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Again, please welcome...

(Can I have a drum roll, please?) [Another TGA: 0, or]   Flaming Carrot Comics No. 5   (, or Flaming Carrot #5) ....   This is what I call...   CGC Book 189)   This is the 3rd/Third, CGCd.. Aardvark-Vanaheim, Flaming Carrot Comics #5 ..., and the FIRST, 1st 9.8   ***   Itsa.. > Total Graded At: 0 <, So! I'm calling the THE FITTS. {...the.. F _irst I _n T _he T _op S _pot It's a temporary condition, but... DANG! (It sure is g

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

...No Cover Price, on this FCC No. 19,

this FIRST, 1st CGCd, ... Flaming Carrot Comics No. 19, (or Flaming Carrot #19)   the version..   WITHOUT..   a cover price....   ***   Nevertheless,   I call this one:   (CGC Book 180)   PLEASE NOTE: This is the NO PRICE variant.... {TBC}, and...   This is the FIRST, 1st CGCd Dark Horse Comics Flaming Carrot #19 ..., and It is the FIRST, 1st 9.2 [currently the Highest Graded copy]   ***   Here is the CENSUS for this book: CGC Ce

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

This cover beats that cover.

(in my.. findings and recommendations....) Which one do you like?   (Vote for Will Elder) (He's -a-One-of-a-Kind!)   (These five are for, and Thanks to Best2u.)   Happy Hunting Sports Fans!

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

CGC did not distinguish..

on this book.. THAT..   This copy of..   Flaming Carrot Comics No. 15, (or Flaming Carrot #15)   IS the version..   WITHOUT..   a cover price....   ***   Nevertheless,   This is what I call this one:   (CGC Book 179)   This is the SEVENTH, 7th CGCd Renegade Press Flaming Carrot Comics # 15 ..., and the THIRD, 3rd 9.8 {currently the Highest Graded copy}.   This.. is.. a.. Comics & Comix Berkeley, CA. Specialty Store Dir

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Please welcome...

(drum roll please) Flaming Carrot Comics No. 24   (, or Flaming Carrot #24) ....   This is what I call...   (CGC Book 183)   This is the FIRST, 1st CGCd Dark Horse Comics Flaming Carrot #24 ..., and It is the FIRST, 1st 9.8 [currently the Highest Graded copy]   ***   Here is the proof:   CGC Census - Search Results Title Flaming Carrot Issue No. 24 Issue Date 4/90 Year 1990 Publisher Dark Horse Comics Art Comments Bob Burden story, cove

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Here is The Front cover, or the back of the case.

(of Zap #9) ...called Zap Comix #9.   Hey! Don't get me wrong. I 'Like' The Back cover of this book, but..   this IS the front, and   ..., or BUT..   I AM.. PARTIAL.. to The Wilson Cover of this book, and   I'm attached....   Again, ...hope you getta gotta good one!

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

J51: The Grand Finale!

..., or.. ...a Complete run of OAKS, or as I prefer: One-of-a-Kinds.   Nevertheless, it aint much, but..   ...with this last round of   (more invoices outstanding than ever: 6 x 12),   I have been able to Complete a run on.. Tom Stazer, John Williams and Anthony Smiths SPACED.   ..., and NOW, I have out-, or in-done myself; I dunno.   ***   Not only did I get.. 6 out of 8 9.8s, on my File Copies (i.e., #s 6-13).. , BUT my.. THREE-POINT

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Comic Found

follow-up to..   Comic Not FoundThis book, stands corrected. I had contacted CGC.... ..., and asked what I should do with some mislabelled books, and they said, just, 'Send them in.' So, I did. *** Now, fast forward up to today, and I can share the corrected book.. in.. A NEW CASE !! (I think it's my fifth new case) (...still A One-of-a-Kind, or an OAK if you prefer, and THE SOLE Highest Graded Copy) It's one of two File Copies I have from the period, of that particular issue. (Can I get the

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

J49: CGC Book 175

..., or the 1113th, 9.6, or the 3567th, overall ! Holy Smokes!   Can you believe this...?   Here I show, what I think is a pretty cool book.. only for the fact that.. IT DOESNT have the Spidey-head, AND IT IS.. a bar-coded, newsstand copy.. (Ive looked for other bar-coded copies, but only have seen a few....)   This one is one of the few Marvels comics that I have left. On its way are my CGC books #200, and #225, plus some, up to #247, but there are NO MARVE

CGC, we have a.. 9.8.

