Ah... the wait begins anew...

[Buzzetta]

Last week's acquisitions and recent submits

 

So, the wait begins again. I am not complaining about the time it takes for CGC to grade, slab and return my books. I am talking about the wait of anticipation. You know what I am talking about. It is that 'Christmas is only in four more days' type of wait.

 

I went to show in NYC at the Penn Pavilion last weekend and had an interesting time walking around. I saw the reports on the message board and was amused that a fellow boardie was next to me taking pictures of Stan talking to Neal Adams. I almost threw a guy into a wall as he was about to sign a CGC submission sheet by placing his paper on the comics that I was submitting. (He realized what he was about to do before I realized it for him.)

 

Neal Adams was a treat as I had never done the CGC SS thing before. He was a pleasure to talk to and I took to the knee so I could actually listen. Perhaps more on that in another journal entry. On a side note, I had sold all of my Batman books a few years ago to pay for college classes. It was nice to pick up a mid grade 227 to have him sign it. Felt like I was getting one of my old books back.

 

I submitted the following:

 

To Be Graded

Amazing Spiderman 21 Expecting a 5.5

Amazing Spiderman 23 (Bought from Metropolis at the show at advertised 8.5. Let's see what happens.)

Amazing Spiderman 24 Expecting a 6.0

Amazing Spiderman 43 Expecting a 8.0-8.5

Amazing Spiderman 53 Expecting a 6.0

Amazing Spiderman 101 Expecting a 7.5 - 8.0

Amazing Spiderman 119 Expecting a 9.4

Batman 227 Signed by Neal Adams - Expecting a 5.5-6.0

 

Reslabs

Amazing Spiderman 41 8.0 (Needed it reslabbed due to poor shipping)

Avengers 4 6.0 (Needed it reslabbed due to poor shipping)

 

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[surfer99]

Thanks for sharing your Con experience. Curious how the whole CGC SS thing works myself, but haven't seen any writers/artists I would want to sign my books- the Walking Dead creators do a lot of signings here in AZ, but I'm not a fan. It would be cool to see Neal Adams and Stan Lee though!

 

Good luck on your submissions, and be sure to follow-up before next year with the grades you received!

 

 

 

 

[Buzzetta]

Ha - I submitted them last week so I expect to have them some time around August. It is what it is.

 

I keep putting off doing the meet and greet with Stan Lee and I fear that I may not have many more years to get that done. The question is, what would I have him sign? A friend suggested the lesser of my two AF15's but I do not think I would want to do that. I think my conscience would be at ease with a higher grade Amazing Spiderman 39 or a 7.0-8.5 copy of an Amazing Spider-man 23.

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Studio 25]

I too was at the NYCBM.

 

Went there with the soul purpose of getting several books signed by Stan Lee, eleven books total to be exact. Like you I never did CGC SS, I was not a fan (read my post "New To CGC").

 

Spider-Man # 1 (1990) Silver

Spider-Man # 1 (1990)

Silver Surfer # 1 Orgin

Iron Man # 2

Iron Man # 3

A S M # 100

A S M # 101 Morbius 1st app

A S M # 121 "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" (as John Romita signature)

A S M # 122 "The Goblin's Last Stand" (as John Romita signature)

A S M # 136 1st app of Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin

A S M # 137 2nd app of Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin

 

This group of books will be my first CGC Signature Series.

Now I have started purchasing high grade CGC books.

I even sent 10 books to CGC for grading prior to the CGC SS

 

Venom Along Came A Spider (1996) # 1

Venom Along Came A Spider (1996) # 2

Venom Along Came A Spider (1996) # 3

Venom Along Came A Spider (1996) # 4

 

Looks like the first Venom Along Came A Spider collection to be graded.

Hope they get graded High 9.8

 

Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series 1998) # 1B sunburst variant

Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series 1998) # 50

Amazing Spider-Man (2nd series 1998) # 500

Peter Parker Spider-Man (1999) # 1B sunburst variant

Sensational Spider-Man (1996) # 1

Spider-Man Team Up (1995) # 1

 

Now, ....anticipation, it's making me wait.