Guess where I've been?

[Ian_Levine]

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO GARY ?

 

Why is he deserting us ????

[chromium]

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO GARY ?

 

Why is he deserting us ????

 

He's finally found a copy of Buzzy #70, thus completing his secret collection of every DC ever made and is now retiring ?

[Ian_Levine]

He's finally found a copy of Buzzy #70, thus completing his secret collection of every DC ever made and is now retiring ?

 

Considering I helped him get a Showcase 9 and a Detective 50, I rather doubt that.

[Dr_Neff]

why aren't any of those keys slabbed by CGC? I noticed that one of Geppi's (the one on display in LV) isn't slabbed either.............

[Ian_Levine]

why aren't any of those keys slabbed by CGC?

 

Most of them were until I cracked them open.

Slabbing serves a useful fuction for accuracy of grading (usually but not always) but I don't want to actually have any slabs in my collection, even though many of the comics I bought were slabbed when I bought them.

[blowout]

but I don't want to actually have any slabs in my collection, even though many of the comics I bought were slabbed when I bought them.

 

What may I ask is your reason for this? Is it purely a space consideration?

[Ian_Levine]

What may I ask is your reason for this? Is it purely a space consideration?

 

Not at all.

 

Reason 1 - I want to have the comics accessible to open them.

Reason 2 - I want my runs to all look identical and matched up in mylites and boarded all the same size.

Reason 3 - I hate the whole idea of slabbing personally (although if it works for others, then it's not for me to criticise)

Reason 4 - I love restored comics. To me it's about what they look like, not whether someone (heaven forbid !!!!!!!) accidentally slipped with a magic marker.