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Updated: Added some books just back from CGC & removed a few listings that have sold.

The rest of my Jim Lee Signings came in (posting them all together here).

Updated: Added some Jim Lee books that I just received back this week.

Just back from CGC:

1st book back from the Jim Lee Signing.

From the Silvestri Signing. Happy to see a high grade on the white variant. Bummed about the Medieval Spawn coming in low as I wanted to eventually have McFarlane sign it.

I have a few X-men books of his signed. I should probably dig them out and get them CGC'd if there's still interest in him. I kind of assumed there wasn't since he started making video games. I met him at one of the Mega-Cons (pre-battlechasers) in Florida when I was growing up. He was pretty generous with his time and did a sketch or 2 for me. Edit: I actually posted a sketch he did awhile back on a different thread.

I'm selling some CGC'd books from my collection - many signed. Below is the complete list. https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=noodles1771&_sop=1 All books sold so far have shipped out within 24hrs of sale and are carefully and attentively packed. All CGC Cases are Mint and literally have not been removed from the return box from CGC aside from the pictures taken for the listings below. They are not being taken to trade shows etc - these are from my personal collection. Feel free to e-mail any questions. Thanks for looking! Image: Spawn #9 CGC 9.8 Signed by Todd McFarlane (SS) Spawn #202 CGC 9.8 Signed by Todd McFarlane (SS) (LOW Print/CGC Census) Spawn #288 & #290 (Variants) CGC 9.8 Signed by Todd McFarlane (SS) Spawn #50 CGC 9.6 Signed by Greg Capullo (Out for TM SS Signing) Gunslinger Spawn #1 (1:50 Variant) CGC 9.8 Signed by Todd McFarlane (SS) Medieval Spawn & Witchblade #1 CGC 9.2 Signed by Marc Silvestri (SS) & BP Witchblade #118 Fantastic Realm Virgin Sketch Cover CGC 9.8 Signed by Marc Silvestri (SS) Gen 13 #1 (Grunge McFarlane Spider-man #1 Homage Variant) CGC 9.8 Bone #24 CGC 8.0 Signed by Jeff Smith w/Bone Sketch Bone #20 CGC 9.6 (1st Print) Signed by Jeff Smith w/Bone Sketch Marvel: Spider-Man #1 (Silver Poly-Pagged Edition) CGC 9.8 Signed by Todd McFarlane (SS) Spider-Man #1 (Gold Edition 2nd Print) CGC 9.6 Signed Todd Mcfarlane (SS) Amazing Spider-man #55 CGC 9.8 (1st Print) Amazing Spider-Man #72 (Heritage Variant) CGC 9.8 Signed by Inhyuk Lee (SS) Amazing Spider-Man #14 CGC 9.8 SS Campbell.com Edition K Signed by J. Scott Campbell Hulk #1 (FC Variant) CGC 9.8 Signed by Bjorn Barends (SS) X-Factor #78 (Double Cover Misprint) 9.6/9.6 Signed x2 Quesada & Palmiotti both covers! Iron Man #12 CGC 9.8 (Rahzzah Variant) Sky Doll #2 (Sky Doll Spaceship) CGC 9.8 DC: Harley Quinn #1 CGC 9.8 Amano Variant Superman Man of Steel #19 CGC 9.8 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 CGC 9.6 Signed by Brian Stelfreeze in Green Ink Green Lantern #22 (1963) CGC 3.0 Signed by Late GL Creator Mart Nodell Green Lantern #19 (1991) CGC 9.4 Signed by Late GL Creator Mart Nodell 1991 DC Cosmic Card - Golden Age GL Signed by Late GL Creator Mart Nodell Valiant: X-O Manowar #0 CGC 9.6 (Signed x3 by Quesada + Palmiotti + SS Bob Layton) Solar Man of the Atom #29 CGC 9.4 SS (Signed x3 Quesada + Palmiotti + Layton) Bloodshot #6 CGC 9.6 Eternal Warrior #1 CGC 9.8 (Frank Miller Cover) Archer & Armstrong #0 CGC 9.4 Dark Horse: Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface #7 CGC 9.6 Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Manchine Interface #8 CGC 9.6 Blade of the Immortal #18 (Dreamsong 7of7) CGC 9.6 Blade of the Immortal #131 CGC 9.6 (Final Issue LOW PRINT) Misc: Vampirella #7 (1970) CGC 7.5 (Iconic Frank Frazetta 'Witch Woman' Cover) Sacred Six #5 (Virgin Variant) CGC 9.8 Signed by Derrick Chew w/Sketch Sacred Six #10 CGC 9.8 (Maine Virgin Variant) Triggerman #1 CGC 9.8 (Fay Dalton HTF Pinup Art Variant) Sold & Shipped: Gen 13 #14 CGC 9.8 Signed by J. Scott Campbell (SS) & Jim Lee (SS) SOLD & SHIPPED Uncanny X-Men #282 CGC 6.5 Signed by Whilce Portacio (Missing Ad Insert) SOLD & SHIPPED Lady Death Cataclysmic Majesty #1 CGC 9.8 (Kickstarter Tabitha Lyons Cosplay Variant) SOLD & SHIPPED Ghost in the Shell #4 CGC 9.8 (LOW CGC 9.8 Census) SOLD & SHIPPED X-Men #4 & #5 Signed by Jim Lee (SS) 9.6 & 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Spider-man #1 (Silver Cover) CGC 9.8 SS Signed by Todd McFarlane w/Limited Label SOLD & SHIPPED Spider-Gwen #1 CGC 9.8 SS Marvel Comics Rupps Comics Edition (Signed by J. Scott Campbell) SOLD & SHIPPED Amazing Spider-man #361, #362, #363 / CGC 9.6, 9.4, 9.4 (All Signed by Mark Bagley) SOLD & SHIPPED Amazing Spider-man #375 CGC 9.8 (Signed by Mark Bagley) SOLD & SHIPPED Amazing Spider-man 'The Wedding' TPB ungraded by Stan Lee SOLD & SHIPPED Uncanny X-Men #317 CGC 9.4 (Signed by Joe Madureira) SOLD & SHIPPED Uncanny X-Men #292 CGC 9.0 (Signed by Brandon Peterson in Blue) SOLD & SHIPPED Amazing Spider-man #365 CGC 9.8 (Signed by Mark Bagley) SOLD & SHIPPED Spider-man #1 (Green Cover) + 13 (Black Spidey Costume) Both CGC 9.8 SS Signed by Todd McFarlane w/Limited Label SOLD & SHIPPED Spawn #1 CGC 9.6 Signed by Todd Mcfarlane SOLD & SHIPPED Spawn #1 CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Spawn #39 (Santa Spawn Cover) CGC 9.8 SS Signed by Todd Mcfarlane + Green Qualified Signed by Greg Capullo SOLD & SHIPPED Spawn #45 CGC 9.8 SS Signed by Todd Mcfarlane + Green Qualified Signed by Greg Capullo SOLD & SHIPPED Spawn #49 CGC 9.8 Signed by Greg Capullo SOLD & SHIPPED The Darkness #1 Special Preview Edition CGC 9.8 Signed by Marc Silvestri SOLD & SHIPPED Cyblade / Shi: Battle for Independents CGC 9.8 Signed by Marc Silvestri (SS) SOLD & SHIPPED Bone #1 CGC 8.0 (Signed by Jeff Smith) SOLD & SHIPPED Gen 13 #1 (1994 Limited Series) CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Gen 13 #12 (Classic J. Scott Campbell Cover) CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Amazing Spider-man #361 CGC 9.6 SOLD & SHIPPED Venom: Lethal Protector #1 CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Spider-man #13 CGC 9.4 SOLD & SHIPPED Infinity Guantlet #1 & #3 CGC 7.5/9.6 Both Signed by George Perez SOLD & SHIPPED X-Force #2 CGC 9.2 SOLD & SHIPPED X-Force #11 CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Superman: Man of Steel #18 (HTF 2nd print) CGC 9.8 SOLD & SHIPPED Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 CGC 9.8 Signed by Brian Stelfreeze in Silver Ink SOLD & SHIPPED Batman: Sword of Azrael #1 CGC 9.8 Signed by Joe Quesada) SOLD & SHIPPED 1991 DC Cosmic Card - Hal Jorden GL (Signed by Late Golden Age Creator Mart Nodell) SOLD & SHIPPED Rai #0 CGC 9.4 SOLD & SHIPPED Bloodshot #0 CGC 9.6 Signed by Joe Quesada SOLD & SHIPPED

