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Since we don't know the exact steps/stages of encapsulation... is it possible that these bends/ticks are being caused after the book is sealed into the inner well but before the inner well is sealed into the slab? For example, are these inner wells being stacked for some period of time before moving along to the slabbing stage?

8.5 to 9.0. Very nice!

You may want to wait to reholder until the bent inner well issue is addressed.

John Buscema's initial run on the Fantastic Four--which began with issue 107 and ran through issue 141--is one of my favorite periods. I love the 120-123 story arc.

This book was going to be in my yearly submission of 4 or 5 books for my auto-renewed membership. But now, I'm afraid to have them damaged due to the warped inner wells. What grade do you think this FF 153 would get? Thanks for looking.

This book was going to be in my yearly submission of 4 or 5 books for my auto-renewed membership. But now, I'm afraid to have them damaged due to the warped inner wells. What grade do you think this FF 122 would get? Thanks for looking.

This book was going to be in my yearly submission of 4 or 5 books for my auto-renewed membership. But now, I'm afraid to have them damaged due to the warped inner wells. What grade do you think this FF 107 would get? Thanks for looking.

FLASH SALE: TAKE THIS FF FOR $20 ! if flash sale still available

A tough issue to find without some yellow between the two horizontal bars of the "F".

Action Comics 421 VF 7.5 $ 5.00 Superboy 193 VF+ $ 6.00 Superboy 194 VF+ $ 6.00

I went to look at the grader's notes. I was expecting the cover to be detached at a staple, but nothing in the notes like that. The grading does seem a little harsh. light bends to cover light creasing to cover light spine stress lines to cover

I can remember picking up a copy of this comic on a rainy day in late summer/early fall of 1974 at Steven's Drugstore in downtown Knoxville, TN.

I finally added these two personal grails to my collection. These came out a little over a year before I started collecting comics at the age of 9. It only took me 50 years to finally get them. Maybe I can upgrade them in fewer than 50 years.

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I'm not sure if I posted mine before in this topic, but if I did, it was back in the photobucket days--so it's gone. Here it is raw and graded. I finally had it graded in February of 2023. I purchased this copy at my LCS when I was 9-years old. The original owner of the shop was a really nice older gentlemen that would allow me to hang out and look through comics all day without a word. His son-in-law took over the shop, and moved it across the street to a slightly bigger location. He was not as nice as the original owner and seemed irritated if I stayed looking for a while. I didn't really like him very much at first, but he eventually warmed up. One day, as I was perusing--trying to get the best books I could afford with my meager lawn-mowing money, he suggested that I pick up a copy of Hulk 181 because it had a new character. I like him a lot more now than I did back in the day for that recommendation.