Nice find in a LCS

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About this journal

 Just got back from my vacation hiking in NY state. Found a little comic store and pick these up for $3 - $5 each. I'd grade them all in the 8.0 to 9.0. Cant wait to read them.

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Where and When?

Is eBay what it used to be? I've been selling some of my doubles and "what was I thinking" comics on ebay for a few weeks now. The doubles are from upgrades and the "what was I thinking" are from series I was going to collect and decided not to or maybe just liked the cover but most likely a impulse buy. Been putting up 6 or 7 issues a week and selling only 2 or 3 of them. They're all mid to high grade comics and listed at, what I feel are great starting prices. I list then ending on Sund
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Whatever happened to...

Seems like ten years ago I heard about it. Anybody in the know have any information on the pedigree book that's be in production for the last decade or so. I looked forward to buying that thing for five years at Christmas time and it never came out. I then got mad for a few years that it was taking so long and then said if it ever came out I wouldn't buy it, I was just that pissed. Well, it's been another year or so and haven't heard a thing about it. Anybody know if it's still on the table or
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What ever happened to...

I posted this journal over 2 years ago, Anybody have new info? Posted: 2/26/2011 12:13:19 PM | Views:489   Seems like ten years ago I heard about it. Anybody in the know have any information on the pedigree book that's been in production for almost the last decade? I looked forward to buying that thing for five years at Christmas time and it never came out. I then got mad for a few years that it was taking so long and then said if it ever came out I wouldn't buy it, I was just that pis
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What do I read?

11 inches of snow and nothing to do. Okay, I'm here in Michigan with no job and 11 inches of snow on the ground in the last 2 days. Roads are slick with ice and it's about 14 degrees out side. What should I do with my time? okay , I'll read some of my favorite comics series, but which ones? After a little thinking on the subject I think I'll start with Maus 1 & 2. These graphic novels are a bit heavy reading for 8 am but we all need a little kick in the now and then. Second in line wil
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Well, it's a new year. I'm going to commit to one rant every week this year.

All rants will be comic related. Okay, I've noticed that the journals are mostly dead so I'm here to get things started up. Every week this year I will be posting a new journal dealing with something comic related that drives me bonkers. My first rant is what you're reading, when you should be writing a journal for all of us to read. It drives my crazy when I check the journals and the ones listed are over a week old. I remember the good old days when there were 3 or 4 new ones every day. Wher
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Weeding out the doubles, unwanted, and, what was I thinking.

Should I really be selling these on eBay? Okay, the wife is sick. The yard work is all done so I had this past weekend free to do what ever I wanted. I decided to go book by book thru all my graded comics. I started with my Gold Key Star Trek issues and one of the first copies I came to was a book I had replaced with a higher grade. I set it to the side and kept going, by the time all 61 issues had been looked at I had about 10 slabs I no longer needed. I guess I forgot how many upgrades I had
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WARNING, WARNING,

Centered covers a must The first 15 covers of the Ghosts series are very difficult to find without some portion of the cover design cut off. I even think there may some cover that cannot be found complete. I just found the #5 cover in the ComicLink auction with a full cover. I had to pay a bunch for it but it's the first one I've seen. Check out my Ghosts collection in the Registry to see some other full covers and some almost full covers with just a bit of the design missing. To see old
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC. Part One.

The sound of the crack, the flying of broken plastic, the sheering of the scissors. Okay, recently picked up four issues of Gang Busters off from ebay. All four were in CBCS slabs and within the grade range of books that I wanted to start my Gang Busters Registry set with. When I purchased them I told myself that I was not going to crack them out and send them to CGC. They would be just fine setting in the Gang Busters box with my only other issue, Gang Busters #51 CGC-7.5 ow/w Aurora pedi
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC. Part 2

Oh no, not going to well for CBCS. Make sure you read part 1 first. Here is a update. Just looked to see how my order was coming along and noticed that they had marked the Gang Busters #13 as having a trimmed cover. Hard to think that CBCS would have missed that. Think I'll be staying with CGC. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC, part six...

Lack of info. Sorry for the amount of time between my posts. This journal is about the Gang Busters #10 that I broke out of its CBCS jacket and submitted to CGC. I do have a bit of a problem with it being lowered a full point from 9.0 to 8.0. This is the one comic I was thinking would be a sure lock for the same grade. I'm sure I didn't do any damage cracking it out or that anything happened in packaging or shipping. I'm pretty sure the covers grade a 9.0 so it must be something CGC found insi
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC, part seven..

No ace in the hole here. Once again, sorry for the delay. Life got going and I got to go visit my kid for a couple weeks. It's time to do the last book, Gang Busters #18. This was graded 7.5 by CBCS and came back 6.5 from CGC. I don't really have to much of a problem with that. There are a lot of little things that show up. Staples are out of place, a few little chips, edges a bit ruff, and a few bend here and there, and that's just the front cover. The back has a pretty big dust shadow, tiny
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC, part four

Sorry this took so long. Okay, I'm back with part four. Sorry it took so long but I got the chance to go hiking in upstate NY for a week and the comics came back the day I was to leave. If your new to the series of posts please read the first parts to see what's going on. The first book to look at will be the Gang Busters #6. CBCS graded as 9.4 with white pages. I was thinking it would hold that grade but maybe have OW to white pages. CGC sent it back as a 9.2 with white pages. I guess I can l
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC, part five...

