My first submission turned out very good. I'M VERY HAPPY WITH IT!

There were a few that I kinda sweated sending in, but over all it was a very good turnout! Overall, there were (6) 9.8 (2) 9.6 (1) 9.4 and (1) 8.5. The 8.5 was my superman died gravestone #500 something or rather. I took it out of the bag, slipped it into a board, and sent it off. You'll see that one on E-bay soon enough. There were 2 Lady Death lingerie leather editions that graded out as 9.8 qualified, cause there was about 6-8 signatures all over it, which brings me to the topic of discussion.

Now, once upon a time, the only thing that one could be assured that the comic was signed by who signature it was, was a COA. There were COA's since before the creation of CGC! That piece of paper was the Willie Wonka GOLDEN TICKET! Here's the turn of events that turned the golden ticket into fools gold. 1) CGC is created (that's cool). 2) CGC, in order to stimulate an appreciation for a comic condition or for friendly competition, created the infamous "Registry" (that's cool too) 3) The registry soon realizes that there needs to be a section for signed comics, since a vast majority would like to have their comic signed by the artist, or what have you, which is cool also. 4) Here's what's NOT COOL: Since the computer scanners and printers have evolved and became so enhanced in their abilites and DPI and such, and the competition for the registry was getting out of had with your buddy Frankie down the street, and you missed the last convention where you could of had your comic signed, that you thought it would be "just the same" if you signed the comic yourself, and scanned in a COA, to prove to Frankie that you kept up with him. Folks, it wasn't just one person that did or tired this senerio. There were thousands, and it was getting out of hand. And because of it, has rendered the Willie Wonka Golden Ticket COA worthless in the eyes of CGC. I can't say I blame them.

When I called CGC to find out how my comics were coming along, I asked about the signatures and COA and why they don't take the COA as proof anymore (refer to senerio for their response). Even if I tried to explain that the COA that I had were from 1995, and some even came from Wizard company himself. That's when it was explained about the scanning and the printing, and to combat that, and to keep everybodies integrity in check, now has to have a CGC rep at the conventions, and annotate that the comic was indeed signed by the artist, and then it could get sent in for the wonderful yellow seal SIGNATURE series. I know this is something you all probably know, but this is something that burns my butt.

All because of Frankie. I don't know who the hell Frankie is, but he really got me upset now!

Have a great day, and most of all, enjoy your hobbies!