RockMyAmadeus

"Meh." My review.

You're right. CCS would have submitted the old label to be removed from the census.Forgot about that. Not necessarily by another presser, though. But that's a good point, thanks for the correction.

If you have pictures of the book inside the original unrestored case, I would recommend writing an e-mail to customer service at CGC and explaining the situation to them, showing the before and after pictures, and ask if there's anything that can be done to look at the book again. It should go without saying that the alleged trimming was NOT done in between, but, however unlikely, it's still a possibility with which CGC must contend. Have very low expectations, but give it a shot. Also, ask them what, if anything, they might be able to do to compensate you for the difference between the two. Who did the pressing work? If it was CCS, did you send the book to them in the 9.0 slab? If so, that will help your case substantially. The longer the paper trail you can generate, the better. Trimming can be very, very difficult to detect. It can also be easy to detect, but that's not the case here. Generally, and I know it's a hassle, but everything submitted to CGC should ideally be scanned. That protects you AND CGC.

Umm...except that there were a handful of artists trying damn-hard to imitate McFarlane. Stephen Platt, I think, was the most obvious example. Moon Knight 55 took off precisely because it featured "a new artist who drew like McFarlane" -- and among his early covers -- Moon Knight 55-57, Prophet # 4 variant and Prophet # 5 may as well have been drawn by McFarlane. Capullo's another one -- there's a reason he was the first to follow McFarlane on Spawn -- he'd been mentored and trained up by him. I'd even argue that Liefeld was heavily influenced by McFarlane, who both inked and co-penciled some of the early Liefeld New Mutants issues. Gatsby got there before me....but one exception: McFarlane only inked the covers to New Mutants #85-89, and 93. He didn't ink or pencil any of the interiors.

The most obvious McFarlane clone was Stephen Platt. Of course, there were others, such as John Cleary, Trent Kaniuga, Joe Mad to an extent, and even Dan Panosian to an extent. It would be erroneous to suggest there were no McFarlane imitators. There were several.

This is excellent information. I shall make note of it. Thank You, Sir. Where would we be without You...?

Who, me...? May it never be! There is only One here who outshines us all, and He is Whom I mentioned above. We are, the whole of us, mere shadows in the Presence of His Glorious intelligence, wisdom, kindness, and generosity. Compared to Him, I am but a dust mote on the diminutive backside of the common flea. Oh, shadroch, may we be worthy of Thee, and Thy servant, James. Amen.

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks...? 'tis the East, and shadroch is the Sun. Arise, fair Sun, and kill the envious Moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that Thou, her servant, art far more fair than She!"

Brainiac would be shocked and awed, as are we. Are there enough baskets? Alas. Will they be big enough to gather and contain his unlimited pearls of wisdom? Us swine, with our muted mental faculties, can only ponder. Alas, alas! To have the candles of our intellects held against the brightness of the sun, they disappear as a drop of water in the sea. Who are we, mere men, to bask in such Glory?

It's Fake News that shadroch is the world's smartest man...? Pffft. Poppycock and twaddlesauce, my good man. Twaddlesauce, I say! We are in the presence of a Greatness of which mortal men can merely dream.

I'm glad you're here, too.

Oliver Stone is an idiot, lacking even a fundamental understanding of how capitalism works, so his mouthpiece, "Gordon Gecko", spouts all kinds of nonsense that has no bearing on economic reality. Capitalism has nothing to do with greed. That's the propaganda of the Marxo-socialist, who doesn't like having to earn his keep, and wants the social power structure to work in his favor, to force others to give him things for free. Capitalism is nothing more than the free exchange of goods and services, by willing participants on both sides of the transaction. You give me the fruit of your labor....your wealth, usually in the form of money...in return, you get something that makes your life better/easier/more enjoyable. Capitalism has done more to lift more people out of poverty than any other system designed by man, throughout the entirety of human history. And it has nothing to do with greed. The greedy are the Marxo-socialists mentioned above, but good luck trying to explain that to a Marxo-socialist.

Sorry this never got answered. The reason was the celebration of 10 years since FF #1. All...or nearly all....Marvel titles went to 25 cents that month. According to the story, Marvel succeeded...somehow...in convincing DC to go to 48/52 pages at 25 cents as well. DC apparently got locked into a paper supply issue, and were stuck publishing 25 cent books for the next year, while Marvel went right back to 32 pages and 20 cents the next month. This is the legend. Unfortunately, it doesn't make a lot of sense. For instance, DC's switch happened in August, 1971...three months prior to the FF 10th anniversary. But that's how the legend goes.

Phew. I thought you were just happy to see me.

The store stamp. They don't grade off for them.

No.

I'm absolutely delighted to be of service.

Indeed.

It's nice to find people so easily amused.

Well then forgive me if my posting something that somebody else has posted offended you. That was a response to ygogolak, not you. That's what the quote system is for: so people know to whom one is speaking.

My apologies for your confusion; only the first sentence of my statement was referring to your post. I'll strive to make things simpler in the future.

This has been gone over multiple times already. If it's not in the DMM, it doesn't have any meaning. It's pretty straightforward.

The usual: reason, logic, common sense. I would recommend trying it, but, well....