Congratulations (!), but.. I STAND CORRECTED. (updated 3 July, 2016.) {should I be getting 200 points, in stead of 160, for this?} {Why, yes. You should.... So, here you go....} ...NOW CORRECTED. Thank you, CGC! {Correction preceeds this note, of 3 July, 2016.} (see individual comic at: x ) ...sorry link did not transfer through. - ks   OWNERS DESCRIPTION (CGC Book 144) UPDATE: 26 May, 2016. NEW BACK COVER! - hint-hint - This copy beats the.. Haight-Ashbury P

To Dina,

Wherever you go; wherever you are. This message is for 'Dina'. This is 'kent'; I am calling to let you know that.. 'It's your heart; you can do anything.' *&* (The Starjongleur Collection) ...book shown sent, 1 April, 2016; ...29 years, later. *** It's two beautiful things.. BOTH, of which, I hope you have.... ...love and appreciation for the phenomenal world, and charity and lovingkindness to and from.. the sentient beings in it. *** [..

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

45: Kickin' Wall Street's..

..What !? 'third time's a charm' - ks: ---> OWNER'S DESCRIPTION (CGC Book 159)   Please welcome.. the third.. cgc'd. HUP No. 2, and the first 9.8 ([Total Graded At: 1], another One-Of-A-Kind).   This is my file Copy.   I bought this off the stands, when it came out, in 1987 (!!!! - ks) from Comics & Comix, in Berkeley, Ca..   ..., and here's the CENSUS data: CGC Census - Search Results Title HUP Issue No. 2 Issue Date 7/87 Year

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

G lad L ove O verrides D ebate

I, finally, found it, and here it is: (I think CGC got the issue date and year wrong on this one.): take note *** At first, I couldn't find this one, ..until now.   I thought, maybe, I was doing something wrong in my search(ing)...,   but, at last, here it is.   Okay, so it's a 'new', and anyone and their mother could have bought it.   It's not a 9.9 or even a TEN.. Nevertheless, .. it's the first, and SO FAR the highest grade.   A silver foi

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Total Graded At: ...

1. Dear community, legacy hunters,   Please welcome FCC No 14 in 9.8. I am pleased that this book came back [to me] in the 9.8 range.. WITH my X-Stamper, date-stamp, rec'd. date on (the top, or bottom of) page 3. ** z=30 yrs.later:   Verify CGC Certification Certification Information Certification #: 1207949010 Title: Flaming Carrot Issue: 14 Issue Date: 10/86 Issue Year: 1986 Publisher: Renegade Press Grade: 9.8 Total Graded At:

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Comic Not Found

Search again LA DE DUM quote CGC Census - Search Results Title: Comic Not Found Issue No. Issue Date Year Publisher Country Search again quote ...so I decided to.. Verify CGC Certification, and found: Certification Information Certification #: 1207264009 Title: HUP Issue: 3 Issue Date: 1992 Issue Year: 1992 Publisher: Last Gasp Grade: 9.8 Total Graded At: 1 (...very nice, but is it true AFTER correction? - ks) Page Quality: WHITE

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

[Imaging] Donald Trump, 1986.

Hey Fanboy! ..., another first.   (Thanks, Bob!)Please welcome, AGAIN, ...HUP #1, ...30 years later.COMIC DETAILS: Comic Description: Hup 1 ModernGrade: 9.6Page Quality: WHITECertification #: 1207264003 OWNERS DESCRIPTION: This is a Comics and Comix, newsstand, File Copy (now 31/32), ..and, THIS is a W-I-P !!! *** Certification Information: Certification #: 1207264003 Title: HUP Issue: 1 Issue Date: 1986 Issue Year: 1986 Publisher: Last Gasp Grade: 9.6 Total Graded At: 1 Page Quality

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

CGC Book 150

For 45 points it is not much, but.... > I really like seeing.. Total Graded At: 0 < Happy New Year, folks! I hope you strike it rich. *** OWNER'S DESCRIPTION (CGC Book 150) This is the 4th overall, gcc'd Slow Death #9, and the first 9.4, after 1 9.2, and 2 9.0s. This is a Comics & Comix, newsstand, copy, which I purchased when I was 18, or late 1980, from Peter Grubbs.... I'm the one owner. *** First there was: Verify CGC Certification Certifi

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

...another first, but ...no image, ...yet!

