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Sorry, didn't realize it would loop back to me. Glad @Axelrodwas able to grab it. Even at pick 55, I ended up with my second choice (after Greggys junk of course), so I'm happy to have passed on my second go around. Thanks to the most excellent raffle prize by @B2D327(and the generosity of my secret Santa @Norinn Radd) my Claremont/Byrne UXM run is nearly complete. Also, many thanks to @The Sledder , the elves, and everyone who helped out, for once again hosting a fantastic raffle. Still one of the best events to happen on the boards each year. Thanks all!

I'll take #20 please. Thank you so much @B2D327

I received my Santa gift. It is safely under the tree. Many thanks to @Norrin Radd ! I'm very much looking forward to opening it!

Thief Of Thieves 7 CGC SS 9.4 signed by Kirkman, Spencer, Martinbrough, and Serrano, and Jupiter's Legacy 1 Sketch cover CGC 9.8. Will ship to the US or Canada.

I can't thank @skypinkblu enough. Just amazing. She went above and beyond and really made my Nerd Christmas a great one. Thank you!

My secret Santa package has arrived safely, it is happily hanging out under the tree, thank you Santa! My gift is getting packed up tonight and will ship in the next couple of days, and , should arrive well ahead of the holiday.

I'm tending to agree with these two. Also, thank you! I'm very excited CGC is doing this

My submission: Avenger's Annual 10 CGC 7.0 - US Shipping only

I'm amazed and grateful to be a 2x winner, thank you to the very kind judges. Everyone really stepped it up this year, congrats to all the winners! Even the posts that didn't win were fantastic . Thank you so very much @electricprune for doing this a second time and letting others share in your winnings, again. You're wonderful for doing it (and just in general, I'm sure). (Big props to Skow for being a step above the rest and hooking up onlyweakness, just amazing, as was the idea to post the thread as an entry).

Thanks for the contest Prune, everyone's answers have been awesome. You're amazing for doing this. Good luck to all!

I see the imitators trying to rhyme, copying the champ from last time. But folks, you got to beat the best, so here's my answer to the contest:

Yay ! Thank you! I would also like to donate a prize if that is acceptable? Most definitely, I've been waiting for something fun like this and a huge huge thank you to @Point Five for putting this on (and allowing me in).

Prize 60, please. Thank you @SpideyFein

Thank you elves, you guys rock! And big thanks to @The Sledder

Book 1: 8 Book 2 : 3.5 Book 3: 4 Book 4: 6 Book 5: 5.5 Book 6: 6.5 Book 7: 2.5

New Mutants 100 - CGC 9.6 & $25 to Amazon (one prize) - shipped to the US or Canada.

You are ever so gracious, sir.

A Requiem for Thirdgreenham’s Grading Contest (sung to the tune of Snot feat Corey Taylor’s Requiem – I was going to link to the song but was unable to find a radio safe version, sorry, needless to say there are plenty of not radio safe versions on YouTube if you would like to sing along – Also, Long Live CMFT) We were ready for anything Everyone knows some pain I see loss every time someone says Thirdgreenham When you know the contest is hard And all the boards begin to care Who the best graders are I bonded and had fun and it was everything But it had to go away, feels like yesterday Loss of fun in a certainly hard time The pain, the loss, it’s unreal So, I know you all understand When I say it’s gone or it’s left Without the contest, what fresh heck is this It is not gone Memories inside of us It is not gone The grading is within us It is not gone Thirdgreenham’s light is in us Now it’s time to mourn the loss my friend And through this song The Grading Contest memories won’t end We will see that The legacy lives on without you Until the day you left us Without the contest, what fresh heck is this It is not gone Memories inside of us It is not gone The grading is within us It is not gone Thirdgreenham’s light is in us Why’d you have to go? I need another chance But the contest is gone and hope’s gone with it Death of hope without you in it It is not gone Memories inside of us It is not gone The grading is within us It is not gone Thirdgreenham’s light is in us A spark from grading, forever glowing brightest Cannot last But to say ‘please grade me’ is To wipe the tear away fast I hold up my prizes and cherish The guesses that I had Since it is gone I’m missing each second Wishing for it Back! It was the Thirdgreenham grading contest that got me hooked on boards to begin with (before that, I just lurked here and there but mostly just checked the CGC return time thread) and was, without hyperbole, the most fun I had online in years (since matched by the Secret Santa / Raffle event each year on the boards, but never topped). These boards are really my only form of social media and the contest was the first thing to really force me to involve myself instead of just lurking. I still have the prizes I won in each contest (as well as all my SS and Raffle gifts). The first prize I ever won, or item I ever received, on these boards was the prize I won from Kav in the grading contest (Adventure Comics 271). He also included a small doodle on the package he sent me (pic below), which I have in a place of honor on my bookshelf. Everyone was so kind and I remember thinking that these boards were just an amazing place. (By the time a few more months of lurking had passed, I realized that it was certain things that brought out the best in the boards, but also things that brought out the not so great, which just made the contest all that more special). So a huge thank you, to @thirdgreenham to @sckao to @kav and to everyone else who made it such a fun and uplifting experience each year. I miss it, especially now.

I so rarely get to post here as most of my submissions can't compare to the gorgeous comics everyone else posts, but I was happy with my recent submissions, including the book I submitted for the CGC Claremont signing.

I had a blast participating. It was a unique idea for a contest and it was nice to be creative for a bit. Thank you so much for putting this together and congrats on the registry win!

An Ode There was a nerdy child, long ago Bullied and beaten, as these things go Books and comics became sanctuary To this child as he did grow Through maturity the fascination stayed Escapism from the world decayed One room now a wall to wall library Best known as the reality blockade Then one day, a new site was found The CGC Boards, where nerds abound Where the best can be legendary With comics that leave you spellbound From then on, a slab convert was born Though he quickly began to mourn So many raws but ‘Cases are Necessary!’ But how to pay became a thorn Until the amazing contest of Electricprune Who most kindly decided to share his boon For proving his ToD set had no contemporary A hero, he offered up 3 slabbings, submitted soon So, allow me to dedicate this ode to you To sing praise of your feat… and as my entrance, too Everyone, raise a glass and cheer, as is customary We will sing your ballads long after your reign is through!

2 Modern Magazines - not FT - Delivered to CGC - 5/9 Received by CGC - 5/11 SFG (and clickable) - 5/13 Charged by CGC - 6/2 Grading/QC - 6/2 Shipped/Imaged - 6/3 5 Modern Comics w/ CCS - not FT Delivered to CGC - 5/9 Received by CGC - 5/11 Charged by CCS - 6/12

So, a late winner will wrap the contest. Question 3 has been answered by @Max Carnage. The answer I was looking for was an owl, both a typical Druid's familiar in D&D and who appeared in the 1928 short story book The House at Pooh Corner. Two, now very famous, characters debuted in that book, Owl and Tigger. A tiger would not usually be a low-level Druid familiar, but I know several DM's who either have or would allow it (usually it is conditional on a good backstory), so either answer was acceptable. All questions have now been answered. Thanks to all!