Cool books that hit my grading desk.........9890
 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Pre_Coder @Pre_Coder @SBorock - I was just thinking the same thing the past couple of nights. Dream Job. |
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 I blame the forum gremlins.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Scifinator Two words... DALLAS TRAFFIC! I hope Steve has something akin to the Fantasticar. |
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I blame the forum gremlins.
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Happy dance! I believe my QuickStream order will fall into that category.   |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock @sborock - First, thank you for taking time to reply to my questions, both here and in other threads. Honestly, I am a bit humbled that you do that. Second, I think that is an absolutely astonishing number of books. In your position the simple fact that you take the time to look at books like, perhaps mine, is even more incredible. I know that every book is time consuming as you pore over the details. What an amazing process!! Thank you for this minor insight into what you do. Finally, if it were geographically possible, I would absolutely LOVE to become a grader. Comic books, for me, have been a fairly significant part of my life. I love the history and the portion of pop-culture that they represent. Being even a small part of that preservation process would be an honor. Thank you again for all you do! Respectfully, PDG p.s. My 94 is double signed by Claremont and Bob McLeod, and I estimate it would probably be a 4.0, although I would hope for maybe a 5.5. Let's see what it comes back as!! |
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 The Fifth Golden Girl
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| @PDGray Thanks for the kind words! I love being part of our great community! | ||
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| @sborock since you keep getting volunteers, do all graders have to give up their collections, or at least not use a grading service anymore, or was that just your personal choice? | ||
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 It gets old smelling it everytime I go outside my door.
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| @sborock Shout out to my long hair friend who worked Saturday and Sunday this weekend grading our books guys. Hippies are us! |
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 I wish I had a title.
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| The best !! | ||
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  Couple of my favorite wonder woman books, both done during the Joye Hummel era. Important trivia news:Wonder woman derived her golden lasso of truth due to her creator, Marston, who invented the polygraph machine...itself a golden lasso of truth ...of sorts |
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Quote:Originally Posted by xkonk Graders can collect comic books but can't buy or sell CBCS books. They love this hobby and would not be fair to stop them from collecting. I gave up my collection to let the hobby know that I would always be impartial when grading. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nearmint67 Thanks! I really want to get books faster to everyone, so I have been working weekend for about 6 months. Very worth it when I hear how happy people are when they get their books back! |
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Here's a nice one... |
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 I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out.
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| I love old comics where the covers tell a story or right away tells you what the story is I want to start collecting the old Superman's "girlfriend lois lane" and "pal jimmy olsen" because of those covers. comics now a days dont do it as much. but those series. theyd tell you what hijinks were involved...whether Lois is becoming an african american woman to write a story to see what its like....or some kind of kryptonite. I know Batman did as well but I think the Superman ones were the best |
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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@Darkseid_of_town Those Wonder Woman covers are fantastic!  |
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 Hello, my name is Stu and I'm a shill.
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Quote:Originally Posted by power_struggle55The reason for this is that the artist drew the cover first and then DC had the writer write a story based on the cover. It was a hold-over from the Pulps and a crappy way to write a comic imo  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HexView really. didnt know that. so an artist drew something crazy.....then they wrote the story based on it? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by power_struggle55Yeah, it's one of the reasons Marvel kicked ass when they started doing superheroes, they did it the opposite way. |
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Always loved this cover. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Another GREAT Neal Adams cover, but its one I don't think I have seen before. Might have to pick one of these up just for that Neal art! As always, thanks for sharing!! PDG |
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| @power_struggle55 Many superhero concepts were originated primarily at DC (the team concept, multiverse, continuity). What Marvel did exceptionally well was focus on the non-masked personas. Something DC introduced but neglected to develop and mature. Combine with hubris at DC and a healthy dose of “fast following” copying of better ideas by Stan Lee (who often improved in the execution) and you have the recipe. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock The use of color and contrast is both literally and figuratively brilliant. |
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One of my favorite reads from the early 80's. Love the Starlin run on this series! Signed as well! |
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| I love this thread...not just because I hope to see my submission hit your desk (though might not be cool enough. its valuable aka around $250 depending on grade....and popular...but its somewhat recent from I think 2017) but because I like see what stuff people submitted. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock WOW; Steve, can you please explain how you page-count an ultra high book like this without damaging it? It seems like the slightest errant motor disturbance could bring down a 9.8+ (and you handle these all day!) |
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Quote:Originally Posted by ShoddyShortBox  |
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| @ShoddyShortBox What OGJacster stated. We must be very careful. BTW....welcome to the forums! |
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Another high grade beauty.... |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock I would love to have that copy next to this one... PDG  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sborock Thanks! After your extensive experience of interacting with beautifully pressed issues up close, are you now able to immediately discern a Ricketts/CBCS production vs. lesser pressers? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by ShoddyShortBox I can't tell when a book is pressed CORRECTLY, but I see so many badly pressed books and I know which horrible presser did the work sometimes. |
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