Get Marwood & I

How well the in-laws took a photo back in the day?

I think I'd be doing better in this one if I had submitted last year's grades

I know. We're all doomed this time, Hudson. The winner will be whoever's the luckiest guesser. Unless it's me of course, then it will be down to the application of long-honed skills and judgement.

Indeed.

bout fin time.

Something you don't see often in geography - two from the same eBonk seller:

Masta! I know what you mean, the show was capable of delivering the most extreme highs and lows. My love for it is well documented elsewhere, but at it's best, it was the best.

I used to love those Doctor Who Weetabix promotions. I wouldn't be lying, if I told you I can remember to this day the thrill of putting your hand inside that box and pulling out those cards

Come on people, you know how much work is involved here for Mike, receiving, responding to and recording the content of 100+ private messages. You're not going to make him do all that at the last minute, are you? Get your bloody grades in!* Ah said, ah said, get your bloody grades in boy! *Please ignore this tag if you already have @1337pino @1Cool @AbsoluteCarnage @ADAMANTIUM @Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice @aj_curated @AJD @alecholland @AnthonyTheAbyss @apocalypse76 @ArAich @ArcherC @ashsaytr @asteroid-comix @aszumilo @Axelrod @batcollector @Batman Fett @Benjamin1977 @BlackOut21 @Bmattioli86 @boron @BrashL @brumil190 @BuscemasAvengers @canickus @Carpendaddy @Cerebus3000 @CHASEnBLUE @CJ Design @Cman429 @comicstock @ChrispyC66 @comicginger1789 @Crose87420 @Cushing Fan @Dark Elf @Darwination @davidking623 @Deputy Dan @Doctor Dositheus @Dormian @Dr. Ogie Porterhouse @EastEnd1 @eeb03 @Electron @F For Fake @FigaroToe @flashlites @frozentundraguy @FSQIV @GawkHawk @genrlzod @Get Marwood & I @grendelbo @Grendel72 @Hudson @Jackhartmann @jas1vans @jayhawker @jbpez @jcjames @Jesse-Lee @JohnH19 @John R @JollyComics @JWKyle @Kramerica @KryptoMayor @LiftedAndShifted @Lninefingers @makeminemarvel @Mars76 @mattn792 @mikenyc @misterrmystery @Morganmi @Motor City Rob @Mr. Zipper @musicmeta @ned @Nschenks @old_dano @Old Fashion PB and J @Panda2 @paqart @pastandpresentcomics @Pickie @pmpknface @Point Five @Ride the Tiger @sagii @Sandflea @scburdet @silverseeker @skypinkblu @SNiPER @southern cross @spidermanbeyond @SpidersComics @Supa-Bad-Mofo @Superman2006 @TC33 @TheGeneral @thehumantorch @TheTallGuy @thingsofstuff @thirdgreenham @timfinz @tmac100 @Tom789 @topcat54 @topofthetotem @toro @trmoore54 @TSwift25 @TTG @Vince G @Warlord @William-James88 @WilliamLunt @Wipple @Withering Wind @Yorick @zzutak

Be nice to hear if that's the case, yes. I love a production / printing error more than anyone, but that is the front runner for me here as things stand, without having the book in hand.

Too much?

True, but at least his comics gave you more.

Always wear your best tie when you're giving your best girl a ring in an apple tree with a weirdo sulking behind you. Incidentally, the look on his face says he'll be secretly filming her ring later tonight with that hidden camera tie pin of his.

Are they not tiny marker pen dots, along the top edge of the cover? If so, that strengthens the argument that the marker pen has bled over the top edge, where there would be no gloss, but the gloss of the flat cover has prevented bleed through showing on the inside cover. Am I talking rubbish?

I don't know the answer to this one. Two of the explanations put forward seem plausible (two black plates / ink marker pen) but it's hard to say without the book in hand. I've always been interested in the order that the plates are laid down. To my logical brain, the black K plate should be done last to 'seal' the image but others in this thread have suggested otherwise. If we take a look at these two old Spidey's of mine, it looks to me like what shows as red on the cover appears to be sitting above the black in the right hand images: In the left hand images, the black K plate appears to have been applied last to 'frame' the image correctly. I'd love to hear an expert's take on what happened there. Returning to the Spanish Spidey, the cover paper stock looks very glossy. Is it possible that a weak marker pen applied to the cover would not bleed through? If not, then the only explanation left is BriD's earlier double K plate error scenario (although I'm mindful of rjpb's thoughts on how how scruffy the curves are).

Indeed. Alas, the majority agree with CGC: And they're all wrong

I'm glad you said that as I thought I was the only one who undergraded it. I went for 7.5 too, but on the basis that I'd call it a 7.0, so CGC would go higher.

NM/M9.8 NM+9.6 NM9.4 NM-9.2 VF/NM9.0 VF+8.5 VF8.0 VF-7.5 FN/VF7.0 FN+6.5 FN6.0 FN-5.5 VG/FN5.0 VG+4.5 VG4.0 VG-3.5 G/VG3.0 G2.5 G2.0 G-1.8 Fa/G1.5 Fa1.0 Poor0.5

What an outfit And 'young love'? He looks about 35. Wonderful thread, Professor K, wonderful

Back in the day you could sleep eight hours and they'd still be on the first frame I used to like Steady Eddie. Selby is in the same mould.

I do, yes. Conquerors, not Conquistadors. I haven't woken up properly. Fell asleep in front of the snooker.

That one doesn't turn up often. Skunky and the other two do, so maybe that had a bearing. When I was chasing the Bell Features books, there was always fierce competition on the first copy, then it tailed off a subsequent copies emerged. So likely only a handful of collectors after them. Some seller has loads of the Conquistadors, and can't sell them for a tenner anymore.

Over here Stephen: Funnily enough, my last post there is a copy of that very book! I might have had a go at that ebay copy if it had come up in my searches. The seller likely lost out by not including 1946, Century etc. I'd probably have lost though too. Love the price sticker.