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I do something very similar to this. First of all we save all cardboard/packing paper/bubble wrap from mail shipments (It helps to have a big dog as we're regularly receiving boxes) I wrap the comics in plastic sheeting (eg cheap Home Depot 1/2 mil thick plastic). I tape that to the cardboard sheets. That keeps tape residue off the comic bags and prevents having to pull tape off a comic bag. I fill the open space around the cardboard sandwich with rolled up paper or bubble wrap. Then the brick goes into a 9x12 poly bag which gives it some moisture protection too

The change over the last year is astonishing. About 2 years ago I got my books back from cgc ( from my childhood collecting days) and the biggest keys (IH 181, GSX 1, FF 48-50) have gone up 3-4x from then. DC has performed nowhere near as well.

it's one feature.

I'm more at a solid 8.5

I started collecting back in the latter half of the 70's while prop a freshman in High School A friend got me started. He was big into DC so that first time I met him at the local pharmacy I spent my paper route money on DC's and stayed mostly there for a few years, I wish I had given a few Marvel titles a chance initially, particularly Spider-Man & X-Men. Shorty afterwards a LCS finally opened up in the area where I had bought the vast majority of my keys over the next 10 years. In the beginning I was buying decent copies off the wall in the $10-$20. I wish I spread out the buys and instead pick even even better looking copies that were in the $20-$50 range. But back then, with no idea about an Internet, I always wondered how I would sell them one day so I just bought what I liked and didn't give too much consideration to condition. The other regret was years later when I moved my really nice IH 181 from a bag to a mylar and nicked the ULC of the back cover & almost totally cutting off a tiny piece. Prob turned my eventual 8.5 into a 9.2

Any market correction doesn't necessarily mean the book will be found cheaper than right now. Prices could double etc and then correct but still bottom out at a price higher than now

You have some research to do. Plenty of Youtube videos (& threads here if you search for them) on how/if to submit to CGC since you said you plan to grade them. Read the sticky in the 'Buddy Can You Spare a Grade' forum. You can post pics/scans of them to get estimates of their condition. That can help you search thru sites like goCollect, Ebay sold listings, the auction houses (you can make free accounts with Comic Connect, Comic Link, Heritage) to see what comics similarly graded sold for. GPA Analysis similar to goCollect but they let you look at all their sales data for free for Hulk 181 & Spiderman 129. You should also gently page thru them to make sure they are complete or if they have any cutouts (esp with Hulk 181) Condolences on your loss and good luck. These boards have a lot of great info. The more you interact the more responses you may get. PS you may also want to talk with a financial professional about tax implications of inheriting highly valued collectibles and selling them

If that isn't a WTF cover then I don't know what is.

The TRS-80 Whiz Kids! (I had both the comic & the computer!)

how do you define "high end"? Ebay's big advantage is the number of potential eyeballs The downside is taking on the risk of unscrupulous buyers and higher fees (though you could look into opening a 'store' for a month or two to lower the fees - I'm no expert concerning that) . I'd imagine there's been much much more smooth transactions for high price items than nightmare scenarios, but it's a matter of the level of risk that you're comfortable with.

I've been hearing that since the Dow was at 14K about 15 years ago. Lots of very intelligent people with persuasive arguments filled with all sorts of statistics. In all that time it had 2 crashes, one bigger than the other. Both times it recovered to new highs and kept going, one faster than the other. So were they right or wrong? A lot of them thought once it crashed there would be a 'new norm'. The ones who believed that and stayed on the sidelines long term certainly were wrong. With all this tax law change, sometimes I think I'll just hold my bigger keys until retirement and hope they modify the law and maybe add some income levels to those tax thresholds. Just have to hope it's not right around a comic crash period. Otherwise I'll just decide to live longer cause it will recover.

I had never heard of this character before, though apparently a very popular anime figure. If you are like me and unaware who he is, he is strong enough to win any fight with one punch and also incredibly bored because of that

Dark is a *great* show, though you should watch it with a notebook as it is a show you really need to pay attention to. I also didn't think the English voiceover acting was the best, so if you don't mind subtitles watch with the original German audio.

CGC doesn't note all defects. What they did note isn't going to be improved by a press Personally I can't say from that pic if it would get a bump from a press Some more pics from diff angles may get you some responses from folks with more experience in this area

Do you have fairly common comics? if so then don't look at active auctions on Ebay. Use their filter to look at completed/sold listings to see what similar copies actually sold for. Ebay only shows sold data for something like the last 3 months You can also try goCollect.com as they have a free version of their service that shows graded comic values (as long as there's enough sales data) There's a sub-forum here called "Buddy Can You spare a grade" where you can post pics of your books and members will give you their estimates of the conditions. Read the sticky to get all the rules etc for using that sub-forum. Once you get a feel for the approx condition/value then you can balance value vs cost of grading & selling to see if there's enough potential profit to make it worth it to you

There's the person who bought the comic. Say they sell it & report the gain (poss having a cancelled check to prove their cost basis). If they get get audited then the IRS would know that you sold it to them. If they then decide to follow up on your return, they'd see that you didn't report the proceeds.

for something like that I would suggest calling customer service CGC directly.

I've noticed that the free info on goCollect is certainly behind for big keys As an example, Hulk 181 @8.5 was selling for 8500 over the last 2 weeks until the last 2 Ebay sales at 12-12,500 while goCollect lists it at 6750

I found this to be an incredibly smartly written comedy with wonderful characters. Unfortunately they left the last season on a cliffhanger and Netflix didn't bring it back for a 4th season. All 3 seasons were excellent

Would you settle for Godzilla vs Ultraman?

Speaking of "it's alive"