Popular Post ADAMANTIUM Posted July 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2022 They put it to one side and they did it on purpose? Anyway back from cgc onlyweaknesskryptonite, Morganmi, djpinkpanther67 and 8 others 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 It does have the QR code on the back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 12:37 PM, ADAMANTIUM said: They put it to one side and they did it on purpose? Anyway back from cgc Want this book That cover takes me right back to my Nintendo days Bob Sacamano, cyclonus11 and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wall-Crawler Posted July 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2022 Awhile back I picked up a large Spawn collection. Sold some. Sent some others in to CGC previously. Still have some. Decided to send a few more in for grading. So yeah, lots of Spawn! Note: the Spawn #143 is pristine, the scuff mark upper staple is scanner crud. May have to rescan that one. onlyweaknesskryptonite, Morganmi, STORMSHADOW_80 and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrispyC66 Posted July 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) Edited July 19, 2022 by ChrispyC66 Morganmi, Beastfeast, Jasonmorris1000000 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Qalyar Posted July 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2022 Babylon 5 was a great show. In 2007, a direct-to-DVD spinoff anthology film released, called Babylon 5: The Lost Tales. It's ... okay. It's relevant here because a few copies -- sold exclusively at US Best Buy stores, and labeled with a little red "limited edition" sticker in the corner -- included a mini-comic (and, to my knowledge, no other differences from normal copies). You see, two of the show's key actors, Richard Biggs (Dr. Stephen Franklin) and Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar) had passed away before the filming of The Lost Tales. So J. Michael Straczynski wrote an 8-page mini-comic as a tribute to them, and to give their characters a farewell story. This is that comic. It is absolutely elusive. There was never any public acknowledgement of how many "Best Buy Limited Edition" copies of the DVD were produced. There were perhaps another couple hundred copies given away at SDCC when the film was announced (most of which were signed by JMS on site), and a handful more that didn't get distributed at all but eventually found their way to fans. I expect that survival rates for this comic are higher than for most pack-ins because a lot of B5 fans realized this was a cool item worth keeping, and so, well, kept it. But even if we spitball that there are a couple thousand of these out there, the lion's share went into black hole collections. They show up for sale approximately never at this point. I'm really happy to have this one, and happy with the grade as well. Normally, a 9.4 on a modern book isn't actually very good. In this case, high grade copies are especially tough because the way it was distributed in the DVD case was... stuffed under those big plastic case clips on the inside front of the clamshell. Needless to say, creasing and surface abrasions are common. I'll shout out to @joeypost for his fine work here; I don't press all my books, but this sucker was a wavy, bendy mess when I got it. I knew there was nothing to do be done about that little chip near the bottom of the spine, a consequence of that distribution abuse, but everything else resolved beautifully. There probably are 9.8-candidate copies out there somewhere, potentially from the books handed out at SDCC or the couple dozen undistributed copies that made their way out. I'll keep watching for one, but for now, this has a happy home in my collections of JMS works and modern promotional rarities. ChrispyC66, Morganmi, csaag and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cd4ever Posted July 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2022 dover, djpinkpanther67, Browns81 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Kerdese Posted July 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2022 Box 📦 1. I wasn’t sure Spider-Man 1 and Thor 5 would be 9.8’s, but pressing took care of my concerns. 🤘 djpinkpanther67, csaag, ADAMANTIUM and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kerdese Posted July 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2022 And box two. It did take a really long time to get them back, but pressing earned me a few 9.8’s that I wasn’t expecting. And New Mutants 98 and X-men 221 came back much higher than expected. We’re all good, CGC. Redemption is yours. BigLeagueCHEW, Morganmi, grendelbo and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greggy Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Nick H (UK), Kerdese, dover and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rexinnih Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 Just got my CGC Sig Series Jim Starlin's delivered today Morganmi, Jasonmorris1000000, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerdese Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Final box was only 3. djpinkpanther67, STORMSHADOW_80 and ADAMANTIUM 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post reptilekingdie Posted July 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) Just in, added Chris Sarandon to books, the chucky 1 did go down from a 9.8 to a 9.6. Fabry hulk , Mico surfer used a liquid chrome sharpie and the Vader Remarque Edited July 28, 2022 by reptilekingdie ADAMANTIUM, Morganmi, Jasonmorris1000000 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) On 7/28/2022 at 6:18 PM, reptilekingdie said: Just in, added Chris Sarandon to books, the chucky 1 did go down from a 9.8 to a 9.6. Fabry hulk , Mico surfer used a liquid chrome sharpie and the Vader Remarque All arrived same time? Or were they done at separate events? I almost thought in house signings but wasn't sure. Nice that they put the quote on the Chucky #1 on the label... I wondered if issue #2 was too long? Or the facilitator wrote it up different? I guess he did simplify to a "quote" on the label, I just wasn't sure if that was by choice, so that it would all fit on the front. Awesome books! I apologize for the long questions, I too have a rather long Claremont quote that made it onto a label, but I wasn't the one who subbed it haha kind of curious the process or pros and cons Edited July 28, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Superfro33 Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 Most of these were fillers to clear out stuff I still had set aside last year so I didn't have super high hopes for most of them anyway. They performed as expected for the most part. The AMZ #194 was the ultimate goal and that came back better than I anticipated, so overall I'm very happy with the returns. (Especially considering they've been sitting there since 5/12/21) Jasonmorris1000000, ADAMANTIUM, STORMSHADOW_80 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jasonmorris1000000 Posted July 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2022 I really wish I hadn't sent in that 9.4 BigLeagueCHEW, onlyweaknesskryptonite, ADAMANTIUM and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) A couple of mechanical errors that are back today all fixed. Its appreciated that they overnighted them The Mark Jewelers is now notated on the Iron Man, and The Noble Causes 1st cameo of Invincible now says that it's the regular cover! Edited July 29, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM djpinkpanther67 and STORMSHADOW_80 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dover Posted July 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2022 I like the new boxes and what came inside. Some to keep and some to sell. djpinkpanther67, STORMSHADOW_80, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dover Posted July 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2022 And some Neals and Frank. Nick H (UK), ADAMANTIUM, ChrispyC66 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
