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Ive only ever held 2 copies in my hand and neither has that. One of my copies is CGC graded 9.6 and the other is a raw newsstand in the VF/NM range.

FINE ! ... I used a Sharpie to touch up a very thin crease line on the top corner of my Spawn #95.

Seriously, your books will be fine as long as they are bagged/boarded and standing mostly straight up in the box.

Nah, youre good. Im just playin'.

Thing is... ...even if he straightens that row, I have a sinking feeling the bags/boards are not all the same size.

Marvel should just come up with their own slab and hire their own graders. Id buy Marvel slabs.

PLEASE straighten that row of comics. Pic is triggering my OCD bigtime.

"First off, I am a she. Secondly..."

I got into comics after my friends father showed me his comic collection. It was probably around 1986 or so. He had everything Marvel...his favorite was Captain America but he had Daredevil, X Men, Spidey, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Hulk and more. All his runs started with issue #1 and they were complete and up to date. Beautifully bagged, boarded and long boxed. He decided to sell his collection a few years later. My friend and I helped him at the comic convention...the shows back then were strictly sports cards and comics. He ended up selling his entire collection that day...someone made him an offer for what was left at the end of the show. He didnt bring a single book home that day. I dont know how much he sold them for but im 100% sure he regrets it now.

Gremlins?

There was this fat chick in a Sailor Moon custume...

Im assuming he didnt stack the slabs 15 high. That probably could do it. Extreme cold...maybe?

Is it possible to get a ME with any slab like this? Ive sent 2 slabs back to sellers on Ebay recently because the slabs were not secured all around. If I knew a ME was possible, I may have went that route because I really wanted to keep those books.

If we are only counting actual comics and not omnibuses: ASM 194-400 Uncanny X Men 170-300 Walking Dead 1-193 Spawn 1-100 Savage Dragon 1-110 Maxx 1-35 Not a run but I do have every book related to Marvel Zombies...probably close to 100 total.

If 9.8s are not considered perfect, then there should be MANY MORE 9.9s coming from CGC. I probably own thirty MODERN 9.8s and only two of them have a visible defect. These are perfect books, many have never been opened. Why are they not 9.9s? Im not even asking for 10s.

In before: "9.8s are not 10s and 1 spine tick is allowed!"

Be careful tapping on the slab especially if it has those wedges holding the book in place. You could tear the the inside of the book away from its staples. Even if there are no wedges, you could damage a corner. SCS is real.

Yeah, theyll have to be NM to NM+ for me to be happy. Im gonna keep my eyes open for complete run of 401 - 441. I dont think I have the energy left to find them one at a time at this point. Thanks for all yer help!

I started collecting again a few years back. All I had saved from my childhood years was the McFarlane run (90s kid here). I went the omnibus route for 1 through 192. 193 through 400, I took my time and made sure the books I added were all NM to NM+ I have graded copies + reader copies for (194, 238, 298, 299, 300, 301, 316, 361) Maybe I should keep going past 441 but Id like to make an end before my wife hits me with a blunt object.

Wow, thanks. So Cosmic Carnage is Silver Surfer/Carnage?

Theres a Cosmic Carnage? Id heard about Spider Carnage but WTF is a Cosmic Carnage and why did we need one?

I dont want to stop but I think im reaching the end of my "Spidey money" rope. I may have to settle...for now. Im gonna buy a lotto ticket tonight though, so...fingers crossed!

Thanks. The first series ends at 441 though, right? Id like to just complete that run and im up to 400. Should I just wait until all those books come down in price? I really dont wanna pay "key" money for hyped books. Oh and the Campbell covers...are they variants? I dont wanna collect variants, they make my head hurt.

Can anyone tell me if there are any keys in this run or any issues that are pricey because of hype or whatever? Thanks!