Ablation Steve

Thanks for your thoughts, both.

You're right, Lightning 55, when a recent $600 book in 9.8 ends up being a $350 in 9.6 and $200 in 9.4, it can be hard to pick a tier. I wasn't sure if the tier maximums had anything to do with insurance, but I'm guessing that's the most you can claim when you actually go to make a submission.

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Max value for Modern is $200. Max value for economy is $400. If I have a book that's around $350 on eBay and try to submit it with a bunch of other sub-$200 books, what happens? Will I be charged more for that one book? What if I send it in alone? Does CGC even care?

Thanks!

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It is showing up in everyone's? I've received comics back since then that didn't have them.

Please forgive me if this is a common topic, I couldn't find one like exactly what I had.

I'm not trying to start up anything about "importance of a perfect slab" but I got back an order that has scuffs inside the case. This is something to let CGC know about, right? It happened to all seven comics I sent in. (Got them back around 10/14/2020, wondering if anyone else has had this happen.) Sure the harsh light accentuates it, but I can still see it in normal light from 6 feet away.

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Thank you all for your responses!

4 hours ago, Rick2you2 said:

Curiously, this question indirectly affected me recently. Sometimes Heritage Auctions posts descriptions before it posts actual art. When I read a recent description, with page number, I was interested. Turned out someone counted differently, and the shown page wasn’t interesting to me at all.

Yeah, there's a page in that issue that I'd pay $300 for, but others I've passed on at $35.

2 hours ago, The Voord said:

It's just a page, why obsess over such things?  

I'm just thinking that if you're looking for a specific page, you might have your searches set up for page 15 but someone else might label it as page 14. Or you might have a friend looking for page 8 for you and completely ignore the page 7 you're actually looking for. Just curious to know if there was an industry standard for it. Sounds like there isn't.

Hi all, kinda new to this original art thing. If a comic has a recap page as its first page, is that page counted as page 1? Was wondering if there's a standard that artists agree on when numbering pages? 

Example:

2 hours ago, Ares said:

The collector side of me does not care. 

The Finance side of me sees that Newsstands in 9.8 going for stupid money and I want to sell them to finance future purchases.

I have Newsstand and Direct Copies of both ASM 298 (1st McFarlane) and 361 (1st carnage) I say sell and profit and plow back into collection

Careful, only the 9.8s are seeing the bumps. People don't care nearly as much about the 9.6.

18 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

So, @Ablation Steve, another newsstand thread and you've got two pages and 40 post to read when you come back.

Bottom line, I can get this comic very easily any day of the week:

This, not so easily.

All good fun 

Well, with any luck something new will come of it!

17 hours ago, revat said:

I legitimately have referred to it in the past as the nipple armor

unclear to me if there’s another name

Looks like the model 4, "Classic Red and Gold," the one that had a nose for a short time. Most of the time artists drew those bolts (or whatever) up higher.

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Iron_Man_Armor_Model_4

But other times it's impossible to not see them as nipples.

http://www.ironmanarmory.com/classicredandgold.html

1 hour ago, Jesse-Lee said:

I actually just posted this comment last night on another thread (and I've made this comment before too):

My preference on copper books is toward the newsstands, because the closest "comic specialty shop" for me in the 80s was an hour and a half away (and I was still a few years away from being able to drive), so my only option was to buy off the rack at the local drug store and grocery store. So I like buying comics now that represent what I mostly would have had the chance to buy back then.

I think for now it boils down a lot to either personal preference or probably most likely opportunity - best copy for the price, regardless of newsstand or direct. Maybe at some point we'll see a real difference in actual cost/value but I don't know if we're there yet in most cases.

I was in the same boat as a kid, the nearest real shop hours away. When I saw my first book with a Spidey in the corner, I was utterly confused.

Also, I can speak a little to the destruction of newsstands. Working at Waldenbooks in 1998, I'd strip the covers to send back for credit. After years of being obsessive about condition, it was kind of cathartic! 

Newsstand issues have really blown up lately for key books, pretty much only on 9.8s. A lot of people are just now realizing that newsstands are hard to get in high grades, whether they're from 1989 or 2014.

I have to admit I kinda saw this coming back around 1994. I had enough of a "collector's mentality" to realize that, once people had their long run of X-men or Spider-Man or whatever, that they'd get antsy and start to need to keep collecting, so they'd go after both covers. We'd seen it before with price variants, so it only made sense that "got all the spider-man heads" in the corner turns into "gotta have all the bar codes" in the corner. (You might ask, if I saw this coming, why didn't I snap up all the newsstands? Because whenever I invest in comics it always goes to . Anybody wanna buy five copies of Harbinger #18?)

Anyway, I'm curious about what everyone else thinks.

2 minutes ago, Prince Namor said:

That was the Bowen designs Statue which is roughly 10 years old - fairly expensive sometimes on the secondary market, though Marvel Select Gallery (who do less expensive PVC statues for only $49.99) did a retro variant of the armor as well a few years ago.

I wouldn't say no to the Marvel Select for the price. I know I really enjoy my Marvel Select Ironheart, just about the only way you can get her in three-dimensions. 

20 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

 

You can really see how Layton thought of it like real-world armor. With a little Destroyer thrown in.

18 hours ago, Prince Namor said:

Yep.

That's pretty sweet, what company made that?

9 hours ago, aszumilo said:

I met him at a Con and I asked him who his favorite character was to draw.  He said Iron Man.

 

My favorite was the stealth armor.

They definitely kept the big shoulder thing going on both MCU stealth armors, Sneaky and Nightclub. 

6 minutes ago, kav said:

I did find an email address for one person with that name that is 46 years old.

Have you tried it?

2 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Reminds me of Mandroids....

Yeah, big boots, big hands, I agree. But I'd argue that Teen Tony is even closer...

2 hours ago, kav said:

 

Ghost is the exact word I use for him! I've tried messaging random Facebook people with his name just in case I get lucky. Glad to hear I'm not the only one having trouble. 

5 hours ago, kav said:

A thread abt favorite IM armor has only one actual pic of armor  

You're right, here's my favorite I mentioned in the first post. The first is from Iron Man 416 by Teranishi (if anybody could get me in touch with him I'd appreciate it) and the second is the Iron Manual by Pangulayan. These are the only two real appearances of it.

Only real problem with SC is that it really took "bucket head" to a new level. It's really noticeable on the Toybiz Action Figure. So little neck her really looks like a robot.

1 hour ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Iron Man in the MCU set some bars for my expectation of his appearance. I still like most of his suits, but the ones that mirror the MCU look - they just catch my attention much better.

That's why I think the Silver Centurion is the ultimate crossover. That's why I wrote a blog about it.  https://www.ironmanablativearmor.com/blog/would-i-ever-build-another-iron-man-armor-site

1 hour ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

Model 37. It's one of the only suits that doesn't look skin-tight or have fake abs. It's also, y'know, the Bleeding Edge...

Yeah, I never thought of rejecting an armor because of the fake abs, but I can definitely see it.

I'd make a poll, but there's over 50 armors by now and I'm not typing them all in!

MIne's Mark 23, the Ablative Armor. Also, I'll admit that this is an unsubtle way to tell you about my Iron Man fan site devoted to this armor: https://www.ironmanablativearmor.com/

Silver Centurion is my second favorite, got blown up in the first issue of IM I pulled off the spinner.

I'm legit interested in what your favorite armor is and WHY.