DrWatson

I am calm. Plus, I only watch the show about every other episode.

Would it really hurt to have the big three from the DC universe make appearances on this show?

Yes.

 

Esplain

First tell me who the big three are; Superman, Batman and ?

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman? Really? Whatever.

Anyway, I think characters with super powers wouldn't fit the dynamic of the show. Batman, might work, but the other two would come off looking like cheese balls dropped on party trays just in time for sweeps week.

Would it really hurt to have the big three from the DC universe make appearances on this show?

Yes.

 

Esplain

First tell me who the big three are; Superman, Batman and ?

Would it really hurt to have the big three from the DC universe make appearances on this show?

Yes.

I had four invoices from a pre-screen sub from 9/13/12 and for some reason 1 invoice still sits at graded. My last phone call to customer service was that they would try to send the last batch by the end of this week. The operative word is "try". Thanks a lot you customer friendly pleasing company.

Do, or do not. There is no try. ~ Yoda

The very first shark jump was the death of Jean Grey in issue 137.

I guess it's who you know.

This copy has the least of a tear than any copy I've ever found. It even has less of a tear than any of the 9.8's that have been posted so far.

 

I guess they forgot to tell the new graders that the tear doesn't count on this book.

 

Did you ever stop to think that there was another defect that brought it down? Plus, you were the one who complained about 9.8s with a tear. So, you got what you asked for.

Today was day 15 on my 15 day coupon.

Sitting at Graded and has not shipped.

 

As I walk this land of broken dreams,

I have visions of many things.

Love's happiness is just an illusion,

Filled with sadness and confusion.

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find

Some kind of peace of mind

Maybe.

The fruits of love grow all around

But for me they come a tumblin' down.

Every day heartaches grow a little stronger,

I can't stand this pain much longer!

I walk in shadows,

Searching for light.

Cold and alone,

No comfort in sight.

Hoping and praying for someone to care,

Always moving and goin' nowhere.

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find,

Some kind of peace of mind.

Help me..

I'm searching though I don't succeed,

For someone's love, there's a growing need.

Oh, he is lost, there's no place for beginning,

All that's left is an unhappy ending.

Now what becomes of the broken-hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find,

Some kind of peace of mind,

I'll be searching everywhere,

Just to find someone to care.

I'll be looking everyday,

I know I'm gonna find a way.

Nothings gonna stop me now,

I'll find a way somehow.

I'll be searching everywhere...

 

Has anyone told you to lick their taint today?

 

This one time, at band camp...

Today was day 15 on my 15 day coupon.

Sitting at Graded and has not shipped.

 

As I walk this land of broken dreams,

I have visions of many things.

Love's happiness is just an illusion,

Filled with sadness and confusion.

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find

Some kind of peace of mind

Maybe.

The fruits of love grow all around

But for me they come a tumblin' down.

Every day heartaches grow a little stronger,

I can't stand this pain much longer!

I walk in shadows,

Searching for light.

Cold and alone,

No comfort in sight.

Hoping and praying for someone to care,

Always moving and goin' nowhere.

What becomes of the broken hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find,

Some kind of peace of mind.

Help me..

I'm searching though I don't succeed,

For someone's love, there's a growing need.

Oh, he is lost, there's no place for beginning,

All that's left is an unhappy ending.

Now what becomes of the broken-hearted

Who had love that's now departed?

I know I've got to find,

Some kind of peace of mind,

I'll be searching everywhere,

Just to find someone to care.

I'll be looking everyday,

I know I'm gonna find a way.

Nothings gonna stop me now,

I'll find a way somehow.

I'll be searching everywhere...

CGC 15 Day Coupon on day #13 and still sitting at "Verified."

 

 

Now this day is over, we're rolling into Day 14 on the 15 day coupon. Still Verified.

 

What makes you think it's going to be on time when most other tiers are not?

 

Modern FT is on time.

 

Apparently, not for you.

 

I had a Modern FT ship a few days ago on the 11th day. One day over.

It showed "Scheduled for Grading" over a week before it shipped.

 

What's your point?

 

Go stomp on someone else's dreams.

 

I like the way yours feel between my toes.

CGC 15 Day Coupon on day #13 and still sitting at "Verified."

 

 

Now this day is over, we're rolling into Day 14 on the 15 day coupon. Still Verified.

 

What makes you think it's going to be on time when most other tiers are not?

 

Modern FT is on time.

 

Apparently, not for you.

