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Qalyar
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Most of what I submit is Modern, and it's hard to get too excited or depressed about 9.6/9.8 wobbling, although I've been pretty happy with my hit rate here lately. I did have a limited-run variant of a book that almost no one cares about that I really thought was gonna get a 9.6... but I missed a soft defect on the back cover that blended in with the design. So it got knocked ... all the way down to a 9.4.
Still can't complain too much, as even that makes it top of the census, haha!
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4 minutes ago, Will78 said:
I'll never understand you anal retentive types. It's a little scratch, who gives as hit.
CGC unintended consequences.
Perhaps there's a market for someone to found a new company, called CGCGC perhaps, that grades and encapsulates CGC slabs themselves. Slabs would lose points for case cracks, surface scuffs and other defects (like how some of the labels are kinda wavy... I hate that!). Clearly, slabs that demonstrate SCS or other post-encapsulation damage will get the equivalent of a green label from CGCGC...
I do get the desire to have flawless slab cases for display, and I'm sure CGC will offer some sort of assistance here, but these are really tiny scratches, all things considered, surely?
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I'm a significant percentage of the way to a full run (with variants) of high grade, slabbed issues of Midnight Nation. Which hasn't gotten me teased yet, but probably will now.
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Seen and playing a plotline role in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, is the collected TPB for Black Hole.
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CGC's internal grading standard clearly deviates from that one in this regard. There are occasional books that have a single color break and no other flaws that manage to come back with a 9.6. More frequently, I'd consider a book with one such tick and no other issues at all to be a likely 9.2/9.4 candidate (note of course that books with a color break on the spine often have other defects). Regardless, it definitely does not hard cap the grade at 9.0.
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Those color rubs are probably from the comic shifting against others during initial shipping. That's not a manufacturing defect, but exactly how much CGC deducts for them varies somewhat from book to book. However, they're also really not the problem here.
The FCUL is the problem. I suspect that started life as a bindery tear, but that's far, far beyond "bindery tear" levels now. There is surface material missing from the front cover, and what will likely be deemed a nascent spine split. Oh, and the FCUR isn't great, either; it seems to have some impact damage (which could, maybe, press out, but I wouldn't press this because nothing can help the other corner!).
Honestly, I think this is a 9.0 book, plus or minus one grade level.
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9 hours ago, Wolverinex said:
Rule of 25?
Obviously tmnt 1 and albedo 2 grails will continue to skyrocket.
I always wonder if any of the original image series like wild CATS will ever get hot...
Image suffers from... three factors, I think.
First, and foremost, it is rather associated in many collectors' minds with the mid 90s excesses of the industry, which includes, of course, ludicrous print runs. That doesn't foreclose interest in Image titles before or after that; see renewed attention (and value) given to Valiant. But it hurts.
Second, especially before TWD and the dominance of non-line comics at Image, it was known for its house style. Big, loud, all about the fight scenes and splash pages. That's not entirely FAIR, mind you, but there's at least a bit of truth there. Outside dedicated fans of a line, even other comics junkies are less likely to be able to name a Spawn story arc (much less a Darkness one, or a Wetworks one, or...) than they are some random DC/Marvel character. That doesn't mean the Image books don't have great arcs. Sometimes, anyway. But they're just not watchwords.
And lastly, the adaptation craze. Image, by its nature, can't license and option things off in bulk. And the creators' efforts have been, well, let's not mince words here. Adaptations of Image properties come in two categories: disappointing (Spawn, Witchblade) or abortive efforts doomed to development hell (the list is too long!). Worse, at this point, other sources have lapped some of the Image properties. Rising Stars was optioned for a film that never happened, and too bad, but since then, we've had The 4400, Heroes, and The Umbrella Academy. Not the same stories, surely, but what was an innovative comic would now be part of an already-populated Netflix category. WildC.A.T.s would have to set itself apart from the X-Men, the Inhumans, Sense8, and tons of random other "supernatural group" stories.
Still, I think some of this stuff is undervalued. Variants of the first wave of Image stuff are scarcer than expected. And a lot of the books, both in the early 90s (before things got stupid), and the early to mid 00s (after the 90s explosion but before TWD and such) are... surprisingly tricky in high grades. Or I could just end up wrong! I certainly have a fondness for a lot of books that isn't proportional to their FMV.
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My 20 Moderns received 6/25 went to SFG on 7/29, then G/QC on the 31st. And 8/4, F/I/S!
