Slabbing Mini-Comics

[shrunkenhead]

Hey all, I just grabbed this goofy mini-comic from '66 off of ebay; happened to catch it just as it was being listed and it was too intruiging too pass up:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2270444690&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

 

I'm thinking I'd like to slab it, but I've never sent in a smaller-sized comic before. I've seen other people selling slabbed minis, though. Anybody had any luck with this? How do I know if CGC will accept a book this size? If not, what happens, do they just send it back to me unslabbed?

 

Weird looking book, ain't it?

[deathlok]

That safety book is like Faces of Death. Talk about some painful accidents.

[bounty_coder]

That mini-book is h-i-l-a-r-i-o-u-s

[sterlingcomics]

very interesting book. Call CGC to see if they will accept the book for slabbing.

[Moondog]

I have 2 mint sets of the Marvel Mini books from '66. I recently asked Steve if CGC would grade them and he said, "not at this time."

 

Marvel Minis were sold in gumball machines. They may be the world's smallest comic books...

 

If you open them, they fall apart. The Millie the Model is the toughest one.

 

If they did grade them, I wonder what the holder would look like!

 

For you magazine collectors out there, Steve did say that CGC would start grading non-comic book magazines at the end of this year or early next year. I have a Sports Illustrated # 1 and a National Lampoon # 1 I'd like to get slabbed...

 

--Gary

[DarrenSmith]

Are they going to slab any magazine or stick with the more standard ones like Sports Illustrated #1, Playboy #1, etc

[jmg3637]

I think they have slabbed the disney mini comics but they are about 2x7 or so.

 

I also have a really nice Sports Illustrated #1. It came in its own leather holder with a COA. I think that there was a find of a few boxes that were never circulated.

[Mister_Comics]

They (CGC) slabbed my BATMAN Kellogg's Pop Tart mini-comics. Those are smaller then the one your showing. I believe they will slab it with no problem.

[*paull*]

Holy [!@#%^&^]! That book is hilarious!!! What a great buy

[shrunkenhead]

Thanks, Paull. It took me all of nine seconds to decide whether or not to hit the BIN. You can see the book was on sale for less than 10 minutes!

[tth2]

For you magazine collectors out there, Steve did say that CGC would start grading non-comic book magazines at the end of this year or early next year.

 

This is really unbelievable!!! CGC is painfully slow in turning around its core product, comic books, but instead of continuing to improve its turnaround times in this area, it is instead broadening the types of materials it will grade, which will undoubtedly further slow down its turnaround times for comics.

 

I am a CGC supporter, so I hope what I'm saying here is taken as constructive criticism. But I guess we're seeing what Bill Gates and John D. Rockefeller have always known, "Life is good when you've got a monopoly".