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I submitted a FT Value Tier and a FT Modern that were received on August April 8th.

 

The FT Modern was done in a little over 10 Business Days.

 

The FT Value was finalized yesterday.

 

Their turnaround times seesm to be on track based off of that small sample size.

My apologies, it should read April 8.

So, things are "on time" at least as far as the published turnaround times are concerned.

I submitted a FT Value Tier and a FT Modern that were received on August 8th.

The FT Modern was done in a little over 10 Business Days.

The FT Value was finalized yesterday.

Their turnaround times seesm to be on track based off of that small sample size.

Here's an interesting one I happened across.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave Stevens inked a portion of the book. I so wish he had done the cover, as it seems to mirror some of his work. His masterful touch would have made it pop!

Sure looks like his work.

This reminded me that I picked up this little curious Dave Stevens item a while ago during a ComicConnect auction:

I didn't pay close attention to it, put it in the closet while still packaged and it sat there for a few months. Eventually, I got around to opening and inspecting it. Apparently it was a Pay voucher for Dave's Ink touch up work on this PC TPB release:

So, apparently Dave was asked to touch up one of the most iconic GA covers for its republication under Pacific Comics. I thought that was pretty cool.

All the interesting things you learn going through Registry sets...

 

So, apparently Dave did three DC Who's Who covers back in the 80s. I never would've known this were it not for the registry. That's really interesting stuff, considering I have two long boxes of unread Who's Who from the large copper hoard I acquired this year. Now I have a reason to finally pour through the stuff.

 

Doesn't look like any of the top sets even have a copy, in any grade. Maybe I'll get a few graded and sell them to you guys, after I keep the best ones for me of course.

 

Don't worry, I'm motivated to get this done sooner rather then later.

I have a whole short box of Steven's covers I need to sort through and submit on a prescreen. Just never seems to be enough time in the day.

So this is interesting; at least nothing I've had happen before...

 

I received a notification that a user named JKirbyFan had tried to register my copy of Rocekteer: Special edition. I hit the "reject" button which takes you to a form on the CGC site that asks you to fill out a short message. Unfortunately, the page is also very poorly designed in that when you are done typing your message, the buttons are labelled "accept" and "reject". Assuming I needed to "accept" the form I just entered, that's the button I hit.

 

Doh. Turns out that button "Accept"s the transfer.

 

So I promptly re-registered the comic back to myself. Within 20 minutes, I received a response from JKirbyFan saying "the book has been paid for and is mine." and the transfer rejected.

 

So I sent him a board message stating that I think he had been duped or made a mistake and sent a scan of the book in question with it.

 

 

This was on the 2nd. He has read the message, but no response. Now I'm suspicious that he's just sniping books.

 

I emailed CGC, but as usual, they are slow to respond too...

 

Anyone have any ideas?

I have like a dozen 9.8 potential copies of that book that I need to get graded. Tell the guy I'll sell him one cheap so he doesn't have to swipe yours to claim it as his own.

All the interesting things you learn going through Registry sets...

So, apparently Dave did three DC Who's Who covers back in the 80s. I never would've known this were it not for the registry. That's really interesting stuff, considering I have two long boxes of unread Who's Who from the large copper hoard I acquired this year. Now I have a reason to finally pour through the stuff.

Doesn't look like any of the top sets even have a copy, in any grade. Maybe I'll get a few graded and sell them to you guys, after I keep the best ones for me of course.

I can't give my 9.8 Orbit 1 away.

 

 

Should be given away by now.

 

Indeed it has.

 

Been looking for that one in 9.8 for a while now....could never seem to find them in the dollar bins.

I can't give my 9.8 Orbit 1 away.

 

Should be given away by now.

I saw a Batman DKR CGC 9.8 sell for $522 yesterday. Another SS by Miller sold for over $600 recently. This is one book that is definitely getting hotter in 9.8...

They were selling for $250-$300 a few months ago.

 

Even mislabeled they are going for good $$ lately.

 

Tales of Teen Titans #84 CGC CGC 9.8 @ $128+ & 27 watchers!

I don't want to tell you guys how many unread copies of this book I got when I bought a Copper collection earlier this year.

I was not aware there was such a huge jump in sales prices from a 9.8 to a 9.9 on modern keys.

A fool and his money....

Seriously though, I've been rather surprised by the jump recently for this book. I just bought a ton of 90s overstock that's been sitting in storage for 20 years, so I'm hoping to find a few.

the four-year old girl

 

Sexism.

 

If I'm also cavalier about referring to women as four-year old boys when they're doing something immature or dumb as opposed to overly-sensitive in order to exaggerate a point, am I still a sexist?

Yes.

Once the late FT tier gets everyone good and pissed, prepare for the announcement about the new "Super Fast Track" which will let you actually get your Fast Tracks on time for an extra $25 per book. (thumbs u

 

That's sweet. I can pay $50 to Fast Track a Modern that I probably can't sell for $35 after slabbing. Well, its a loss, but I'll make it up in volume and time saved.

a poster was asking about this book in the batman/detective comics thread so i posted my copy over there. don't know if it merits posting over here as well.

 

It most certainly does merit a little extra attention.

Whenever-1938 Platinum Age

1938-1949 Golden Age

1949-1961 Atomic Age

1961-1969 Silver Age*

1970-1981 Bronze Age

1982-1991 Copper Age

1991-2001 Chromium Age

2001-Current Modern Age

 

* Marvel Zombie viewpoint anyway.

 

All this great discussion caused some shifts in perception. Interesting!

