Robot Man Posted May 30, 2017 Author Share Posted May 30, 2017 My father in law was a Captain on a destroyer in WWII. He was due to come into Pearl Harbor th day of the attack. They radioed him and ordered him to stay at sea. He came in the next day. He has photos he took off the bow of his ship of the destruction. One lucky guy. He met my mother in law while at liberty in Australia. After the war, he moved there for many years after marrying her. My wife was born there and lived there until she was 15 when they moved back here. My uncle was a bomber pilot and flew 18 missions over Germany. Came back un-scathed luckily. Lots of military service in my family. I lucked out being just a little too young for Vietnam. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 My father was a B-29 bomber pilot in both WW2 and Korea, but was never sent into combat. The reason for that is an interesting story in itself that I'll save for some other time. Dad was proud of his time in the service, and regaled his children with many stories of his days in the Air Force. Since this is a comics forum, one of the goals I have is to honor my father by collecting all of the comics showing a B-29 on the cover. When I achieve this goal I'll post them here on the forum. --ElJay porcupine48 and Ricksneatstuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 14 hours ago, EBE said: My father was a B-29 bomber pilot in both WW2 and Korea, but was never sent into combat. The reason for that is an interesting story in itself that I'll save for some other time. Dad was proud of his time in the service, and regaled his children with many stories of his days in the Air Force. Since this is a comics forum, one of the goals I have is to honor my father by collecting all of the comics showing a B-29 on the cover. When I achieve this goal I'll post them here on the forum. --ElJay Great collecting interest! Good luck acquiring them all. Looking forward to seeing them when you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Digging through the junk pile the other day I found something I'd totally forgotton about. This was always a big hit on the bathroom wall in college. I would love to frame it for the bathroom in my current house but, well, I'm married. 'Nuff said. Enjoy, hopefully it brings a smile to your face! Foley and porcupine48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 38 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Digging through the junk pile the other day I found something I'd totally forgotton about. This was always a big hit on the bathroom wall in college. I would love to frame it for the bathroom in my current house but, well, I'm married. 'Nuff said. Enjoy, hopefully it brings a smile to your face! One of a kind collectible, no subsets here i'm sure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Speaking of 'one of a kind' or out of the norm pieces (hijacking your Thread RM) with a funny animal fave: This issue of 'Squeeks' (Crimebusters pet sidekick) Show cases a cover strewn with open Cigarette packs and smoked butts . The kicker is the Tiger taking a mildness test for smokes of his choice. Of course Squeeks has pulled a Looney Tunes gag and replaced the cigarette with dynamite. That Lev Gleason! Certainly would not even be printed today. Man those crazy innocent 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Nice! Never seen that one before. Goes well with maybe my favorite Ha Ha sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 4 hours ago, sagii said: Speaking of 'one of a kind' or out of the norm pieces (hijacking your Thread RM) with a funny animal fave: This issue of 'Squeeks' (Crimebusters pet sidekick) Show cases a cover strewn with open Cigarette packs and smoked butts . The kicker is the Tiger taking a mildness test for smokes of his choice. Of course Squeeks has pulled a Looney Tunes gag and replaced the cigarette with dynamite. That Lev Gleason! Certainly would not even be printed today. Man those crazy innocent 50's Never seen that either. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Well gang, I finally drank the Kool Aide... Way back at Terry's show I decided to "test the water". I talked to the wonderful Joeypost about the possiblility of slabbing a few books. What a gentleman. He spent a considerable amount of his time explaining the pressing and grading process to me. I really appreciate the education Joey! At the end of the conversation we both agreed on a promising candidate. So, I gave him this book and my info. It took quite a while but when you are dealing with the best, that is to be expected. Saturday, the door bell rang and it was my friend the mail man with a package for me to sign. Was a real surprise because I really wasn't expecting anything. Then I noticed the return address. With great anticipation and trembling hands, I carefully opened the package. As with everyone here, my eye jumped to the upper left corner. I had to look twice. 6.5? really? 