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[rdz30606]

On 12/21/2023 at 4:57 AM, Every Day A Story said:

I'm hot on your tail with these two recent submissions back from Sarasota. And yes, both have the free gifts (Hulk and Spider-Man transfers respectively).

Good work my friend!!!

[Still Only 35c]

On 12/21/2023 at 7:06 PM, rdz30606 said:

Good work my friend!!!

Thanks. Got both of those two at 8.0 on the census! 

[Kevin.J]

On 12/21/2023 at 7:06 AM, Garystar said:

Whilst MWOM is a fairly common comic the whole issue, including covers, was produced on cheap newspaper so to have one in 8.5 or even 8.0 must be quite scarce. 
What do CGC do with the free gift - leave it inside the comic?

On 12/21/2023 at 8:05 AM, rdz30606 said:

my understanding is CGC do exactly that - leave the free gift in the pages of the comic.

On some Captain Britain #1s I have had slabbed you can see a small edge of the Mask coming through  

 

I guess that would only work on some comics  

 

 

[Still Only 35c]

So how would CGC treat Prog 1 of 2000AD submitted with the Space Spinner attached? Would they remove the free gift or send it back?

[Still Only 35c]

On 5/28/2020 at 12:49 AM, Garystar said:

In 1972 Marvel decided to publish comics specifically for the UK in-house (by what became to be known as Marvel UK). First up was The Mighty World of Marvelwhich reprinted The Hulk, Spider-man and Fantastic Four with some new editorial along the lines of Stan's Soapbox and letters pages;

Previous transfers must have been popular (or cheap) as MWOM #1 came with a free Green-skinned monster iron-on transfer. Presumably Marvel thought the Hulk would not be a house-hold name in the UK hence the transfer being touted as "Green-skinned monster" but it was in fact the Hulk;

MWOM sold well (print run 325,000) so these transfers are not uncommon still in the UK and pop up for sale fairly regularly despite a lot ending up on t-shirts and being very fragile. #2 came with a Spider-man iron on transfer;

After great transfers of two of it's features MWOM #3 free gift wasn't a fantastic Four transfer but a set of stickers, the art isn't great and we can only wonder what a Fantastic Four transfer would have been like;

 

I still prefer the stickers in this instance. Having handled those transfers in person they are extremely fragile and will easily lift off/crinkle/crack. When I submitted to CGC I asked them to remove for pressing and reinsert when completed.

Edited December 21, 2023 by Every Day A Story

[rdz30606]

On 12/21/2023 at 9:59 PM, Every Day A Story said:

So how would CGC treat Prog 1 of 2000AD submitted with the Space Spinner attached? Would they remove the free gift or send it back?

For this specific issue and also for others where the free gift just would not fit in the slab, I believe (may need some validation from others) that CGC acknowledge that a free gift has been included with the submission, assign the comic as universal (if no free gift is submitted, the book is qualified) and return the free gift to you with the freshly slabbed comic.