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Took a while but extremely happy to finally complete my SA Spidey Annual's Pedigree/Collection run. Fortunate to find these white pager's, with nice spine wrap/centering, and in descending grade order

A few more fantastic Adams covers

Another interesting Goblin/Spidey cover...

Those are some gorgeous copies! #23 may be my all time favorite

Here's an underrated and awesome Ditko/Goblin cover Beautiful deep blue color and cool cover artwork (glad they didn't refer to this as a bondage cover). Possibly one of the nicest looking 8.0's I've ever owned...

Death of the Goblin is such a great Romita cover

A classic Avenger's cover...

It's the first appearance of the romping Kangaroo, how could you go wrong!

Is it possible that Comic Station is not being sued as a litigant if the prosecution is planning to use them as a witness against Zanello and Riva? But if they've received monetary compensation from the fraud slab sales, that would be considered ill gotten gains in my mind.

If CGC can gather the evidence that the store owner received monetary compensation from the millions of dollars of scam slabs over the years from Zanello, then the benefit of doubt will be out the window. A documented money trail/money transfers from scammer to store owner would be a starting point to investigate. I'm no skilled detective, but at this point we can only speculate what kind of financial shenanigans were going on between them

Yeah, I'm sure the store owner will try to plead total ignorance to the scammers activities to save his business. If they can prove he was receiving monetary gains from these slab sales, then he may become a litigant as well. Anyone believe this guy had no idea with what was going on behind the scenes, with hundreds if not thousands of submissions going through his company?

Is the store owner named in this lawsuit? Haven't heard much about him, but it looks like he was very well acquainted with Zanello, allowed complete misuse of his dealer account, and also allowed this scammer to sell his fraudulent slabs by setting up with his company at cons and who knows what else Does any liability fall at his doorstep?

Never noticed that, good eye!

In this case would CGC be able to go about freezing all their assets, bank accounts, etc., through the courts?

That's a good question. Why would they want to let out this further embarrassment and have a whole new thread on their ineffective/incompetent security system? There may be more details to come forth

I'm going to salute CGC for prosecuting these two scumbags. They could have kept it out of the public eye and never brought forth any charges. Most companies would have never let this out. That's the first step which I commend them. But the next and biggest step is reevaluating and addressing all of the weaknesses in their security model and methods. Whatever security system they are implementing at their facility is not working. How do we know there are not more graders and receivers doing the same fraudulent activities but haven't been caught yet. They need to communicate to the public in a clear message what steps they are taking to solve these security shortcomings to avoid future scams

More Kangaroo action

Without a clear explanation of their security procedures, it almost feels like books were being stacked on shelves in some hallway or back room with graders coming and going and picking up whatever books they felt like grading that day. Who knows what type of security checks were in place at that time

Beautiful book! The vibrant color on these issues is a pleasure to behold

Yeah, he won't be having a good time in prison if the charges are true and on his paperwork. What a complete mess. Just return the books you have and stop the excuses

Love the Green River issues. Here are a few from my collection if you'd like to compare the stamps for any future books...

I remember hearing some CGC youtubers say there was no way you could switch out a CGC book in the new cases. They were adamant that it was an improbable if not impossible scam method that people were dreaming up and that something else was going on, like insider CGC help to pull it off. I think that Immaculate guy may have heard those comments and said "time to make a video and see what they think about this?" No more arguments from any youtubers now about comic swapping being possible. Not saying it was right or wrong but he did get his point across

I'm not saying CGC is the victim. What I am saying is CGC needs to follow through on their previous statement and forcefully prosecute this individual, and I do mean incarceration. We can't have another Ewert result here, that would not be acceptable. But most importantly, which I did state in my post, CGC needs to address their weaknesses and come forth to the community with a clear explanation of their new safeguards. Being silent on this matter will not be a solution and I'm patiently waiting to hear what changes they plan to make

Well said I'm sure CGC knows who the culprit is by now and is further accumulating as much evidence as possible from as many sources available to create an airtight case. If CGC wants to retain credibility after all is said and done, they'll need to prosecute this individual/persons involved to the full extent of the law (jail time) and set an example to the comic world that this nefarious behavior will not be accepted or tolerated now or in the future. And also importantly, implement and explain to the community all the necessary changes made in their systems and designs to ensure these scams do not reappear...

Very nice catch! I know several of us had suspicions of trimming on some previous books, namely the JIM #83 that was shown earlier in this thread. If slab swapping is getting by CGC, it brings to question if trimming has been getting by on some of the Silver Age books that have been "submitted for grading" by this fraudster? My thoughts are every SA grading submission from this account needs to be re-looked at carefully for possible trimming. Maybe a crazy task to undertake and sound silly but every Silver Age book submitted by this individual shouldn't be considered safe without additional scrutiny...