12/20 books are 9.8s, and a couple others got the 9.6s I suspected they deserved. Also, I can't really complain about a 9.4 when that still makes the book the top of the census. On the other hand, it looks like the labeling problem on two books didn't get fixed, so I'll be dealing with that later, but in general, really happy with this submission.
- bug33fouf, ADAMANTIUM and skybolt
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9 hours ago, catman76 said:
Actually, come to think of it, the 35c price variant version of this book might be near the top of the list for valuable "collector's editions".
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I definitely like the CGC holder better on aesthetics. Also, that's a pretty Chaos Orb in it!
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22 hours ago, dylanthekid said:
No, I just need to prove you knew something was not true, & you said it anyway with the intent of causing me harm.
Let me assure you that your understanding of the "actual malice" standard for libel is even less complete that your knowledge of the 8.0 grading standard for comics.
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11 minutes ago, James J Johnson said:
If the horror mags count, FMOF 1 will be hard to beat. I believe there have been some sales close to 5k. No 9.8 or 9.6 copies are known; if a 9.8 were to exist, I wouldn't be surprised to see it make $15k+
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There does currently exist a set for the Marvel Comics Labyrinth: the Movie mini-series. I would like to have a larger set created in parallel for all of the Labyrinth comics. I feel this is generally in the spirit of "Mini-series/One-Shots sets for a character/title" as required for "custom" competitive sets. Serial numbers included in brackets when I am aware of examples.Labyrinth (Complete) [or "Complete with Variants", however titles are currently standardized for this sort of thing]-
Marvel Super Special #40 (Marvel, 1985) [0502713019] -
Labyrinth: the Movie #1 (Marvel, 1986) [1392114021] -
Labyrinth: the Movie #2 (Marvel, 1986) [1990331019] -
Labyrinth: the Movie #3 (Marvel, 1987) [1241523003] -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) [0296972020] -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Baltimore Comic-Con Edition (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) [1428257005] -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Convention Edition (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) [1447881014] -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Fried Pie Edition (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Unlocked Retailer Edition (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) [1462978039] -
Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2016) [1223042004] -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth 2017 Special #1 (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2017) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth 2017 Special #1 Sook Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2017) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth 2017 Special #1 Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2017) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 ComicsPRO Edition (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) [1568833013] -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 Durieux Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 Isaacs Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 Sienkiewicz Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) [1259606006] -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1 Thompson Variant Cover (Boom! Studios/Archaia 2018) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Under the Spell #1 Bastian Variant Cover (Boom! Studios 2018) -
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Under the Spell #1 Variant Cover (Boom! Studios 2018)
As a side note, there are quite a few entries that aren't currently in the census (mostly later issues of Coronation), but those can be added if and when they're slabbed in future; this is more than enough for a legitimate set to get started.Set created on 12/2/20. Thank you
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Because I actually do pay money for the oddities, drek, and occasionally popular comics that I collect!
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On 7/27/2020 at 4:43 PM, Qalyar said:
20 (Slow) Modern books, received 6/25. The lure of the refresh button begins to grow stronger.
Good news: As of 7/29, I have SFG!
Bad news: Two of the books I submitted were variant covers of an issue that has previously been slabbed with a single label, making the variants indistinguishable. Despite assurances from CGC that they'd be broken out correctly at my request, and despite including notes to help them do just that, they currently have identical entries in the SFG line item list. I've sent an email in the hopes that this can be caught before finalization...
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I suppose these are technically Modern, not Copper. The series began in 1991, but these final issues are 1992 releases. Still, these feel a lot more like Copper Age comics than Modern ones. Certainly, they're not the same sort of beast as the late-year Modern newsstands.
Pirates of Dark Water was an interesting, well-crafted little cartoon (with a pretty A-list voice cast to boot) that was probably before its time. It also might have been a little too well-crafted, since it ran consistently over budget and missed several production deadlines. As a result, it didn't get consistent airings and was cancelled well before the completion of its main storyline. The final eight episodes were produced in haste as a direct-to-syndication second season and are perhaps a little lower quality than the ones before. Regardless, the show had a pretty devoted fan following at the time (and a pretty devoted cult following now), and so in 1991 Marvel released a 6-issue comic book adaptation of the first episodes (which had originally aired separately as sort of a cartoon mini-series). It also sold well, and so Marvel prepared 3 additional issues, with a story unique to the comics.
