Keep_It_Clunky

Coming next month: 

Met the great Steranko back in October, had him sign this. Not a book you see slabbed often, and even less so with his sig.

Recently back from CGC

I like this one

1 hour ago, Webhead2018 said:

Wow nice grade man. Totally how I felt first time I did cgc last year. I thought book looked a 7 maybe a 8m and said book came back 9.6 which was my sign Mike zeck secret wars 8.

Thanks man.

3 hours ago, alexanderjk said:

For those of you who have submitted to CFP before, what has typically been your turn-around time?

I submitted five books -- three SA, a Bronze key, and a Modern key -- in early June. Cleaned and pressed around October 12, then submitted to CGC, fast-tracked, that same week. Still waiting.

Getting updates via email and DM has been...sporadic, at best. 

 

I believe my books from August only recently got to CGC, so you probably have another month or so before you get them back.  Don't worry Joey is 100% reliable, but turnarounds are usually in the 3-4 month world, that's what I've become accustomed to when I use him. 

16 minutes ago, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Thank you!

Since you asked, here's my 91, purchased from MyComicShop (Lone Star) in January 2018:

Beauty. I know someone with a 9.8; definitely one of the tougher books and best DD covers.

Congrats SweetLou. Incredible accomplishment. I've dabbled in trying to get some of those picture frame DDs in high grade over the last year or so. I've found 91 to be really difficult (I have a 9.6 graded by that other company, would love to see yours). Recently picked up an 81 in 9.4, and a 104 in 9.6. 

My undergraded copy. May crack this eventually.

Love both of those above #16s. Congrats!

Not strictly Bronze, but Kane mania nonetheless. 

Need one of these if anyone has one for sale. Please send me a message if so.

Does Tales to Astonish #52 benefit from all this Black Knight hoopla?

There's nothing wrong with adding nice presenting pro-restored books in categories A and B, especially with the way prices have exploded and have become prohibitive on many (really most) Silver keys. It's the next best option if a mangled low grade universal book isn't your thing. I would avoid category C though for heavy resto. 

2 hours ago, Lurker89 said:

DD is Important to no one but his fans . ...  I love how people try to argue the "importance" of the specific characters they like..... DD is not Superman, Batman, Spiderman or the Fantastic Four... Those characters were important to the medium (along with many others). Alan Moore's work in the 80's, that was important to the medium. DD is barely a blip on the radar. 

Same with Moon Knight he is important to no one but his fans, such as myself. His original run was excellent ran 38 issues, MSMN left me wanting in areas but had its bright spots and ran 60 issues. There were some horrible runs thrown in (Vengeance run comes to mind)The somewhat recent Jeff Lemire run was excellently written, drawn and inked ... But if you never gave the character a chance you wouldn't know. 

True, DD is not as iconic (or important) as Superman, Batman, Spidey, FF, etc. But he has been a central Marvel figure from the beginning. One could easily argue Miller's DD run is one of the most important in comic history. Not unlike what Moore was doing. That makes DD important. That run helped redefine the medium and, ultimately, Batman too. If you're not a Miller fan then this is irrelevant.  But if DD is only a "blip" MK may as well be invisible. A few cool Bill S. 80s covers doesn't change that.

That said I do like MK too and hope the series succeeds. 

To me Daredevil is a much more interesting and important character than MK ever was. That said, I hope the series is well done. The MK comics have been all over the place in terms of quality.

This book has always been overpriced and over-speculated on going back to the late 80s. MK is a cool character of course, but I think this book has always been fueled by the so-called potential of the character rather than anything really concrete. That said, there's lots of rumblings now that we may finally see him on the big screen (or a streaming series).

Could this be a record price for a 7.0? Auction closed last night.

Look at this on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F133106448698

Really nice presenting copy despite the resto

Don't know if you'll be compensated for postage, but they will reholder for free. I've had slabs with hairs, etc that they took back with no problem.

3 hours ago, peewee22 said:

very cool book. it looks much better than the grade assigned. 

Agreed and thanks. It looks better in hand. Not sure how cgc always assigns grades on restored books, but my sense is the more extensive the resto, the less chance of a higher grade, regardless of the quality of the work. 

I've subbed a 4-5 pro restored books over the years (this being one) and the grades have all fallen solely in the 5.5-7.5 world.  Not complaining, just an observation.