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HURRICANE HARVEY COMICS

I thought some of you might be curious about the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and it's effect on comic book collections and since I have one effected I figured I would share some details.  My wife & I had just bought a house, closing and moving in on August 21st, a Monday.  By Friday our new neighbors were preparing to  evacuate the neighborhood and after a few conversations we decided it would be best to do the same.  Mostly out of shock, all our survivalist skills were thrown out the wind
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Re-sealable CGC Bags - Help?!?!?!

The hunt is on! I've been trying to find the source for CGC sized re-sealable bags that basically, "fit like a glove" - Is anyone familiar with these bags and know who makes them? and where to get them...? I've recieved 3 cgc graded books in the past couple of months that came in these bags, but no one seems to know where they come from...? any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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CGC Vs PGX

Experience with the "Other Grader" As a new collector, one of the first things that came to my attention was grading books. It didn't take long to realize the value and popular choice is CGC... But having read a bit about PGX, I was curious what kind of experiences have any of you had with them? Grading comparability? Turnaround times? Pricing? Etc...? I'm sure there has been a lot of conversation surrounding this topic and considering some of the rants about CGC turnaround times, I fo
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STOLEN COMICS

FIRST NIC CAGE, THEN ME?!?!! I recently had 2 CGC Graded Books stolen from my patio. I was out of town for a couple of nights with my wife and when we got home I found a package had been delivered by USPS, but was not on my doorstep. My neighbor happened to grab one package for me and made a GREAT SAVE, but unfortuantely, 2 issues of ASM #286 & #330 (both 9.8 WHITE Pages) are... what seems... long gone... There's always the possibility they will "show up" someday, randomly... it's
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1st Coupon

Venus 1 After upgrading my account this year, I told myself I would send off something "cool" to be graded with my coupons. This is the 1st of 4 comics heading to Florida.... To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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First Appearance List

Adding Collections I saw a Marvel Copper Age 1st Appearances list was created and thought it might be fun to expand on this idea I am working on two lists - Women of Marvel and Men of Marvel first appearances. Needless to say, it is taking a while. Wondering if anyone could help? Have a list handy? Seen one on the web that is helpful? Strictly Marvel - but DC could be next? Once it feels semi complete I will add it to the chats and see what everyone thinks? Thanks for your time!
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Focus Daniel-Son...

I'm reminded of Mr. Miyagi when I look at my Collection here on the CGC Collector's Society... I've been collecting for almost a year and just recieved a new 9.8 in the mail today, NYX #5. 4 down, 3 to go... I'll never be able to grab the #1 spot in the competitive collection, Macculate has an almost untouchable and beautiful set, but it could be my 1st completed collection. What I really need to do is focus on some specific sets. Do you find this problem too? I have a couple of raw co
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Three 4 Thursday!

Part XXIX - Saga!!! (Or, as some would say, SAGAHHHH!!!!) This weeks CGC wall features 3 issues of Saga. #4, #7 Variant & #16. This is an awesome series and because of the recent break in publication, I've been able to add a few more issues and get closer to catching up on my collection. One of my top 5 favorite reads right now, this one is going to be a long wonderful run. They've done an amazing job on cover colors for this series and a combo of any 3 issues looks pretty wicked. I
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GRADED... AGAIN!

It's like Christmas out here! Another order graded! Well, this order was my CS coupon order,so it's only been 3 weeks since they were sent to CGC and with that, there is some good news and some not so good news. I purchased 2 older books from qscomics, Venus 1 & Tales To Astonish 44, both of which graded lower than advertised. I also sent the shop an email lettting them know of the results, as I think it's important that you inform sellers of their grading ability. I try to include
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Hammershipdown

My first CGC Comic Book! I received my very first CGC graded comic book yesterday, a copy of Marvel's NYX #3, the 1st appearance of X-23. A 9.8 Universal grade with White pages. Am very excited and have several others coming, but thought I would share the enthusiasm! Woot Woot! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Holy Grail

What's your Holy Grail? So, as a newbie out here in comic collecting, I was kind of curious to find out what the "Holy Grail" is for many of you? I know we all have them, and I'm sure once (if ever) you find it and add it to your collection, there is probably a new "Holy Grail" waiting to take it's place. But, with that in mind, I was curious to hear any stories about "finding your Holy Grail..." If you have one and wouldn't mind shairng it, I would love to hear it! ...and if you haven'
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The Mantel

August 1972 Thought I'd share my most recent finds, all classic covers from Marvel in 1972. All CGC 9.4 White Pages for you're viewing pleasure. Enjoy! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Limbaugh Vs. Bane

The Dark Knight Rises ? Wondered who else has been following this story? Rush Limbaugh appears to believe that Bane was introduced in the final Batman installment because of his name, "Bane" sounds like "Bain" Capital... I just read Nolan is puzzled by the statements, "I'm not sure how to address something that bizarre, to be honest. I really don't have an answer for it. It's a very particular comment to make." That got me wondering... Do & prefer Marvel to DC, or Vice versa? Tha
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Three 4 Thursday!

