thehumantorch

Hairy chested Hulk?

4.5 outta 5. Can't wait.

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Tough round for me. There's 8 or 9 I really like.

So here's where I'm at. I've used a couple local pressors. One kept my books for more than 3 months before submitting to CGC, I believe he was waiting for enough customer's books to fill a short box. I wasn't too happy with the delay but to be fair speed isn't my #1 priority, getting books pressed safely and with good results is most important. And while all of the books he pressed came back as I expected there were no 'good' surprises. Nothing that surprised me to the positive. The second pressor only worked on one book, Hulk 181, and I was happy with the result. He's actually 200 miles South of me so it's a pain to deliver and pick up books from him so haven't used him since. But a few years ago his business imploded, there's accusations of partners taking money and missing books and it's a mess. So my gentle advice is to be very very careful who you pick to work on your books. If something goes wrong you may be in a world of hurt and you'll have no good resolution. Look for someone who's been in the pressing business for a long time and who has a sterling reputation. If you want to choose a local guy who you can get to know face-to-face I can understand that. As far as reducing the amount of shipping I don't see any difference between giving them to a local guy and him sending them to CGC versus sending them to a pressor located in Florida who delivers them to CGC after he's done his work. There's shipping to Florida either way and you'll have to drive to a local location versus the pressor driving to the local CGC facility. And if you want to read a thread about 'trusted restoration/pressing company' going wrong check this out. It's a Stephen King comic horror movie.

Well that would tie in perfectly with CGC's water logged and moisture damaged assessment. He did get an assessment of grade and defects but it would be nice if CGC could provide more specific information. @CGC Mike

Awesome

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Vote in. Great contest. I'd like to see the same for Baker.

@Artboy99

Can't wait. Reviews are super positive.

Could be worse, I knew a guy named Harry Hole

Welcome to the boards Lance. I once knew a Lance and I called him Lance Lance Fire in his Pants. Fortunately I've matured.

Agreed. And if the books were water logged they may very well have suffered pressing damage because of their hydrated state. This isn't about defects that weren't fixed by pressing, this is about defects introduced by the press.

Not sure but next I'm gonna trot out 'you've got more _________ than Carter's got pills'

@joeypost

An opinion? Maybe but that's what you pay CGC for, an opinion of the grade and condition of the book. In reality they've identified poor pressing, water logged, and moisture damage on many of your submitted books. Rather than reject their grading as an opinion I think you should study the books carefully to see if you can identify a problem. Water logged would indicate these books have been exposed to way too much moisture during pressing and that isn't normal. CGC isn't perfect but I bet dollars to doughnuts there's visible pressing damage like pebbling. Are you pressing your books or is someone else?

That puts a smile on my face.

Careful wombat, he's not called piper because he smokes a pipe...

@CGC Mike

Don't back down Malvin. Leave your comment up, it's important that people know the truth.

Looks great. I'm gonna have to get Prime just to watch this

thought I was kidding Mike

Watch out for the moderation on the Invision forum. It's crazy.

Maybe not that incidence but most creeps are gonna be creeps and offend again.