HuddyBee

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PGX isn't doing anything worthy of being shutdown. Who's going to shut them down? They aren't doing anything illegal. PGX is known to sometimes give 1.0 grades to incomplete books. Grading is subjective, and I would be more mad at CGC in this case, because there is no such this as a "qualified 0.5" it should just be an 0.5 or a qualified 1.0. I don't see the problem here. Both are independent companies giving their "opinion" on the grade of the book. I only buy raw because then I know what I'm getting. I inspect the book, and if its incomplete I get a refund. Buy the book not the grade. The buyer here should have inspected his book before it was sent to CGC, gotten a refund since it was not disclosed that the book was incomplete, or taken it up with PGX. Problem solved.

Why did Dc use grey tone covers?! Cuz their awesome. Sweet book.

Here's also a look at my complete Silver Age Hawkman run. I've got every appearance of his before Hawkman #1, as well as Hawkman 1-27, and Atom & Hawkman 39-45.

Here's a look at my complete set of Atoms: SC 34-36, Atom 1-38, and Atom & Hawkman 39-45. I'm only missing issue 19, and 24.

Ah, Kingpin, I wasn't aware he was making an appearance in the daredevil show. All I could think of was the similar arc to the Spiderman 2 movie back in '04.

Is it really heating up, or has it just always been hot?

Yeah, I dunno. That's what I'm saying. If you wanna actually double your investment to like 700, you're going to want to look into non-popular books that are undervalued, and that hopefully shoot up. Speculation, that no one is speculating about. You're going to have to take a risk, if you want to actually make a decent amount of quick dough.

Its different for different people, some, like myself don't have a lot of dough so $350 could go a long way. Its obviously not going to make him a millionaire. But if he's looking for a return of even just a couple hundred bucks, then its an investment. Remember at some point action 1 was worth $350.

Don't buy marvel. With the marvel movies out almost all their big comics/first appearances have shot up. If you want to "invest" find a book that is currently undervalued and not being paid attention to much. I'd say silver age dc, most importantly Adventure comics 260, the first silver age Aquaman. You could buy like 3 mid/low grade copies for 350 bucks. Buy silver age DC reboots. BB34 SC34, BB54, first SA Hawkman, Atom, Teen titans, respectively. JLA 1 is pretty cheap right now, you could get a real low grade or a couple coverless. Heck, maybe even a coverless BB28 or SC22. I'd say just buy as many copies of AC 260 as you can. It will be worth a lot in the future, I'm saying as much as SC22, people just have to realize its significance.

With the Aquaman trailer out, Aquaman 35 and 11 have definitely gone up. Haven't looked too much at 29, but my guess is it to. If the movie's a hit, they'll increase even more, so I'd get my hands on a copy now, or sell, if the hype might die down. I sold my 35, but am keeping my 11. While all this is happening AC 260 still really isn't going anywhere, and since we all know its the first appearance of the SA Aquaman , I'm tryna get as many copies as I can get my hands on.

Dang minez only a 10.0, maybe next time I can score a gem mint/gem mint/gem mint with and 11.2, but I realize that might be pushing it. But then again with qualified grades anything is possible.

Sure man everyone can just send whatever you want in and ask cgc for a qualified grade. Automatic 10.0!!!!!

Well I don't own it, but since its for a qualified grade, we can just say that if I did it would be 10.0, ya know thats how qualified grades work.

I would not use wax paper, as it might melt and get it on to the comic. Really you just need a hard surface that is fine being exposed to heat. This rather rough method isn't to great with small dents and folds, but you could try. Just make sure you experiment A LOT on crappy $1 books before you actually try it on something valuable, cuz you might destroy it. Pretty much all my methods described are experimental and pretty primitive, so go ahead and try it if you want to, but you might destroy your comic. But, hey, you might not. Just in case: I am not liable in anyway to any damage you might cause to your comic. Good luck!

So guys, I DON'T actually have a copy of Action No. 1, so I was thinking I could just submit it for a qualified grade. What grade do y'all think it would get?? Im thinking gem mint 10.0. Thoughts?

Dude, just use an iron. Amirite @Bomber-Bob?

Agreed. B&B was a far better run than Showcase, JLA, Hawkman, Team-ups. Come on.

I have noticed one of my books, the spine roll coming back, but I'm sure with better and more pressing/ironing and more practice, I could actually get it to stay. However I do realize that ironing it can speed up the aging process, and too much "pressing" might actually noticeably damage the book. But I think if after you press it and leave it under a book for 12+ hours, you put it in a tight mylar, ie 3-4 boards, it will be less likely to revert back to its original state.

Here's my question, why is trimming even counted as resto, and not just damage to the book. I always thought it should just be noted, and degraded to like a VG/G or whatever. Your not even "restoring" it in the pure sense of the word, that is "restoring" it to manner that it once was, your just damaging it. Really its just one long perfect rip, and a bunch of small missing pieces.

Not to rat on this guy, but when this is how other people are fixing spine roles. I think my method can prove quite helpful. Just sayin.

This was really the only effect I was worried about, and knew might happen. But the reality that I ironed just the spine for 10 minutes, might affect the book, but not very noticeable considering this will happen with time no matter what, just maybe a year later. I actually did damage the inks on one book, but that was in a trial run, and the books afterwards seem fine. I used parchment paper, and replaced it about every book, so I wasn't directly ironing the book, as that would definitely damage the inks. My biggest problem is with major pressing services and (grading services for that matter), is that I'd first trust my own hands with my comics, then a random stranger's (even if they are "pros"). But thats just my 2 cents. Thanks for the feedback though, as its always appreciated.

Look guys. Pressing aint no revolutionary tech, its not like CCS was bestowed it from the gods. Its just heat and pressure. Heat and pressure. It aint rocket science. Anyone can do it, AND it DOESN'T damage the book. Y'all are saying I'm ruining books, yet none have told me how. It's been 3 days and my comics have not exploded or caused a black hole, as it seemed many of you thought would happen. Damage? Where? I see none. Pages are fine, cover is no thinner, inks are good, spine roll is gone. And again no black holes, or explosions. So we're all good y'all.

Its the EXACT same thing pressing services do. Apply heat. All I did. Torture??

Come on now, really?? Its a piece of junky wood man, lets just take a chill pill and relax. Hey I'll defend PGX all day. Lets go. What you got, huh? Lets just all remember PGX, or CGC, or Voldy, Iron or pressing services, rich or poor, even if some of us are more primitive than others in our collecting methods, we all love comics here. Alright?