Kickstarter ends tomorrow (Friday).

Just thought I'd post this kickstarter here for anyone that's interested. (I'm a backer) If you're a fan of Bill Sienkiewicz's art you'll probably dig Richard's aesthetic. The kickstarter is for issue 2 but you can still get issue 1 as an add-on. The quality on the first issue came out well enough I thought I'd share the 2nd. Enjoy! http://kck.st/3kGHRZ3

I printed out the packing slip for the Marc Silvestri Signing thinking I saw CGC's return address on there and closed the CGC window in my browser. There is no return address on the packing slip or even the event page. I'm assuming it's CGC's regular PO box 4738 but because this is a special event I don't want to assume. Funny enough even CGC's usual return address is not listed on their 'Shipping Collectibles to CGC page.' Can someone please confirm if my books should be shipped to CGC's usual 4738 PO Box. Thanks.

I printed out the packing slip thinking I saw CGC's return address was on there and closed the CGC window on my browser. There is no return address on the packing slip or even the event page. I'm assuming it's CGC's regular PO box 4738 but because this is a special event I don't want to assume. Funny enough even your usual return address is not listed on your 'Shipping Collectibles to CGC page.' Can you please confirm my books should be shipped to your usual 4738 PO Box. Thanks.

Without boring people on the details of a bad ebay encounter yesterday, I thought I'd make a PSA game out of it. Feel free to add your own line items. How to Suck as an Ebay Seller (An Ongoing List): You're unresponsive to a buyer's question. You're responsive but don't follow up with the actual information requested from you. You still haven't figured out how to add combined shipping on your item pages so customers get hit with multiple $5 or $10 dollar shipping charges on every item they have from you when they go to check out. (5+1, carry the 2 = Your buyer is now spending more on shipping for your books than your actual books.) Someone requests a Gemini Mailer or T-mailer for shipping - not only can you not provide this as an option - you try to sell the buyer on how your bubblegum and scotch tape method of shipping is superior. (Granted some sellers do go out of their way to do a better job than off the shelf solutions like Gemini or T-mailers, here the issue is regarding those that are clearly suggesting inferior options or more typically asking you to 'trust them'). Someone requests a Gemini Mailer or T-mailer for shipping and you use it as an excuse to take a .50 cent item and milk it into a $4 or $5+ add on. ('You know - weight bro'). Either of the above two shipping issues happens and you're a large volume "Professional" seller on ebay. Someone messages you about a few books to work out a group price on and instead of de-listing the items and submitting a private offer you encourage them to use the 'Submit Offer' button then proceed to deny previously discussed prices and haggle with them there. You use Stock photos instead of your own detailed photos that show the condition of the actual item you want to sell and list as NM/M. (You deceitful, shady monkey). Someone requests closeup photos of the corners and spine of your book and you refer them to your low quality scan of the front side of the book you want $20 or more + shipping for. Someone requests photos on the book you use stock images for and list as NM/M and you tell them. ("Pictures take too long - sorry bro"). You use low quality pixelated photos with glare or blur to show the condition of your item with the caption "condition: Check photos." Your logo or branding covers or obscures the photo of your item's condition. ('What dented corner??'). You use one overall image to show the condition of your book and instead of using a solid background for contrast you prefer multi-color 'magic eye' wall paper, rugs, or veiny granite countertops. Bonus: You have a white sketch cover of a book and put it in front of a white background thereby eliminating any notion of contrast. The concept of a top down photo showing an overall shot of your book doesn't appeal to you as much as the special effect of showing the book laid out at such an extreme angle that the top looks like it's vanishing into a one point perspective. ('It's like the opening Star Wars crawl bro - epic'). Someone wish-listing your niche item and sending a question changes the item from a 'buy it now' to 'bid' option. (Thankfully I didn't go through with the order yesterday but cough cough keep your distance).

