Cman429

I’m gonna cheat and say 4.5/5. Presents very nicely despite the flaws. Hope you reveal the grade after a half dozen or so posts. I wish we had a “guess the grade” subforum for already graded books because I like playing this game!

Don’t tell him that. He’s convinced he is. If you’re a fan of Stan or his “pinhead brother” Larry Lieber, I wouldn’t advise asking Bob what he thinks of them

I had the same thought soon as I saw it. The labels usually do nothing for me but ASM36 would look great with that label. I don’t have any cons left to go to but I’d be tempted to make the hour or so drive to Sarasota to drop my copy off if I had Collector membership.

Celebrities ruined it. I talked with Bob Layton once about this and he made the good point that if the guy who played the third Wookiee on the left in Phantom Menace can charge $40 for an auto, why can’t the creator of Iron Man ask for $10? Which isn’t to say ebay is blameless. Creators have told me they look at what flippers charge on eBay so many are definitely aware and want “their piece” of the pie as it were. But what most of them don’t comprehend is just because someone lists a $15 modern for $299 after its signed doesn’t mean they actually GET that. Personally, I think the flippers thing is just a convenient crock for creators to justify charging for worthless autographs.

He’s very talented but I can’t get over all his ladies having those dead eyes

CBCS = Can’t Buy Can’t Sell

Even with that tape/water damage that cover presents pretty nicely. Still, with the chip/tear on the left corner, cover damage, staple rip and major major spine roll I’d go 3.0-3.5. If you can get it pressed flat(ter) - and I don’t know much about the process so I can’t say if it’s doable when a staple looks to be holding on for dear life - I could see a bump to 4.0/4.5.

8.5 - spine roll, couple spine ticks that break color, both corners have small color breaking blunting

Sale pulled this same BS at Megacon. I love his work and had a bunch of things I wanted signed yet every time I walked by his booth he’s just siting there drawing some commission ignoring the world. The one time I stopped to see to see what he was drawing, he looks up and gives me stink eye. Like, dude, if you just want to sit there and draw then hire a rep, stay home, and do mail commissions. And he pulled the time switcheroo at least once, too. I have a beautiful LH Absolute HC I’d love signed but if I ever see him at a con again, I’m writing him off until someone gets through to him to stop being a tool.

Namor. They need someone who can nail the brooding

It’s a 4.5/5 now as is. The cleaning might improve the back cover a bit but even if they somehow get that inky looking stain out, the major problem is the gazillion color breaking stress lines and a press ain’t gonna fix those.

I collect football cards as a side hobby. I get them slabbed and sig verified by Beckett, who own CBCS. I assume they use the same methodology being one company - I’ve been to their home office in Dallas and since both are done side by side I assume they follow similar standards. Anyway, I’ve submitted say 5 Ezekiel Elliot’s and gotten back 4 verified and 1 rejected because the auto was too poor, illegible, suspicious in some way, etc. So while I’m not a fan of CBCS for several reasons, I believe they do put effort into verification and don’t just slap “verified” labels on these unwitnessed signatures willy nilly

White means color breaking - my understanding is pressing can’t help that. Your book looks pretty minty but I had a book with a couple little spine ticks that got busted down to 9.4 so I’d guess 9.4-9.6 depending if the grader had a good lunch.

Gonna say 4. With a press, the spine will get fixed but not all the color breaks and dings so I don’t see that improving it more than .5 grade

7.5-8

I collect variations of Romita’s classic “Face it Tiger, you hit the jackpot” panel done with two different characters. A few of the artists have gotten a little naughty with it haha I wanted to start a jungle versions theme - think Savage Land Rogue but with different heroes - but at the last con the couple artists I pitched it too just looked at me all confused (“You want Supergirl in a jungle?”) and passed. Maybe if I find someone good at drawing jungle women to start it off I can show others.

All this because people with poor taste made that crappy Venom movie a success. I hope they’re happy now. So much for having good Spidey movies anymore.

4.5-5.5. Even though there’s many defects that’d probably hammer it on a technical grade, it really presents very beautifully!

Lol “incredibly high grade” Gotta love the EBay hustle Looks like a 7.5 to me.

the Watchmen 9.4

There was an awesome indy comic that came out like 15-20 years ago that had this exact same idea - “Elvis Must Die!”

In mint it’s worth about $3 so in that condition it looks like you paid about what it’s worth

5.5-6 as is. I’m not sure what pressing all entails but if they can clean up some of that dirt and press out those interior page folds you might max it out around a 7.

I can’t imagine that’d get below a 7 unless there’s stuff we can’t pick up in pics