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I was at 9.4-9.6 until the ink issue. If that’s a pen mark you’ll lose some points on that

I did good through the first 3 books then got totally crushed on the #92. I was using a 49 inch UHD gaming monitor and didn’t see those water stains. Notes would’ve definitely helped on those last two. Its not like I have any prayer of placing anyway so throwing both out might be much but I would definitely vote everyone gets a mulligan on the #92.

I have a Spawn #1 that I submitted with centerfold poster missing on accident. Came back a 7.5 Blue when intact I’m sure it was a NM grade. I think in cases like these where you don’t specify anything CGC just takes it upon themselves to give you a blue or green as they see fit

It takes real talent to turn Samuel L Jackson from the coolest dude ever to an Internet meme laughingstock

I have a feeling of impending doom…

Nobody can really put a dollar value on your collection without research and better info. That being said, just looking at what you collect, that’s a whole lot of dollar bin stuff. DC from 87 to 11 was pretty creatively bankrupt as far as core JLA related characters is concerned. They had Wonder Woman working at Taco Bell for crying out loud. There’s a big lack of key issues and the stuff that was notable (Superman death, Batman breaking) had ginormous printings which keeps value down. So I don’t think you’re sitting on a future retirement fund, sorry.

It’s been about 70/30 for me as far as the fedex driver actually making me sign for my box vs just dropping it off and forging my name (or whatever)

Much like in other facets of life, size matters

I was one of the 4.0’s on Thing so I take solace in being with the majority even if it cost me two points. Man, I thought an 8 would be a solid if unspectacular score. Now that I see dudes are throwing up 1s snd 2s I feel like a rec league player going one on one with Steph Curry

In my defense, I was looking at these books on my 49 inch gaming monitor so what was evidently a chip on that Thing looked like a giant chunk to me

Yeah the cases are cracked. If you submit them to CGC, do it under REHOLDER option and they put it in a fresh new case without regrading it. That way you don’t have to worry about some grader breaking up with his girlfriend the day his dog ran away giving your 9.8 a 8.5 because he was in a bad mood.

Think I’m at 8 or 9 pts which isn’t too bad for me. CGC having that bizarre “1.8” exception to the half point rule cost me an extra point as I was too generous to the Hulk Beater. Although as usual I was harder on almost everything else than CGC was. I struggled with Popular and Thing because they both presented very nice then had what I’d consider a “significant” flaw. Still can’t believe you can score a 5.0 with a giant chunk out the cover like that. I guess it’d be a solid 7.0-7.5 without that so a 2+ grade penalty seems logical in hindsight. Anyway, onwards and downwards!

I assume your overseas OP but if you have access to Amazon (or something similar) I’d suggest renting/buying a series called “Robert Kirkman’s History of Comics.” He did an episode on Milestone Comics, which Static is the flagship character of. It’s very interesting and informative. Basically DC wanted to increase minority representation in comics so they established a new side imprint ala Vertigo or Marvel’s Max line called Milestone run entirely by people of color. It’s a very good documentary and you’ll learn lots about Static!

You should find a comic shop in your area. They’re always buying full collections and that would be much easier than selling it off piece by piece on eBay. If your feeling daunted now, listing 100 lots on eBay, taking enough pics to make fussy geeks happy, then packing and shipping out dozens and dozens of books while eBay (and then Joe Biden) take $45% of your profit is going to be even worse. As for the Larsen, original art by a “name” artist like that is always in demand. In fact, I’m sure your DMs are blown up by boardies here trying to buy it off you right now LOL Last time I met Erik he was charging $700 for a full figure like that so price accordingly. If you don’t want to sell it here I can recommend about 10 art groups on FB where it’ll be snapped up quick. Good luck!

Some variants go up, some I've seen people just asking for cover price for YEARS and not getting it. Your asking people to predict the future. I, personally, having lived through the Great 90s Comic Bust think this variant nonsense is just history repeating itself and people collecting those nonsense variants are going to have lotsa garage sell filler when comic movies are no longer Hollywood's crutch. But, hey, maybe I'm wrong and the Ida Spud 1:100 potato skin variant ASM will be worth $20k in 2030.

Sticker looks like it says $200. So….. $200?

Learn to grade. You don’t have to become an expert grader (I don’t even think a lot of the “expert” graders are expert graders going by some CGC subs LOL) but BEFORE you start cataloging value, learn the difference between a near mint comic and a VG/Fine one (that should be pretty obvious). THEN worry about looking up values. Often the difference between grades can mean a giant difference in worth. And often complete noobs think their books are “mint” when they’re at best average to below average.

Wow. I read that whole thing and while, yeah, it seems an obvious attempt to get the thread locked, I’m still very impressed. The comic pressing business doesn’t seem like something he’s cut out for but he should definitely apply to the WWE because he writes better promos than the people they have now.

the West Coast Avengers mini & #1 at 30%

Bends and creases are super hard to see in slabs. I’ve gotten that note many times myself, sometimes after ordering a press which totally confuses me since that’s what a press is supposed to address. Miscuts count against grade in cards but I thought CGC didn’t penalize production errors with comics so I’m at a loss there

it’s ironic Eiger would champion scaling down budgets when he helped oust Ike Perlmutter from his position in Marvel. Feige has straight out said we would never have gotten Civil War under Perlmutter bc he wanted Marvel to reign in budgets and make cheaper small scale movies like the first Ant Man.

I have a weak gag reflex (keep this board PG, PLEASE) and a strong musty smell will trigger it something fierce. I’ve had to sell/give away back issues I’ve bought off ebay bc I literally couldn’t take it out if the bag without

I’ve been on shortboxed pretty much since it launched and never sold anything. I’m not a huge dealer or anything but I sell like 10-15 slabs per year, mostly ebay with a few on here or FB marketplace. So I definitely have things people want and price them right, I just get no action on there. It’s a nice app and anything beats feebay’s ridiculous fees but unfortunately I think that’s a waste of time unless you’re listing tons of stuff.

Since 1990 seems like a arbitrary time frame. Yes, Spidey comics from then on would be more than the DC titles but only because the key DC issues all came out in the 60s and 70s.