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Etreiw

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    Back in the saddle again!

    By Etreiw,


    Justice Society of America
    This whole summer was pretty much a bust for me because I was in flux,  I had to put my comic collection in storage and really had no fixed address so I couldn't send of my comics to get graded,  But now I do have fixed address and I now have easy access to my comic collection so I can pick were I left off from the end of last year.   Seeing all the variety of writers and artists do some signings at CGC was driving me nuts cause my hands were tied to get some of my comics signed but now it's time to go!
    Last time Mr. Geoff Johns had come around I had already committed to getting books signed by Mr. Dan Jurgens so it was a no go for getting Mr. Johns signature.  But this time around, my budget  has room for his signature.    I try to stick to the older books first. Such as the following.  Although I see no spine ticks....I'm hoping for at least 9.4 across the board afterall all of them are over 15 years old.....  



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    Can you spot the difference?

    By Etreiw,


    Slabbing Superman!
    First time this has occurred to me...it's always that risk of it happening, it had to have occurred after grading cause they sure would not grade it that high if it occurred before the grade process.  Oh well it is what it is.  Also that is why you always scan your covers before sending them out to any grading company.... Nice signature matches the color layout of the cover....


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    laughed in your face!  Funny thing is, back in the late eighties I had no interest in Green Lantern whatsoever because there was a whole corp out there in space that had the same power as this guy named Hal on earth, it wasn't till after the rebirth of Superman/destruction of Coast City as well as the destruction of the Green Lanterns that got me into reading Green Lantern aka the one and only Kyle Rayner!!!!!  I enjoyed reading his adventures and the process of how the other Lanterns came back but somewhere along the line DC messed up.  Here we are near the end of 2022 and there is not a regular running series of Green Lantern which is freakin nuts!   So when I saw that Ron Marz was gonna do a signature signing in November, I thought well what better way to start slabbing my large collection of Green Lantern  by starting where I jumped in head first.   Will any of the 4 be a 9.8???? All four of them are getting old sooo who knows maybe 9.4    Back in those days, I was lucky enough I guess to pick up 2 them as newstands yay me.  




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    First time sending a full cover wrap on a signature submission. :)

    By Etreiw,


    Sending down a full cover wrap to be slabbed.
    I don't recall of seeing alot of complete cover wraps on the comics that I have, in fact how I came across this one was trying to find the comics that have the least amount of spine ticks and etc to send down to get Mark Waid to sign on Nov. 11.  I know he had a long run on the Flash but the only time I read the Flash was when he was in the JLA series/Titans/ or crossover with Green Arrow/Green Lantern. As for other issues, I enjoyed the JLA mini-series that lead to the Grant Morrison run.   I read that mini-series too much I guess, too many spine ticks but the covers were awesome.   I enjoyed Kingdom Come as well as it's sequel.  Now I could have sent some of his current work aka Batman/Superman but I want to do the old stuff so I went with JLA Year One as well as The Brave and the Bold.  
    First Issue of JLA: Year One  is the wrap around cover and possible Platinum edition?  I put that down in the info.... if I am wrong about that oh well they can fix it right?  





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    Books I'm sending down for Stanley "Artgerm" Lau signing. :)

    By Etreiw,


    Books I'm sending down for Stanley "Artgerm" Lau signing. :)
    As I was going through my vast comic collection to figure out exactly which issues that I had come across his cover art or varient art, I was reminded how DC ended the latest "Supergirl" series, which I guess was the start of me not committing myself to other DC titles.  DC would probably blame it on the pandemic but just of it was they had cancelled the latest Supergirl series even before the last 2 issues were to be printed.  I think you could read the 2 issues through digital at that time but I'm old, I don't do digital.  Eventually they packaged the last 2 issues with a trade paperback consisting of the storyline that had occurred near the end of her run.  By then I didn't feel like spending more money than needed to just read 2 issues.  I like Mr. Lau's art, and with these books slabbed I can put them on the wall. ;)
    Gonna be a busy weekend coming up, packing the books, unboxing 2 boxes from CGC and visiting a local comic book fair....maybe come across some books I think I would like to add to my old comic collection. ;) 





