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This one is an upgrade to my set!

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1969 Kubert cover

I got this one as an upgrade to my set! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699
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1966 Russ Heath cover!

Just added! White Pages too! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699
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Just Back From CGC

1985 Losers Special #1 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Just Back From CGC

1977 Our Fighting Forces! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Recently added

1959 Grey tone http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Recently added

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2016 was a good year for my G.I. Combat set

253 out of 289! Nine months ago I wrote a journal after adding my 200th comic to my GI Combat set. I now have 253 graded and am closing in on 90% completion. I have 2 left to send in for grades and that will exhaust what I have at the house. Out of the 36 still missing from the set, I have 24 of them but they are mostly reader grade. I try to have a reader copy for each book in the set, however, some aren't worth the expense of purchasing just to read. The copper portion of the set is all
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Just Back From CGC

1952!! Just got this one back yesterday! Also coming back were 2 more of these Ziff Davis GI Joes, 2 Our Fighting Forces and 10 GI Combats. All of the books graded as I expected except for 3 of the GI Combats which achieved higher than I thought! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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G.I. Combat 1969-1970 Kubert Cover

Just Added! Single highest graded http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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1968 Russ Heath cover Single Highest! http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Just Added!

1961! Not the highest graded but a tough one to find in any sort of decent grade.   http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Just Added!

1962-1963 http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Latest additions!

All Kubert covers I picked up 9 9.8 upgrades the other day consisting of 5 Bronze and 4 Coppers, all GI Combats. http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Newest addition

G.I. Combat 81 Even though the 93 deal went sideways, this one worked out. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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I should have left well enough alone

My latest pressing experience Several months back I purchased a G.I. Combat #93 (1962) from a seller on eBay. He had advertised it as a NM with a fairly large price tag. We bargained for a bit and finally came to a suitable price. This deal came with the stipulation that if it did not grade at 9.0 or better, a portion of my purchase price would be refunded. When the book arrived, it appeared to be a solid 8.5, perhaps even a 9.0. With no significant flaws, only a couple of minor indents in the
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G.I. Combat - Best In Set Type

Best Silver Age Set? I truly appreciate the award although I was totally blindsided by it. The set has so many holes and issues that need upgrading that I never even considered it a possibility. Not to mention that there are so many great sets on display. So often I look at other members books and am amazed at what they have put together. Maybe mine will be like theirs in another 5 years.... http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/PeopleSetDetail.aspx?PeopleSetID=80699 Tha
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New CGC holder

Update on my 1st new holder My first new holder came back with a very wavy book inside. I contacted Brittany McManus and was told to return the comic to her. It was written in as a mechanical problem. The comic returned today looking fine! No waves whatsoever, also no newton rings! If any of you still have books that are wavy, send them back. You can contact Brittany at: bmcmanus@cgccomics.com She also offered a direct refund to my credit card or an account credit, whichever you choose.
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Is it good or bad business?

I'd really like to hear how others feel about this. Yesterday I was going from one auction site to another, just looking to see if there was anything I was interested in. My comic collecting is confined to only a couple titles so it's pretty easy to know what I've already looked at before. Anyway I saw a comic that recently sold on one site, appear on another, for sale again. The difference was it was more than 7 times higher in price this time. I went and checked the numbers on both sites. Ye
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My First New Holder

Maybe My Last New Holder I was on the chat boards the other evening, something I rarely do, and a nearly 800 page chat was going on about the new holders. So I read for several hours. Well I received my first comic today in the new holder. Pretty much everything that I read was true. The edges of the book look like they were dipped in diesel fuel and the top of the book has some waviness. There are those who suggested that the bowing of the book along the top was due to a bad pressing. Th
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Another Comparison Test

What did it prove? Okay, just what we all needed, another comparison of grading companies. I had four previously graded books that I wanted to convert to CGC. Plus I wanted to find out for myself how they all compare. The first book was GI Combat #29 PGX 7.5 WP The second was GI Combat #35 PGX 8.0 OWW The third was GI Combat #118 CBCS 9.0 WP The fourth was GI Combat #119 CBCS 8.5 OWW Three were sent in one group and the #35 with another group. I skewed the test by having all four
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Value 40 day turnaround time

Did I read it right? I thought I got a mail in the last day or two from CGC stating they have drastically reduced the turn around time. Did I read it right? If it's true, why are my January comics still only marked as graded after more than 40 days? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Pressing

Is it good or bad? I have never had a comic pressed before so I decided to conduct an experiment. I took 4 comics that in my opinion were no higher than 4.0-5.5 (and ones that I didn't particularly care about either), had them pressed and graded. They all came back as 7.0s. I know that this is a sensitive subject for some collectors, but I don't really see a downside when it comes to pressing. I have had books stored for years in boxes and looked as though they had been pressed. I don't know m
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G.I. Combat

200 out of 289 I feel like I crossed some sort of milestone yesterday, now having 200 issues in the set graded. My goal was to have from #100 and up at 9.0 or better. Although there are more than a dozen that need to be up graded and still some missing to achieve the goal, I feel like I'm closing in. Below #100 is a different story, where I think the grades will be mostly mid grades. The Quality comics are hard to find even in mid grade. http://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comi
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Is it fair to call a 6.0 "high grade"?

Where does "high grade" begin? I was looking on ebay yesterday and saw 6.0 and 6.5 copies of GI Combat advertised as high grade. I never thought of anything below 7.5 or 8.0 as high grade. I'd be curious to know how others see this designation as well. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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One More Grandenetti 1957

1st DC GI Combat & Grey tone #44 I purchased this off ebay a few months ago, and will be sending it off to CGC next week with a couple of others. I haven't even mailed it yet and am already anxious. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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