Trim or no trim, that is the ?. Well here we go. Purchased off from ebay for $44 in June along with 3 others Gang Busters comics (#10,18, and 6). All were graded by CBCS and this issue, #13, was graded 8.0 OW/W pgs. After deciding to break them out for grading by CGC I started this journal to let people know how things were going. CGC has since removed some or all of them I'm told. This issue came back from CGC as a 8.0 white pgs. but with the "Cover Trimmed" note. I was somewhat shock as to h
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The test is on, CBCS vs. CGC, Part 3

The results are listed but do I dare look. Just check my submission of the 4 Gang Busters issues that were graded by CBCS and broken out for a CGC submission. They said they were being shipped so that means the grades are listed online. Do I look or do I wait till they show up at the PO Box before I report back to you people. I've been getting a bad vibe since I saw that the #13 had a trimmed cover. I know I made some predictions of what I was thinking they would come back as and I'll stick to
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Thanks

Just a small entry to thank CGC for my recent Best Of Bronze Age award. 
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Tearable spellng and something that pisses me off. #3

Don't blame me there is no spell checking. Star Trek #1 needs fixing. First I'd like to say "Sorry" for all the bad spelling that happens in my journals. I just got done reading a few of my old entries and saw how many misspelled words and typos there were. I don't know how to type, I just pick, and sometimes spend 20 seconds looking for the right letter. There is no spell check for the journal and I'm to lazy to go back and correct them all. Once again "Sorry" and I'll try to do better. I
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Should collecting pedigreed comics be a collection?

Does collecting mis-matched pedigreed comics from mis-matched series make a collection? Would it be possible to get one of each? I love to collect pedigreed comics that fit into the comic book series that I collect. It's so cool to spred out a series and see a White Mountain or Bethleham pedigree comic mixed in with the other unpedigreed slabs. I mean, how neat is it to have a Mile High Or "D" Copy pedigree book and to be able to think that Edgar Church or Davis Crippen held that book in his h
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Second on my list

Getting close to the #1 cover that I own. But 1st #2. Well, here we are with my second favorite comic cover that I own. If this is your first visit to my list of favorite covers of my collection you may want to look at my other journals to catch up. When I saw this cover on eBay I knew it was something I needed to take a closer look at. There before me was a copy of "Mystery in Space" #116 from Feb. of 1981 in CGC 9.4 with white pages. The cover was by Jim Starlin and with art by Ditko and Cr
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Packageing is broken

Time to upgrade? Recently made a purchase of a comic from Heritage Auctions. Never worried about it getting to me in one piece until the last 2 or 3 times. They used to send everyone of my wins in a double boxed package with a ton of bubble wrap that hardly fit in the box. The last few times its been one box and at the most two or maybe three layers of wrap. Hey, when I spend $400 on a comic that's a big deal, that's the most I've ever spent on a single comic, I think they should pack a littl
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Okay, I lied. Weekly Journal #2

Big news makes me change my plans for this weeks journal. I really don't know if I lied. Last week I said I was going to show you my favorite cover from a comic that I owned. I just can't do that as I won a lot in the last Heritage auction that I just have to tell about. Besides collecting the series I have in my registry I also am putting together a set of all the different pedigrees that CGC lists. Now this is a very hard task to do for a man with a very limited budget. I'd like to thank
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Oh poop, wrong picture

Sorry Here's the right picture for my last post. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Nice find in LCS

Just got back from a hiking trip in upstate NY. I found a little comic store and picked these up for $3 to $5 each. Can't wait to read them.
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New varietyt for Aurora Comic Scenes #187-140, Batman.

Could I have just discovered a new variety for a Batman comic? Well, it took me awhile to find this, it's been sitting in the collection for a year or two, but take a look at the picture below. When the Aurora Comic Scenes hoard started coming to the market I decided to get one copy of each. After getting 5 of the 10 issues I notice that the other five were not coming up for sale very often. I did a CGC pop. check and found that the Batman(15 graded), Tarzan, Tonto, Spider-Man, and Lone Ranger
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New submission off to CGC and my predictions.

After writting about pedigree comics in a past journal it was time to submit these comics to CGC I just shipped off 6 comics to CGC and as always I write down what I think the comics will grade at when they come home. I'd like to share my predictions with fellow journal watchers. When they come back we'll see how good a grader I am. So without futher words here they are. 1.- Midnight Tales #5, Mass. Copy, super hi-grade inside but the cover has a small scuff which shows up a bit on the black c
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New from ComicLink

What the heck is a sock story Got this little honey off from ComicLink but haven't gotten it yet due to the need for a new slab. Anyway, I was giving it a look over online and saw the it says there are 4 Sock Stories inside. Do you think, like me, that that is a mistake and should have been Shock Stories. And, if not, what is a Sock Story? To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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