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Ah. Cool, Thanks.

Just your pick, not you,

BTW my Republic Credits on the finish are on: WIN: @comicdonna PLACE: Joe Ankenbauer - who changed his screen name to @Math Teacher SHOW: @comicginger1789 OUT OF THE MONEY: @William-James88

Thanks f’lites for a flashing good time! Thanks froz-ent-un-drag-guy for being a great Emcee. Anyone ever tell you you look like Peter Sellers? Ill be watching...

Noooooooo!! I was sooo close.

X-MEN 101 CGC 5.5

Fantastic Four Annual #1 CGC 4.5

Two books - one had three different scratches/scuffs >2” on the inside front of the slab. The other book was mislabeled. Their mistake since I listed the correct version when ordering. Yes they paid for freight x2 and the reholders. Yes. CS handled it all. They’ve been great at responding to emails and calls. I treat them like humans with real feelings that sometimes have hard days and a tough job to do. As for your inner well question, I have noticed that most of my BA and CA slabs did have some vertical “play” to the books in my latest order from December. No damage to the books. Maybe to reduce the “rings” effect.

Shipped 1/13

Thor: “Hey Banner! How’s that smell?” Hulk: “Hulk SMASH IT, then SMASH Thor!”

Nope! My barbarian using a sword riding a demon fighting a green Goliath protecting a bikini clad babe beats that!

Cool! Thanks.

These are awesome! Where are you guys getting the bagged editions these days? Online, flea market, thrift shop, LCS, antique store?

This book was published in 1982 so it falls outside the disputed “Whitman variant” timeframe of 1977-mid 1979. Marvel acknowledges that by 1980 they were using multiple distributors for direct sales including Western/Whitman and others.

Nice looking Buck Rogers 9 there

Cool story .5

Yep 3.5

Minimum full point. Add all the other spine creases and I’d guess 7.5-8.0

2.5

What grade am I looking at here?

The paper on the bottom right is from the grabber mark on a page. It was folded back. I fixed it. Thoughts?

Shopping the local antique mall and picked up this beauty. Neal Adams cover and first Bernie Wrightson pro work. Other than the visible edge wear and a few cover dents, the cover is a little weak at the lower staple but still attached and there is tanning on the back cover. Interested in your thoughts.

Thanks @Brock. I appreciate the details of your reply and the time you spent writing it. Why do you suppose it’s so difficult to get to the bottom of the full Marvel/Whitman deal details? Even the Western Publishing Wikipedia page doesn’t site any sources with details. It seem the deal Whitman had with DC was more straightforward and permitted actually using the Whitman logo on DC licensed properties. I guess we may never know the full story.

How about a couple MTU Kane covers?