silverseeker

Thanks! I generally enjoy reading books I purchase, and when I first got back into collecting in 2000 I cracked out every CGC-slabbed book I bought. Nowadays I tend not to crack out the more expensive books I buy (my Flash #123, for instance), but this book fell below a price threshold I set for cracking out books and I really wanted to read it. It was in an older-generation holder so it was much easier to crack out than books in the newest generation of holders. I just used a screwdriver gently inserted into the upper right corner of the slab (right next to the post) to "crack the seal", and then worked my way down the slab along the right edge. Once I got the inner well out I used scissors to carefully cut between the weld and the right edge of the book (I always do the right edge to avoid any potential stress on the spine) and then did the same at the top of the book to make it easy to free from the inner well.

Cracked-out CGC 7.5...love this cover, and jazzed to finally land a copy!

Cracked-out CGC 7.5...

When I was a kid I loved reading old JLA books and am trying to put together a run of #1-38 (plus Brave and the Bold #28-30), so I don't think this is lame at all. The stories are definitely cheesy, but it was so awesome seeing all of those superheroes in one comic...

Congrats on achieving this milestone, and good luck on your next goal!

Fantastic reports, as usual...thanks for sharing!

So excited to finally land a nice copy of this book (a cracked-out CGC 8.5)! I always loved this cover, and the story was pretty good too...

Cracked-out CGC 8.5, courtesy of Reece's Rare Comics...

Cracked-out CGC 6.0 with WHITE pages... This book completes my Brave and the Bold #34-36 and #42-44, Mystery in Space #87-90, and Hawkman #1-20 runs! For some reason, I'm not motivated to get Hawkman #21-27 but may add them at some time...

I just heard back from this seller and he was able to trade for an AF #15, so it sounds like none of these books are still available...

Recent pickup courtesy of @Superworld...thanks Ted!

Congrats, and good luck to all of you in the tiebreaker round!

Grades submitted...huge thanks as always to @CGC Mike for organizing a fun contest!

Cracked-out CGC 7.5...down to four books to complete my ST #101-135 run! Unfortunately, one of them is #110...

I just had the same experience when trying to access a book I was bidding on...oof.

Good luck! I hope it goes well...

I saw this article last week that breaks down the powers used with some screenshots from the episode... https://www.ign.com/articles/every-super-skull-power-in-secret-invasion

Grades submitted...

If anyone's looking for Spideys from #1-15 and you're on Facebook, someone I recently dealt with (things went super-smooth) to buy my ST #107 CGC 8.5 is looking to sell or trade his books toward an AF #15, and here's a link to his post: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3438269009763521 If anyone has questions about our transaction, please feel free to reach out...

Wine + grading = Fun times!

I was way off on the TTA #11 because I convinced myself that the dust shadow at the top of the book was actually a weird stain...sunk my score big time this round! On the plus side, I did well on the other four books...

Grades submitted...

I'm leaning 3.0, but could also see it getting 3.5... Looks like there's quite a bit of rust on both staples...

Great video...thanks for sharing!

Agreed...