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    Well my submission for some of my books to be signed by Mr. Stanley "Artgerm" Lau came back, close to the schedule format.....now if only my books I sent out for signing by Mr. Chuck Dixon would return as well as small submission of blue slabs would be come back(just over the 8 month status at CCS)   
     
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    What a 6.0 on a modern slab?!?! ;(

    By Etreiw,


    Slabbing old books
    My biggest regret was I should have taken a few pictures of the damage envelope inside the book, just to show how bent the envelope paper was and it was thicker than your typical comic paper.  Hell that type of envelope was also included in my 1st issue of my Superman and that one came back as a 9.6.   Oh well it is what it is.  
     
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    Books to be signed by Chuck Dixon! Yay! :)

    By Etreiw,


    Books to be signed by Chuck Dixon
    I was sad after finding out that signature signing by Mr. George Perez has been cancelled, it is what it is and then I found out that I get another chance to get Mr. Chuck Dixon to sign some of my old books.  The last time he was providing some signature signings, it was around the same time that I had aquired signatures from other writers/artists and thus my wallet was too full to fit Mr. Chuck Dixon... but this year I can fit him in!  
    I would have loved to have him sign the very first one-shot of Birds of Prey cause that got the ball rolling, and I was also there to see other mini-series and one-shots and eventually the start of the first volume of Birds of Prey, the reason I did not include it in the 4 books that I sent down was because there's a small tear/rip on the last page and I'm not ready to see a low-grade on a book like that with a signature.  Just a question now is.....when will I see them in slabs?  8 months? 10 months?  




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    It all comes to the space I have to store my comics. :)

    By Etreiw,


    Storage for my comics
    Looking at my titles that I have read over the years.... the only mild interest I have reading in today's comic market are a few short DC series, Wondergirl and that's it. ;( I guess DC made it pretty easy for me to wind down my comic reading. 
    looking at my titles that I have read over the years.... the only mild interest I have reading in today's comic market are a few short DC series, Wondergirl and that's it. ;( I guess DC made it pretty easy for me to wind down my comic reading. 
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    One more order to fill up the packing box. ;)

    By Etreiw,


    Superman Supergirl Hawkman Hawkgirl
    Rather than filling up the rest of the box with bubble wrap, sending off 5 more books.   As I reread them one last time, I noticed the Action Comics one with the Teen Titans that the "Man of Steel" contest form which also in Superman #1 was somewhat bent and thus was somewhat indenting the pages in front of it soooo will the pressing of the book smooth out the minor indenting? Guess I will find out if not probably come back like a 9.2.  I always liked the 1st cover of the mini-series for Supergirl.  It reminded me how difficult it was back then to see characters get their own issues outside of Superman, Batman and WonderWoman.  Eventually Supergirl did get her own series but 2021 all we have is another mini-series for Supgergirl and the last season of Supergirl on TV...... 





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    Since the turn around at CGC has been very long, I have not sent any books to them because of it but next week is gonna be October.   So if I send them down in October maybe they will get a chance to look at them in December, har har har har.   I forgot that my Superman #4 was newstand edition, so I'm curious what Grade I will get outta that one.  As for Birds of Prey, I already sent the first 2 issues of the mini-series and got a 9.6 and a 9.8 so I'm curious what grades will be for the last 2.  I want to slab the specials and one-shots of Birds of Prey before I begin slabbing the first volume of Birds of Prey.  
    As for Wonder Woman, just dig the artwork and want to preserve the books.   
    I might send a 3rd set of books depends if I have space in my shipping box.  










