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I'd still characterize most of the XMen run into the early/mid 200s as above average. It's just that the sheer brilliance of the last two Byrne/Claremont years makes for a very harsh measuring stick. I did love Paul Smith's stuff. Makes me cry that he only lasted 11 issues.

Byrne left, and Claremont's ADD had the run of the place. I do not think that most people realize the amount of influence to the story that Byrne actually contributed. Byrne was instrumental in shaping and directing the story lines. He took that excellence over to FF. After that, Claremont continued to come up with fantastic concepts and stories, but they became more and more disorganized, with plot threads and subplots left to dangle.

Only feasible way is if someone has the AP 1 Black and bought the CGC 7.5 Black 3 and has a random black 2... But then they would have to find a yellow 3... Good luck with that.. $100 if you can show me pics of this 3rd set... and honestly I would like to see one and what it's comprise of being that there 3 or four graded of each black through yellows...

Nah its new book day. Time for people to start posting how many copies of each book they got from each store they visited today.

Looks like an 8.0 to me. The description in that auction is pretty much as well honed of a swindle as you can get, without being downright criminal. Key points being a two fold double whammy, bait and switch sucker punch: The seller states he is not a professional grader, so he gets to opt out of actually assigning a grade to the book....initially, drawing in the suckers with the bait of basically saying that he doesn't know what he's doing. Then he adds in the switch of "This book will benefit from a press" to nail it home. Seeing as all of the spine ticks break color to one degree or another, a press will have a minor effect on the book. Best case scenario is a press bumps it from an 8.0 to an 8.5.... My take is that the seller knew exactly what he was doing. As a person who spends a bit of time hunting and submitting, as well as selling raw. And after reviewing the scans, I can say without a doubt that this book will benefit from a press. It may not become a 9.4/9.6, but you can increase the eye appeal and presentation 100%. The book is typical wavy modern looking junk, straighten it out and the eye appeal will shoot up. There is no "snakeoil salesman" tactics here, it is a typical listing for what Ebay has become. I don't know why someone dropped that kind of coin, but hey, it's not my money. And, of course, THIS is why these "estimated print run" arguments are happening: (From that listing) "The estimated print run for this book has been said to be less than 773." Says who? And where did that oddly specific number come from? You guessed it! Dividing the number reported by Comichron by 75! AMAZING! Think it doesn't matter? People are using these "estimates" (which amount to lies, in the end) to SELL THEIR BOOKS. If I estimate that every book I have for sale has an "estimated" print run of 93 copies only, would anyone be comfortable doing business with me? Why not? After all, it's just an "estimate"...right? And ALL "estimates" are equal and valid...right? It's wildly_fanciful_statement is what it. wildly_fanciful_statement invented by con artists, and repeated by the ignorant or complicit, for nothing other than $$$$. We're being lied to our faces for profit, and many of you don't care, and worse, some of you insult and malign those who refute it, rolling your eyes and complaining that it doesn't matter. You just want to believe. Hell, one of the foremost statisticians on this board has bought into the fiction, so why not? where's the spoiler tags?

Looks like an 8.0 to me. The description in that auction is pretty much as well honed of a swindle as you can get, without being downright criminal. Key points being a two fold double whammy, bait and switch sucker punch: The seller states he is not a professional grader, so he gets to opt out of actually assigning a grade to the book....initially, drawing in the suckers with the bait of basically saying that he doesn't know what he's doing. Then he adds in the switch of "This book will benefit from a press" to nail it home. Seeing as all of the spine ticks break color to one degree or another, a press will have a minor effect on the book. Best case scenario is a press bumps it from an 8.0 to an 8.5.... My take is that the seller knew exactly what he was doing. As a person who spends a bit of time hunting and submitting, as well as selling raw. And after reviewing the scans, I can say without a doubt that this book will benefit from a press. It may not become a 9.4/9.6, but you can increase the eye appeal and presentation 100%. The book is typical wavy modern looking junk, straighten it out and the eye appeal will shoot up. There is no "snakeoil salesman" tactics here, it is a typical listing for what Ebay has become. I don't know why someone dropped that kind of coin, but hey, it's not my money. And, of course, THIS is why these "estimated print run" arguments are happening: (From that listing) "The estimated print run for this book has been said to be less than 773." Says who? And where did that oddly specific number come from? You guessed it! Dividing the number reported by Comichron by 75! AMAZING! Think it doesn't matter? People are using these "estimates" (which amount to lies, in the end) to SELL THEIR BOOKS. If I estimate that every book I have for sale has an "estimated" print run of 93 copies only, would anyone be comfortable doing business with me? Why not? After all, it's just an "estimate"...right? And ALL "estimates" are equal and valid...right? It's wildly_fanciful_statement is what it is. wildly_fanciful_statement invented by con artists, and repeated by the ignorant or complicit, for nothing other than $$$$. We're being lied to our faces for profit, and many of you don't care, and worse, some of you insult and malign those who refute it, rolling your eyes and complaining that it doesn't matter. You just want to believe. Hell, one of the foremost statisticians on this board has bought into the fiction, so why not?

Thirty some years later, these pages are still burned into my brain. +1 This was the first Miller DD I'd bought. It was like nothing I'd ever seen before. I still think it is the best comic I have ever read.

keep your chin up. those three blacks have traded hands a few times... maybe they'll come your way someday and it *is* a nice set. 2/3 of them being 9.0 or better... that's fantastic! Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, it's a fabulous set. So nice to see another complete graded one around. I think this makes 5 or 6 graded ones. Not sure about the raws, I have known of 1 for sure, not sure if it's still around

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=define+pump+and+dump Wrong definition. Unless I missed the blog post or article that guy wrote about how everyone should by the book on it's way up. Wttb. You'll fit in just right with these kinds of posts.

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