Ed Hanes

yeah, this example seems extroadinary

Yeah, my thinking was this book was on the cusp of being brittle, the notes paint a possible brittle history ...maybe someone left it in bright light for a long time and it became even more brittle, so with just a little more jostling , the cover would detach. I won't buy slabs graded this old anymore...I've had a couple experiences like yours..hope clink helps you out

curious, have you checked the grader's notes?

I like sitcoms myself but yeah, I agree with your synopsis...nothing really to write home about...not bad , not great...I give it an "Eh" too

The show is rated TV-14. so not recommended for less than age 14 https://noguiltfangirl.com/what-is-the-age-rating-for-she-hulk-parents-guide/

We see the world thru an anecdotal lens...unfortunate, dismissive and unrepresentative of the whole...nothing to see here I would be a lot more concerned about social media influencing kids than anything in the movies/tv, since social media is more guardian/peer to peer interaction

Well, context IS important ,..as you imply..but in order to shield a child from curse words, middle fingers etc you would have to lock that child up in their room 24/7...what's missing from your analysis is how the child filters what they hear and see...and they depend on the most influential for this..which is their parents. So, in the REAL world, which I live in....on any given day a child is going to be exposed to a great deal of profanities and disturbed messages..it is up to the parents/ teachers to guide their young minds and put context to those messages..and thus, impart the appropriate imprint in their behavior. Kudos to you for being able to parse those messages....hmm, I wonder if other kids have that ability

Kids are so beyond being weirded out about middle fingers these days...yes, you are definitely out of the loop... by a good 40 years (after Goonies)

well, this proves it.....Not all 9.8's are equal

Good Eye! and it probably has bleed thru on the other side which I wish I had seen...wouldn't have sent it in

Yeah, great minds think alike...I still can't see the touch up

oh, I know how to look it up...thanks though

Almost a year but finally, graded a 8.0 but unfortunately it has some color touchup so the dreaded purple case...arggh

Only found out about this because of the sipping email..no update on submission page but Im fine with it Finally.. Economy Slow Track received Sept 14, 2021 Shipped today

Ive never had G/QC last more than a couple days. They dont charge for prescreens until G/QC , other than that , if they havent charged you , then it was an oversight on their part

I have two submissions ..9/14 and 9/28 , 2021..still in SFG..maybe tomorrow

EST received June 21 shipped August 12 was in GEI for two days, G/QC for two days

With the amount of volume that CGC does with everyone else ..all of us regular collectors, regular sellers and signature collectors...seems any grading/encapsulation of acetate covers amounts to a sand pebble on Venice beach with regard to volume...I am confused as to all of this hype over possible corruption within CGC when the amount of possible profit is so miniscule...don't we get enough of this in the news?

I dont think anyone said "I'm not influenced by anything"... I smell a ...

Yeah, I've seen 'Fake Famous' and 'The Boys' ....(LOL) I do have a marketing friend with a five year old...he talks a lot about how people use Tik Tok as influencers. especially ones with kids..I refuse to sign up for Tik Tok...I just don't get it (seems to take a certain personality type) but koodos to those who know how to exploit it and make money

true, I have just never been one to succumb to the hype..so i never really noticed

I didn't even realize 'influencers' were a part of the comics industry until now. My LCS does quite well selling back issues (his business is 99 % back issues) and he stays off social media. I myself sell on MCS and do quite well, I also buy from various sources and have a nice collection..there is no obvious influencer influence in my process. I would garner that 99% of collectors (I am only throwing out a number but I imagine it's very large) don't even care about influencers..they collect what they want to collect because of a deeper interest. It's a fairly large number of people who collect comics...the hobby has survived a lot , it will survive 'influencers'

yeah, I've visited friends in Australia..not much gets down there. I remember trying to find antacid in Melbourne..couldn't find any. My friends are dual citizens living with parents in Melbourne..and they talked a lot about all the things they have to special order from the US because Australia doesn't have it or the equivalent. Supposedly, Australia only has two grocery store chains..so lack of competition hurts the diversity in products.. that is what they said.

Well, now I know about Black Flag comics...yawn

EFT moved to GEI today ..received Jun 21, 2022