What do you think of the new "Wizard First Program"?

[Marvelous]

The "Wizard First Program," kicking off this spring is going to make high-grade comics much more accessible. Comics will be taken directly from the printer to CGC headquarters. There they will be graded, slapped with a special label and sent to Wizard (note: looks the same as other labels, but has Wizard First on it). They will then be sold exclusively through www.wizarduniverse.com.

 

The new grading system marks the biggest change. Comics selected will be subject to a half-point grading scale. 9.2, 9.4, 9.6, and 9.8 ratings have been eliminated. The top books will still be 10.0, but the next grade will be 9.5.

[Ron_Nasty]

pathetic

[AlexH]

You can almost smell the lawsuit about to happen.

 

Someone gets a 10.0 from Wizard, sends it in to CGC and gets it back as a 9.6. The wheels aren't in motion here, they are now falling off the damn car.

[awe4one]

Is this a joke? If it is they're a day early....

 

And if it isn't, I think there's going to big problems with this program....

 

Jim

[Marvelous]

Is this a joke? If it is they're a day early....

 

And if it isn't, I think there's going to big problems with this program....

 

Jim

 

No joke. Quote comes directly out of my brand new Wizard #151 on page 164. It goes on as follows:

 

"We're very excited to team up with Wizard on this, said Steve Borock, Vice President and Primary Grader at CGC. "Getting books straight from the distributor reduces the number of hands they have to pass through."

 

Currently, the only company on board is Marvel, but you never know who else might get on the band-wagon once things take off.

[Clark Khaos-migration]

Is this a joke? If it is they're a day early....

 

And if it isn't, I think there's going to big problems with this program....

 

Jim

 

This IS from Wizard's "April Fools" issue, mind you. I suspect the person reading Marvelous' copy of Wizard to him neglected to tell him that.

[RTBrandy]

April Fool's Kids!!!!

 

Sheesh

[Marvelous]

April Fool's Kids!!!!

 

Sheesh

 

Maybe, or maybe not.

[Clark Khaos-migration]

April Fool's Kids!!!!

 

Sheesh

 

Maybe, or maybe not.

 

Oh god, here we go again.

[awe4one]

April Fool's Kids!!!!

 

Sheesh

 

Maybe, or maybe not.

 

Oh god, here we go again.

 

Bi-polar Disorder would explain it.....

 

Jim

[Foolkiller]

dude... it's a joke... just like a ton of other articles in Wizard this month are (do you really believe geoff johns and phil jimenez are bringing captain carrot back?). let's come back to freakin reality here folks.

[Mister_Comics]

Hey! They stole my idea.

 

I did a tread on this a year ago.

[joe_collector]

 

The Einstein of the CGC boards uncovers yet another killer news item.

 

Keep up the good work Zeke.

[mitol]

Gotta be April Fools. Or else, WTF?

[Smokinghawk]

Gotta be April Fools. Or else, WTF?

 

Remember when everyone thought the same thing about CGG?

 

Wizard, I think, is just opportunistic/fad-driven enough to seriously try this.

[RS]

dude... it's a joke... just like a ton of other articles in Wizard this month are (do you really believe geoff johns and phil jimenez are bringing captain carrot back?). let's come back to freakin reality here folks.

 

WHAT NO CAPTAIN CARROT COME BACK

[Ares]

WHAT NO CAPTAIN CARROT COME BACK

 

I was so hoping that was real!

[blowout]

[Clark Khaos-migration]

 

It's a good thing he's got such a sparkling personality to make up for that lack of intellect.

 

 

 

 

 

I kill myself sometimes.

[Marvelous]

It's a good thing he's got such a sparkling personality to make up for that lack of intellect.

 

This coming from someone who models himself after Forrest Gump.

 

 

Run Forrest Run