 

I had a Modern FT ship a few days ago on the 11th day. One day over.

It showed "Scheduled for Grading" over a week before it shipped.

 

What's your point?

CGC 15 Day Coupon on day #13 and still sitting at "Verified."

 

 

Now this day is over, we're rolling into Day 14 on the 15 day coupon. Still Verified.

 

What makes you think it's going to be on time when most other tiers are not?

 

Modern FT is on time.

 

Apparently, not for you.

CGC 15 Day Coupon on day #13 and still sitting at "Verified."

 

 

Now this day is over, we're rolling into Day 14 on the 15 day coupon. Still Verified.

 

What makes you think it's going to be on time when most other tiers are not?

They need to stop turning all their villains into "heroes" as well.

I think I have books at CGC. I don't when they were submitted. I don't when they're coming back. I trust Joey. I'm thinking of retiring anyway.

I have mixed feelings. I think they jumped and then jumped back and then jumped again a whole bunch of times. But that whole "Dark Phoenix Returns" storyline was craap. It hadn't even been 3 years and Claremont had Madeline Pryor show up in a poorly scripted, wholly unnecessary storyline that blew goats.

 

After the 3 issue Dr Doom storyline in 145-147 I really didn't enjoy the title until #205 (with the exception of #159-160). A lot of folks like the Paul Smith run but it just didn't do it for me.

 

And it's not that the bar was set so high either. To me the art was so-so, the writing was so-so...the title was so-so. The plotting became bad. When Byrne left it wasn't just the art he took with him. He supplied Claremont with the good ganja and when the Northern Lights were gone Claremont had to settle for sub-par grass and it showed. The Brood, the Madeline Pryor, Wolvie getting married, Cyclops vs. Squid....eh.

 

It was basically 5 years until the X-Men once again had something to write home about. At that point there was a flurry of good writing. Sadly, consistency would be a problem for a long time as Claremont didn't have a reliable connection that would keep him in the fresh produce.

 

#205 say BWS drop by for an awesome Solo Wolvie tale that also introduced Lady Deathstrike. #206-210 was a decent Hellfire Club story but the Mutant Massacre was great. I loved the Marauders and thought they were inspired villains. For the next oh, 26 years things would be hit or miss.

 

#221 & 222 with the introduction of Sinister and Round 2 against the Marauders was great. Fall of the Mutants was decent but the 2nd Brood storyline in 232-234 was great. I really enjoyed Inferno too. Then 251-258 kicked serious butt: The Muir Island Saga, Acts of Vengeance, Jim Lee, the new Psylocke, the Mandarin - great stuff. #268 was really good too. But after that the title never showed any consistency until Dark Reign. That was when things started to get interesting again.

If you didn't enjoy the Brood storyline in the 160s, then you are full of mud. That was an epic storyline.

Regular modern sub ...

 

Received 9/12/2012

Shipped/safe 01/28/2013

 

 

My Regular Modern Submission was Received 9/6/12.

Marked as Graded on 1/8/13

 

Still waiting

You aren't CGC Elite.

I continued to buy it until issue 324, but the last storyline I enjoyed was 177, 178 and 179. The mohawk Storm really turned me off and then she lost her powers. I never really read or understood the book after that point.

Pre-Screen Modern invoice from 8/30 shipped today. Woo hoo.

 

My 8/23 submission is still listed as "graded". This is getting to be wildly_fanciful_statement. How are submissions, sent in after my submission, getting graded and sent back already? What happened to them processing them in order of arrival?

 

They really need someone to kick them in the or help pulling their heads out of their asses. It does not appear they have any idea of what is going on inside their building.

 

I have some pre-screen value invoices from 8/30 that haven't been graded yet. While other invoices from the same day have been graded and shipped. It is kind of puzzling.

They chose the invoices they want to grade. Other than the speed of service you pay for, the invoices aren't graded in any particular order.

It could have fallen off the face of the Earth after issue 175 as that was the end of any decent story writing.

There have been a few high spots here and there with it, but nothing that resembles any consistency after that.

I think your Caps Lock button is broken.

None of them are shipped yet.

 

On a hunch, I called Metro and asked them to look up the invoice numbers.

I was curious because the rest of us unwashed masses can't get the grades until the invoices are marked as "Shipped".

 

Aaaaaand, there's the payoff folks. So some submitters can get grades before a book ships? Am I reading the last few posts incorrectly? Don't want to look like a conspiracy nut to all the apologists.

You look like a nut conspiracy or no.