Jonjor

Wonder if CGC will lower grade due to this... So I'm assuming plenty of you have seen the "Deadpool Kills Deadpool #1" My Little Ponies Variant. (If not, there's plenty on eBay- 1500 copies were sold at SDCC.) Whether you love or hate My Little Ponies (I was actually a big fan of them as a kid), this variant is actually pretty cool/funny. I just recently picked one up to have slabbed, and realized that there's a discoloration on the Daredevil pony. At first I was frustrated, thinking my comic was damaged. However, after looking through about 20 copies from different sellers, I've realized this discoloration seems to be on all of them. To me, this begs the question: will this discoloration affect my grade on it? Or will the CGC note that all issues have this, and thereby not call it a defect? Either way, love this cover, and am very happy to add it to my collection! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

People don't know how to package Golden Age comics Sorry in advance guys; this is a small rant. I've been trying to get my hands on the full set of Captain Flight Comics- it was an 11 issue series during WWII. I'm not extremely wealthy, so for now I've been buying fairly low grade issues when I can find them, in hopes that when I do have more means later on, I can upgrade them. Recently I bought Captain Flight 2 on eBay. The price was right, as it was in rough shape already. (I'd probably call it a 1.0 or a 1.5.) However, my thought was that it would serve as a placeholder for later on. I received my package today, and was already concerned when I opened the bubble envelope. I made it through the tape, and sure enough, my concern was valid. The seller had used cardboard to sandwich the comic, which is fine. However, the cardboard used was SMALLER than the size of the comic. (Golden Age comics= larger...thought everyone knew this!) So long story short, the upper right corner of the comic- the WHOLE comic, not just the cover, was demolished during shipping. We're talking pieces of pages all over the comic bag. Thankfully it was a low grade/low priced issue, but I still couldn't be more frustrated. Thanks for listening to my rant, and I hope that similar fates don't befall any of you. Happy hunting! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Or am I just being stupid? So, I'm going to show my noobiness to comics again. I recently bought an ungraded copy of ASM #6. Based on the cover/interior I would imagine it will grade around a 5 or 5.5. However, on the first page near the top of the page, "345" is written in small pencil text. Not a huge deal, but this brings up my question. Do I leave the writing there? Would this small bit of writing potentially lower the grade, or even worse, constitute a "qualified" grade? Or do I erase the writing? My concern here is: A. Could that somehow be found out, and would that be considered a restoration and give me that dreaded purple label? B. There's always the chance that erasing here would damage/discolor the page, or even potentially rip the likely brittle page! So....thoughts? Obviously I enjoy collecting my comics, but I'm also very much interesting in taking the route that will ensure that my collection ends up being a positive investment down the line. Would definitely appreciate input from anyone as to what the best route to take would be! Thanks guys. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

I probably sound dumb, but needed to know! Hey guys, Fairly new to collecting, and I'm looking at purchasing a comic from 1944. There's only one staple, placed at the center of the comic, which makes me worry that it's been restored. However, the two other examples of this issue that I've ever seen also had just the one staple placed in the exact same position. I'm wondering if maybe these older issues have less staples, or if this "solo staple" is cause for concern? Thanks for the input guys! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

Or rather, a comic that happens to be highly coincidental to me. This is my first post, so let me preface this post by saying that I'm fairly young, and therefore don't have a considerably large source of income. That being said, I thought I'd share something that I think is pretty cool with you. I've always been a huge Spider-Man fan; I'd say about 90% of my comics are in some way, shape, or form related to him. During my constant searches for interesting Spidey comics, I came across one that excited me, not because of its rarity or worth, but because of the way that it spoke to me on a personal level. Amazing Spider-Man #302 came out the exact day that I was born- July 1 of 88. This is a cool coincidence in and of itself. However, the thing that really got my attention was the cover itself. I was born in Kansas...the title of the issue that came out the day I was born? "Chaos in Kansas." Again, nothing spectacular about the comic, but highly special to me. Does anyone else have a comic that's special to them for a quirky reason like that? Thanks for reading! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.