rodan57

I have a copy of "How to Utilize Obnoxiously Blue Eyes to Shoot Invisible Laser Beams That Deflate Footballs by Two PSI". I don't recommend it.

Let's do front and back, just for the fun of it.

Probably well worth your time to read this entire thread. Slab-Pro is a Thief Look for Joeypost's posts.

It might just be a scanner artifact but there does appear to be a lot going on on the right hand side.

Amen.

Interesting brush and pen work. I looked it up: George Tuska inking himself. Thanks for the appreciation. I love this cover, and these issues are… Tuska was definitely a great, with his own limits but a great. He and Don Heck must be among the most undervalued Marvel artists, their pre-Marvel work is often awesome. I agree. Hindsight has added to my appreciation especially in terms of their storytelling abilities -- an aspect not so highly valued in many modern Marvels.

It's just another aspect of due diligence (e.g., understanding grading, researching recent sales, weighing the effects of market hype, buying for long or short term, etc...). Not every one feels the necessity or desire to fully research a purchase.

I think you have just defined the opposite of logic. Logical reasoning does not assign value to context.

This is a recurring discussion here, and it fascinates me each time. Is there really a difference between a seller saying: 1) Book costs $1030, but take a $30 discount if paying cash or check; vs 2) Book costs $1000, but add $30 if paying via fee-based PayPal; The only difference is mental, right? Why does the phrasing in #2 bother us so much more than #1? This is just a rhetorical question, of course...just one of the vagaries of human psychology, I suppose...fascinating. It makes it seem that the vendor is being put out by a service that provides instant payment and security -- both of which clearly facilitate Internet transactions. They might as well total up additional percentages for packing tape, boxes, bubble wrap, the cost of gas to the postal outlet, the mental stress of leaving the house ...

You would be great on a bomb squad! I once had a teacher tell me nothing is 100%. I took that to heart and hate being wrong at the same time. Honestly, I do believe they are sonically sealed. But I could be wrong. "The comic book then goes to encapsulation where two pieces of safety micro chamber paper are placed inside the front and back cover. Next the CGC label and comic book are placed in an archivally safe Barex inner well before being sonically sealed in CGC’s state of the art tamper evident holder." CGC Reference Article

I have cracked out many books in my CGC collecting lifetime. Most of the time I can successfully retain a reusable slab, a slab with only a small hairline crack on the side, near the post, not visible from the front. I then use the slabs to put my favorite raw comics on display. If you were to inspect these 'slabs' in hand, you would be hard pressed to notice any obvious damage. Here's a couple pics of my display stand..... Beautifully displayed. Is this a confession?

If the label was swapped and there are signs of tampering, they have done their job.

Interesting brush and pen work. I looked it up: George Tuska inking himself.

Small things. Integrity Honesty Respect Fairness Morality Ethics

If one is pre-selling, then declare it. If you don't actually own the book, then don't try to sell it.

Actually, I think that is the very definition of drop shipping --- selling it without ever actually having it in your possession.

This is one not often seen. (thumbs u Though given the quality of the photo it's almost not seen here.

When a bargain is no bargain.

Fair enough.

This is interesting. I'd like to hear more.

#47 "Trouble in Leadville!" #51 Cover and "The Raiders Strike!" #52 Cover #53 Cover #56 Cover (inked by Ditko) #57 Cover #58 Cover #59 Cover and "The Stallion's Revenge" "Only One May Live!" #60 Cover #61 Cover #62 Cover and "Six-Gun Showdown!" "The Perfect Crime!" "The Gunman" #63 Cover and "The Hands of the Hulk!" #64 Cover and "He Wore a Tin Star!" #65 Cover and "The Vengeance of Sam Turner!" #66 Cover and "The Enemies!" (Iconic Kid Colt cover. Perhaps the best in the series) #67 Cover and "Montana Brown, Gunslinger Without Fear" #68 Cover #69 Cover and "The Betrayer!" #70 Cover and "The Return of Darrow, the Gunfighter" #71 Cover and "The Life and Death of Ape Cantrell!" #72 Cover #73 Cover and "Red-Beard's Raiders!" #74 Cover #75 Cover #76 Cover #77 Cover and "They Call Him Dude"

Funny books.

+1 As far as I'm concerned, if there aren't scans the listing doesn't exist. Way too many defect variations of books in grade, not to mention centering and miscuts. Amen.

Rarely has a truer sentence been written than this - many congratulations to you sir ! Hear, hear!

I like this. I do think that there is a community consensus as to what is a loose grade vs. overgrading. And I think that's why PGM works and is a popular thread. Our community has a reasonably consistent understanding of how a book can exist comfortably within a small range of grades. This understanding is hard to define but it is clear to many when a book is assigned a grade outside of community standards.