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This is very sad…it’s been a while, but I’ve chatted with Jose many times over the years and he was a cool dude. My condolences go out to his family and the folks at Superworld.

Makes sense...it's also an older label so maybe someone thought it could get a grade bump with a press?

The price on this book I was tracking in the latest CL auction seems crazy strong to me...not sure if I'm missing anything?

The Ms. Marvel #1 has sold...thanks so much, @iggykoopa!

Hi @iggykoopa, it is still available, and I just responded to your PM...thanks!

Let's this thread... SOLD $50 donation to the Gofundme gets this book shipped within the US...if you're located outside the US, hit me up and we can work out the international shipping cost. Here are the grader notes...the first one is odd because I bought this book off the rack and never touched the staples...there are some rust spots around the bottom staple, and this may be why they thought the staples were cleaned? Grader Notes staples cleaned interior spine heavy creasing to cover moderate spine stress lines to cover

for one price reduction before I move it to another venue...

I'm finally going to make it out to this show this year...really looking forward to it! I went to Baltimore back in 2016 and had a great time, so my expectations are high for this show...

Asking $700 $750, and the CGC label will be included with the book. Please see below for a photo of the book when it was slabbed, and I've also included the graders notes. The one thing not noted is a tiny abrasion at the upper right of the back cover. As far as I can tell this book has not been pressed, and it looks like it can benefit from a press because some of the spine wear does not break color. Grader's notes: CGC Cert # 1399112001 Title Strange Tales Issue 114 Issue Date 11/63 Issue Year 1963 Publisher Marvel Comics Grade 8.0 Page Quality CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Grade Date 02/21/2017 Grade Category Universal Art Comments Stan Lee story Steve Ditko and George Roussos art Jack Kirby and MR. Ayers cover and art Key Comments Acrobat disguised as Captain America, 1st ""Captain America"" since 1954 1st appearance of Victoria Bentley. Grader Notes heavy wear left bottom of spine breaks color spine stress lines breaks color Additional images of the book when it was slabbed:

Hi everyone, I'm selling my deslabbed copy of Strange Tales #114, formerly CGC 8.0. Those of you who've sold raw books to me in the past know I ask a bunch of questions when I'm interested in a book, and I can say this book has none of the following defects: Loose, detached or rusty staples A loose or detached centerfold Spine splitting Chipping, tears or dents Water stains or smudges I prefer to ship via domestic or international USPS Priority Mail, charge the exact cost for shipping and will cover the cost of insurance. I accept PayPal, checks or money orders. The first gets the book, but I will also entertain offers via PM. Since this book has been deslabbed I will accept a return or make things right should you not be happy with your purchase for any reason. Please No probies and HOSers, and thanks for looking! Art

Final grades submitted...@CGC Mike, thanks so much for organizing another fun contest!

Wow, this is really sad to hear...while I only interacted with Thomas once (I scored a sweet FF #35 off of him), I always enjoyed reading his posts on these boards. RIP, Thomas...my condolences to his family.

When I got back into collecting in 2000, I chose arbitrary stop points for all of the runs I wanted to assemble to keep the cost of trying to complete my collection reasonable...in the example of my Flash run, I was originally going to stop at issue #160, but decided to pare back to #151 because I love the cover (otherwise I would have stopped at #150).

Cracked-out CGC 8.5...

Cracked-out CGC 8.5, courtesy of @gunsmokin...now I only need 14 issues to complete my #105-151 run!

Picked this up about a month ago, courtesy of @byosti...

Been looking for a nice copy of this book for a while...

R.I.P. Mr. Jaffee... I also mangled many a Mad magazine back in the day to check out the fold-ins... If I remember correctly, me and a buddy of mine created some kind of parody comic back in junior high and made our own fold-ins on the back cover because we thought the concept was so creative.

3.5 for me as well...

I'm in too...thanks for the head's up, @Get Marwood & I! Also, huge thanks to @CGC Mike for running another contest!

I used to love going to this con when it was in Oakland and then San Francisco, and even enjoyed going when it first moved to Anaheim. I have not been since 2018, and it looks like the vintage comic dealer list has thinned out enough where going to the Torpedo show or SDCC makes more sense...

Here you go... https://www.comic-con.org/wca/2023/exhibitors

I totally agree, and can still remember how excited I was to see Infinity War for the first time in the theater...

Beautiful copy! It's always fun finding raw books of this quality...

Me too...always loved the colors on this cover...