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Marvel Super-Heroes Summer Special (#2) -- VF/NM -- 9.0 -- $5 Marvel Super-Heroes Fall Special (#3) -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $5 Marvel Super-Heroes Spring Special (#13) -- VF/NM -- 9.0 -- $5 Marvel Super-Heroes Summer Special (#14) -- NM- -- 9.2 -- $5

Gosh that was a hard round. I think I changed my grades on the JLA and Superman at least three times.

Marvel Shadows and Light -- NM -- 9.4 -- $5

Marvel Spotlight -- VF/NM -- 9.0 -- $5 Wear back lower cover

Marvel Knights Genesis Edition -- NM -- 9.4 -- $5 Marvel Knights Tour Book -- NM/NM+ -- 9.4/9.6 -- $5

I already have several good hardcover collections of Golden Age DC stories. I have the last two All Star Archives but sadly the Jay Garrick Flash and Alan Scott Green Lantern Archives never got as far as the late 1940's which is the period of greatest interest to me. In addition I have Simon & Kirby's Sandman plus Newsboy Legion. I would however like to see many more of these quality collections!

Marvel Holiday Special #1 -- VF -- 8.0 -- $5

Marvel Comics Presents #146 -- VF -- 8.0 -- $5

The Marriage of Hercules and Xena -- NM -- 9.2 -- $5

Man Called AX complete series #1-8 -- All NM/9.4 -- $5

The Majestic mini-series #1-4 -- All NM-/9.2 -- $5

Magnus: Robot Fighter lot #1-3 -- All NM or better -- All 9.4 or better -- $5

Original Magnus Robot Fighter #1 -- NM/NM+ -- 9.4/9.6 -- $5

Oh man! Off by 1/2-inch. The width is actually 8 7/8-inch. I was just rounding up. Absolutely no wiggle room in the height?

Magneto #0 -- NM -- 9.4 -- $5

Magneto mini-series #1-4 -- all NM -- all 9.4 -- $5

Going to try and knock out the $5 books this morning ... Longshot #1 -- NM -- 9.4 -- $5

A dishonest seller doesn't have to fool the CGC, just the general public.

To join this conversation a little late, I think it will ultimately be for the best. There will undoubtedly be some dumpster fires, especially right away, but in the long run, I believe they will be more than balanced out by innovative and passionate projects. Batman and Superman have earned their place in the pantheon of public domain cultural icons like Dracula and Sherlock Holmes. It will be interesting to see how Marvel/Image/etc. take advantage of this opportunity, if at all. I'm much more excited about everything else from DC's GA that will join Batman and Superman around the same time. DC seems content to let that material be lost to time; once it's public domain, somebody might actually make a good omnibus/collected set for runs like All-American, Comic Cavalcade, and Adventure.

Indeed. Obsessed with contrivance, they are... A new competition starts, bringing with it the hope of a nice mix of eras and grades... The books are revealed...

Take Thanks for the takes. "Nora" was available but Darwination already got this one. He'll probably be over the moon that he beat you to something I did clean up the rest of the thread and updated the Recap so will have a clean start this evening

Good question. There is an opportunity coming up soon for Diego Luna for those that are interested. Edit: I believe there are some SS books already. They were done when Rogue One was being promoted along with other cast members. Diego Luna - TJH Superhero Car Show & Comic Con (pmxevents.com)

Again the paper sliding through is normal. The last picture just shows a scratched edge and nothing out of the ordinary. If picked up by two corners? So you bothered to take a pic but not with the paper over the corner nor pulled apart to show it's popped? I really think you need to buy cheap first and second edition slabs to crack open to get a feel for it. You wouldn't be able to still open the slab enough to exchange mylar sleeved books without major damage to the book. And you wouldn't be able to reseal that slab well enough to fool cgc if it were were really broke. Because they were tamper evident not tamper proof.

Remember, Mike & Matt said it was going to be a bloodbath. We now know why. High-grade Havoc.

We still have yet to see a picture of the popped corner. Again @paqart if that's all it does is being open to slide something under? That is normal. Even the newer new cases were like that but not as severe, and upon inception. You used to be able to slide paper or a torn backing board between to reduce or eliminate newton rings. I would Google a video of cracking a 2nd generation slab, as if you had cracked one open before then you'd know what it looks and feels like. I still don't doubt you but there is no photographic proof that a corner has popped. @Pitboss I forget but was the label attached to the inner mylar with these slabs? I see his label could be warped, which could be to storing conditions or in transit? I still thought the label was sealed in the mylar with the comic. All that is fact based, but to further say, I don't see you sneaking the comic out and replacing it with just "that" photographic proof of "case 'open'ness".