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Actually he is not credited. He was in the office and contributed to the writer's room or water cooler chat. But not enough to get a credit. He did start writing beginning with 94, so it's pretty bang bang. He was there in the building when Len and Dave were creating the issue! For the moment, I'm gonna hold off. I haven't sold much lately, so gotta save my hobby money for kickstarter games and comics.

Hey guys, what would you do? I have a blue label GSX with the GSX custom label. It has a 9.2 grade. I've always thought it should have been graded higher as it was pressed and has a really nice spine and centering on the cover. Would you gamble a retired blue label for a yellow label with the colorist's signature? She's the only surviving member who has credit listed in the comic.

I was just in the submission tracking part of the web site and noticed some books I submitted back in June for the Claremont signing now have a new received date. The new date is 08/05/20. Last week my submission was in the tracking web page with the received date as 06/0x/2020. Today, they are in a different spot in the submission tracking grid and have a new received date. The submission number is 2118676. Does that mean my books are back in the queue (like they were freshly submitted to CSS) or did CSS press them already and handed the books off to grading? Has this happened to anyone else? Anyways, I'm crossing fingers!

I was just in the submission tracking part of the web site and noticed some books I submitted back in June for the Claremont signing now have a new received date. The new date is today. Last week my submission was in the tracking web page with the received date as 06/0x/2020. Today, they are in a different spot in the submission tracking grid and have a new received date of 08/05/2020. Does that mean my books are back in the queue (like they were freshly submitted to CSS) or did CSS press them already and handed the books off to grading? Has this happened to anyone else? Anyways, I'm crossing fingers!

Would insurance on the package help in anyway?

Regarding Claremont... I've been camping but what I could see was a request for Q&A material on Monday. I think the signing was today. The tracker has not been updated. My thinking is that their staff is small and there is probably one handler or witness that gives two great big pile of books to the grading or pressing departments. Since we're sold the signature and six/eight week turnaround, we will see our books checked in at those departments. Also one other thing when we ordered the signature/grading combo, the actual printed shipping labels don't come with bar codes for their internal use. (Which setting up software to do so is pretty expensive!) Data entry for steps like "out for signature" or "Signature witnessed" is also kinda a luxury when the book normally costs $30-$75 to get graded without a signature. My experience with the Perez signing was it went from "received" to "imaged/graded" like immediately after the signing. My other Perez book when to pressing, and that took longer to get updated. These are my babies and I anxiously await their status updates, but at the same time I trust the CGC business that our books are in good hands.

CGC has been doing some Twitter announcements and Facebook video Q&As with the signers. But I don't recall exactly when the actual signing dates are announced. So I've taken to checking CGC's social meda and sometimes, the creator's social media to get the actual signing dates. Finally your submissions are updated in the web "tracker" after they are signed and are put through the service(s) you signed up for. You can click on the links in the tracker to find out their grades before you open the packages. Would I do this again? I actually have done it three times. I signed up and received my George Perez books. I'm waiting for two books from the Claremont signing, and one book from the Zeck signing. To me, it was close to a no brainer as the books tier value came close to the added cost of the signature. So my average cost is $100 a book with shipping/insurance. If my books are worth less than the signature cost, I dont have a strong emotional imperative to get a book signed. If they get Simonson to do a signing, they will get another book from me. That being said, I'm gonna hang these on a wall when I get them back.

The submission database connection to the web site is broken for the moment. It should be back up when people return to work on Monday. Someone probably needs to restart the software.

CGC received my comics on May 1st, George Perez signed on Tuesday, and today CGC shipped back a graded comic I didn't have pressed. That's pretty good! It feels like only five weeks, but I guess its on the cusp of 6 weeks with today being 6.12.20. Just want to say I'm ecstatic! One less thing for my wife to buy for Father's day.

Hi there, I'm a newbie to CGC grading process. I just submitted my first books to CGC through their Signature event program. Currently, my books are marked as received. What are the other status messages I could see as my books make their way through the program? Finally, when a creator finishes their signing event, will that make the CGC news page? Thanks in advance!

There is a story out there that Claremont was in the cubicle next to office where Wein and Cockrum were plotting GSX1. Wein & DC ran into a problem at the end where they couldn't figure out how the X-men defeat Krakatoa (sp?) and Claremont popped in and suggested the solution used in the comic. I'm not sure how true it is... https://www.cbr.com/x-men-giant-size-chris-claremont-secret-assist/