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    Signature Slabs by Howard Porter. Yay. :)

    By Etreiw,


    Signatures of Howard Porter
    It's been about 7 months since I had any reason to post in this particular journal.   This year I have yet to send any further old DC comic books down to get slabbed because my wallet says "NO! NOT YET....maybe by October you can."
    I could have got Howard Porter to sign some of my newer books he had recently done but the first time I came across his art was actually the JLA reboot back in 1997 and that JLA run was a fun run.  What a better way to start slabbing that particular run by getting a couple signatures from him.
    Next books though must be from the start of my collection, these signatures from various writers and artist became too much of a distraction.   I do have to chuckle with this set of slabs, one of them is registered to be the only one slabbed/signed, which is pretty sweet.
    Also if you squint at the video image you can see where Howard Porter signed. 
     
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    Today, was the last day I bought new comics.

    By Etreiw,


    The end of picking up new comics.
    The summer of 1987 was my first experience walking into a comic-book shop and buying stack of superman comics and then today was the last time going into my local shop picking up the last round of comics as well as closing my account.
    Due to some big bills coming up,  I realized that the most expensive thing I have to trim from my budget is comics. Last week alone I spent $20 bucks on 2 new modern DC comics, something is wrong with that.  There looked to be some interesting stories that were gonna be told but the cost now out weighs the entertainment.  You will never see me buy/read digital, if you gonna make a digital comic, you maze as well make it animated.  Hopefully once I tackle these bills coming down the line, I can slab a few old ones before the year is out.  Gonna feel weird in the coming weeks that I don't head over on Wednesday to pick up my weekly dose of new comics..... ;( 
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    Slabs of Signature signings by Dan Jurgens. YAY

    By Etreiw,


    Signature signings of Dan Jurgens
    Another fun time opening up a box from CGC with the youngest nephews.  My brother convinced me to try out the whole green screen thing aka background soooo I did thus the results are pretty rough  .  So as of today being Sunday, the last set of books that consist of Howard Porter's signature are still at the "Receiving" stage so probably maybe by the middle of February I'll see them..... then after that.....no new slab stuff my wallet says I can afford to send more old comic books down to be graded which looks to be near the end of fall.
     
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    Signature Signing from writer Peter David.

    By Etreiw,


    Signature signing from Mr. Peter David
    It has been awhile because of the waiting period for slabs to come back and finally getting around to posting the video of the unboxing. In this video I shared my experience with my oldest niece and nephew cause they hardly read comic books but now they know the process of preserving somewhat old books.  When I'm an elder, I will be asking them to do the job for me.    This is the first set of books that have come back, the Dan Jurgens books are currently at the Grading stage and the ones from Howard Porter are still at the "Receiving stage".  Sadly I could not send books down to CGC for those Johns,Fabok and Anderson signings, cause of the Canadian dollar exchange rate....with everything going on because of this freakin pandemic I have to wait till fall to see if my wallet can send any more books down to CGC this year..... so just 2 more videos of unboxing coming down the line. 
     
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    After looking at the state of the Canadian dollar exchange rate at the time of prepping for signatures, I had to take Mrs. Louise Simonson off my wish list.   Getting her signature on the first 3 issues of Superman: Man of Steel would have been awesome.    Not long after sending the package of books, I find out now that Mr. Chuck Dixon, who I enjoyed his Bird of Prey run and Mr. Rags Morales, who I enjoyed his art during his run on Hourman will be signing sometime in December.......I've mapped out 3 books for each of them but if I send another box down there....then there will be less books for Johns/Fabok/Finch/Anderson to sign when they come around late december/early January        I blame all these Shenanigans on the Pandemic!!!!!!!      Long wait begins now!!!!!!....

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    It was quite the learning experience this year when I decided to start slabbing some of my older books and then taking a stab a prepping comic books for signings. As of now, I have about 26 books slabbed and that was all I was gonna do this year.   Then came that big signing thing sometime in October/November as well as that Geoff John's and company signing in January.  The end result, my budget on slabbing is gonna be hitting the ceiling.  It's time like this where it would be awesome to win lottery, that way I would get Mr. Dan Jurgens, Peter David, Howard Porter, Mrs. Louise Simonson, Keith Griffen, J.M DeMatteis to sign "EVERY SINGLE ISSUE" of their work that I have in my collection....sigh....only a dream.  Frustrating part is sending enough to make up for shipping costs coming back...Sigh