DoctorWyoming1

THIS remains a key issue. It is not difficult at all to create something that will garner a 10 from CGC. Just cut out a sheet of steel, sand the edges and corners with 3000 grade grit until it can cut through anything like hot butter, and attach it to your book of choice. (Superman comes to mind as a natural). 9.9s and 10s are naturally rare as it is difficult to find comic book paper that can be printed and stapled into a book without even the slightest tears/imperfections. Once anyone starts to mess with this process, things become suspect. (I mean, how hard would it be for Marvel to produce issues by hand, insuring the creation of 10s? They could even market them as Marvel, Hand Made (tm)) When the company doing the grading actually becomes involved, things get even worse. By the way, anyone who puts out a Man of Steel 1 with a steel cover at least owes me a copy.

Ok, let's turn this into a Nick Fury thread! Second one's a cheat

Not sure of the motivation but the effect is to artificially limit the number of comics available for sale. Every time I consider slabbing one of my older ASMs I just end up selling the raw copy and using the money to buy the same book slabbed.

Not a regular boardie, but I've got a sizable amount of ASM slabbed over the last decade. CGC needs to follow their own standards consistently or they put all collectors at risk. I see an assertion here of 'standing behind' a choice, but I don't see any possible, rational consistent argument being put forth.

First, thanks for the heads of about McFarlane. Getting it resubmitted sounds like an even better idea if I get it signed as well. I am fine with the wait! I will most likely keep this and hold it for a few years, so that would make the wait of no importance. That said, I would love to talk with Joey and see what he thinks.

Thanks for your input. The odd thing was that the turn around was very fast, I only submitted this in June, already have it back.

No, unfortunately the "with" was a typo. I wanted to ask if it was WORTH a press. I eyeballed it and just sent it in for slabbing without another thought. I even have video of me looking it over before just sending it in:

Good News/Bad News! I bought this back in 89, noticed the double cover... then, I THOUGHT I stored it safely all these years. Instead it looks like I just stored it inside an old pizza box in the garage somewhere outside of Death Valley. Is it worth a clean and press? Here are the grader notes: Comic Description:Amazing Spider-Man 316 6/89 Marvel ComicsGrader Notes:double cover 1st cover 6.5, interior cover 7 light cover tanning light creasing to cover light staining to cover moderate bends to cover moderate finger bends on cover moderate spine stress lines to cover

Hi, I could not find a post on this anywhere. Will I be able to drop off comics with to CGC at this convention? Thanks.

Eventually, every one of those issues with a "What if X became Y instead of Z" will be considered the first appearance of a Marvel character....

Another Amazing Spider-Man Collector It seems every other collector is after a run of ASM. I can see why: while the cost of the first 20 or so books is rather high, Amazing Spider Man has to be the most 'do-able' or approachable run of a major comic book character. I mean, you can just forget about Batman or Superman. And I don't know if the Hulk or even characters like Wolverine have the same gravitas as Spider-Man. That said, I've often thought what if I'd really decided to be cost efficient and go after the perfect combination of affordability vs name recognition. When I think about collecting in that way, I usually come away thinking I'd have been better off trying to collect the Fantastic Four, or maybe even DC's The Flash. What do you think? As I've gone towards my goal of collecting an entire run of ASM, I've included a far more approachable subgoal: collecting (and in the case of significant books, slabbing) every Black Cat cover appearance. Here's one of the few slabbed copies of her recent mini series. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.