The comparison begins here.

So last night I signed up for my free membership as a collector for CBCS and I must say I enjoyed the simplicity and ease of getting started, infact it was very user friendly which I enjoyed very much. After completing the membership sign up I was debating on what to submit first. I decided to try something in terms of fair comparison or test of who will deliver the goods so to speak. Will it be the already proven CGC comics or newly established CBCS comics? This comparison reminds me of a Superman vs Flash race (Barry Allen) Flash. Which CGC would be Superman because they have been around longer and are stronger but not necessarily faster & CBCS is the Flash with their declared speedy turnaround times so here we go! I started my test with two (2) identical issues of ASM#1 vol.3 (mile high variant). I graded them accurately by CGC standards and determined them both to be 9.8's. However I did opt for the free prescreen from CBCS just to be sure.

So here's the break down both comics were packaged exactly the same in USPS priority mail boxes the cost of each book to send one to Sarasota & the other to St. Petersburg was equally the same from Brooklyn, NY was $5.54 each.

The total cost for my CGC modern Submission was $31.20 & my CBCS submission was an even $35 so I actually saved on the full price using CGC because I opted for UPS return shipping and CBCS offers FEDEX which is slightly higher but none the less still more pricey with a $3.80 difference going to CGC winning the cost debate minus the free prescreen given by CBCS. Now let's see who can grade them faster and accurately and have it back in my hands.

I will post the progress in further journals.

Thanks for reading.

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