Popular Post comicjack Posted November 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Here are a few pics of slab pulps and a review of what is coming - done for a fellow boardie we all Love The plan from Matt is to start submission of pulps very soon. I'm not the one to tie anyone down to an exact day or week. They are still testing the water and getting input from pulp collectors. I'm just putting this out for fellow board members. The slabs are just examples and the grading codes are just for show. The slabs present great in my opinion with different depths for thicker pulps and rounded inner wells to make room for overhangs and such. The presentation was amazing in my eyes and I have been around awhile! .The pulp is safe and secure in there and viewable on all sides for the fan base. There are some amazing history and covers in this genre and can be welcomed as a way to save the copies for future collectors. I will be watching this as I always do and see what happens, good or bad, with this massive undertaking. Edited November 6, 2023 by comicjack Yorick, OtherEric, Bugfarm and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sarg Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Good to finally see these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 (edited) Thanks Jack. Bedsheet slab? And I'd like to know the depth of the Amazing Stories 6.5 slab, previous biggest slab was 1" deep. Wonder if a 276 page pulp could fit into something narrower. Edited November 7, 2023 by Dr. Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Is the 6.0 All Story real or just a mock-up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 10:30 PM, Dr. Love said: Thanks Jack. Bedsheet slab? And I'd like to know the depth of the Amazing Stories 6.5 slab, previous biggest slab was 1" deep. Wonder if a 276 page pulp could fit into something narrower. Looks like a large deli sandwich from New York Dr. Love and jimjum12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 10:30 PM, Dr. Love said: Thanks Jack. Bedsheet slab? And I'd like to know the depth of the Amazing Stories 6.5 slab, previous biggest slab was 1" deep. Wonder if a 276 page pulp could fit into something narrower. Amazing stories with the death star cover is a bed sheet tried to get one of those in Windy City auction Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted November 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2023 I notice that the grades are numerical and resemble comic book grades. Will the new graded pulps be graded like comics or more like the Bookery Guide? Other than like squarebound comics they are a totally different animal. I have found the Bookery standards to be very accurate and very easy to grade from. Darwination, Pokecollectoramy, davet75 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I don't see wedges on any of these (although I'm sure some of these are factory trimmed). Is there any plan to try and protect those overhang edges? I thought I read something about the case being designed for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 9:40 AM, Robot Man said: I notice that the grades are numerical and resemble comic book grades. Will the new graded pulps be graded like comics or more like the Bookery Guide? Other than like squarebound comics they are a totally different animal. I have found the Bookery standards to be very accurate and very easy to grade from. The old pulp collector way of grading (which has always been good by me) is going to run headlong into the slab culture of expecting some sort of exact standards or "assurances" about what they are buying. If you want some sort of estimate at the percentage of pulps that have had at least a little bit of what collectors freak out about here as "restoration," I'd only say it's very high I promise there will be books graded in the higher ranges that will still fall apart immediately with almost any handling and books in the lower ranges with nice fat pages and only semi-tatty covers that you'd be happy to own. I guess "handling" isn't really what a book in a slab is about anyways. FWIW, the older generation of pulp collectors (almost all of whom are readers and more distinct from the comics crowd than you might imagine) is absolutely horrified at what CGC coming in has already done to the market, terming the new generation of buyers from the land of comics as "suckers," even if they are happy to be moving a lot of books right now. I don't quite see it that way and welcome newcomers to the fabulous world of pulps but do expect the prices from the last year (and maybe the coming years as well) to come back to earth. PopKulture, davet75, asimovpulps and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 12:45 PM, Yorick said: I don't see wedges on any of these (although I'm sure some of these are factory trimmed). Is there any plan to try and protect those overhang edges? I thought I read something about the case being designed for that. Look close at the war book and the thrilling; seem to have bottom overhangs which are protected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telegan Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Thought you guys would be interested in this video/interview from the Dallas Collector's Summit fanalytics put out. I don't frequent these parts much, so I don't know if it's already been posted : asimovpulps, TupennyConan and comicjack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Hall Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 On 11/6/2023 at 4:05 PM, comicjack said: The pulp is safe and secure in there and viewable on all sides for the fan base. There are some amazing history and covers in this genre and can be welcomed as a way to save the copies for future collectors. But a slabbed pulp cannot be read. Any slabbed pulp that I buy will get cracked out of the holder so I can read the pulp. You're not here to "save the copies for future collectors". jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
