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Good to see they acknowledged the problem

You’ll find there’s many mislabeled character 1st appearances, but overtime corrections are catching up. However, part of the fun is discovering and documenting these key issues. For example, the first appearance of Circe is Strange Tales #109 (1963) who later appears as Sersi in Eternals #3 (1976). Right before the Eternals movie came out CGC annotated ST #109 as Circe’s 1st appearance with the note the character later becomes Sersi. Anther example for missed 1st appearances is if it’s the costumed hero/antagonist or alter ego. There are several characters where they 1st appear as average Joe citizen. It isn’t until several issues or years that they become a super hero/villain. Such as James Rhodes as a person and later as War Machine.

Emphasis on the word “whenever” below. Would have loved a requirement of Grader Notes for all submissions graded below 9.8. Yah, Yah! I know I’m going to hear from the peanut gallery but I like to be optimistic. “Whenever a comic book has Grader Notes, CGC is making them available for free because they are a valuable part of the grading process that provide more information about CGC-certified comic books.”

Bummer. But on the flip side it will give me a chance to pick up a copy of Detective Comics 359. I couldn’t bring myself to buy during the price rise/hype.

I agree with your first sentence, but disagree with the second. @theCapraAegagrus makes a valid point wrt the NM category. However, you did pay for a service. An employee identified a flaw(s) and that information did not make it into the Grader Notes. Justifiably frustrating. Knowing what you missed provides feedback so you can look for the flaw in future comics. Especially if you're cleaning and pressing your own comics. Was there a flaw on the inside of the comic? Did you not fully press out a finger bend or crease? Did they find finger prints? And, add to the list, the Grader Notes are not always all-encompassing. The Grader may have only identified 2 flaws where another may have found 3. Hopefully you can find happiness with your current situation. I advise not falling into the "what if" trap. Although, I'm "what iffing" your "what if". Peace Out

It's a bummer when you don't receive grader notes. Especially when I've seen notes for 9.6s. Add this to the 'I wish list' of steps a company should provide without a customer requesting.

That is cool

For USPS mail (Priority and Media), some comics have taken 2-3 times longer than usual to arrive. Getting stuck at a given facility for 3-5 days is not unusual.

Remember when filling a report with eBay...the item arrived "not as described". It's a lot easier than checking the "damaged in shipment".

KirbyTown, I don't have enough data points, but I'm reading/hearing several examples of crack/clean-press/resubmit not leading to grade bumps. It's difficult to identify when the focus is on the comics that jumped 1, 2 or even more grades. Kind of like casinos; highlight the winners. Too many factors involved: magical appearance of finger bends, rookie clean-pressers, pressing a comic with color-breaking creases, competition for grading companies that offer the same service, different graders and...my speculation: if the grading company knows the comics are coming from a clean-press company. Still too early and, as I said at the top, too few data points.

This is a good opportunity to provide clarification/definition of the "inner" and "outer" holder. So, here are the questions: (1) What is the holder? The inner or outer? (2) If it's the inner, then what's the outer called? And vice versa. (3) Can you have only the outer replaced? (4) "The grade assigned to the book should not change, unless any damage occurred post-encapsulation, in which case the grade will be adjusted accordingly." Does this included any damage incurred during the de-encapsulation? As in the dreaded finger bends?

Several big name Press/Clean businesses offer direct submission(s) to CBCS/CGC/PGX. Do the grading companies know the comics are coming from the Press/Clean business or does it appear to come from the owner (me)?

If I recall, ComicLink charges $55 per shipment. At least, that's what I pay. Could be I selected a faster delivery service. However, to avoid paying this for a single comic, I ask them to compile my orders into a single shipment. On a few occasions when I've ordered so many comics it takes more than 1 box, they have discounted the shipping fees. All of their shipments arrive with signature authorization.

I initially stared with USAA who is partnered with American Collector's Insurance (www.americancollectors.com). Unfortunately, American Collectors says they only insure graded comics (PGX, CGC, CBCS). I knew something was off when the rep said, "A comic that is valued at over $10,000? I don't know if we can insure that." Followed by, "Yah, we insure all kinds of collectibles, but mostly cars." Keep in mind, the business name is "American Collector's Insurance". Next I found Collectibles Insurance Services (CIS). They required a photo of all comics valued over $2,000. A $100,000 policy starts at $560/year, but as you fill out the paper work and select options: home alarm system, storage, smoke detectors, theft, shipping, etc, it can add up to $800/year. A $200,000 policy runs a little over $1,200/year. The quickest way to reduce the annual payment is to remove "theft" from the policy. If I recall, it dropped the price by at least 30%. Within the legalese, it states they check your credit and insurance claims. So this may play a part in pricing as well.

All that's missing from this photo is an ashtray with an equivalently stacked number of cigarette butts.

Not sure if breaking out a measuring tape would help, but may add another data point.

A great product would be the program GPAnalysis uses. I would gladly pay a monthly subscription so my data base of comics could access price changes. However, I'm not giving them or any 3rd party access to my database.

I am more than happy to pay. What can you recommend that meets the requirements? Thank you

I've reached out to ComicTom, A-1 Comics, ComicLink and BrysComics and asked them to share what program they are using. Here are the conditions: (1) Resides only on users computer (2) 3rd party cannot see or access the data (3) Ideally, can track price changes and update (4) For RAW and Graded comics

I've been looking for something like this as well. It's hard to believe no one has created something like this. I did discover gocollect has the capability, but only for graded comics. You have to enter the certification number. Uh, no thanks. I'm not interested in providing what is in my collection to anyone. I did find a few Apps that manage a collection, but when you enter the data, it's not saved on your computer, it's on their server. Again, no thanks. The question to ask is: What inventory software is [insert large comic book business] using to track their collection?

I found another mistake where GoC used the wrong sale price as a reference. See attached. I do not have the capability to see what the comic actually sold for. (1) 07 July 2022, GoC lists a Strange Tale #138 sale on eBay for $1,050. (2) 07 July 2022, eBay shows the comic sold for less than $1,049.95. Unfortunately, it appears GoC accidentally referenced the Buy-It-Now as opposed to the Sold price. And, it included free shipping.

I had the Falcon and Hulk figures. Completely destroyed them.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Winner, winner, chicken dinner. 1st Frank Miller drawing of Wolverine in a comic book; X-Men Annual #3 (1979). I'm surprised how many people do not know this. I'm wiling to cut Weldone some slack since it was 1982.

Not so much disputing what Frank (aka Mr. Miller) said in the interview, but I believe he forgot a previous incident prior to his comments in this December 1982 interview.

That is the coolest thing I've seen in a loooooooong time. My older brother had one of these. Please let me know if you have any more of these dolls (I mean action figures).