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Several of the distinctions in the poll are not necessary. As it has been defined, and generally accepted, in the hobby since its genesis in the 60s, an appearance is in the context of a story. This makes sense, because comic books...or "sequential art" as Will Eisner called it....is a graphic (that is, pictorial) storytelling (that is, conveys or transmits a narrative via those pictures) artform. Promos, ads, pinups, previews of non-original comic pages, articles about upcoming characters...none of those has historically been considered appearances. And this has been applicable since the beginning of comics, or Action Comics #12 would be called "the first appearance of Batman." It is not. "But...that's how someone ELSE chose to define it. It doesn't HAVE to be defined that way!" True. But the reason it was defined that way is because of what comics are, and trying to redefine it would alter decades of precedence and common sense. Does that mean these previews, pinups, promos, ads, and whatnot aren't historically interesting, and can (and do!) have value of their own? Of course not. It simply means that those examples aren't "first appearances." Dialogue, no dialogue, cover appearance, no cover appearance, one page, multiple pages...all meaningless distinctions. Show me an example of sequential art...even just a single page, with a mere two panels...that has the first depiction of that character, and is not merely a preview of a page destined for another book...and I'll gladly stand with you and call it a "first appearance." Otherwise...I'll stand with generations of collectors who have come before me and you.

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If you had taken photos of the comic before you sent it, would that have proven the fraud? The listing should show pics of the book. What's the listing?

Would a second (good) pressing job fix that? Curious as I have a book that looks to have waves like that and was likely pressed once already. Yup. It's not too bad, and is easily fixed...but will unfortunately result in a second grading cost, which, for a 9.0 Hulk #181, is not cheap. By the way..."waves" happen to all pressers, no matter who they are, or how experienced they are. The only thing you can do is fix it by holding on to the book a few days (up to a week) to make sure they don't come back.

I did. You are just miffed because I used your tactic and got 4 picks in a row...... Are you going to make me take screen shots? Go back and CAREFULLY look at that page. It's page 759. There are no "tactics" on my part. It's a game, and you're taking it much too seriously. You'll notice...I didn't win. Don't be miffed because you don't like the rules of the game.

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Bastich!

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It was the first request after a grid was posted.... You are STILL incorrect. Go back and carefully look at the page.

Well, 147 was useless. Let's go with 111 when you get back.

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I've had at least a single "one-square revealed" win, though, so I'm content....

Ha...you know it. I acknowledge my betters.

You are not correct. Go one page back. You are incorrect. Go back and look again.

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JLW must be at work. He would have had this 15 squares ago.

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You're still having trouble following the rules, gramps.

Have we ever uncovered this many squares without a winner...? I'm with 'fro...I feel I should know this. I'll throw out a hint: I'm pretty sure that's Madame Web

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