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90s simplicity? You read the Clone Saga, right? LOL

I loooooove last issues! Last week I got the last issues of Barbie AND Barbie Fashion (newsstand!!) for $1.50 each at my LCS, mid-grade. I was happy as a clam.

ooh, good point! Being a licensed title, that may have been a factor.

Fingerprint marks can come from skin oils removing/marking the cover ink. There is no way a dry clean can replace the removed ink. I have several books where fingerprint marks are from this, not from soiled hands having touched the book.

...all of which you pressed out anyway, right? ;)

Sounds like a subscription copy...? If you want those graded, you would either have to remove the comic from the plastic yourself, or send it in as-is and authorize CGC to remove the book. As Revat said, you may or may not get the original materials (besides the comic) back.

Yes, those that were to be pressed and those without the pressing option were shipped separately. I had half an order that I had graded anyway despite no signature, but no pressing, and those got back to me last week. The ones that were to be pressed but I elected to have returned to me raw were delivered today. Hang in there, folks!

How quickly we forget the Great TP Shortage of early 2020

Ditto!

All of this has been my impression as well. My LCS does whatnot auctions and keeps trying to get me to watch, but I'm looking for very specific books. I'm not keeping the app on in the background just to see if maybe something I'm interested in shows up. Plus, I can't stand loudmouths.

Loving all these GA photo covers! ....EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE I'll never sleep again...

The amount of tears and flaking present would make me concerned about the additional handling on many of those books, and a press won't fix those defects, though a "flatter" book might have slightly more eye appeal than the rippling caused by an abundance of creasing. I'd forego a clean/press. But you do you Great collection!!!

@The Lions Den

I understand that. I was just confident that it was going to be at the higher end of that scale. No need to be snarky.

Got my Perez books back - and I'm 100% certain my two copies of Wonder Woman #1 had their labels swapped. One is 9.4 with notes "light spine stress lines to cover", one is 9.2 with "light bends to cover" and "light spine stress lines to cover". But the "9.2" looks fantastic with maybe one or two slight bends, while the "9.4" has very clear multiple light bends on the back cover spine, as well as some corner stress. Of course, there is no way to prove it to CGC and have them correct the error. I would say something to CGC, but I'm dead certain they will just prompt me to resubmit for regrading, since it's not an obvious error like having the wrong comic title on the label. This isn't the first time where I've had two copies of the same book come back, with the "lower-grade" copy looking better than the "higher-grade" book.

I'm usually pretty close with my estimates regarding sending items in for grading and the final analysis by CGC, but I got back a Special Marvel Edition #15 that I'm still salty over. I estimated a 7.0 the lowest, it came back 5.5. Notes: light bends to coverlight creasing to coverlight soiling on coverlight spine stress lines to coververy light fingerprints on cover I was surprised by the soiling note. Maybe that's what it brought it down so much >:( Death by a thousand "light" demerits >:(

Nice work on this excellent resource!

Irredeemable was a really solid series, at least for a while. Extremely strong start. The audience that likes "The Boys" on Amazon will likely dig this as well.

My local Walmart had the "I Am Batman" 3-pk, so I scooped it up... No RWBY

THIS is the kind of information I was looking for. Thanks. If making them smaller saved paper/money, I wonder what made them revert back circa 2002 (using your estimate).

I was just wondering if anybody was knowledgeable about companies' production dimensions during time periods. I know it's a really niche topic! I didn't mean to imply there was any value, etc. Just as silver age books are a different size in width from current books, these struck me due to their change in height. I compared them to a Marvel comic released this week, and these FFs are significantly shorter than that issue as well, meaning at some point Marvel made their books "taller," and once again consistent with other books being released by other companies. Maybe for a period they went with another printing company that produced books of the smaller size. I'm genuinely curious! Again, I realize this is niche and most of you are rolling your eyes thinking "so what," but I'm just taking a chance there's somebody knowledgeable about this on these forums. If you don't care and have no input, then please move on and enjoy your day

As I was rebagging my newsstand copies of FF Vol. 3 # 34 & 35, I noticed they looked odd in the bag, as if the dimensions were off. I compared them to other books, and sure enough they are substantially shorter. While only slightly shorter than my newsie of Spider-Man #72 (1st pic), there is a noticeable difference when compared to Peter Porker #11 (also newsstand), and Adv. of Superman #570 (newsstand). I don't have a direct edition of the FFs handy, but do have the run (buried somewhere) and don't remember them being of different dimensions. Does anybody have any insight regarding these print run dimensions?

Dollar bin newsies!

no.

....almost...?