6.5?. Both Joey and I both had it pegged at at least a 7. I, of course, had my rose colored glasses on and thought maybe a 7.5. But there it was, a 6.5. About all I can find is a couple small, very light thumb stains on back cover and 5 or 6 very tiny, none color breaking spine bends. Page quality is cream to off white. Book, is tight, flat, well centered, sharp corners, glossy. No tears or creases. About as nice a copy as I could imagine especially for a black cover. I've had the book longer than I can remember and have always loved it. Probably paid very little for it when I got it. So, I'm not crushed just a little disapointed I guess. I thought I was a fair grader but guess I've got a lot to learn. Here she is. Hard to tell from this bad photo but what do you think? A pre-pressed photo As a point of reference, here is a copy of Flash #96 I recently bought that was cracked out of a slab (label included) from a very reputable dealer friend. Also graded 6.5. The spine has obviously a lot more wear and just doesn't have the sharpness and quality of the Cap. What am I missing here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwoogieman Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 CGC hates stains and downgrades substantially for them. What did the grader's notes say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 25 minutes ago, mrwoogieman said: CGC hates stains and downgrades substantially for them. What did the grader's notes say? I don't have any. How can I get them? It might explain a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwoogieman Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: I don't have any. How can I get them? It might explain a lot. Grader's notes should be free to you as submitter under a CGC membership. Ask your presser if he has access to the notes if the book wasn't submitted under your account. Otherwise I believe CGC charges $10 for the notes. Edited June 2, 2017 by mrwoogieman typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Robot Man said: 3 hours ago, mrwoogieman said: CGC hates stains and downgrades substantially for them. What did the grader's notes say? I don't have any. How can I get them? It might explain a lot. I agree that the stains on the back cover probably explain the grade. (And the Flash 96 seems like a rather weak 6.5, imo, with all that spine wear.) If Joey submitted the book under his account, he can get the notes for you. Otherwise, you can enter the serial number here: https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx and pay the $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 26 minutes ago, Sqeggs said: I agree that the stains on the back cover probably explain the grade. (And the Flash 96 seems like a rather weak 6.5, imo, with all that spine wear.) If Joey submitted the book under his account, he can get the notes for you. Otherwise, you can enter the serial number here: https://www.cgccomics.com/grading/verify-cgc-comic.aspx and pay the $10. I have a CGC 8.0 of Fantastic Four #36 (deslabbed). Just for a slight dust shadow they downgraded a copy looking VFNM or better. And if you look at the Spirou #1072 they graded (probably a copy I sold) as a CGC 8.5 you see staining… Not much consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 30 minutes ago, vaillant said: I have a CGC 8.0 of Fantastic Four #36 (deslabbed). Just for a slight dust shadow they downgraded a copy looking VFNM or better. And if you look at the Spirou #1072 they graded (probably a copy I sold) as a CGC 8.5 you see staining… Not much consistent. Hammering staining seems to be a change made relatively recently -- the past couple of years, I think. Of course, stains always received a downgrade but not to the extent that they do know. At least, that's been my experience. Dust shadows seem to get a bit more of a pass (although still typically result in a lower grade), even though they can actually be more unsightly than a small stain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 In Robot Man’s case it’s surely staining… I’m 100% sure. 6.5 is not bad, generally they are more lenient with higher grade GA books, a thing which does not make much sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Thanks for your input gentlemen. Sure seems like a pity. They are so light. Lesson learned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 5 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Hammering staining seems to be a change made relatively recently -- the past couple of years, I think. Of course, stains always received a downgrade but not to the extent that they do know. At least, that's been my experience. Dust shadows seem to get a bit more of a pass (although still typically result in a lower grade), even though they can actually be more unsightly than a small stain. In my experience I agree 100%. I have had books that appeared 8.0 come back 5.0 with no other major negative notes other than a stain (and this was a stain on the inside cover that was large but barely noticeable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 11 hours ago, Ricksneatstuff said: In my experience I agree 100%. I have had books that appeared 8.0 come back 5.0 with no other major negative notes other than a stain (and this was a stain on the inside cover that was large but barely noticeable). Note to self, don't send any "cat pee" MCLaughlin Mile Highs in to be graded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 1 hour ago, Robot Man said: Note to self, don't send any "cat pee" MCLaughlin Mile Highs in to be graded... I think that subset will get the "cat pee" bump, so it won't be as much of an issue with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
