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There isn't really too much here to "question"... sure there are some obvious technical errors, but minor mistakes happen everywhere. If you see a Shadowpact 8 under a label that says Shadowpact 2, it's not too hard to figure out. They can check the submission to see if the 8 and 2 got swapped labels or if they just mis-typed the number. The low grade 0.5 books probably have significant damage internally, like a missing page, coupon cut out, whatever. Turns out, you can't always accurately grade a comic from a picture of a comic in a slab. Taking a graded comic, cracking it out, then getting it signed and regraded can result in lower grades. Sometimes creators are rough on books. There are videos of Todd McFarlane waving books around during his signing, but lots of people still got 9.8s back from his signing. Sorry? So, what are your "questions?"

I regret not pulling the trigger and buying a lot more of this original owner collection when it came to market in the spring of 1999. It was the Pacific Coast pedigree collection, and while the listing below shows part of the FF and JIM SA runs, over the span of a couple months nearly the entire group of SA Marvel comics in ultra-high grade was put on the market. I bought a few FFs and JIMs in May, but by the end of June all of the Marvels from every running SA title were gone.

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I see, so there is actually no way atm to know how many Newstands are in this pool right?

Carnivorous plant to carnivorous plant.

He's got to be Puppet Master.

Love my complete run of Starman from 1994-2001. (0-80) Not worth much to sell, but I love the great storytelling and the art. If you haven’t read it, I recommend.

AMAZING to AMAZING...

Superboy #175 7.5 VF- $8

Superboy #126 Krypto Origin 7.0 F/VF $18

The only mystery boxes I would consider buying are artist exclusives from creator shops. People buying that are generally more interested in the creator art and don't necessarily care which books they get. Also, at least with those you're not getting ripped off because you can get signed books and ratio books (depending on how you value those). Still, I've never bought any, but I've come close to pulling the trigger.

This was the start of a 3 issue storyline involving Jimmy Olson......

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Thats what im hoping for. Maybe i should take a photo of the sigs and slap it on the back of the slab. Or even better CGC should take an image to document it.

The sadder fact is that there were just enough well-heeled SA collectors who wanted DC to block my progress.

The following books are now SOLD FF #330 X-Men #2

The Church collection was sold in several large chunks that contained complete runs of many titles.

Which issue was on the rack when you started to follow the title?

I stay away from purchasing mystery boxes because of what others have already said about them. Just stuff the dealers are trying to get rid of because no one wants to buy them. All garbage books. Yes, it's quite similar to sports card pre-pack breaks. But different from the usual box or case breaks because those cases and boxes were factory sealed so the contents are unknown. You can hit a big $100k card from a break just like that, but be careful with whom you shop with. Some of these card breakers are shady and would sometimes not ship the cards you won from the break OR they can say that the card was lost in the mail but they in fact kept it due to its high value. I've done about a few years of sports card breaks back then and have hit some monsters that are worth $$$. I've stopped now a few years ago, but it sure was fun 😆