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So many issues from Invincible to choose from...

I think any book under 9.8 should have grader notes. Obviously the grader has identified some type of defect that detracts from a 9.8, and is the reasoning for the lower grade. I am assuming that defect is documented somewhere, so how much harder can it be to export that note to the grader notes? I don't know anything about their software so many it is more time-consuming than I realize, but if it is, they should update their software. It cant be difficult to type a single sentence in one system and have that mirrored to another report. And it is a feature every single one of their members would appreciate. 

2 hours ago, wiparker824 said:

Agree you should get the discount... that's pretty messed up when you consider the total turnaround time right now for value tier press + grade is 177 days, plus add in few weeks for shipping each way and them to officially get around to "receive" your submission and you're talking 10 months easily. How are you going to sell 1 year subscription with discounted rates that you actually can only get if you ship in the first 2 months of getting the subscription?

Yeah, and the thing is you can't do it the other way around - sign up for membership when you see the books marked received and then get the discount when invoiced. You have to be a member on the day you submit and the day you invoice. If you have a membership now that you solely use for grading, it doesn't make any sense to renew until right before you plan to submit books. As I said I was going to do in another thread six months back, I let my premium membership expire until they fix the newton rings issue. 

7 hours ago, spreads said:

I have 13 modern books marked received by CGC on the 19th of September, I'm thinking CCS will still have them for a couple more months...for your pressing did you use modern pressing (with or without pressing) or quickpress? 

Yes, just regular modern pressing.

5 books submitted at Heroes Con for Grading Modern + Pressing Modern on 6/24/19. Marked Received by CGC on 10/11/19 and shipped to me on 10/23/19. My subscription renewal ran out before the books were received so I ended up having to pay full price. I think if you submit the books while a member you should be invoiced for the member discount based on date of submission. 

1 hour ago, kav said:

This is what enrages me about Liefeld-there are tons of talented artists that blow him entirely out of the water and will never see a single thing published.  This was also true at the time he was drawing for Marvel in the 90s.  

Truer words. Look at the /r/comics subreddit and all of the original art that people are posting there. Much of that stuff is from kids who aren't even out of college yet, and it blows away anything Liefeld has ever done. None of those kids will ever be published, even though they deserve to be. I had dreams of being a comic book artist in my youth and the first thing I learned from all of my courses was that you learn general form and perspective first. That is why those "how-to" guides always start out with a few connected circles and end with something amazing. I am convinced Liefeld starts out just drawing hundreds lines everywhere and then goes back and tries to connect everything. I was the biggest Liefeld fanboy growing up and still have about 100 of his books in my collection, and somehow never realized how terrible they all are until I was an adult.

I'm sorry, I have to log out now and stay off CGC for at least a week or I will spend hours just railing on the guy in this thread. Maybe when I log back in Liefeld will have delivered on his six year old Brigade Kickstarter 

18 hours ago, thehumantorch said:

I don't like Liefeld but to be fair, his work is unique and is synonymous of early 1990s comics.  Love him or hate him he did have a huge impact on the art form.  And no, he's no Kirby.

If I were to start drawing comics for Marvel, you could also describe my art as "unique." It would be the most "unique" of any Marvel artist in history. 

I disagree he had a huge impact on the art form. An impact on the industry - yes. On the art form? No, unless he showed artists what not to do. 

5 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

 He shouldn't be the punching bag that he is. There are far more creators deserving of that mark (less talented and great DB)

 

He absolutely should be, for the simple fact that he has had THIRTY YEARS to grow and develop as an artist and he still posts garbage. He gets work now because his name carries weight, not his art. Look at the awful art in Major X and the Action Comics variants from this year. He STILL has not learned perspective. How is it possible to get worse as an artist in thirty years? And he deserves to be crapped on more than ever for the way he acts on Twitter and his shady business tactics. Remember the Spider-Man/DeadPool 47 fit he threw? That was all because he wasn't hoarding 500 copies of that issue in his closet. All he cares about is money. 

On 10/7/2019 at 11:09 AM, marvelmaniac said:

I cannot honestly answer this question, my Son's ASM 238 is missing the Tattooz, however...

According to Overstreet the value of the book is the same with or without the Tattooz so does it really matter where they came from as long as they are in good shape and not used?

Overstreet is wrong, because value is subjective and I can guarantee you that you will get significantly more on eBay with the tatooz than without. 

Results are in. Congrats on everyone who correctly predicted it. At least it didn't drop in grade. Was going to add McFarlane's sig but unfortunately an emergency roof repair is going to force me to part with it. 

17 hours ago, apollobuzz said:

The X-Men #266 is a 9.0 and not a 9.6. 

Thanks!  I've corrected it. Must have been wishful thinking 

Accept Paypal, Venmo, and Bitcoin. Free Priority Mail shipping within US for orders over $50. For orders under, shipping is $7. Will provide full refund if not satisfied with condition of book once received. 

My Kudos Thread

If anyone wants to see the backs of any of these images just let me know and I'll update the thread.

