Swissboy13

I am British but live in Switzerland and agree postage to and from US is crippling these days - I sent a box of 15 graded (all 9.8) books to the US just for a re-holder (the old cases hurt my eyes in comparison to the new ones) - and in total cost me 412CHF (= $412) which included $15 per re-holder and postage there and back. An office in Europe makes so much sense - many of the most popular artists these days are European and easily available at European cons so I am loving news of an office in Europe BUT agree with previous poster that an EU country would have been better e.g. France or Germany. UK makes little sense given BREXIT and will really only benefit people living in the UK... but many of us Brits live elsewhere in Europe

The multiple Lazano covers are but I do like the Granov and Ross variants

All good points thanks! I think the print option is good - although not easy to get hold of retrospectively

Hi all - I collect a lot of CGC books for display because I simply LOVE cover art - but have been wondering for many years about wrap covers. There are some incredible wrap covers out there (standard and variant) but once slabbed of course only show half the cover (obviously) which is a bit for displaying. It would be great if there was some way to display the full cover as a graded book - I know this likely isn't really possible for CGC due to damage to the book the "flattening out" would cause - but anyone else have thoughts on that? I'm thinking of books such as the recent Hunt for Wolverine 1 Kubert wrap variant or a fav of mine Daredevil 25 kubert

I'll take one $80 CGC 9.8 Fast Tracked (blue label) with international postage thanks!

Anyone managed to get a glimpse of the campbell variant for issue #3 yet?

I have a Uncanny X-force 20 in 9.6 blue label - how much do people think I should be expecting for that?

There is a 9.8 on feebay. Buy it now or best offer $1800. First blue label 9.8 offered in over a year. Looks like it was just graded a couple weeks ago too. -J. I bought a 9.8 last year for $300 from Ebay - fairly happy with that now!

I got Uncanny X-force 20 back from CGC the other day in a 9.6 Why the sudden spike? I got a load of the other venom variants back in a 9.8 too e.g. Iron Many 512, Hulk 4, Secret avengers 21 etc

"seeing a "venomized" fantastic four or psylocke doesn't have the same punch as seeing Mary Jane" - you are spot on there! The hulk and Iron man variants have a great visual impact for me too

A copy of mine came back in not that long ago at 9.2, but signed by Joe Quinones (actual cover artist). I for one will be looking for a 9.8 in future so interested to see how these prices go. As an aside I am fascinated by the obsession people have with this particular cover, from all the variants in that venom variant set (19 in total), its not the best cover by far

Uber is brilliant but I am reading in trades and Avatar have a mess habit of releasing the first arc of their books as a nice HC and then switching to TPBs..

Couldnt agree more - why that is listed as "high grade" i dont know. 9.2 tops Not necessarily, I wouldn't pay $95 for that with all those spine creases on the back, would you? The pictures are burly and terrible with 2 small lines of text as the description, terrible ad.

Hi all, I am realising that this kind of damage (see pic) on a book is a grade killer. Its basically white wear/stress directly along the spine. But had a few questions about this: 1. What is the correct grading term for this damage? Assume "spine wear"? 2. What causes it? I have a lot of modern variants that seem to have this within first week of release whereas other moderns after 1 or 2 yrs do not have it. Could it be a printing defect?? 3. Am i correct in thinking pressing won't even get this out as it essentially breaks the spine colour? Thanks all!

Perfect - will give it a go, many thanks!

Hi all, sorry still a newbie but is the only way to post photos of books just back from CGC to take from your own website?! thanks