP has created a thread to 'ask questions' only to become blisteringly hostile without good reason. Seems like s/he's only here to troll IMO. I'll give the OP an opportunity to correct course, though. "Fool me once..."

That's a dangerously incorrect assumption. There's is literally no ethical dilemma for an artist selling comics they designed on their website. Holy hyperbole, Batman!

Bags and boards work fine in preserving the condition of any comic. CGC doesn't grade SS comics any "harder" than other labels. I consider SS comics to be more financially valuable. That's a personal preference, though.

There's no evidence to support this statement, though. As younger people have less and less desire to collect "art", there's a massively realistic possibility that all "keys" will be worth less than they are now.

CGC-graded comics occupy a tiny percentage of products that comic collectors are interested in. No, because the SS program has stringent standards. Signatures can be forged. Non-witnessed signed comics are in no way "inferior" to CGC-witnessed products (at the macro level - each person may have individual perceptions of value regarding witnessed, 'authenticated', and other signatures). How is what a "money grab"? Isn't technically anything that inflates financial value a "money grab"? How is strictly following their own business practices "unethical"...? This isn't correct.

Red micro chamber paper?

If something can happen - it will happen. It has happened (90's). AF15 might always be worth something, but relativity matters. If you buy an AF15 for $100k, the market crashes, and it's worth $50k? You lost big time. The MCU could experience a massive recession in current and future fans. That could equate to a crash (especially in spec drek - which is what many people who aren't pros make money on). Less demand = supply value lowers.

2.5 IMO.

They displayed the opposite of "stunning" and "brave", though...

Took 70 years for a 10 cent comic to sell for $3 million. Most of the "investors" spend their non-renewable time and resources in researching and dominating the market. I'm sure in many cases - it's their job/career - so they're actually "investing" in themselves.