SBRobin

What is your reason for not liking variants? How do they affect you as a collector? Maybe there is something I have overlooked.

Variants sell comic books and make Marvel and LCS' money. A lot of people describe them in pejorative terms like "gimmick" or "money grab," but they have been a consistent part of this industry for 20 years. They are completely optional and do nothing to devalue the non-variant editions. They get people excited about comics, allow artists to showcase different work, and generate significant activity in comic book collecting. The only people that have a legitimate complaint about variants are those trying to collect entire runs, and are prevented from doing so by super rare variants that are difficult to obtain. Publishers create variants because it allows them to increase their profits by selling more books with limited overhead. And people keep buying them and snatching them up, so as a business that wants to make a profit, it makes sense that publishers would use variants to try to increase sales.

Ah, I thought the problem was people making actual counterfeit comics, not counterfeit slabs. Do counterfeit slabs exist? I'm really surprised a company in China hasn't figured out how to counterfeit the slab and sell them, since they can make pretty good knock offs of everything else.

how does being in the registry prove its not counterfeit? Can't someone copy the registry number?

What are tracking bids?

As a customer, I don't like it when people read comics in the shop because I don't want to buy a "used" comic. I want to buy a NM comic, not something with spine stress because 8 people read it because they were too cheap to pay for it. Comics are only a couple dozen pages. Open it and take a look at the art to see if you like it, then put it back if you don't like it.

Grader Notes: "Light dranzering on inside cover"

The buyer's original post focused on price and that he would feel foolish if one popped up under 1k, so it's not just about the purchase, but how much the purchase cost him.

Most 9.8s dont include grader notes. Are you asking why aren't there grader notes explaining why the book wasn't a 10.0? And what does "dranzer"mean?

Does cgc use a restoration expert on all books or just high value ones? And unless the staple is replaced.with a newer one, how are they able to tell? Is it considered restoration if the same staple is reinserted and bent back down? I have no experience with loose staples, just asking out of curiosity. I think I would try to fix it if I saw a loose staple. Unless of course that would result in a purple label.

Is it not possible to reinsert a staple manually and bend it back into place without anyone knowing it was ever popped? If the pages around it aren't torn it seems like something that could be done?

The 9.8 is valid, but I don't consider it a 9.8 since the signature isn't verified. Therefore it is a potential defect. If it have a 9.8 book and write "stan lee" on the cover it will get the exact same green label. I would almost always turn down a 9.8 green over a 9.8 blue. The same book signed on an inside page would receive a blue label, but not necessarily a 9.8. The inside sig could possibly bump the grade down.

Didn't even notice it was only 8 votes, so I guess you are right that more input is probably needed. I think when all is said and done though most people here will vote that way.

There already is; it's just that the industry uses it incorrectly. Cameo and first appearance are not mutually exclusive. Not generally accepted in this community, if the results of this poll are any indication.

Yes. I would not want any green label. No, I don't consider it a.9.8.

Lots of sales much lower than $1200 for this book in comparable condition over last two months. A 5.0 just sold BIN for $920. Looks like the seller was the real winner on this one.

Had a pretty high bid set up on a book of this seller on Gixen and with an hour left in the auction, I decided to google the ebay name and cgc to see what came up. Really glad I did and found this post. Bid cancelled. Thanks!

You've got that lamp hovering in the background as a tease, and then all of the pictures of the comic are in the dark.

How did the Church collection have CT? Was it done by someone who purchased from Rozanski? I can't imagine Church was restoring his collection.

I've been trying to find good deals on non-certified books, because I think part of the fun is submitting them for grading, but it's just too risky to spend that kind of money on non graded books and risk a restored label or find out there is a huge tear inside. I also noticed a chip on the back cover of the copy of ASM 121 this is bundled with that I would otherwise have purchased it. Additionally, I saw the seller using the exact same picture of that ASM 121 on another auction combined with another book. Maybe he is planning to pull one of the auctions depending on which sells, but too risky.

I apologize to you as I either overlooked that part or replied without reading your entire comment.

Why is it signed by stan lee? He had nothing to do with this issue or new mutants.

Would some of you who consider the preview her first appearance also consider the hulk 181 ad in issue 180 to be wolverines first appearance?

Why provide any pictures in the bag? Just remove the bag. Drives me crazy too.

Did Marvel pay their artists royalties when they were wage employees?