Isn't it time for CGC to stop calling books from 1975 Moderns? 4 4

[shadroch]

I graduated HS in 1976 and half of my class is now collecting Social Security.  CGC can keep the price structure but at some point they really should change the name.

Edited October 4, 2021 by shadroch

[Microchip]

 

On 9/30/2021 at 5:27 AM, shadroch said:

This will end well. 

 

 

[onlyweaknesskryptonite]

Do you really want them to try to "update" anything?  

[kav]

On 10/3/2021 at 9:40 PM, shadroch said:

I graduated HS in 1976 and half of my class is now collecting Social Security.  CGC can keep the price structure but at some point they really should change the name.

Didnt know they did this.  Incredible.  In my books moderns are 2000 and later.  

[kav]

1975 is bronze age.

[shadroch]

Songs from 1975 qualify as Golden Oldies but the comics are still modern. My 1973 Mercury Montego is a classic car, but comics from two years later are moderns.

[Gaard]

46 years old = modern?

[HotKey]

On 10/4/2021 at 3:13 AM, shadroch said:

Songs from 1975 qualify as Golden Oldies but the comics are still modern. My 1973 Mercury Montego is a classic car, but comics from two years later are moderns.

Even 80s stuff like Guns N Roses is played on oldies stations now. No way anything from the 70s is "modern".

[theCapraAegagrus]

I've always considered Modern to be 1985-today. Does CGC not recognize the Bronze Age?

[Buzzetta]

Since it qualifies for a cheaper tier, why would you want to see that change?

[comicdonna]

Modern

US or world coins 1965 to present

[comicginger1789]

I don’t care what they call it as long as they find a way to get through orders quicker and stay relatively affordable in the near future.

[shadroch]

On 10/4/2021 at 5:11 AM, comicdonna said:

Modern

US or world coins 1965 to present

That is in a hobby where some coins are thousands of years old. Comics started in the late 1930s.  When CGC started in late 1990s, the Modern tier was for books less than twenty five years old. Twenty plus years later, I just think it is time to adjust the terminology. 

[MAR1979]

As long as price structure remains same for 1975-current then it's fine. This type of topic that I feel is highly dangerous to that structure. What's in a name? Is it really worth loosing the price point to change it. I know corporations very well that is how they will "fix" the issue and we DON'T want that.

Edited October 5, 2021 by MAR1979

[Lord Gemini]

No.

[Galen130]

Doesn’t much matter to me.  I’m not having comics graded anymore…by anyone.  The whole process is messy and broken nowadays and I have better things to do.  BTW….

Edited October 4, 2021 by Galen130

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 10/4/2021 at 9:56 AM, Galen130 said:

Doesn’t much matter to me.  I’m not having comics graded anymore…by anyone.  The whole process is messy and broken nowadays and I have better things to do.  BTW….

Waiting for Silent Night, Bodom Night to be played on said station...

[Galen130]

On 10/4/2021 at 8:00 AM, theCapraAegagrus said:

Waiting for Silent Night, Bodom Night to be played on said station...

[troydivision1]

Not sure if it will ever be decided.
Just found an article that breaks down three different schools of thought.

Source:
The Complete History of American Comics
https://books.google.com/books?id=O16BXbITZwEC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=Ken+Quattro+new+ages+rethinking&source=bl&ots=aVCt14b6eB&sig=ACfU3U16fo_lGYaqtS40YfXGPZjfingX1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq-oeR-LDzAhXSTDABHZe3BP0Q6AF6BAgcEAM#v=onepage&q=Ken Quattro new ages rethinking&f=false

Example 1:

• 1897-1937: Platinum Age
• 1938 – 1955: Golden Age
• 1956 – 1972: Silver Age
• 1973 – 1985: Bronze Age
• 1986 – Present: Modern Age

Example 2:

• 1938-1955: First Heroic Era
• 1955-1958: Code Era
• 1956-1986: Second Heroic Era
• 1986 – Present: Third Heroic Era

Example 3:

• 1828 – 1892: Victorian Age
• 1883 – 1938: Platinum Age
• 1938 – 1945: Golden Age –  Action Comics #1
• 1946 – 1956: Atom Age –  Fear of the Bomb
• 1956 – 1971: Silver Age  –  Showcase #4
• 1971 – 1985: Bronze Age  – Death of Gwen Stacy (Amazing Spidey #121)
• 1986 – 1992: Copper Age  – DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths
• 1992 – 1999: Chrome Age  – Chrome Age – Image Comics Debuts
• 2000 – present: Modern Age

Even if we take 2000 as the beginning of MODERN it is still the longest age (besides platinum).
There may be a new age having to be named or what we considered MODERN will have to be renamed something else.
Perhaps the MCU / Rampant Speculation Age...

Edited October 4, 2021 by umyeahwhatevers

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 10/4/2021 at 10:05 AM, umyeahwhatevers said:

Example 2:

• 1938-1955: First Heroic Era
• 1955-1958: Code Era
• 1956-1986: Second Heroic Era
• 1986 – Present: Third Heroic Era