B-Smooth

You give up too easy. I know. My beard is crusted to the floor, though. And once I get feeling back in my legs, I'll stand up, grab a soda, and sit back down in the chair for another year and a half.

You know.. the nerve of some people. I've been sitting here at my computer for almost a year and a half...... and nothing. I have this strange suspicion he might be lying to me.

Pictures... or it never happened. Oh, wttb. Come on, dude.. I'm still sitting here waiting.

Love the title! I remember when a forumite had the third 9.8 ever to be graded. I think the book was $400-$500. Someone offered him $750-$800 and he still wouldn't sell it. It ended up going for over $2K, I believe. Crazy collecting times! I'm surprised I didn't make this a decade ago, or that someone else didn't. I think the first 9.8 sold for 3K? Wasn't me. Sadly, I've never actually had a 9.8 to this day.

For a long time there were no 9.8's. I sent in probably a dozen copies, and all of them were 9.6's. Based on some of the copies I've seen now, probably half of those I sent in would grade 9.8 at this point. Yeah I sent in a pair many years ago and 9.4 and 9.6 and was floored I thought they were flawless. There still isn't as many by now as I thought there would be. Based on the lax standards this book has now for 9.8's, I agree.

Gene (Delekkerste) does, or did own the interior artwork. From what I remember, nobody knows where the cover is.

Now THAT is very cool! Not as cool as the 2.0 example (that's unique). But still cool nonetheless. Something even cooler is a graded 1.5 copy! I'm too lazy to look, but I think there is one.

For a long time there were no 9.8's. I sent in probably a dozen copies, and all of them were 9.6's. Based on some of the copies I've seen now, probably half of those I sent in would grade 9.8 at this point.

This is from 2.5 years ago. I think a 9.9 would do a little better than 2-3K now. It's amazing how high this book has jumped.

Here's my raw copy.

I started posting here since near the beginning, and mainly because of G.I. Joe. #21 (along with 24) was always my favorite book of any age. Why no club yet? I suppose there is one now. Let's see what you have.

Rarer than a 9.9! And a newsstand to boot!

That must have been the underground comic sold next to Omaha cat dancer.

One of the all-time great covers, for any age, in my opinion.

Rarer than a 9.9!

To me, #24 has always been the key book to have. It's the 1st appearance of both Zartan and Firefly (one of my favorites). Sure, I know it has the whole Hulk 180/181 thing going on, but to me it's the 1st Zartan. I definitely hear you on the "first full app" thing. Sometimes getting just a glimpse of the characters you know is going to be bad azz is so much more potent. Issue #24 is my all time favorite issue . I am hoping to get a 9.4 slab this year. Nothing on the open market recently that I have seen. Russ Heath art really sets the series off as one of the war artists. Firefly is another well developed fixture of the ARAH series.

You know why that's the case. CGC overprotects the 9.9 grade. It makes absolutely zero statistical sense that there are 673 9.8s, and not a single 9.9. That defies statistics...unless there's a conscious effort to overprotect the 9.9 grade, which is what CGC has always done. Unfortunate, but reality. Yeah, I've read the article. One thing I'll say, is that the upper and sometimes lower spine corners are split, slightly rounded, and almost all the time has some color loss. Maybe they're holding out for one that doesn't have these flaws. But yes, 673 of them? That's just ridiculous. They have to have come across a worthy copy by now.

One of the ten commandments, carved into stone.

Red label.

You got a copy like that from a book store? Amazing. Does it have the typical slice on the bottom edge of the back?

Neither of which will negate the potential of a 9.8 grade. I saw they graded a 10.0 of this book. Now that is something I want to see. My guess is that it doesn't have the slice on the bottom, and is probably wrapped correctly.

I almost want to buy them just for making me laugh so hard. Priceless.

fuggin' awesome!

Like I saw in the comments of that article, I believe it'll be expedited if Deadpool succeeds. And, the guy who played the Comedian would be great for the role.

It went through two directors (Guy Ritchie was one). But some of the comments at the bottom of the article made a lot of sense in having Lobo be a backup character in the Green Lantern movie. From there, DC can judge if a Lobo movie would go over well or not. Like they did with Deadpool, in spite of the Wolverie movie.