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Earlier Deadpool Appearances

what am i missing? i'm trying to piece together a "master" collection of all of deadpool's early and hard to find appearances. so far i know of: new mutants 98 x-force 2 x-force 10 x-force 11 nomad 4 silver sable 23 secret defenders 15 secret defenders 16 secret defenders 17 wolverine 88 x-force 15 x-force 23 avengers 366 gambit 17 gambit 18 heroes for hire 10 heroes for hire 11 wolverine 154 wolverine 155 wolverine annual 97 black panther 23 am i m
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Best Month for Submissions?

Since my books still are in a verified status... I got to thinking about when is the best month to submit books to CGC? I always tried to avoid May and June since those months are just before convention season. Also, convention season (July and August) don't seem to be ideal either. I once submitted 26 books in February and the turnaround time was really quick, well short of the published 20 days for modern submission (I think it was close to 15 day turnaround not including return shipping
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I haven't slept in days

300,000 comic books can do that to you yes you read that right, 300,000... three hundred thou-sand!!! I'm sooo excited... this is by far the biggest largest purchase i've been a part of (went 50/50 on the deal). I'm going on tuesday to have the books loaded and shipped. Two trucks its gonna take. so excited i haven't been able to sleep since we learned that we had the winning bid. And from the looks of things, I don't think i'll be able to get any sleep any time soon after tuesday. Its
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My Collector's Society Coupon pt 2

so i've decided... the three lucky books were the Hulk 181 that i recently aquired, my copy of Batman 232, and the Amazing Spider-Man 40. i'm thinking they'll grade out as: Hulk 181 - 9.0 - ACTUAL CGC GRADE = 8.5 Batman 232 - 8.0 - ACTUAL CGC GRADE = 8.0 Amazing Spider-Man - 6.0 - ACTUAL CGC GRADE = 5.0 not really the highest grades of these books but i think they'll be solid additions to the collection until i can afford to purchase upgrades given i'm not a multi-millionaire (yet, he
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Trade Duplicates or Sell Them? part 3

for those who are interested... so far the sales of my duplicates have been going pretty well... here's an update on what's been happening: ultimate spiderman #1 direct "red" edition CGC 9.8 - SOLD FOR $375 amazing spiderman #300 CGC 9.4 - SOLD FOR $165 new mutants #98 CGC 9.8 - SOLD FOR $250 new mutants #98 CGC 9.6 (2 copies) - 1 SOLD FOR $130 x men #210 CGC 9.6 x men #212 CGC 9.8 x men #222 CGC 9.6 gi joe: ARAH (1982) #2 CGC 9.8 gi joe: ARAH (1982) #2 CGC 9.6 - SOLD FOR $60
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Trade Duplicates or Sell Them? part 2

so i decided... that i was gonna let go of a few duplicate CGC's i have laying around... plus, i needed to pay myself back for the hulk 181 i just bought... so yesterday i posted to my ebay store (here comes the shameless plug, 'pdotcomics') a few CGC items... some of the highlights include: ultimate spiderman #1 direct "red" edition CGC 9.8 amazing spiderman #300 CGC 9.4 new mutants #98 CGC 9.8 new mutants #98 CGC 9.6 (2 copies) x men #210 CGC 9.6 x men #212 CGC 9.8 x men #22
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My Collector's Society Coupon

I must admit that... one of the main reasons i paid the membership was to get the coupon for 3 free gradings... the first time i used my coupon (last year) i don't think i used it too effectively and made a rookie mistake by submitting a modern tier book in the batch of three... this time, i won't make that mistake again. this time i have a new dilemma though... i have been amassing bronze and silver books all year to use my coupon on but i don't think that they'll acheive the "super high gr
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CGC "10 Year" Campaign

Wasn't this supposed to be a year long thing? I find it a little dissappointing when the advertised "year long promotions" only lasted 'til mid February and were geared towards new memberships. If that is to be the only promotion, CGC will be leaving out its current membership from any sort of additional celebratory benefit. i was really hoping they would drop the grading fee for premium and associate tiers for a "limited time only". I was one who actually went to cgccomics.com/10 to perio
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Spend Now or Spend Later?

