thehumantorch

I can't wait to get my Spawn #1 signed by George Washington authenticated.

I'm glad you don't referee MMA fights...

Hip Hip

Looks better than a 5.0 even with the rust. Cleaning should help

I'd like to suggest that we refer to these as wedgies from this point forward...

Difficult to give you a value without knowing the approximate grade of the book. Assuming it is a Batman #7 from 1941 a CGC 6.0 recently sold for $4300 usd. Higher grades are worth more and lower grades less. There's no Bob Kane signatures recognized by CGC because he died 2 years before CGC was created and CGC has to witness a signature to authenticate it. As vevat points out CGC is in the process of acquiring a company that authenticates signatures so you would be wise to hold off submitting until that happens

sigh, I'm so sorry. Mike has hurt too many people.

It would be interesting to find out what type of work he has completed?

I think they were deserving of bags and boards.

I have a few books left from a consignment, about 2 years old, and in the My Consignment page the listings turned red. I took that as a hint and dropped my prices.

Something that's been bothering me about all this. Just spit balling here. What if Hero Mike was proficient at some aspects of restoration but not all? What if he took on these jobs and the appropriate payments but he didn't have the experience and skills to do all of the work? There's no university degree for what he does and I don't believe he apprenticed under anyone. I think he was essentially self taught. What if he just didn't have the skill to finish some projects and put them aside and continued to accept new work? That might explain why he hadn't finished books for near 10 years and why some books were only partially completed after many years.

Do you think there’s a difference between witnessed and authenticated? Absolutely. If it's witnessed there's no signature opinion required, just eyeballs. If it's authenticated it's essentially an expert's opinion and as good as an expert may be I'm sure they can be fooled.

Well this stinks. I would chalk it up to different graders and in the case of the book with a huge discrepancy I'd imagine the first grader just missed the defect. I can see how frustrating this would be.

The harder it is to find the more satisfaction you experience when you find it.

And that's a good point. I've purchased a lot of books here and I prefer dealing with boardies I've interacted with that some anonymous auction site.

Or one of those court artists?

Thanks Jon and congrats to Grendalbo

Nice purchase. If any book screams early cool SA Marvel this is it.

They're the rowdy group here....

Honestly, this place isn't perfect but for me it's still the best place to talk comics online. And there are a good number of people on this board who just love comics and are true fans of the medium.

Beautiful books. You'll need shipping details and return policy.

eye like it

Mike DeCheatusall(if he can get away with it)

I remember date night, back when I was a young whipper snipper. 3 pounds of dates and I was in the can all night.