Batman 428 (Death of Robin) - CGC 9.0, White Pages - $
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 (2019), 1:50 Bartel Sketch Variant - CGC 9.8, Signature Series - Signed by Jen Bartel - $75.00
Carnage: It's a Wonderful Life - CGC 9.4, White Pages - $50.00
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #4 - CGC 9.6, White Pages - $65.00
Infinity Gauntlet #1 - CGC 9.6 - $60.00 - Sold
GI Joe #21 - CGC 4.5, White Pages - $20.00 (You can own one of the lowest graded issues in the census!) - Sold
Magnus Robot Fighter #12 - CGC 9.6, White Pages (First Appearance of Turok) - $60.00
Spawn #1 - CGC 9.6, White Pages - $45.00
Spawn #1 - CGC 9.4, White Pages - $40.00
Spawn #9 - CGC 9.6, White Pages - $40.00
Symbiote Spider-Man #1 (2019), McFarlane 1:100 Variant - CGC 9.6, White Pages - $70.00
Wolverine #1 (1988) - CGC 9.6, White Pages - $70.00
Wolverine #1 (1988) - CGC 9.2, White Pages - $40.00
X-Force #11 - CGC 9.8, White Pages (First Appearance of Domino) - $60.00
X-Men #4 - CGC 9.6, White Pages (First appearance Omega Red) - $45.00
Uncanny X-Men #266 - CGC 9.0, White Pages (1st full appearance Gambit) - $160.00
Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 - CGC 9.6, White Pages (1st cameo appearance Gambit) - $80.00
Solar, Man of the Atom #3 - CGC 9.8, White Pages (1st appearance Toyo Harada) - $170.00

On 8/22/2019 at 3:14 PM, ReporterSixx said:

Have 3 books with CCS for pressing that were sent in early March. Still there. Seems like they'll never travel over for grading. Everything else that was sent in March was back late May (no pressing needed). I'm thinking, at this point, that my submissions in late July will be back before the ones sent for pressing. 

Well that's disappointing. I have five books with them from 6/24 that are still marked as "Received." I also have a modern submitted through Desert Winds to CCS under Fast Track Press in May that I don't have back. 

Wasn't sure if anyone might find this interview interesting. I'm sure everyone here already knows the answers, but they discuss: 

• Are CGC cases waterproof?
• Does CGC give higher grades when submitting on-site?
• How many books they grade a day and how long they take to grade
• Use of microchamber paper

I started watching ComicTom a few months ago and  he posts really consistently and I think has some good content. If you do like this video, it's pretty similar to his others. 

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On 8/23/2019 at 3:46 PM, ComicBookQuest said:

Are those scratches on the ASM #300 case or just glare from the scanner? 

They did end up being scratches, but buffed right out with a little Scratch-X. 

AMS 361 sold. Will check on the ASM 300 case when I get to the office on Monday. For the ASM 300, I think the large one is a scratch on the case. I have updated the listing to reflect that I will also offer refunds if anyone isn't satisfied with the condition of the slab, or I will reduce the price to cover a reslab. 

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First   in the thread gets the book. No returns on CGC books unless it was damaged in shipping. Update: All of the slabs are in the same condition I received them from CGC, but will accept a return if there's any markings on the CGC slab that you are not satisfied with if you cover the shipping to me. No sales to probational or Hall of Shame members. Can provide scans of back covers upon request.
 
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Amazing Spider-Man 238 CGC 7.0 - Sold

Amazing Spider-Man 239 CGC 8.5 - $35.00

Amazing Spider-Man 300 Newstand CGC 6.5 - Sold

Amazing Spider-Man 360 CGC 9.6 (2 copies available) - $50.00

Amazing Spider-Man 361 CGC 9.2 - Sold

Glad to know this as I received 14 slabs from CGC last week and three of them have scuffs on them I need to polish out. 

14 items submitted by regular Modern at Heroes Con on 6/24. Shipped out on 7/29/19. 5 other items submitted for Modern + Press at Heroes Con on 6/24 and currently listed as  "Received." 

3 hours ago, Phil Boyle said:

So we ordered up and sold every copy that each store received at cover price. We limited them one per person off the stands in the 7 stores that did not get shorted. The shorted store has since received the replacements and yes, they went out at cover price after filling the shortages. 

 

I might be confused by something here, but if all stores didn't get shorted, wouldn't you fill the subs form the shorted stores from the ones that weren't shorted before placing on the shelves? If store A had 10 subs and received 7 copies, wouldn't they call store B and get 3 of their copies that Store B was going to put on a shelf to fill Store A's subs? Why would you have any books at all on a shelf before 100% of subs were filled first? Again, maybe I misread something about the way this works. 

45 minutes ago, NoMan said:

I don't know much about TWD, but if I understand my ebay search you can get copies all day long for about $4.00. 

No one is selling 193 on eBay for four dollars. They've been going for at least fifteen since day before release, and over double that now.

Art is bad enough to prevent me from picking this up regardless of how good the story might be.

16 hours ago, Unstoppablejayd said:

I got a couple books signed when I was out in chicago...I had no idea what it would cost (not expecting $100 dollars a signature) until I got to the front  of the line, at that point I had the slabs cracked and was there so I did it .  When I got home I posted the book on instagram saying something about the price and he complained in my comments

He blocked me on Twitter a couple months ago when I made a slightly critical comment about his tweet criticizing people saying that spider 47 book was the first appearance of major x.

The funny thing about is is that I didn't realize "Immortal Hulk" wasn't really a new book, but just a renumbered and renamed continuation of the original Incredible Hulk series from 1962. I never would have picked it up if it was labeled "Incredible Hulk 718," so I guess Marvel's strategy is working on me.