I'm a little torn... should i spend money on getting more books graded now? or wait a few weeks until the Anaheim Comic Con, see what's there, and then get my books graded? i've been sitting on close to another 50 books that i would like to get "slabbed", but with ACC around the corner, that's money that could potentially be used on other purchases for my collection. however, that would mean that the books i already have will have to wait another month or so before submission. ahh! may
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After months...

And months of searching... An X-Men #210 CGC 9.8 with white pages finally was posted to ebay today... so I used the $100 Buy It Now option with no hesitation... did you really think I was going to risk being outbid after so long? This was the most difficult book to locate in the X-Men run i've been trying to complete so far, all the other's i've found and are easily aquireable. I'm sooo happy about this buy... I can't wait to put the cert# in the registry hehe...
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Should I trade duplicates or sell them?

I have duplicates of some of my cgc books in the registry... and I would like to aquire: Amazing Spiderman #238 in CGC 9.8 WHITE pages Amazing Spiderman #300 in CGC 9.8 WHITE pages Incredible Hulk #181 in CGC 9.2 (or better) WHITE pages Uncanny X-men #210 in CGC 9.8 WHITE pages and I am thinking about releasing the following from my grasp because I either have more duplicates or better graded copies: Amazing Spiderman #300 in CGC 9.4 WHITE pages New Mutants #98 in CGC 9.6 WHITE p
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First Batch Submission - Grades Posted Online

grades are now available online.... and the winners are: New Mutants 98 - 5 copies - (9.6, 9.6, 9.6, 9.8, 9.8 OW/W *this was the only book in the group that did not have WHITE pgs) Amazing Spider-man 238 - 9.6 Amazing Spider-man 239 - 9.6 Amazing Spider-man 298 - 9.4 Amazing Spider-man 299 - 9.4 Amazing Spider-man 300 - 9.6 GI Joe: A Real American Hero 2 - 2 copies - (9.6, 9.8) Uncanny X-Men 139 - 9.2 Uncanny X-Men 143 - 9.8 Uncanny X-Men 158 - 2 copies - (9.6, 9.8) Uncann
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FIrst Batch Submission of 2010

I figured i'd take advantage of CGC being in Yorba Linda, CA today... so I woke up bright and early to attend the California Comic Convention... I got there just before the doors opened, and once they did, paid my $10 admission and made a B-line straight to the CGC booth... I was probably the first at the booth... I wanted to get there early because I brought just under 40 modern books for pre-screening and knew that if I wasn't there early that it would be a long wait due to potential submiss
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Where oh where can it be?

Still working on my X-Men #143-300 set in 9.8 white page condition... I figured I would start in the 200 numbered issues, keys first... but one book I just can't seem to find is Uncanny X-Men #210... what the heck man? why is no one selling this book already slabbed in 9.8 white pages? I've been scowering the net for two whole months already and nothing, no listings, anywhere, period... arrrgh!!! very frustrating... very very frustrating. I guess i'll have to chance the raw copies I have t
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Reflecting on 2009 and looking into 2010

It all went by too fast... Now that 2009 is over, I can finally look back and take notes on the year that was. For me, I was able to get my little eBay upstart off the ground (pdotcomics). It did pretty well with decent sales per month, but the goal for 2010 is definately to improve 10 fold. I also had decent sales when selling at local LA area flea markets and swap meats to unload a lot of bulk dolar items, so i'll look to increase exposure at those outlets as well more often when I can
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No Deadpool Set?

While editing my sets... I needed to add a few Deadpool CGC's to the registry... lo and behold, there's no Deadpool set registry! what the duece!?! as popular as this guy is in 2009, you would think that a registry set would be up for his titles/issues... i'm sure he's the most commonly submitted character to CGC right now? hmmm... i'm not saying that he's my favorite, I just thought that CGC would at least be up to curve by this point...
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My Latest (and biggest) Purchase

I have a small group of people... that keep a look out for deals for me since I can't be everywhere 24/7. so this past monday my pops came through big time, as we were able to secure roughly 4000-4500 comics from another dealer that does not deal in comics, for an 'undisclosed' amount... i barely have gone through the lot, but its awesome with tons of CGC 9.6/9.8 potential and a good variety... its mostly copper age thru current... of what i have seen so far, there's complete runs of Fanta
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Collecting/buying 9.8s...

