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How much do you want to bet, assuming that they actually follow through with shipping stuff out, that they didn't flip the original books for more than the pre-order when the market exploded, and now they're rebuying at cheaper prices to send out now that the market has softened.

Keep in mind that Amazing Spider-man is one of the most collected comics out there. So even with speculation down, you're probably not going to see a big dip. Who knows, you might actually see more attention, as people look away from the hot book of the week and into tried-and-true books to collect.

Yes, there are.

I just found this book as I was preparing books to sell. A second cover in the centerfold. Do you think CGC would still grade this the same way as a normal double cover?

If you're asking about the $134 sale, that's the 2004 reprint that was distributed as part of the promotion for the first Punisher movie. https://www.cgccomics.com/certlookup/4195876001/

Another non-paying auction winner: lastb-59

Of course, some pricy books from the last few decades are expensive because very few people expected them to go up in value (think: Newsstand editions, reprints, preview books, etc.). DC spec has been dead for some time, so I wouldn't be surprised if they put together a good slot of movies and people start paying a lot more attention to the books. That said, it'll probably only be key first appearances that really end up being worth the storage space (assuming you're only holding onto them for the potential of price appreciation, and not because you want them in your collection).

I'm assuming eBay made you pay for the shipping?

You know, I didn't realize that this was delayed. When I saw that it was heating up I was kicking myself for slowing down on Star Wars speccing. But I just checked and it looks like I did pre-order some.

The scores for Static #44 (DC/Milestone) are significantly lower than all of the surrounding issues. https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/registry/comics/SlotScoreDetail.aspx?SlotID=249701 Score adjusted per request, that was another typo, heh.

https://boards.cgccomics.com/forum/33-cgc-registry/

There is a forum specifically for the registry. Post this over there and someone can fix it. They won't see it here.

Last 9.8 SS Ennis/Robertson sold in 2020 for $875. Last year a copy signed by Ennis only sold for about $900. I'd figure at around $1000 right now. There have been sales of signed copies close to 1400, but those were signed by cast members of the show, so figure the cost of getting their sigs is baked into that price.

Considering submission rates seem to have dropped (based on greatly reduced TAT) and they're raising prices, I imagine prices will continue to go up so income keeps up with expenses. You would think they'd give more time before the new prices go into effect if they're looking to boost submissions.

How do the staples look? A lot of the Nintendo books have rusted staples.

Since Venom properly is Eddie and the symbiote bonded, arguably 298 is just a cameo of Eddie, not Venom. Mostly the last page is Eddie talking, and only at the very end do we see the symbiote slide over him, but we can't say for sure if they're fully bonded. Still a must-have for a Venom collector, I think, but questionable whether you can consider it a first for Venom.

Much like Hulk 180/181, Venom's first appearance is 299, but it's a teaser; 300 is first full appearance.

I really wish CGC wouldn't take a stand at all, when it's not clearcut. Let collectors decide what issue is important to them.

That seems unlikely to me, as I imagine that the editorial team would not have much input regarding the production budget. Also, as mentioned, it did happen on issues of X-Factor where the regular artist was doing the cover.

Just for further clarification, what I wrote about the Spideys is clearly *not* what's going on with the issue of X-Men that prompted the thread.

Yeah, I think that was the idea behind dropping Newsstand Editions eventually for everything.

Not exactly sure what you're getting at, but here is an example of the Newsstand 290: Since the artwork looks to be black-only in the area where the UPC box is, they don't have to run the box with the spidey head on the Direct edition (which, as mentioned, they do so that they only have to run a different plate for the black, rather than all 4 colors). Instead, they can run the full cover art in that area: Same situation with 295:

At some point, I think the Nam went Direct-only. That may be why the box dropped off of those issues.

I can't be bothered to do the work right now, but I do wonder how many of the books no longer qualify.