Part XXVI - SDCC! Just got my email notice this morning that tickets are going on sale this Saturday for San Diego CC! I haven't been and am hoping to grab a couple and take my wife. Reminds of several years ago when I was down in SD and had a buddy with Spike TV at the Con. He was going to lend me his badge to check it out, but there was unfortunately, no cell service inside and I never got the chance... Funny thing was the security at the place was the most intense I'd ever seen. Would
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A Sellers Hell....

how long will it take? The frustration this month has been killing me! I posted a journal several weeks ago that I had finally got my Marvel Preview 4 issues back from CGC and was very happy with the 9.6 on one and had planned to sell off the second copy which got a 9.0.       It appears selling off this comic is becoming quite difficult. I've listed in a week long auction twice now. the first winner did not pay, so i opened a case, had to wait until they had time to do ABSOLUTELY NOTH
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Swipe!

Ah, those classic covers breath new life... Just thought I'd drop a quick journal in the new year and sport some of my fancy cover wipe's. Hope to get the originals in the new year! Enjoy! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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Winning Bidder Doesn't Pay

Or... How many people are out there bidding on stuff and then not buying it... I had a few eBay auctions for the end of the year and sold a bunch of stuff, but it never ceases to amaze me that every time I auciton off stuff, there's always one person who wins an item and then never pays. I have put together a couple of responses to this problem. First, I send an invoice over and over again, email, but it's always the same thing. There is no response what-so-ever when a person plans to n
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Collector's Who Know!

Question for the collector's society.... Working on a project and could use some help. I'm currently helping a friend with a short film project that includes a comic book. Trying to decide what book would best represent a Holy Grail find worth 5,000 bucks. TMNT #1 is the current choice, but thought I'd pose the question to the group here and see what others might come up with..... I won't be lending any grail books to shoot with, we'll need to create a mock one, but what other comics, titl
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Captain Britain 8

From the UK Just got myself this very cool UK comic. It's big and paper and it's from 1976. Features the first appearance of Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock, who later becomes Psylocke. I've decided I'm gonna ship this one off to CGC for grading. Really hard to tell how to grade this. It looks quite nice, but I'm going try and be hard on myself... I'm guessing the pages will be off-white and it grades 8.5 - This is my "posted" guess at a grade, so we'll see how i do. I'm probably way off and
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Five Down

One to go just got X-23 1 Djurdjevic Variant in the mail. Nice! Thanks Beachbum! This makes the fifth comic I have of the 6 comics that make up the X-Men djurdjevic poster. Being a big fan of his work, this cover is simply Beautiful. I love how each of these covers in this series stand so well on their own and then once brought together show a wicked poster! Too bad he and marvel had to split... Maybe he'll come back someday and do something else extra wicked?!?!?! What are your favor
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Artist Sets

Hmmm.... Who are your Favorite Cover Artists? It's pretty easy for me to go straight to J Scott Campbell & Marko Djurdjevic as my favorite artists, but I'm a newbie and there are tons of AMAZING artists out there. I put together a list for both and am thinking now I'd like to put one together for McGuinness... Who would you like to see?
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The Dark Knight Rises

Spoiler Alert!!! Kidding... I won't include any spoilers for those who have not seen this, but I did feel like ranting a bit.... I LOVED IT!!!! After reading many reviews, the hard core fans being over the top about it being the best film ever made, some worries about it possibly feeling too long, a bit too slow, yadda yadda yadda... I just came out of the theatre and was very impressed! I had just seen Amazing Spider-Man last week and was so disappointed with it I began to fear the Ba
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Auction Mania!

The excitement took me over the edge... Look what showed up in the mail today! I was totally stoked from the last ComicLink auction and had originally intented on trying to grab one or the other... Oh, how plans change... I went for both and got em! X-Men 101 & 129 - New additions for my 1st Appearance collection. To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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You All R Crazy...

And I love it! Does Harvey have a hangover today? I just figured he down 2 bottles of wine and went for it. Just reading all the posts from the last few days, commenting on some rants and what not, but it has truly brought a smile to my face today. If you think the mass postings were tough here, imagine my work inbox when i tell you that is NOTHING! I do IT support and have recieved almost 1200 emails today alone. Yeah, it's one for the record books here... It's been a rough one, bu
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Avengers Assemble!

It's getting to be that time... So, for the past year I've been working on putting together some really nice Grails for my collection & I finally received Captain America today to fulfill my CGC frame! Haven't decided which book to get for the other characters, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, but maybe that will become my mission for the next year??!?! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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