Jeffro.

Let's hope it hasn't been in the press for two months.

Any copy is better than no copy

Instead of speculating on something that might pop or might fade into obscurity, why not speculate on keys with a proven track record of sustained value?

Here's mine

Don't forget Spidey Super Stories 39

The Last Galactus Story in Epic Illustrated 26-34 Or just read it here >>

The few I have seen have been slabbed as such with a notation of a Crowley provenance. Crowley is a pedigree. Comcis with a pedigree designation and comics that are file copies are two different animals.

I just want to say what an awesome post this is. Really

I miss the days when he was one of us malcontents.

Personally I love some of those Essential Compilations because you GET to see the artwork in B&W. Not sure how the Godzilla one looks, but the B&W Conan one, that collects the Barry Windsor-Smith issues, looks better than any color compilation I've ever seen. The Dracula Essentials are great. Gene Colan's art should always be in B&W

Don't tell him about the Amazing Spider-Man 234 doubled die obverse or the Hawkman 6 VDB

There really are no concrete answers to your questions. The answer could be yes or no and will depend on the comics involved in the potential trade, and the expectations of the people involved. The best you can do is lay out what you want to trade and the kind of deal you'd be willing to do and then work out the details with anyone who is interested.

Nothing recent but I did sell some books years ago at various VCCs that I should have kept. Stuff like a Batman 251 that the buyer got slabbed at 9.6. Sold HOM 92, IM 55, and a bunch of Atlas war books that are now seeing much higher prices. Oh well, such is life and in the those years I have found some stuff that has increased nicely.

60K really isn't that high a print run for comics. In fact it's pretty small. All it takes is for a little bit of demand to make those copies disappear fast.

I’m not clear on why it “should have” graded higher? Did you think this comic was also a 9.8 candidate? He knows what he's doing. It's not like it is rocket science or something

Because we can't see the book and are forced to take your word for it that it should have graded 9.2 I'm guessing there was more wrong with it, perhaps subtle defects that caused CGC to assign it a 8.5 Just a guess because, again, I can't see the book.

Werewolf By Night 6 with Spider Woman on the cover???

Yeah, that's not spine roll at all.

Lets see the back cover. That doesn't look like spine roll. It does look like the spine isn't as flat as it should be but that's not the same as spine roll.

You're making an assumption that the sold result for that VG book is truly a VG. The same for the VF book. It can be risky assuming your average ebay seller actually knows how to grade. Just food for thought. As far as Overstreet is concerned, plenty of dealers still use it in some capacity. I see it at shows all the time and if it's still being used that means it's still relevant to some degree.

Wait. Some sellers overprice their books on ebay?

How exactly is Godzilla undervalued? It's a $100 comic, because you think it should be? There are always examples of comics that some people think are undervalued. I can remember reading similar statements about this comic or that in Overstreet market reports from 25-30 years ago and in this super silly market we're seeing right now, who is to say he's wrong? I mean, I don't think Godzilla 1 is undervalued but who really knows? In any event, it's all opinion. And no, Herb Trimpe art is not a legitimate justification for a premium in any case.

@Math Teacher If you're so concerned about the 3 or 4 percent (whatever it is these days) just build that cost into your asking price. As Pontoon said above, against Paypal terms of service and offers the buyer zero protection if there is a problem.

Call headquarters and ask for the CO

True but just because it says white pages on the label that doesn't mean they're still white and you may not be able to tell without cracking it out. And let's not even get into page quality inconsistencies. There have been tons of threads here over the years (as you probably can remember) about how the assigned page quality can vary during the slabbing process