shadroch

You should give the person a chance to fix the problem before you neg them.

1)It's not a defect? Is it supposed to happen? Does CGC possess secret technology that the other companies don't have? Fixing the NR problem in the first generation slabs was simple. Not now ,though. The new CGC slab eliminated the well known cure for newton rings. If slabs were regulated, CGC would be recalling every one of their new slabs. 2) If it isn't a defect, why doesn't anyone want them 3) Isn't one of the definitions of insanity doing the same thing over and over and hoping for different results? 4) We are in agreement here.

I wouldn't have left a neg for the seller unless he refused to take it back. There is also no way I would keep that book. As I've stated many times- If you keep lowering your expectations, CGC will eventually meet them.

No book with a Newton Ring should ever leave CGC's facility. It is not an act of nature, it is a design flaw. I currently own over 200 slabs and not one of them has a Newton problem. It is a horrible defect that affects a books value and the people who don't hold CGC responsible are as much to blame as the geniuses who designed it.

Okay, boomer.

Couldn't agree more. I can barely watch the product they've been putting out since I moved from NY. I think it may be time for new ownership. The younger Mara's and Tisch's are not upholding their families stewardship. Few third generation franchises have worked out well.

I'm glad they are doing it too. The sooner they seperate the fools from their money, the safer we all will be. I just wish I'd thought of it.

As long as it isn't a modern artist on it, I'm okay with it. show me a vintage Captain america with Rob Leifields signature, or a 1940s Batman with Stan Lee's signature and I'll pass. I'm in the market for a righteous Schomburg signed book but have not found the right one.

I came across two retailer kits a few months ago. I've no idea where I got them as I wasn't in retail at the time. Maybe I picked them up from a bankrupt shop. Lord knows there were plenty of them in that era.

I agree. That is where I'm focusing as well. The figure looks modern and I doubt it is one of a kind so it is strange I can't find another one. If Black and AC had released these figures, they should be somewhere on the net. I'd forgotten how much fun Blacks books were.

I'm leaning that way myself,but I'm looking for an image of her where she is wearing that sort of hat, a concho belt or the necklace. All the pictures I can find, GA or modern have her wearing a pistol belt and a traditional western hat, not what I called a modified fedora.

CGC is extending the guy an in-house signing. By doing so, they are promoting this stuff. Of the dozens of creators they could do an inhouse signing with, they chose this guy, But he has kool books, bro.

I'm not outraged. I'm amazed what they can get away with. It doesn't matter if an artist does it elsewhere. CGC is the one promoting it. give the sheeple what they want.

What is next? Will they offer left handed signatures from right handed artists? You can pay $100 for the artists regular signature or for only triple the price, he'll sign it with his other hand, switching color ink half way thru. All excluselively at their inhouse signings.

$2 at a local garage sale. The 3lb and 5lb come in handy, the one pound not so much. I shadowbox with the purple ones and do calisthenics with the yellow ones.

How is my banking information exposed? Yes, they were all mobil deposited and the money has been working for me since it was deposited. add quite a bit more to the checks pictured. As far as my address goes, that is my house, not where the books are stored. Not only do I have a home alarm, I have a Hal. Hal is my next door neighbor whose property is lined with signs saying things like- 911 good, .357 better, Gun control means hitting the target, and my favorite- Whatever you're thinking, it's not worth it. I appreiciate everyones concern, but it is not needed.

It might be, but the hat is off and she is wearing a conchbelt, not a gunbelt.

This pewter figure was supposedly inspired by a femme fatale from a western comic. The owner thought the name was Blue Phantom but that was a Disney character from the 1960s. The figure looks fairly modern ,and is missing its base, which probably had some identification on it. I'm looking for a cover featuring her if one exists. Can anyone id her?

My neighbors been telling anyone who will listen that he is Teddy Roosevelt. That doesn't make him right.

You refer to the "summer of 75" three times in your post, so I imagine you feel it must have some importance. I don't see why "the spring of 75" wouldn't have the same cache, as well as actually being accurate, but continue using your poetic license.

I'm not sure what a personal reference has to do with the fact the book came out in the early spring and not the summer. Maybe you first read it in the summer but it wasn't a summer time release.

GS X-Men 1 did not come out in the summer of 1975. While I don't remember the date, I recall reading it in the local park and it being pretty chilly out. I'd guess it came out in March or maybe April. There should be plenty of date stamps to give the proper answer. It's ironic that BJ brings up the supposedly simpler SA plots, as X-Men 93 reprinted part of a multibook story arc where Magneto had captured the X-men and Angel had flown to get help, only to run into the original Red Raven. 93 ends with a bang as the Avengers arrive, ready to do battle in the last panel, and the story was to be continued. #94 began the new stories and Marvel said the conclusion to the story from 93 would be published in GS X-Men #2 but it never was. It was a few yearsd before I knew that the story concluded in an issue of the Avengers. There were no databases to look these things up at the time. My personal opinion is that both #94 and #95 will double in value before either Hulk 181 or GS X-Men do, simply because they can.

When the herd is buying, you should be selling. When they sell, is when you buy. Timing is everything.

Did he borrow that outfit from Vampirella?

Splinters of the "True Cross" sell for big bucks.