7 minutes ago, IronMan_Cave said:

 

Everything else is absolutely EQUAL

Centred.

Depending on the grade, other flaws would need to be considered to determine overall eye appeal.

11 minutes ago, Dave Wood said:

And does it matter what value you put on it? I don't want to have any delays or issues. thanks

For shipping you choose how much £ cover/value you want when you select a price. Max weight for printed papers is 5kg.

27 minutes ago, Dave Wood said:

Any other UK people here who have done this and can advise on what I should choose? Is it "Other" and then specify something like "Printed Materials" in the box???

Yes, Printed Papers. I do remember writing 'Printed Papers' in large letters on the outside of my shipping package.

5 hours ago, Prince Namor said:

Stan? Stan was nothing before Jack came back to Marvel. That's just a fact. And Marvel would've probably shut it's doors and none of it would've ever existed in the way we know it.

........and without Stan the Marvel Age of Comics would never have existed, as we know it and, the worldwide popularity of Spider-Man which began in the 1970's with successful launches in the UK and also a version of Spider-Man in Japan.

I've always loved Kirby's art. The only thing I will say is that it became a bit too ubiquitus back in the heyday of Marvel and reading some DC books was a nice alternative at the time.

7 hours ago, Prince Namor said:

To me it’s very clear - Stan was a salesman. He was a promoter. He was commerce. Kirby and Ditko were the creativity. Lee had his ideas but he wasn’t the driving creative force. He was the driving sales. Which is equally important. 

It's not black & white. Lee was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, something that (for some reason) you seem unwilling to acknowledge.

On 3/30/2021 at 2:40 PM, Prince Namor said:

And the Comics Journal review of the book:

“…Into Some Loathsome Pit!” Notes on True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee."

http://www.tcj.com/into-some-loathsome-pit-notes-on-true-believer-the-rise-and-fall-of-stan-lee/

Opening summary: "In his attempts to appear fair to his subject, Abraham Riesman often skews toward being overly kind to Stan Lee in True Believer: The Rise And Fall Of Stan Lee, his mostly well-researched, cumulatively nauseating biography of the late Marvel figurehead. To be sure, Riesman does not erect a shiny tent for worship as most of Lee's previous biographers have. Instead, he digs a grimy evidential sinkhole as he details how Lee abused his most productive artist partners Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, as well as all of the other artists who worked by the Marvel Method, by making it so he and Marvel's other copywriters took not only full writing credit, but also full writing pay, for years--for stories that the artists were the primary writers of."

 

"Now that Ditko and Lee are pushing up daisies and the Kirbys have money to burn, the truth might seem moot to some who don't want their child-brains bruised...."

Lol

 

A hatchet job review of a hatchet job book........pitiful. 

9 hours ago, Prince Namor said:

For the hardcore Stan Lee fan, anything that questions his legacy as the Comic Book Svengali, is met with a complete dismissal.

I don't think that's true, certainly not by me anyway. However, after looking at several reviews for this book the one comment that seemed to sum up the consensus was, "There is a nasty tone throughout the book which will become glaringly obvious to objective readers, but appeal to, and reinforce the views of those who want to believe the worst."........

......obviously a 'diamond geezer'.

4 minutes ago, Namtak said:

What comics is that?

DC 100 Page Super Spectacular #4

I used to visit my grandparents in North London and had an Uncle who lived next door who was a bus driver. From the age of 5 (1968), whenever I visited he would pick up a couple of american comic books on the way home from work to give to me. They always had either Batman or Superman on the cover and invariably Neal Adams cover art. They seemed so exciting compared with British comics (the glossy covers and groovy adverts). I could'nt buy them myself because of poor distribution and lack of continuity.

I was out of the hobby from the age of 22 until I dug out piles of books from my parents attic in 2005. Thanks to the internet and CGC and my early memories of those books my enthusiasm has been rekindled.

17 hours ago, Axelrod said:

And when they do this they also get to keep it and display it in their "showroom" at the same time. 

.........

17 hours ago, Axelrod said:

Seems like a good deal. 

1 hour ago, Black_Adam said:

Hypothetical question - when does comic ownership finalize during an online transaction?

For example, let's say I buy a comic for $300. Send payment, buyer ships USPS (no additional insurance) and then, no shenanigans involved, the comic goes permanently missing during transit. Is it my property (and my loss) the moment the seller hands it off for delivery? Or is it the seller's property (and their loss) until the comic is safely delivered to buyer?

In my limted experience, the seller had to reinstate the buyer financially and then claim back the loss from the shipper or postal service after a set amount of time. The buyers details would be included in the claim.

8 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

I’m in the minority here, but I wouldn’t have CCS (CGC In-house pressing services) monkey around with the book. 
 

Play it where it lies, and just straight submit for grading. 

This would be my advice if you plan on keeping the book long-term. Sorry for your loss.

Anyone got a Deadman Omnibus on the way? Bit difficult to order without knowing what it's going to look like in hand.

A seller that has 'CGC IT' in their description would put me off even looking at their listing.