Lazyboy

I mean you posted pictures of what are clearly two different copies of Web of Spider-Man 1.

When you edited your posts, did you completely change the images? Because the two pictures in this thread are not of the same book.

You can't cancel something that isn't either being done currently or planned for the future. Also, that multi-issue story from an ongoing series has no place in this thread.

It looks like a bindery tear, though the image is poor.

I don't know, I just hope his camera doesn't break when he gets his inevitable beating. I want to see that footage!

I have no idea what you think you're responding to or what point you're trying to make. No country's population fluctuates, both up and down, as much as what is available in the highly visible comics market. Not even close.

Yeah, the CGC Census doesn't matter much, for multiple reasons. But labeling books properly (as what they are, not their stupid "key comments" issue notes) does matter and CGC should be much, much better at that.

But nobody can truly examine the market, only the small portion of the market that's highly visible and any smaller portion available to them.

There is definitely variation from title to title and even issue to issue. Then you don't realize the truth: they're lies, just complete fabrications. No. There were most likely some titles that sold as well or better through the newsstand channel, but they were definitely not the top (overall/direct) sellers.

Yeah, you would have hoped they learned something from that one! But they actually seem to have actually gotten worse at identifying later printings.

Oh, is that why he started this with: ?

Judging by some of the examples, I have absolutely no idea. Like many key covers, it is known because of what it covers rather than on its own merits.

So you really don't understand the difference between a story and a teaser leading into a story? If a character is in the story, it's an appearance (of course). If a character is actually part of the story, it's a full appearance. Again, the art, by itself, is not the determining factor. Cameo and brief appearance mean the same thing. The only difference is that new characters can't make cameos. You already correctly acknowledged that Superman's appearance in Animal Man that I posted is a cameo.

Which still isn't the line between brief and full.

The only difference is when in the character's history the appearance takes place! Booster Gold? Anyway, if that were some new character instead of Superman, of course it would be a brief appearance. You don't need to say anything else. You've already proven your level.

Or it should be hard for vendors to recover table fees when they have overpriced junk.

If grading companies want to do stupid things, that's on them. But that has nothing to do with the hobby, literacy, or intelligence. Brief/full appearances have nothing to do with how much/what parts of the character the artist draws, though it's certainly not unheard of for first brief appearances to be mysterious in some way.

Yes, it is. Here is a perfect example of a cameo (a brief appearance by an established character): The only reason Damian is called a brief appearance rather than a cameo (or two) is because new characters can't make cameos.

No, regardless of what anyone states here.. It's not, and the number of panels is irrelevant without context. Both 655 and 656 are clearly brief teasers.

It's funny that you're kind of right, but don't actually know why.

I'd try to help everybody else with links to that site, but I couldn't find How to Deal With an insufficiently_thoughtful_person or How to Deal With an individual_without_enough_empathy. Seriously, you posted only a front cover image of a book you have in hand and can examine properly.

Rust, obviously.

... or a character in one single panel.

He's not used to dealing with stuff that has real demand.

Creases that break color can be flattened out, but not removed. Surface grime can be removed by dry cleaning, but anything deeper or worse can't.