stynxno

I'm in. Happy to keep being the outlier on every book posted. 

On 2/7/2023 at 1:37 PM, CGC Mike said:

Here's the list of people I have not yet received grades from.

@AlexH  @canickus  @Cerebus3000 @CJ Design   @grendelbo   @kalanye  @Myparentsbasement @mytastebud @Old Fashion PB and J  @SNiPER  @stynxno   @universal soldier 

I appreciate the reminder! Will send my (poorly informed) guesses in a couple of hours. 

On 1/26/2023 at 4:36 PM, OtherEric said:

Why is it qualified?

Nice book!

I assumed because of the rust on the bottom half of the top staple. 

Sent my first batch of comics to CGC in two decades a few weeks before Christmas. I sent several modern comics to CCS for pressing. I was amazed that the 100+ day turnaround ended up being a month. This was my first time sending any comics to be pressed so I'm curious if I misidentified what can be pressed along the spine and what can't be. This is for my Iron Man 120. I purchased as NM but there were a few issues that were hid by the miss-wrap. The issues along the spine was some ticks (specifically on the lower corner), a very slight spine roll, and the top, bottom, and right edge not being as kosher as I would like. Here's the before scan (I should have done closeup shots of the spine but didn't). 

Here's the after (using my cell since my scanner isn't big enough). These images aren't the best but the edges were all straightened up very well. No grader notes. 

But it looks like the ticks on the spine remained or became more visible/defined than before. 

So my question: what's a rule of thumb when it comes to pressing spine ticks? Does these having to be white-on-white (so no color) change how to interpret them or not? 

Finally got my Marvel Spotlight 29 graded. It's cloudy here so this image is darker than usual. Whoops.  

Grader notes: double cover 1st cover 9.4, interior cover 9.6
light spine stress lines to cover
light staple rust

The label.

The rust. 

So finally sent my first submission to CGC in two decades. Figured I try CCS for a few modern comics with ncb and reholder a modern comic that had a crack in the slab. I expected to see the modern comics back in April or May and the reholder in January. 

Books received by CGC 12/13. 
4 moderns books received at CCS on 12/16. Reholder book scheduled for grading. 

Current status:

This feels way too fast imo. 

If there's still space, please include me in this context too. 

Ordered mine.

Has anyone started a spreadsheet comparing this guide to Overstreet's? 

Gerber Photo Journals Golden Age A-Z - lightly used $48

Best of luck in the tie-breakers! 

On 8/9/2022 at 2:04 PM, THE_BEYONDER said:

We’re just finding your white knight diatribe a little misplaced....

I'm actually not white knighting. I was responding to @SkOw's comment about a) seeing the comic community as a tight-knit which I don't think it is; I think it's small but full of different kinds of communities with one being the community she's actively curating; b) responding to the idea of how deleting the post is weird; I don't think it is because she's a woman in comics c) stating that her being a woman is one avenue people are attacking her and I realize my writing is probably sloppy so let me go an apologize to SkOw because I didn't want to say he was. And d) I agree that Black Flag and CGC are the issues here - though I think CGC's part in slabbing these books is actually a bigger deal since they call their id numbers "certifications."

I appreciate the memes. More to add to my collection.

On 8/9/2022 at 12:21 PM, SkOw said:

 

She deleted this statement.  I like Adam and while I don't know Danielle real well (only met her once back in probably like 2018 at one of the Chicago shows) and she struck me a a very nice person, but it is weird she would delete it.  My guess is that a lot of people that bought them did NOT know it was just a facsimile with another homemade cover stapled on.  Now you are in the situation where you have 10-15 copies of essentially a bootleg comic you are sitting on. 

My advice would be to: 

1) Recycle them and take a stand against bootleg comics; or

2) Sell them at sticker price to the people who wanted them (or at a slight premium) and donate the proceeds to a charity.

Being associated with something like this in a tight knit community like ours isn't a good idea.  I'm no influencer dealer or whatever, but I wouldn't want my name any where near this whole thing.

I like Danielle and I've always had an awesome professional encounter with her. In our sales, her grading is always on point and her packing/response rate is fantastic. When I came back to comics a couple of years ago, I stumbled into the little community she was building on instragram and whatnot. I appreciate what she's trying to do - expanding the diversity of the comicbook community while having to deal with the BS associated with simply being a woman in comics. The amount of energy she has to spend dealing with misogyny is ridiculous though, before this C2E2 stuff, her what not sales seemed like one for the few places where folks could just be themselves. The comic community is, in my experience, small but isn't tight-knit. Instead, it's full of different smaller communities and those who are fine just collecting/reading/etc. Danielle has been intentionally doing what folks do online now - moving beyond social media and into simply nurturing a community. I doubt there's anything she could say/type/share that would get everyone degrading her to stop. She's a woman in the comic community and, imo, some believe that gives them permission to attack/insult/etc.  The mere performance/presence of femininity isn't permission for folks to behave the way they have. It is totally possible for folks to critique the whole situation (aka why this not-a-variant exists in the first place, how variants at cons are sold, wtf cgc was doing giving this book a blue label) while, at the same time, reflecting on how we would be reacting if was a white-man with Danielle's length as a comic dealer tied up in this situation.  

I'm taking too long to write this - so hopefully CGC hasn't posted their update before I wrote this. To me, this wouldn't be the big deal it's become for the last few days online (youtube, whatnot, instagram, this website and others) if it wasn't for the fact that CGC gave these a universal label and that at least one very online woman was involved. 

I think I had 10 pts in this round. Close on some - but way off on Crime and Showcase. I let CGC Mike know that this round was going to move me out of the top and looks like that's true. I assumed the scratch was a tear and rust migration would drop it a bunch. Still not sure about the Crime: I think I thought the foxing on the back was heavier than it was (with staining thrown in) and there were several large color loss spots on the cover - but that might have just been part of the artwork. 

America's Greatest #5        8.0

Fight Against Crime #14     4.5

Showcase #4  3.0

Fantastic Four #25  2.0

Supernatural Thrillers #5  9.6

On 8/1/2022 at 3:27 PM, Point Five said:

Heavy tanning. Some folks had trouble seeing it in the scans... might be harder to see if viewing on a phone perhaps? ... but viewed on my desktop screen, both covers had a dulled, dusky look to them.

 

Thank you! For some reason, I don't register tanning very well. Probably one of those things where it doesn't bother me too much so I don't notice it (but heaven forbid if there's a spine tick within a comic's zipcode). Something I need to get better at recognizing. 

oof. The GI Combat #68 threw me. I'm guessing I didn't take enough off for what I think is foxing. Unless there's something structural I missed. 

Please add in the Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) set, 

#11 Magnificent Ms. Marvel 2nd Printing 
Cert #4036748001

Slot already exists.

grumble. I went back and forth on that spidey 39 but glad I'm near the top. Let's see if the law of averages kicks in during the next round for me. 

Thank you.

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Let's do 30% off the remaining books before I close the thread. 

Let's do 20% off!