So, please welcome.... HUP #1, 30 years later. COMIC DETAILS Comic Description: Hup 1 Modern Grade: 9.6 Page Quality: WHITE Certification #: 1207264003 OWNERS DESCRIPTION: This is a W-I-P !!! Certification Information Certification #: 1207264003 Title: Hup Issue: 1 Issue Date: 1986 Issue Year: 1986 Publisher: Last Gasp Grade: 9.6 Total Graded At: 1 Page Quality: WHITE Grade Date: 01/14/2016 Category: Modern Art Comments: Robert Crumb st

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Journal 37: B of 3, 1 of 3, 1 of 12

..., or please welcome, here's, .. The third 9.8.. of R. Crumb's Best Buy Comics....On my last invoice, 12043070ab, I pulled 3 9.8s.... The 2. No 2, (2 #2, (Keith Green/S. Clay Wilson) Modern, 1204307010, 9.8, WHITE, (CGC Book 137)) was one, and.. Mr. Natural No 3, (Mr. Natural #3, Kitchen Sink Enterprises, Modern, 1204307011, 9.8, WHITE, File Copy, (CGC Book 138))was another, but THIS ONE.... isn't showing now, but.... *** This one has an infinity cover, and got FILE COPY status, as well.

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

J36: TGA: 1

On File Copies, GRADER NOTES, and thee.. latest TOTAL GRADED AT Well, .. this is my CGC book 137, and.. It's a Duesy! (...as in Duesenberg, Sports Fans !!) Albeit.. TRES RISQUE (Take Note Parents; Unfortunately I CANNOT use THIS computer.. to CENSOR this image, doctoring it up, so, Adults Only), this is.. A Don Donahue File Copy, (See Cert "1204307009" for FC status; this copy came from the same group, the same lot; Q: Why the other got FC status? A: I Du

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

Please welcome.. Pa..

...Pacific Presents #4 ?!? I call this.. the FITTS.... ...the First In The Top Spot ! *** Owners Description (CGC Book #127) \ Please welcome Pacific Presents #4 ! / \ This is The FITTS ! / This is my ONLY, newsstand (Comics & Comix), file.. copy. I bought this at the time it was published, in 1984.... (Now, ...Celebrating 31 years.) *** Heres th Cert. Info.: Certification Information   Certification #: 1203661007 Title: Pacific Presen

J34: The ODDS are out there.

Here it is at long last,   The To Susans.......just a simple share sports fans. Here-s the C4! (see image) Nevertheless, on these FIVE issues, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, of CEREBUS THE AARDVARK, .. no one, other than me, has an even number.. [from the 11 original in the group: To Susan, {Red Sophia, AFF 1979}] SUSAN, (i.e., SOPHIA) kept the no. 1 and the no. 3, aa-and I.. sold 5, 7, 9, and 11 on ebay, in early 2004. (Soooo..) The ODDS are out there. *** Repeats, but finalizes J25 *** Member Journal

Journal 33: (CGC Book #111)

Welcome Checkered Demon #2 Journal 33: Welcome Checkered Demon #2 ('t's not the best copy, but....) Owner's Description   (CGC Book #111) This is the 1ST CGC'd. Checkered Demon #2.... ...blah, blah-blah (...gotta look this one up; I think I got this one from the BEST OF TWO WORLDS.) I.. DID.. buy this as a back-issue; yet, I'd have to.. check and see IF.. I have a receipt for this one.... ... was really hard to find between 1980 and 1984/5.... ...rum

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

!?_Clark Kant-Waite

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