The series in general is pretty good, and offers some fun trivial. All 9 issues were scripted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman; after the 90s comic industry collapse, he made a new career for himself as an award-winning military history author (including The Vietnam War and Saga of the Sioux; he was also a co-author with Bill O'Reilly of Lincoln's Last Days). Meanwhile, the covers for the first 6 books were done by Bruce Zick, followed by Rob Davis for the next two (styled after the cartoon). And then there's the final issue, with a fantastic Charles Vess (probably quite familiar to Spider-Man fans) cover that doesn't look like anything else the franchise ever produced. But is nevertheless my favorite piece in the whole 9-issue run. I think Vess is a pretty significantly under-rated artist in general.
In any case, as was common for 90s Marvel material, all 9 issues exist in both direct market and newsstand variants, and I was happy to pick up these 3. Stacking them this way hides the fact that this copy of #7 is quite the beater, but I bought these for the #9, easily the hardest of the series to find in newsstand. This one probably won't ever be slabbed (unless some studio reboots the cartoon and these randomly become hot books someday), but would live happily in the 8.5/9.0 range (what looks like a stain at UR is just the terrible lighting I had present!).
- JJ-4, Jasonmorris1000000, Morganmi and 3 others
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The problem with both these hip-hop covers is not remotely related to the album covers they are tributes to. That X-Men cover would be fine using the poses from the Grandmaster Flash album; it is awful because the faces of the X-Men are drawn like withered crones. Likewise, that Deadpool cover does an admirable job recreating the hands from Run the Jewels 2. The problem is... um, literally everything else, but especially Deadpool's head, which looks like someone took one of those "How to Draw Characters" books and stopped at "Step 1: Draw an oval."
- s-man and valiantman
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On 7/26/2020 at 7:45 PM, RayJr said:
Hello everyone, just wanted to know how everyone did with their Registry sets for 2020. I won 23 this year. Two more than last year. Hope everyone has a great rest of your day today.
None this year, although I'm just getting the ol' registry underway. I aim to have a half dozen or so come 2021.
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1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said:
I have a pre screen modern slow sitting since 6/22 also
weird how some move and others sit
I suspect there are some elements of submissions that can hasten or slow their progress. Mine doesn't have a prescreen (you pays your money, you takes your chances!), so that's one less step to complete. On the other hand, I have a couple of books that will be new to the registry, which will require some extra time on their end to create the relevant entries.
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20 (Slow) Modern books, received 6/25. The lure of the refresh button begins to grow stronger.
- NebraskaGuy and ADAMANTIUM
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1 hour ago, Matt G said:
The backlog of "errors" and slot, score, and set requests will be worked on in the coming weeks. Please note that there is about a months worth of requests so please exercise patience while I attempt to catch up.
You are a trooper, sir. Thanks for all you do for the registry.
- Icculus308win, ADAMANTIUM and Matt G
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CGC has suggested at several times that comics not eligible for blue labels weren't supposed to get blue-only vanity labels. So these are basically QA failures, but they're particularly unfortunate ones.
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50 minutes ago, Black Bat said:
weird little Bulletman Comic #11. 1942 Diamond Shoes Giveaway. Buy War Bonds!
$25
I don't want to threadcrap or anything, but thought I'd provide a little info on this weird thing. This isn't, strictly speaking, an issue of Bulletman (even though it uses the cover art from Bulletman #3). This is one of a loose series of miniature comics called "Mighty Midget Comics", published by Samuel E. Lowe. The interior reprints content from Bulletman #6 and #7 and from Master Comics #27 (and as I recall is only 30 pages despite what the cover says!). Lowe sold these cheap little reprint books originally for 2 for 5 cents!
What's interesting about THIS copy is the shoe store ad on the back cover. I've seen this issue before, but always with a blank back cover (except for the war bonds bit). If there's someone into collecting Fawcett and related material who enjoys the chase for odd printings and variants, this one is for you!
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Probably of interest to relatively few here, but... nevertheless. Also, ugh, I'm a terrible photographer.
Charles Burns's Black Hole, #1-4 (the Kitchen Sink issues; the rest of the title is with Fantagraphics), first printings. Yeah, combo breaker on #3 there. But these have been harder to find in grade than would be expected. The thick cardstock covers with gloss printing are prone to all manner of surface scuffs and color breaks. Also, probably the majority of copies across the board have bindery chip issues because the printer used evidently didn't sharpen their blades enough to deal with the thickness of the cover. Many, many copies have had time, handling, and general quality turn those chips into more serious defects. In a lot of ways, these suffer from the same problems as the much better known (and rather a lot more valuable) Spider-Man 1 Platinum.