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I believe there are no Matt Baker Sheena covers. This one is probably multiple Iger shop artists, perhaps with a touch of Kamen.

I don't just "question" if it's Baker, I refute it!

Overstreet has sometimes been the guilty culprit of wrong Baker attributions, but blame this one on the Grand Comics Database. That appears to be where CGC gets many of their label attributions. Overstreet does not list Matt Baker cover & art for this book. I don't think it's listed in Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour, either, but I cannot locate my copy at the moment.

If you missed this copy of Cinderella Love #25 for $3550 on eBay, you have a second chance! Before the book could even be shipped, the winner jacked up the price and put it on CLink for $8500.

When it comes to "New Items", Metropolis rarely posts images these days. At this moment, of the first 100 New Items, only 16 have scans, and 2 of those are stock photos. I was considering purchasing a Metropolis book with no scan, graded as a 5.0. The description said "glossy!" I emailed Metropolis, "There are no scans online. How can I be sure it's a 5.0?" Metro replied, "We have not seen the book as it is currently held by its consignor." Metropolis would probably get a lot more of my money if they conducted business like mycomicshop. Consignors' books are always pictured, and mycomicshop does the grading and stands behind it. Apparently, if they misgrade a book and it ends up being returned, mycomicshop simply resells the book. The consignor is never bothered about it, because they got paid within days of the original sale.

I guess I'll try again.

Wow. I'm feelin' good about the 4.0 that just came home from CGC. The one I paid $9 for.

St. John Matt Baker covers with older looking characters are mostly, if not all, from the time when the Comics Code Authority was coming into play. The obvious examples are from late 1954 onward, after the Senate hearings in April and June of ’54. Matt was a pro and delivered what his clients ordered. He probably wouldn’t begin to age cover characters on a whim. More likely, St. John was avoiding trouble by having Baker depict people in such a way that they couldn’t possibly be mistaken for young teen-agers. Situations on Baker covers during that period are clearly college or young adult oriented. No more promiscuous, trash talking teens on the beach!

Glad to finally have these back from CGC.

Glad to have participated. I'm happy to have hit 2 bulls eyes in the last round but overall am much more accurate when predicting what my personal books will get when sent to CGC for grading. Getting to actually hold the book helps a lot. Kudos to those who can consistently predict a CGC grade by photos alone. And BIG THANKS to @CGC Mikefor going to all the trouble of making the contest happen. Superb organization, communication and follow-up. Well done, my friend!

All of mine have stickers. Ryan's does not. Haven't tried to take them off, because it'll just tear the covers. Baker was involved only in the Cinderella book. Others are written by Roche and illustrated by Blum. The full 4-book set includes Red Riding Hood.

It's surprising that CGC is grading these, and there are 3 on the census already. Got my Cinderella book as part of a group with stickers on the front from the shoe store that originally gave them away.

Amazing World of DC Comics

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Reported turn around times are not a promise, so there's no grandfathering. As I understand it, the current turnaround time of 240 days simply means that the books CGC is processing today came into the system approximately 240 work days ago.

Action Comics (1938 1st series DC) 200 Highest Graded Copy CGC 9.4? Current highest on census is 8.5. Action Comics (1938 1st series DC) 165 Highest Graded Copy CGC 9.4? Current highest on census is 7.5. After looking up a few of interest and finding no record of such grades at CGC, I'm going to have to see scans posted here before considering a purchase.

Action Comics (1938 1st series DC) 184 Highest Graded Copy CGC 9.2? Right now, the highest listed on the CGC census is a 7.5.

A friend found this lone Matt Baker romance book in a purchase of mainly mid-to-late-50's westerns & DC's. It's not the prettiest copy of Teen-Age Romances #45, but I'm glad to have it.

It definitely should have gone for more, especially since it's the 1st Appearance of Groot's Back Up Dancers.

At this time there are 9 copies of Diary Secrets 26 on the census. Soon there'll be one more. (Sticker is on the bag, not the book.)

The top is cut a bit close to the logo, but the bottom has more white, so it's probably just a manufacturing defect.

When I first bought Art of Glamour and began collecting Baker in earnest, I took Feldstein's statement at face value. Eventually, though, it became apparent that almost all true Matt Baker art was tastefully drawn, and that the work that was sexually over-the-top might not be his at all, or at the very least is his art modified by a heavy handed inker. Even when Baker drew a street corner hooker, she was not gaudy.