I would be curious to know the outcome because I had this book signed back in the day from a local comic shop - came with a COA etc and sent it in to CGC expecting a 9.6+ green label and got back a 6.5 because it said it was missing the insert. I had assumed the shop just took it out themselves (I never did) but if they were buying them in bulk for this signing and there's some that never came with the insert then...

Updated Sold Listings and Added a Few New Signed Valiant Books

Just wondering why CGC only has custom Marvel labels? It's nice having new options this year but are we ever going to see any DC / Image / Valiant / Dark Horse options? Also it would be nice to see a free custom label created and given (as a perk) to members that do the in-house CGC signings since these events don't require membership (of course you could charge the normal $5 to non-members). A custom Todd Mcfarlane, Jim Lee, Rob Liefield, J. Scott Campbell, Sam Kieth, Mark Silvestri, Joe Quesada, Frank Miller, Artgerm, Mike Mignola, label for a signing would be a nice exclusive bonus for spending as much as we do on these compared to a normal convention. Jeff Smith doing a custom Bone label/signing (to kick off the Netflix series Premiere) would be sweet as well.

Just wondering why CGC only has custom Marvel labels? It's nice having new options from last year but are we going to see any DC / Image / Valiant / Dark Horse options ever?

Yeah Comic Tropes is one of the few I was subbed to before. I appreciate his eclectic taste and research/knowledge on the subjects. Given we don't have a comics magazine like Wizard anymore it's harder and harder to find places engaging with the actual culture and history of comics and comic artists. Cartoonist Kayfabe has some nice interviews as well. There's far too much depressingly unimaginative 'what's the hottest selling thing selling on ebay this week' passing as comic culture for me typically when I find people doing a comic related channel. To a certain extent that's fine, (there should be a place for it), but there's so many Kickstarter projects and new publishers/artists out there these days - I wish more people were trying to give them a boost. Hopefully I'm wrong and I just haven't found what's already out there yet.

I'm looking for suggestions on some of the best Youtube channels and other comic forums people visit (CGC seems to be the best UI/graphic design forum layout I've found). I've been getting a bit more into the scene (again) recently but haven't found that much that appeals to me. Without calling out anyone by name - Youtube channels with overly opinionated angry blowhards or people miming the cadence of a radio morning deejay are not my cup of tea.

Some before and after shots of one of mine that I'm getting rid of. Enjoy. Got both covers signed by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti (back in the day).

Personally I don't trust or buy from sellers on ebay that don't use Geminis (or something very similar/ better (i.e. a cardboard box)). Assuming you're just selling 1 to 4 or 5 raw comics at a time, they're great. I don't remember if it's 50 or 100 mailers you have to buy before the price drops to .50 cents each. (I actually had to look it up at some point because a seller wanted to sandwich a $20 or $30 dollar raw comic between two pieces of cardboard and mail it in a soft padded envelope then complained it would be too expensive for them to buy gemini mailers). I would recommend you double board the comic (front and back), tape it down with tape that can be easily lifted (painter's tape) or cut (scotch), and either add a piece of cardboard or bubble wrap (you can get a huge roll at any lowes for less than $20 w/probably better prices from Uline online) to buffer the inside between the comic and the folded cardboard. I automatically bookmark ebay sellers that show attention to detail like this in their packing. It's also nice when sellers show an example photo on the item page of how they ship their books. Do NOT trust 'stiff envelope mailers.' Any package that falls on them will damage whatever is inside. My own experience is below and why I no longer buy from anyone trying to ship like this:

Maybe only 2/3 things this thread usually sees by JSC?

Hitting 9.8s on white covers