I'm open to discussion on the topic. I really don't concur with the idea that Spidey # 1 was the beginning of the Chromium Age, but I wrote it into my post above as a trial, kinda like putting four sample paints on a blank wall and talking a step back to determine which you like best.

If we were to define the Copper Age, besides the independent publishers and tv tie-in properties that I believe are essential to distinguishing it from the Bronze Age, I think another crucial definition is the explosion of bloated print runs from the era from the mainline publishers. There is a reason you can still find Moon Knight # 1s in dollar boxes despite the fact that its a 30 year old book; because it was overprinted like you wouldn't believe. X-Men # 1, Spidey # 1, ASM # 238 & 300, G.I. Joe # 1, Batman: the Dark Knight # 1, all of these pivotal books of the age are available "in quantity", and will be still uncovered in store stocks and speculation hordes for years to come.

I liked the idea of extending the Copper Age to 1996/1997 or so because by then, so many of the print runs had been slashed, with dozens of titles cancelled due to lack of interest and readership, and the Marvel titles being redone due to the Onslaught storyline. Kinda liked what happened after WW2 when the superhero characters started fading in popularity, and you had the rise of horror, sci-fi, and romance titles that would lead people to dub the last 5-10 years of the GA as the Atomic Age.

Whenever-1938 Platinum Age

1938-1949 Golden Age

1949-1961 Atomic Age

1961-1969 Silver Age*

1970-1981 Bronze Age

1982-1991 Copper Age

1991-2001 Chromium Age

2001-Current Modern Age

* Marvel Zombie viewpoint anyway.

Cookville? I have one of those too...

I hate to sound like Roy here, but there really is no right or wrong answer.

I mean, the Silver Age is still in debate for most folks (1956 or 1961) depending on whether you are a DC or Marvel fan primarily.

I can buy pretty much any argument for either 1982, 1983, or 1984. 1980-1981 was almost certainly too early, and 1985-1986 is almost certainly too late in my opinion. It is very much like practicing revisionist history and selectively molding the facts to your cookie cutter view of how things occured. Fun, and makes for good discusion, but ultimately non-productive.

Here is my line of reasoning:

1955-1969 Silver Age

1970-1982 Bronze Age

1983-1996 Copper Age

My line of reasoning is that late 1982, early1983 was the real beginning of the Independent push & the influence of Diamond on direct distribution. It was also the beginning of the influence of toy-based characters on comics (G.I. Joe, Smurfs and He-Man, soon to be followed by Transformers and the Marvel Star line).

If the Bronze Age is best remembered for the grittier, more realistic stories that affected existing superheroes (ASM # 121, 122) and the development of the ant-hero (Punisher), then the Copper Age should be remembered for the massive influx of non traditional heroes (independents) and the strong tie in with existing tv franchises. At least, that makes sense to me.

As for when it died out, 1996 is kinda of arbitrary, but its symbolic of the "death" of the original Marvel titles via the Onslaught storyline as well as the thorough weeding out of LCS' following the direct market collapse that took place from 1994-1996.

Finally sent in my Tick # 2 Uncut variant. Expecting at least a 9.4, possible 9.6. How many folks on here have one? I seem to recall someone mentioning there were only 200 or so that were ever published, and then given away to NEC employees.

Thanks to Greggy, I finally have some good reasons to give this thread a bump.

 

 

 

Barton, its really awesome to see your Pictureframe run come together. I get to live vicariously through you and not spend a dime in the process.

I just saw that the Bettie Page Comics #1 in CGC 9.9 just sold for $180.00 ($215.10 including the Buyer's Premium) on Heritage. So what does everyone think? High? Low? About right? Sounds pretty reasonable to me since most Dave Stevens cover slabs in CGC 9.8 go in the $100 range.

 

I had no idea there were five copies in the 9.9 range. Still, being Mint I can see this hitting the $150-$200 range again.

I own one of the 9.9 copies. Purchased it on the Boards from a VCC several years ago for what I thought was a good price at the time. Actually a little underwhelmed by the $215 selling price on Heritage last night, thought that book could push $350-$400, but having four others in 9.9 certainly doesn't help.

Dear Gator,

Did it upset you to lose Gator DC Dan Quinn to Seattle?

The Gator defense seemed pretty ferocious for most of the season, though it did take an unceremonial dump against Louisville. What are you feelings on the move as a Gator freak...er...fan.

Hey everyone. Will be starting a new Sales thread up tonight around 9-10pm EST with a slew of new high grade CGCed SA, BA, & yes, GA.

Be sure to stop by, should be soon something for everyone (books are going to be in the $50-$5,000 range)

Very cool thread indeed!

As some of you know, my focus shifted to Golden Age about six years ago, and away from SA Marvels. However, recently it has returned as prices have begun to come way down on the Silver stuff. About two years ago, I slowly started buying nice TTAs in the 60-80 issue range, since they were some of my favorites (First Hulk in title, First solo Submariner, etc.). I still don't get why TTA # 70 for instance, still sells for less then Sub-Mariner # 1, which came nearly three years later. When a Sub-Mariner movie gets made, and it probably will at some point, that's a book that's bound to take off.

The recent round of auctions have blessed my collection with about a half dozen new additions, and have allowed me to adjust my focus backwards into the Antman/Giant Man portion of the run as well (which seem to be heading back to 2000-2003, i.e. pre "run-up" prices, making it a good buying opportunity for collectors who just love the books).

I'll be sure to scan a bunch of them when I'm on vacation in a few weeks. I think I also have a bunch of duplicates I'll have to put up for sale in a sales thread soon as well. Until then, I eagerly await seeing everyone else's new acquistions.

Another problem free transaction with Joey.