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Suicide Squad & Batman v Superman Trailers

I guess I should first state that I was never a big DC comics fan but heres what I thought based on what I saw. I'm pretty excited about the whole slate of comic book movies on tap for the next several YEARS but I am a little concerned about the quality of some of them. I think the summer is gonna be dominated by comic book movies for the foreseeable future but I feel like we run the risk of comic book movie fatigue, especially if there are a whole bunch of bad ones, and they're PG13, with ha
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Qualms and Quandaries

I know everyone is tired to the age old CGC vs the company which shall not be named, but here it is once again with feeling. Lets start with some simple things, when I was a kid I bought G.I. Joe comics as a child of the 80's. I didn't care if they were particularly good or well written, I liked G.I. Joe and the comic books were grittier ( haha ) than the cartoon. I bought them and reread them until they fell apart. I would spread them all across my floor and read and my mom would vacuum ov
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October Grade Report

Just the facts, make your own judgement Books submitted as Value Tier June 5th 2014 marked as received by CGC   Books marked as shipped safe October 14th 2014 presently awaiting delivery       Days at CCS 40 total   Days at CGC 131 total   Business days at CGC 91 total   Totals from leaving to return to me 171 and counting       Grades   Avengers 164 9.4 OFW/W   Avengers 165 9.6 OFW/W   Avengers 166 9.4 & 9.6 W   Avengers 174 9.6 W   Avengers 175 9.8 W
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Speaketh and Ye Shall Be Heard

Complaineth, and Ye Too Shall Also be Heard   Chapter XVII Verse II - Book of SpexxWHAT!, Modern tier rolled back to 1975! Just like CCS ( which CGC owns by the way, though no conflict of interest here ), just like TOC. Let your voice be heard and see what happens. Although, this represents probably the least of the changes I think everybody ( or at least I ) wanted, it still represents some acknowledgement of the reality regarding peoples frustrations, some good old fashioned responsivenes
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Sea Changes

Just a couple of thoughts after reading the ongoing discussion about CGC and TOC ( the other compnay ) as people weigh in. I've found this ongoing conversation about CGC, TOC, etc to be very interesting and informative as I really appreciate everyones perspective. We're a community of collectors at various stages in the game and I think everybodys perspective is informative.       A few things surprised me though, one was how a lot of people seemed to feel that CGC should have the righ
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Its just us, too

What a world, What a world! Did anybody else like Harry Potter? I was late to the whole Potter thing as I only started watching near the end when they were all older and kissing and killing and what have you. Thats when it started being something that I could somewhat relate to. What I liked though was the whole way no one would say Voldemort's name, they just called him " He who shall not be named ". To me it just signified how he was just a bad mama jamma and you couldn't safely mention
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Is It Just Me

Or was there a post this morning that is mysteriously gone this afternoon So I get up early this morning and while I'm lying in bed as its my day off I pick up my phone and start surfing around. I check my e-mail, Facebook, Marvel movie news etc, and then I come around to Collectors Society to see if theres any action on my last submission. I check the status compulsively I admit, I mean the books were listed as received for value grading June 5th, what am I expecting, its barely the end of
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Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Sucks; No Spoilers

Ill try not to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. So first off, let me say that I'm positive that this movie will makes TONS of money regardless of the quality, good or bad. Second, I'll probably end up seeing many more comic book movies until they get really, really bad ( ie. The Wolverine Part 2 ).       Lets be honest though, GOTG are a bunch of reject characters put together to keep Marvel Comics cash machine ringing. Starlord is a reject from Marvel Preview, so is Rocket R
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" Satisfied " with CGC

I mean, are you really satisfied? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the clarity and reliability of the grades that they render and what its done for the industry but lets be real about the what this has done to the hobby. 1. What CGC has done is clearly a boon for comic book collecting in that you can buy books with confidence in their quality but we PAY THROUGH THE NOSE for this gift to the industry. A press and a slab for a modern book is $30 and 3-4 months, never mind the insanity of s
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A Word on Negativity ( Response to SW3D Post Part III ).

Yeah, I know right. I don't think there is such a thing as a stupid question. If you want to know, go for it, and stone the crows. I read almost everyones post, even if I'm not terribly interested cause sometimes you start reading and you get interested. I will say that I read some posts that I think are lame or rather melodramatic I should say but maybe I'm just too cynical. If I wrote a post about my Dad or how I got that very first comic and someone made fun of me I would probably laug
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CGC vs. PGX Part II & Various Other Random Things

I read the OG post and found the discussion that followed to be interesting in and of itself plus raised a bunch of other questions. 1. I agree, I tend to be hesitant to buy PGX or get stuff graded by them because the overall consensus in the community ( buyers, dealers, etc. ) say they suck! I don't know if they suck or not cause I've never bought or had anything graded by them. All I know is that it sucks for PGX cause word of mouth is everything and by what I hear nobody will even give th
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Courting Controversy and Clutching the Pearls

This post is WAAAY too long but hopefully will clear up a few things I feel like the Salman Rushdie of the comic world given the sh*tstorm after the RIP Stan Lee post. I've got emoticons throwing what appear to be rotten tomatoes at me ( they're so small I can't accurately assess freshness ), I've got people going ALL CAPS on me. I received death threats and a late night tone poem from RonnyLama. I worry about the safety of my online persona. I picked up a follower, which is funny cause I
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R.I.P. Stan Lee

I know right, I was just as surprised as you I was looking at the AP website and saw where Stan " The Man " actually died in April 1992 after reading a copy of Youngblood #1 at a signing event. The exact cause of death was unknown but its believed that he suffered tremendously as his face remained transfixed in a rather pained expression. Initially it was ruled a homicide but a subsequent investigation was dropped and there had been lingering speculation in the industry that it may have in f
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When Does it All Fall down?

It's beginning to feel a lot like 1990.... SO, I went to my LCS today to get a copy of East of West. I know right, I know how it sounds but I couldn't help it, i drank the Kool-Aid willingly. I read the synopsis about the book and wasn't terribly impressed ( sounded very 6th Gunnish to me ). But then I remembered that I read Manhattan Project and was very impressed and now that I want the actual comics I've found that I can't hardly afford them, even though they just came out. Also, I reme
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Maybe I'm too old to be collecting comic books

Or maybe its Days of Future Passed all over again: Rise of the Lead Age Just a couple of things that I wanted to share my thoughts on. First, what is the deal with CGC, they do some things that don't seem to make any sense! Now I been collecting comics for a long time and I've seen a lot of comics and even I can only grade silver and modern age books with a relative skill. I'm no CGC grader but I can grade a book as a 9.4 or 9.6 with relative skill, 9.8's not so much. That being said, I
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Rant from a new/old school collector and pics of the CGC staging area

Or what we affectionately call the Corner! I just read a couple of the most recent journals and decided to weigh in. Like Bagofleas I totally have fond memories of putting together my collection. It started out with some crummy G.I. Joe comics my cousin gave me. We used to read the hell out of them then trace all the pictures. I kept them in a drawer, this was before bags and boards. I'd be happy if nobody stepped on them too bad or my mom didn't throw them away cause they were on the flo
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2013 is gonna be my year

Hopefully I see everyone is listing their collecting goals for 2013 so I had to chime in. 1). Plan to get all my Byrne era X-men slabbed. Goal is to have three sets of each issue slabbed at a 9.0 or greater. Sure, I won't win any awards but still quite an accomplishment for me. I bought all the books unslabbed ( back when you could trust people ) and for the most part as I've gotten them slabbed they've paid off. 2013 is my year. 2). Plan to get all my Frank Miller Daredevils slabbe
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