alexanderjk

Not surprised by the 9.2. My SME #15 looks identical to that and it's also a 9.2. That blows about the damaged books. Sorry to hear that, man.

What @ADAMANTIUM said. Sounds like the seller is just being a good dude. I’d contact to thank for their generosity and leave positive feedback.

Brutal. Looks like an 8.0, at worst.

Fronts of the books looked fine. Lesson learned about trusting “VF” “grades” from 100% positive feedback sellers. And yeah, I took the books out of the yellowing bags. Was like a bomb of attic-must exploded in my kitchen. I’m guessing the seller is older and may have lost his sense of smell.

I think he’s referring to the lack of action at the CBCS booth versus the jam-packed CGC booth.

Exactly! And over a $22 purchase, at that.

Was wondering same. Thanks for asking this. And @joeypost, thank you for addressing it.

I thanked him for the lecture on grading and the lesson on old things smelling bad. (I collected paperbacks from the ‘30s to ‘50s, so I know the difference between “old book smell” and rotting-in-the-attic-mustiness.) And I wasn’t even exaggerating about the smell. I have an open floor plan and could smell the books that were in the kitchen clear into my living room. Even my son asked what the smell was when he got in last night. Had even seeped into the cardboard mailer! He offered to refund my money — $22! — if they came back at a grade less than 7.0. My eyes rolled clear into my head at that. Left him a negative (his first), and he blocked me.

Right? I replied that I had better things to do that write some random girls’ name on the backs of comics as a ruse to recoup $22.

Buy at your own risk. Shocked that he has 100% feedback. I won three issues of Harvey Casper comics advertised as "high grade." Free shipping, so I didn't mind Media Mail. I should have asked for pics of the backs because two of the books have someone's name written in ball point pen. But worse, they smell like an attic. Plus a half dozen other flaws, including some serious tanning to the interiors (weirdly, I didn't even mention the spine ticks). I contacted seller asking for a refund and also disputing his "high grade" claim. This is his reply: jedi2448 sent you a message about your request: Well for starters the CGC would knock off about .1 % for the writing on the back and the spine ticks are clearly visible from the pictures I posted. I don't know how small your house is that you smell them across the room so your gross exaggeration is proven right there. 60 year old comics tend to have an "old comic" smell and I have never seen a graded comics mention the smell of it. these books are an easy 7-8 grade "High" grade. But you go ahead and send them back dude, when I receive them, if they are the same books I sent you I will return your money.

Submitted two G.I. Joe #1s at the same time and one came back in a pristine holder, and the other looked like it was dipped in oil. Thankfully, CGC re-slabbed the book for “free” (less the outgoing shipping cost and I had to wait three weeks to get it back), but 100% agree that there’s no way these defective slabs should get to the customer.

And for those of us that only check in maybe once or twice a day, it’s a drag having to wade through page after page of OT banter.

Looks even better than a book I got back that’s a 9.8. Those corners are razor sharp.

One of my journalism students is obsessed with Spider-man and we often talk about the MCU and comic books in general. When I discovered that one of his prized possessions is a modest collection of modern comics that his biological father (he’s adopted) gave to him, I gave him about 200 comics — a lot of modern X-Men, Batman, Spider-man, Image, etc. He was blown away by the gesture and uses many of them as references for his drawing.

Seller is accepting a return, so I’m shipping it back tomorrow.

You’re right! Still happy with it, and extra eager to get it into CGC now.

What a great idea! (You do realize that trades and digital editions exist so we don’t have to thumb through every book in our collections, right?)

With a clean and press this should grade at 9.0+. Hoping for a 9.2 to match my MSE #15. (The glare on the Mylar is marring the look of the book. Aside from a long non-color breaking crease at bottom right of cover, it’s pretty solid overall.)

Thrilled with the condition of this one. Next stop: CGC.

There’s an CGC 8.5 on eBay right now. Seller made an offer for $155, and I’m guessing they might go even lower via OBO if there aren’t any takers. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163849074631

Just nabbed these two, in better condition than I expected. (Closing in on the DD #1-20 run!)

Stating the obvious, I know, but in the euphoria of collecting after a 30 year absence away from the hobby, and with books arriving almost daily in the mail, I’ve set a few purchases aside to re-bag and board in Mylars. Finally started the process of organizing my haul this morning, and while most of the books were as-advertised (and even better, in some cases), one — listed as “very high grade” — has a giant hole on pages 12-13. (In addition to having a cover that’s way more tan that the pic suggested, which leads me to think that he adjusted the contrast to create a brighter-looking book.) So, new collectors, open those books and look for flaws and cut-outs not mentioned in the listing!

6.5 at best.

Ouch. Guessing the grader had pulled an all-day shift of grading immaculate 9.8 modern dreck and then saw your book (a 4.5 at worst, IMO). Which: Does CGC have experts for each era? As in, do they have a team of SA graders, a team of GA graders, etc? (Sorry for sabotaging your thread!)

Valid point. But US rom-coms don’t draw international audiences like MCU movies do. Will be interesting to see how Disney’s live-action Mulan fares.