'PLANET COMICS' (is deserving of its own thread) 29 29

[Ricksneatstuff]

[SamPool]

Love this cover and I have two copies.  The lower grade copy looks better then the higher graded copy.

The cover on the lower grade is almost completely split and the reason for the grade.

Edited April 24, 2021 by SamPool

[Flex Mentallo]

[Ricksneatstuff]

6 hours ago, Flex Mentallo said:

Yowza!

[Tim Weaver]

After Flex's jaw dropping 9.0, I'm almost embarrassed to post my crappy 8.5.

[Flex Mentallo]

22 minutes ago, Tim Weaver said:

After Flex's jaw dropping 9.0, I'm almost embarrassed to post my crappy 8.5.

White pages!

[Ricksneatstuff]

Often overlooked but pretty tough to get one in high grade in my experience.  

 

[FoggyNelson]

18 minutes ago, Ricksneatstuff said:

Often overlooked but pretty tough to get one in high grade in my experience.  

 

A beautay ☝️👍

[Artboy99]

My 72, currently being graded and I will get it back very soon

[Artboy99]

73

first copy:

which I upgraded to this cgc 7.0

[Tim Weaver]

I keep this book as a cautionary tale to myself.  A couple of years ago when I first started buying Planets, I purchased four raw books from one of the auction houses.  Of these four books, two came back from CGC with grades that were in the ballpark of the advertised grades, but the other 2 were a different story.  One of these 2 books (Planet 9, which was the most expensive of the 4 books) came back with extensive restoration, the other (this book) came back as a 3.5 Brittle (book was advertised as a 7.5).  I sent back the Planet 9 and received a full refund, but I have kept this book.  To be fair, I have no doubt the auction house would have accepted a return on this one.

I've been looking for a high grade copy of this book ever since, but as Rick indicated they don't seem to come along often.

 

[Spyder!]

18 minutes ago, Tim Weaver said:

I keep this book as a cautionary tale to myself.  A couple of years ago when I first started buying Planets, I purchased four raw books from one of the auction houses.  Of these four books, two came back from CGC with grades that were in the ballpark of the advertised grades, but the other 2 were a different story.  One of these 2 books (Planet 9, which was the most expensive of the 4 books) came back with extensive restoration, the other (this book) came back as a 3.5 Brittle (book was advertised as a 7.5).  I sent back the Planet 9 and received a full refund, but I have kept this book.  To be fair, I have no doubt the auction house would have accepted a return on this one.

I've been looking for a high grade copy of this book ever since, but as Rick indicated they don't seem to come along often.

 

I’d be willing to wager a pretty penny that was Comic Connect.  My experience buying raw books from them has been horrible, and I know I’m not alone.

[SuperGrover]

73 is a book I just ignored for a long time... but the more I look at it the more I like it. I used to view it as "busy" now I see it as "detailed".

[chevalmeow]

[adamstrange]

[adamstrange]

Just when the stories were getting good again, they cancelled the series.

[Artboy99]

1 hour ago, Spyder! said:

I’d be willing to wager a pretty penny that was Comic Connect.  My experience buying raw books from them has been horrible, and I know I’m not alone.

Definitely not alone. I bought quite a few raw books from them in a short period of time and many if not all of them have had issues and were extremely overgraded/ misrepresented and issues are not disclosed and often restoration isn't disclosed either.

Sent my Planet 12 in for grading and have recently learned it is restored which was undisclosed. I bought it from Metropolis / Comicconnect.

My experiences buying raw books from them are so bad I am very vocal about warning people from buying raw from them. Who knows why they can't be bothered cleaning up their act and enhancing their reputation.

[Tim Weaver]

3 hours ago, Spyder! said:

I’d be willing to wager a pretty penny that was Comic Connect.  My experience buying raw books from them has been horrible, and I know I’m not alone.

[Spyder!]

Just added this super cool book to the Planet collection.  The Locker reprints from 1951 don’t come up for sale often.  I’d love to find them all some day (there are 5 of them). 

[Tim Weaver]

18 minutes ago, Spyder! said:

Just added this super cool book to the Planet collection.  The Locker reprints from 1951 don’t come up for sale often.  I’d love to find them all some day (there are 5 of them). 

Those Locker reprints are very cool.  Congratulations on the pickup!