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Not a big fan of Trimpe's art.

It's okay. I liked McFarlane back then too. I have many not so good memories about 90s books. There's an awful lot of drekky drek from Marvel and DC in that decade. It's like when that group of guys bolted and formed Image, Marvel and DC replaced them with even worse artists. Of course you can say that every decade has its crappy art and that's very true but somehow it feels like the 90s took crappy to a new level. And that's without even talking about the gimmick cover nonsense

I'm so very sorry.

@ 20% off (too good to pass up)

Good gravy! That's an awesome Jim Starlin cover

Shouldn't such personal tolerances that could greatly affect the final grade be mitigated or outright disallowed? It's one thing for three different independent graders to assign a different grade to a comic based on their own individual opinions about the type of flaw(s). It's a whole other can of worms when a grading company, a supposed industry standard, allows such variation from grader to grader. Maybe I'm being naive but that shouldn't be allowed to take place. Does CGC still do the three grader eval on all submissions?

FYI, threads with cryptic titles and posts with little explanation are frustrating and invite confusion.

Damn. Always liked his work. I remember when DC rebooted Doom Patrol in the 80s and Lightle drew the first 6 issues or so and then Erik Larsen took over. I can't imagine a more jarring, frustrating, and disheartening change of styles from one issue to the next. Lightle's work was so smooth and fluid. Larsen's is ....... not RIP

I suggest posting your questions over in the original art forum. Link below https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/forum/41-original-comic-art/

It looks production related. It's definitely a miswrap but the paper at the bottom of the front right corner looks like paper at the end of a roll was used. You see this kind of thing a lot with Charlton comics. However, there is also what appears to be a tear. At least it looks like a tear. That's concerning. I wouldn't go anywhere near any comic graded 9.6 that looks as crappy as this one does.

A classic returneth! I forgot how funny this is.

Let's move the pernts party over here!

yet I'm the author and you are not acting in the best interest of anyone who enjoys this section of the boards for the spirit of grading and I'm gonna defend that The only thing we don't enjoy here is you. No, that's not entirely correct. A lot of people enjoy laughing at you.

I think you need to shut the eff up. You make this place less fun. You're annoying. Go away. We're all sick of your nonsense and constant whining. Did you find an unusually high amount of urine in your breakfast cereal this morning? No, it's the cottage cheese.

What to do with them? Bird cage liner If you ever want to learn how to press comics, these will be perfect for practice Spread them out to paper train your new puppy Donate them (but only to someone you don't like) Recycle Fire place starter material Burn them ritually in your backyard to cleanse the world of their awfulness. Every copy of X-Force burned improves the world by .0000000001 percent. It's worth it. Make colorful paper airplanes out of them Paper mache Shred them for your compost pile Shred them for packing material Shred them just because they are X-Force 1 (and then shred the shredded strips. Then burn them. Can't be too careful) Hunt down Liefeld's address and mail them to him postage due Mail them to Marvel with the note, "what the eff were you guys thinking?" Origami (please note that this will earn you the eternal enmity of the people of Japan)

Very sad about Mantlo but I'm glad he's doing better. Still one of my favorite writers of the era. Very prolific and just fun to read

I think you need to shut the eff up. You make this place less fun. You're annoying. Go away. We're all sick of your nonsense and constant whining.

That's all irrelevant. The dealer's price is his price. Full stop. Sellers have a myriad of reasons why they price the way they do and it's pointless to speculate as to their reasoning. What you could do is ask if he would entertain an offer on the book.

If they got Boland to draw the interior that would be a instabuy for me.

And yet some people still swear by them

Two amazing books. I wish Manhattan Projects had lasted longer, but Hickman is a talented and in-demand writer. My only issue with Manhattan Projects was that Hickman's pacing was too fast. He would start something and the resolve it so quickly my head was spinning. I also don't like writers who drag things out too long but Hickman was at the other end of that. I wish he could have paced a bit slower.

This thread delivers

I agree with most of what you are saying. I also hate the look of the way most modern Marvel comics covers are designed. The aesthetic leaves me cold. I miss the look of and feel of silver, bronze, and copper age comic covers. I also don't like that there is no continuity anymore and no unified universe/milieu and don't get me started on how the Marvel Movieverse has changed the history of their characters, or the endless reboots and retcons. Reading comics in ages previous to modern age gave you the sense that everything was connected. If you read a spidey comic it took place in the same world as captain america, and iron man, and rom, and ms marvel, etc, etc. Does that even exist in marvel and DC comics today as it did back in the copper or bronze ages? Now when it comes to non-marvel and non-DC, it's a whole different ballgame. I've read and enjoyed stuff such as Hellboy, Goon, Manifest Destiny, Manhattan Projects, The Sixth Gun, Astro City, Planetary, and some others. As far as mainstream Marvel and DC, I acknowledge that I am no longer in their target audience. Either they've moved beyond me or I've moved beyond them. Not sure which but either way I'm fine with it. I get far more enjoyment tracking down and reading those series from the past that I never paid attention to at that time. I will say though that this is a really cool cover.

I actually prefer, Falstaff, Red White & Blue, Buckhorn, Schlitz, Meister Brau, Blatz, Hamm's, or Milwaukee's Worst. What? No Piels Light?