So I was a little perplexed the other day... when I spotted several ASM #301's commanding $750+... and it got me thinking. What is it about this book that would make it command such a premium for a 9.8? I mean, nothing that significant happens in the story, so there's gotta be more to it, right? being the nerd I am, I started doing some quick research and here's what I found... of the 433 graded, only 30 are certified 9.8s (with none grading higher). Statistically, it has a 6.93% top tier
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My Grades Are Posted...

and its a mixed results feeling... Amazing Spiderman #239 (9.2) / CGC = 9.2 Batman: The Killing Joke (9.8) / CGC = 9.4 Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8 (9.4) / CGC = 9.2 Superman (vol 2) #75 (9.8) / CGC = 9.6 Uncanny X-Men #211 (9.6) / CGC = 9.8 Uncanny X-Men #244 (9.6) / CGC = 9.6 so as you can see, two I thought were 9.8s were not, but, my UXM 211 is... which is great cause I am secretely trying to buy raw copies of UXM #'s 201 - 222 and put together a 9.8 run (opps did I just
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My Next Submission

6 more going in... these are the newest books i've submitted for grading and my estimate grades... only sending 6 books, hey, its a recession haha: Amazing Spiderman #239 (9.2) Batman: The Killing Joke (9.8) Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8 (9.4) Superman (vol 2) #75 (9.8) Uncanny X-Men #211 (9.6) Uncanny X-Men #244 (9.6) once they get "graded" i'll post the actual CGC grade... it'll be fun seeing how close i am with my standards as compared to CGC...
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Covers/Variants/Comic Ages...

I just read a few journals about comic variants and a new "variant" age... thought I'd share my thoughts as well... I love comics, a complete nerd when it comes to them... but when it comes to variant issues or covers, that to me is strictly about the dollars. The "core"/story of the book is no different, so why would I even buy the issue if I simply wanted the satisfaction of reading the story. Also, the retailer incentive issues don't sell for cover price when released, which I find outrig
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CGC Increasing Grading Fees

it was bound to happen... so effective May 1st, CGC is raising the cost on the grading fees.. no big surprise. what sucks is that they are also chopping 5 years off of the modern service, by now defining modern books as 1980 and newer... which makes grading books 1975-1979 a little more expensive. so... i guess i'll be flooding CGC with a bunch of stuff before the new fees take effect May 1st... get your stuff postmarked by April 30th and you should be good.
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I Just Saved $400 !!!

This week I've been contemplating about buying an Ultimate SpiderMan #1 (red) CGC 9.8 for $399 off of ebay (item #110353686787)... but yesterday my other 10 comics I sent in with the 3 Col Soc Coupon showed up as "Scheduled for Grading" online... so I figured I'd wait to see the grades online for these before I spend the $400, since I sent in one of my copies of Ultimate SpiderMan #1 (red) to get graded... and... ITS A 9.8 !!!!! I'm so stoked !!! HIGHEST GRADED COPY !!! it was the only 9.8 o
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Picture Friendly Grading Site

I couldn't help but wonder... if there is a "picture friendly" website or blogpost out there on the 'net that will give hobbyist a better understanding on how the accurately grade comics and some of the commonly used terms when grading comics. for example, it would be helpful to a newbie if they could visit a site a see visuals of different bindery tears, or the different degrees of foxing, page whiteness, etc... just reading about it in the different grading qualifiers doesn't allow a collec
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First Batch Shows as Graded Online...

So the three I used with the coupon show as graded through the online invoice... and I'm a little dissapointed to say the truth. The three with the coupon were a ASM #122, ASM #129, and ASM #300. I'm completely happy with the ASM #300, its coming back a 9.4 WHITE PAGES(yay!), but the ASM #122 and #129 are coming back 6.0's OW/W Pages... Based on my experience reading the Overstreet guidelines and dealing with a number of other books (slabbed and unslabbed), I figured that the ASM #122 would
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