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5 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

I feel like this is the reason why his last two offerings haven't sold out nearly as quickly as what he was putting up last year.  It honestly feels like he's had a slew of covers and people are just getting burned out, bored of his work, or just don't have the money for it.

Just wondering do you collect his older variants such as the GOTG #4 or the Witchblade #135, #150, #151?

13 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

In this day and age, collectors expect modern books to be NM+.  Not all books are NM+/Gem Mint fresh off the press.  There's a number of things that happen along the way that can negatively impact the book.  The only way to guarantee that it is NM+ is by buying a book that has been pre-screened and sent to CGC and comes with a guarantee.  You could buy the book raw and submit it yourself, but it could still come back 9.6 (which is less than ideal for some people).  And even then, you're beholden to the one or two books the JSC store sent you.  At least at a comic shop with a regular book, if you get there early enough you can pick through the 20+ copies the store has for the best available one.  No such luck with mail order books.

Ah I see thanks for the explanation ExNihilo! Guess I didn't know that 9.6 was less than ideal for moderns (Always thought 9.4 was good enough). As a matter of fact I have been getting some CGC SS phoenix resurrection covers from JSC on ebay (I personally feel that the Phoenix resurrection covers are one of the few covers which deserves a proper casing to hold it so you could enjoy the double sided cover! Can't wait for it to be shipping over!). So far don't you guys think that the newer JSC releases are actually cheaper probably due to flippers over buying? But so far I am enjoying any JSC covers which catches my eye.  

On 3/3/2019 at 8:25 PM, combiner1 said:

Close to 20hrs mark and all sets are still available. 

IMHO people realized that it’s a re-used art (as pointed before)(that’s just laziness) so they didn’t bother with this set.....

The beginning of the end???

I highly doubt people are not buying due to it being re-used art, probably too many artists are releasing their variants with too little downtime. Gets really heavy on the wallet (at least for me ha!), especially if we want to get some of the variants graded.

PS: On a side note does anyone have any idea where to look out for a Witchblade #150 Cover F (And a GOTG #4) by JSC? Been trying to find it at a reasonable price, do PM me if you have any directions for me to head towards (My country only has 4 LCS and they don't really bring in variant/retailer incentives) Thanks in advance!

4 hours ago, ExNihilo said:

Still available...how much of this is a result of people now knowing they can get 9.8 graded copies in a month or so from his premium store?

Hey there I have just started collecting comics but I am curious why would people wait for the CGC 9.8 to be on his store instead? Wouldn't it would be cheaper to purchase the raw copies and send it for grading yourself?