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Boy, I wish I could afford this right now. However, I have time payments to make for an IH #181 CGC 9.0.

I'm in agreement with @Tec-Tac-Toe. When I order books (or packages in general), I always have them shipped to my place of work. Someone is always there to sign for them, and I just pick them up the next day I go to work. We live on an infrequently traveled road, but I still worry about "porch pirates."

This is a great list of books, and I might actually be interested in your copy of ASM #35. However, this post belongs in this thread: Golden/Silver/Bronze Age Only - CGC Comic Book Collectors Chat Boards (cgccomics.com). Also, once you get there, pictures, prices, shipping options, and payment options are required.

This was quite a let-down.

So, a person who steals would never cheat on his taxes. Right....

My guess is it would be considered fraud.

Unfortunately, Mr. Terrazas will not have to pay taxes on his ill-gotten gains, as the government has kicked the "anything above $600 is taxable" can down the road.

I'm a big fan of this cover, but I would like it even more if the artwork at the bottom was removed.

Here's my Big Three: Followed by next Big Nineteen: I think one can quibble about ST #101, JIM #85, FF #12, Sgt. Fury #1, TTA #44, and TOS #52, but many of these issues had a massive effect on the MCU.

Yes, I have purchased many graded books. But why would I remove it from the case and inner well? I have virtually no mechanical skills whatsoever, so I don't think I could open a case without damaging the book, and I certainly don't think I could put the book back into the case, thus defeating the whole purpose of getting it slabbed. Also, the type of book I purchase is not the type of book that people would scam. The only CGC 9.8s I have are ROM #1 and Wolverine #1 Christopher Variant cover. You would be an insufficiently_thoughtful_person if you tried to scam ROM #1, as it is worth less than $200. I purchased the Wolverine #1 at C2E2, and I handed directly to CGC for grading. My last purchase was a JLA #5 CGC 5.5; if someone is trying to scam people using books of this type, they must not plan on making a lot of money. I just checked. The main books that were thought to be scams were ASM #194, ASM #238, ASM #252, ASM #300, IH #181, IH #340, MSHSW #8, and NM #98. My ASM #194, #238, and #252 are raw, ASM #300 came from my personal collection, and I don't own any of the other four books. I like my chances of not having any books that are scams.

I agree with @namisgr. If I have books in my collection that I have owned for years, I have no qualms about sending in my books to be graded. Personally, I have never sent in a book to be reholdered.

Iowa, but I am willing to travel (to some degree).

I have attended very few comicons. I have attended Planet Comicon in Kansas City several times, C2E2 in Chicago twice, and Wizard World Chicago (when there was such a thing). I am asking the people that have attended many more comicons than me: which is the best comicon to attend if you are only interested in comic books?

I must compliment you for listing all your books in alphabetical order. I wish more sellers would do this.

I certainly can understand why this is called the "Dopey Challenge." That is a lot of running, by anyone's standards. I ran cross country in college, and I did many of these distances. Here are my personal bests: 5K - 15:50 (on the track) 10K - 33:15 (in cross country) Half-Marathon: I ran several of these, but I can't remember my best time. Marathon: 2:43 (immediately after my senior year cross country season in college) I ran the Omaha Marathon (3:14), the Iowa City Marathon (2:43), and the Pike Peaks Marathon (only the ascent, and I have no idea of what my time was). The coolest part of the Pike's Peak Marathon is that you don't get your T-Shirt until you reach the top. As a long-time runner, I know it was not uncommon for someone to sign up for a race, pick up their shirt the night before, and then never show up to the starting line. Personally, I would be ashamed to wear a T-shirt from a race if I hadn't participated.

I'm jealous. That's much nicer than my 2.5.

1.5

2.0

2.5 - 3.0

1.8 - 2.0

6.5

7.0

3.0 - 3.5

Did anyone besides me notice that the attire of Galactus changed color schemes from the last page of FF #48 to the first page of FF #49? Personally, I prefer the purple/blue color scheme.

Here is my last acquisition of 2023: Justice League of America #5 CGC 5.5 from an IG seller.