Metropolis (accidentally) discloses they press comics on their website

[dr_manhattan]

This screenshot was taken on a section of the Metropolis site which lists new comics.

 

 

[thehumantorch]

No surprise although nice to see it in black and white. I've gotta think all the major dealers press other than Flaming Telepath.

[HotJuicyBurgers]

How is this accidental? It is right there on site. Did they accidentally write that? I am confused.

[cheetah]

Nice "press" for joeypost. It's nice to see the big boys use his service.

 

But I think Metro has acknowledged this fairly openly in the past.

[Speedy-D]

How is this accidental? It is right there on site. Did they accidentally write that? I am confused.

Typed it in the wrong field in their database. Or CMS I should say.

[Brian48]

Those were probably just internal notes that someone entered in the wrong section of their content mgt tool.

 

Since CGC legitimized the process of pressing, I would be more surprised that most dealers DON'T take advantage of it.

[c-mack]

saves me the trouble of doing it myself

[jimjum12]

saves me the trouble of doing it myself

 

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[ChicksCosmiComics]

I don't know i often wonder if Metro got hacked with some of the listing you see now and then. I recall seeing one listing claiming the book looked at me funny I was like WTF. Either someone was kidding or someone was messing with metro

[Speedy-D]

[shadroch]

I thought Metro had said they used to press, but no longer did. There was a thread a few years back where someone posted a link to a press that Metro had bought.

[Gotham Kid]

I don't know i often wonder if Metro got hacked with some of the listing you see now and then. I recall seeing one listing claiming the book looked at me funny I was like WTF. Either someone was kidding or someone was messing with metro

 

Agatha ?

[marmat]

Never bought from Metropolis Comics, do they disclose pressing?

 

[dgarthwaite-migration]

I bought some comics from them that looked pressed to me. I don't have a problem with it, but I thought other collectors might.

 

DG

[gyro-1]

Its a buisness that wants to max thier profits

Saying pressed would be nice

I should add I wonder how often they get screwed on low priced bronze books coming out 9.6

[glasgap]

The pressing game certainly depresses me and will see me out of this hobby in the near future. When this issue really came to the fore on the discussion boards (disclosure vs. non-disclosure, restoration or not, CGC approval or not), I did not buy a CGC book for 18 months. I have bought a few over the last six months but am now in a negative phase again - every time I see this issue discussed, I ask myself "why bother". It is good that some websites are declaring "pressed" from a disclosure point of view but I will not buy a pressed book (if I know). Terms used by boardies such as "steam-rollered" and "pan-caked" may have tainted my judgement.

 

And then there is the issue of grading standards. I trust the OLD CGC labels and standards far more than the NEWER ones. Grades getting higher, pages getting whiter, writing "disappearing".

 

In a nutshell, I no longer know what I am buying with a "NEWER" CGC Slab. And if I do not know what I am buying, I will stop buying.

 

Alan (UK)

[SlickMachines-migration]

I completely agree with you Alan.

[Mark 1]

I'm not surprised in the least. It seems it would be accidental in that no other comics are listed on their site that i've seen that disclose a press to CFP.

 

I believe almost every major dealer who deals with slabs and subs to CGC is pressing. CGC helped build a whole side industry based on their stance of not caring about pressed comics.

 

 

[AmazingSaul]

I don't mind the pressing. I just want my books to look as clean as possible. Light resto is okay with me on expensive books. Otherwise it would be great if they told us which ones they press so I don't waste money doing it. But business is business I don't think it matters enough.

[rednalsram]

The pressing game certainly depresses me and will see me out of this hobby in the near future. When this issue really came to the fore on the discussion boards (disclosure vs. non-disclosure, restoration or not, CGC approval or not), I did not buy a CGC book for 18 months. I have bought a few over the last six months but am now in a negative phase again - every time I see this issue discussed, I ask myself "why bother". It is good that some websites are declaring "pressed" from a disclosure point of view but I will not buy a pressed book (if I know). Terms used by boardies such as "steam-rollered" and "pan-caked" may have tainted my judgement.

 

And then there is the issue of grading standards. I trust the OLD CGC labels and standards far more than the NEWER ones. Grades getting higher, pages getting whiter, writing "disappearing".

 

In a nutshell, I no longer know what I am buying with a "NEWER" CGC Slab. And if I do not know what I am buying, I will stop buying.

 

Alan (UK)

+1, except - I don't trust first issue labels.