davebo357

Grabbed a bunch of X-Men books from Jay and was honestly surprised when I saw them in the mailbox they arrived so quickly. A great transaction!

Zam! That's a winner.

to the raw 28, 13, 59, and 63. I've got my #94 - #325 collection but I like to display some earlier issues here and there and not too concerned with grade. Thanks!

I... I couldn't wrap my brain around it. My mind convinced me it was X-Men #130.

Boy I thought that 7.5 guess was a little optimistic and I was gonna say 6.0. We were both way off. Congrats on such a well-presenting 2.5!

The only raw comic I've had graded was Hulk 181, and my untrained eye would have given it about a 6, except that the MVS had been cut out by the original owner, placed in the MVS collector book with tape, then placed back in 181 with archival tape in the proper location, so the fact that there was a cut along the page and tape on it ended up giving it a 4.5 blue label grade. That was submitted through my LCS so I don't have the graders notes or anything. Frankly I would love to grab a 5.0 for the price that presented like a 9.8 on the front and back covers but that some chimpanzee had chewed on the pages inside to get it that grade. I like displaying these cgc's so I'm always more concerned with the covers.

That's why I said "will they" and put a question mark at the end. I thought I remembered reading that somewhere but I was just asking, I have no idea if they'll do that. But honestly why wouldn't they? What difference would it make? Seems like the green label should be the special request where you're saying hey, what kind of decent grade could this get were it not for this huge glaring problem with the book. If you had a 9.8 quality book but it had a page ripped in half that took it down to an 8.0 or something, wouldn't that be worth way less than a green 9.8 anyway?

I assume without the MVS it would get a green label. I'd get it slabbed just because I'd definitely want that displayed on my wall and the cgc cases display well in frames. I'm... assuming the after 5 years story you're telling was at least two years ago? Actually, if you specifically request a blue label will they just deduct a set point number for the missing MVS and keep it a blue label?

How could a Wolverine fan say that?!

Maybe someone should make a wall-hangable slabbed frame with a super thick black border so you slide the case into it and it sits centered while covering up the actual grade :P

Hah, that's clever. My wife was fully on board with naming ours Logan a week and a half ago. Guess whose collection is coming to a dead stop for the forseeable future :P

That is some serious Wolverine dedication, but has anyone else named their firstborn son Logan?

I don't imagine when they tried to revitalize a title that had just been printing reruns by throwing some new characters at it that they knew it'd be such an important issues 45 years later. Probably would have been good to introduce a new villain too. I just wish Wolverine had made it onto the cover.

I figured a few things had changed so I took a new panorama of the comic room.

Wait, you're telling me you're NOT 80's pop sensation Adam Ant?

Since the thread got resurrected, the IH181 I posted did in fact get an unqualified blue label with a 4.5 grade, so they just took the appropriate amount of points off for the cuts and tape I guess.

Geez, well there's no reason I should recognize that at all I guess. I just thought with all the horror memorabilia maybe it was on a wall in the Addams Family or something. If CGC graded on sentimental value I'm sure it'd be a 9.8!

That looks like an amazing collection but you should consider just picking up a used DSLR camera for like $100 off craigslist/ebay. Really make those monsters come to life when you can't show them off in person. Also what's the painting in the bag from? I feel like I should recognize it.

A 9.6 IH181 is far enough out of my league that it doesn't really register in my brain's jealousy-center, but every time I see that Wolverine/Hulk statue I have to seriously consider it. For those who remember I've been the process of slowly moving six of my friend's short boxes to my house every time we hang out, in preparation for him moving in with us in a few months. After fitting 28 boxes on a rack with my collection in the comic room, I've managed to fit 77 along the wall in the bedroom. My wife decided that was sufficient before becoming a fire hazard (I had to make the case we needed the ones on the side as a staircase for the cat who loves hanging out on top) so the rest will have to go to a storage unit.

Sorry about the crummy circumstances you acquired it under, but that is nice that it stays with a friend.

Well I can't control how other people frame their comics and I can never un-know the grades of my own, so that seems fruitless. I like my setup because aside from my trinity frame, I can easily swap out graded comics on my wall. Only problem is I need more graded comics to be able to swap out regularly. I really like my 12-comic ungraded tri-fold frame that I can also swap out, but I completely forgot to both buy more of and swap in Christmas themed covers this past December. Loved seeing Iron Man #254 in there last year. Edit: and before I even hit Submit Reply, I got distracted and ended up on ebay buying a few of them.

You know, I know this is CGC's website and I'm fully on board with the benefits of professionally graded comics, but from several feet away its just so impressive seeing all these important key issues just looking... equal. If those were all graded in the back of my mind I'd be thinking "oh my Hulk 181 is 1.5 higher than his or damn I wish I had X-men 94 at THAT rating." This just keeps things simple and beautiful. Really impressive setup.

I dig the action figures. I really got into the Marvel Legends 6" figures this past year and have quite the X-Men-centric display going. I'll have to get a current photo as a lot has changed, but three months ago it was entirely Wolverine-centric.

Wow that is nice and orderly. I say slap that smoke detector on the ceiling and cram one more poster in there! (unless it's hard-wired)