djpinkpanther67

On 5/27/2022 at 10:46 AM, Aman619 said:

I slabbed around 1000 books in the last year… admittedly I don’t have the same zero tolerance for tiny defects many of you do, but not one had any issues that were cause for complaint back to CGC. I’m not saying IT doesn’t happen, I see the evidence here, just that the odds are good.  And saying pretty pretty good was a Curb Your Enthusiasm phrase, not a quantitative one. Lol. 

I have had four major QC issues in the past 3 years, but in the greater context of the amount of books I sub, that number isn’t bad.
 

One of them just happened to be on a $20k book 🥺

On 5/26/2022 at 12:48 PM, masterlogan2000 said:

I'm not trying to pick a fight here, and I apologize if my words have come across that way.

My point is moreso that damage could have occurred for two dozen other reasons, a dozen of which could place the blame squarely on CGC themselves.  Just look at Comics General and how many threads have been opened about Quality Control... allegations of books shipped to the wrong person, books seemingly swapped out, damage caused at the grading facility, mislabels, lack of grader notes, etc...

That's not to say that CGC is at fault here either.  It could very well have been shipping damage (which CGC should probably reach out and report before grading).  Maybe the OP missed a large defect or didn't secure the package properly for shipment.  Maybe this was shipped via UPS or FedEx and it got run over by a truck.  Again, we can go on and on about possible causes.

Every DAY there is another post claiming to have books that have been damaged, misgraded, mislabeled.  Some of these are legit.  Some of these maybe not so much.  As a collector, it's frustrating nevertheless.  It would be nice if we had a full checklist of items or a process to offer those people to help them get to the bottom of their problem.

FTFY

Nice books Sha!

66 & 70 are my favorite Whitman covers. 

On 5/22/2022 at 11:01 PM, Xenosmilus said:

@djpinkpanther67 There are a bunch more 9.8's on Clink in this months auction. 

I need 10-13 & 15.
That 12 is gonna SUCK 🤬

I miss 1977-1984 back issue prices 

Hello all,

I have some nice books listed this month in Clink’s Spring Featured Auction.
List with links provided below.

SA/BA BOOKS:

Amazing Spider-Man Annual 4 CGC 9.6 oww

Avengers Annual 4 CGC 9.6 oww

Daredevil 88 CGC 9.8w - Marvel Picture Frame

Detective Comics 394 CGC 9.6 oww - Adams cover

Detective Comics 412 CGC 9.6 oww - Adams cover

Detective Comics 414 CGC 9.6 oww - Adams cover

Marvel Super-Heroes 47 CGC 9.8w - One of Starlin’s greatest covers! Single highest graded!

Marvel Team-Up 3 CGC 9.6w - 3rd Morbius appearance, Marvel Picture Frame

Marvel’s Greatest Comics 36 CGC 9.8 oww - Marvel Picture Frame, Galactus cover, Highest graded 1 of 5!

X-men 106 CGC 9.8w

X-men 111 CGC 9.8w

COPPER/MODERNS:

Black Panther (2005) 2 CGC 9.8w - 1st Shuri!

Black Panther (2009) CGC 9.8w - 1st Shuri as Black Panther! J. Scott Campbell cover

Coyote 11 CGC 9.8w - CVA Exceptional, 1st Todd McFarlane comic work

Infinity Gauntlet 1 CGC 9.8w

That’s all for this month.

Happy bidding and thanks for looking!

Hey Harry! Hope you have been well! Nice to see you post again.

On 5/11/2022 at 9:06 PM, Sweet Lou 14 said:

Interesting ... I thought most of these just repurposed the covers from Tales to Astonish but this looks like an original cover (I've never seen it before!) ... were there a lot of other original covers?

Fun fact - the cover art was also used on a lunchbox in the 70’s. I had one. 

I have always been on the lookout for this book. 

There are others, like MSH 32 and 33 (PFs) that are original covers as well. I know 33 is by Starlin, not sure about the 32. 

@joeypostknows a lot more about the BA portion of the run than I do

On 5/11/2022 at 12:34 PM, kbmcvay said:

Gil Kane

Ross Andru

Steve Ditko

John Romita

These are not ranked in any way.

This

On 5/10/2022 at 11:21 PM, stock_rotation said:

Be the change you wish to see in the world! Send them the photos and page count.

It looks like the front cover of the ashcan ended up being the back cover of the Shadow Warrior book.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334125638222

It mentions the prototype/ashcan issue 

@ADAMANTIUMnice.

Is this the “ big announcement “ CGC Mike was referring to?

On 5/10/2022 at 3:26 PM, blazingbob said:

I can make a lot of recommendations on who should go

At the OP, this falls on your shoulders entirely. Had you properly inspected the book when you bought it, you (hypothetically speaking of course) would have caught the defect and been able to return it within the seller’s return policy window.

Nice trifecta, David

On 5/5/2022 at 1:44 PM, Jordysnordy said:

8, 16 and 20 are ridiculous prices - I don't care how much you "need" those books for your run.

Yeah I have my limits. Hopefully I’ll locate some raw copies to sub. Usually have decent luck when I focus on finding something.

On 5/5/2022 at 11:58 AM, Xenosmilus said:

Wow! It must be a few people having a bidding war and no one needed the #5.

#5 wasn’t a 9.8

I wasn’t even close on the 8 & 16