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Before he passed, he shouldve sold the entire collection to a random 14 year old comic lover for $1.

Its possible the book was damaged between being pressed and graded.

No spine roll.

I have one 9.8 that I submitted myself ...I was only hoping for a 9.6 because It has a color break on the spine. Its dead to me.

I love 9.6s that have zero visible flaws. I had great success finding them in 2019 / 2020. I put together a gorgeous Walking Dead run of issues 1 - 10 & 19... most in 9.6 / 9.8 and they all look flawless to the naked eye. The past few years, not so much. In fact, Im finding it hard to even find a 9.8 without flaws these days. I tried buying older slabs but many of the books in the old slabs have SCS.

Well, 9.8s are not 10s... or something blah blah.

The staple placement on this book is just plain ugly. I know this is common for older books but have you ever seen such a thing on an almost modern age book? Would you say it's been pressed and that's the cause. Or simply a factory defect?

Thanks for the heads up. I wouldnt even feel comfortable storing that book with my other books. Id need to quarantine it. Thats one fugly book.

Thanks guys. I have read it but my copy is in a CGC case now. I like to have a readers copy for any slabbed books I own. Its usually an easy task because my interests are 90% modern. ASM is the only title I collect through the ages. This book (ASM 210) will most likely come down in price at some point so ill probably just keep my powder dry for a while.

Those books are awesome. There are a lot of things in life that are "easy to find" but you still have to pay a lot for them. Shoot, electricity is easy to find but the bill keeps going up for some reason.

Marvel Tales maybe? Im just looking for a readers copy of 210. The listings/prices for 1st prints on Ebay make little sense right now. Raw copies are damn near as much as graded copies, which are priced all out of whack. Low grade - CGC graded copies are almost as much $ as mid grade - CGC graded copies which are almost as much $ as VF+ CGC graded copies. Im not sure how these sellers expect to sell a CGC 4.0 for the same price that a CGC 7.0 is listed at.

50,000 comics? Dayuuuum, I have maybe 2,000 and im out of space.

No problem at all, my friend.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was going to ask you to check with the grading team on that. I dont agree with it because there is a chunk missing from the cover. It is what it is.

Hi CGC Mike. This was not a book that I submitted but one that I purchased. That said, I did not destroy the slab yet and would be more than happy to send you the empty slab if you provide me with a shipping label. Id like to keep the blue label with the book but this is the cert #: 4123644013

Whoa, take it easy there, Dr. Melfi ! I collect what I like as most here do. I like NM/NM+ books and im willing to pay the premium. I collect mostly moderns, ASM aside, so it works for me. ~BUT~ I also have low grade/reader copies, reprints or TPBs for every graded book in my collection.

Nothing to fold, the chunk is gone and every page is damaged. Oh well, I needed a nice raw copy anyhow and it wasnt that expensive. I also wanna add that the slab opened way to easily. I just ran my finger nail along the opening and it popped right open. It snapped back closed without sealant too. Ill take a hammer to it when I get home. The slab, not the book.

I agree 100%. I was thinking it may have been damaged during encapsulation but now that I look at more slabbed copies on Ebay, I see that this defect is present on many high grade copies, some worse than others. Im going to guess its a common manufacturing defect? I still dont agree with it though. Defects like this should always count against the book IMO. And if a high percentage of copies have it, well, those copies should be ineligible for NM or better grades. It seems like every book I buy now has some sort of issue that stresses me out. Im trying to hang in there but collecting comics should not be stressful. I also wanna add that I did see it in the pics but thought: "It must be debris inside the slab...no way a 9.6 has that harsh of a defect."

ASM 200 CGC 9.6 The rest of the book looks perfect but I can't wrap my head around this defect being allowed on a NM+ book? Post grade damage?

"I'm so sorry this happened to you." I cant be the only one that reads this sentence in Rick Grimes' voice...

Ive never seen that before. My last sub has a 3 inch long scratch INSIDE the case. First time ive ever seen that too. And just when Ive gotten good at removing scratches on the outside of the case.

I see this a lot when im browsing for books on Ebay. "These books have been stored in a climate controlled environment!" But is that always a good thing? I came into the office today and it was HOT as hell in here. Got me to thinking: This would not be a good environment for storing comics even though Its a climate controlled environment. What do you all do in the winter when you have to crank up the heat in the house? I live in Rhode Island and it gets pretty cold in the winter so I leave the windows in my comic room open a few inches to let most of the heat out. The door stays closed at all times. My comic room is pretty cold BUT is that just as bad as too warm?