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Albert Thurgood

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  1.    BA773 reacted to a post in a topic: Your single favorite Bronze Age Cover: You must only pick one
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  3. Albert Thurgood
    On the basis of the FC, I would grade the book as a 3.5. CGC hammers the grade if there are stains even on the back cover, so could get to 3 or even 2.5 even before considering the missing stamp.
  4.    grendelbo reacted to a post in a topic: Point Five's 5th Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 4 BOOKS!
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  6. Albert Thurgood
    Thanks for all your work in running this competition!
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  17. Albert Thurgood
    That ebayer certainly loves his "!" key.
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  22. Albert Thurgood
    Maybe you haven't noticed if you have been posting regularly here but I have had a break for a year or so from the grading pages and these grades seem more generous than they used to be. I see that people are making similar comments elsewhere in the PGM forum.
  23.    grendelbo reacted to a post in a topic: Point Five's 5th Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 2 BOOKS!
  24. Albert Thurgood
    After finishing equal last on the Round 1 grades, it seemed to me that CGC was grading at least 1 grade higher than they did when I started learning about the grading system here a few years ago. So I added 1 level to what I thought the grade should have been and got two bullseyes. If this is not a fluke, the good news is that my entire collection of raw books has got a huge upgrade!
  25.    Point Five reacted to a post in a topic: Point Five's 5th Annual Grading Contest: ROUND 1 BOOKS!
  26. Albert Thurgood
    Grades in!
  27. Albert Thurgood
    1. WolverineX 2. thehumantorch 3. Wipple 4. frozentundraguy 5. grendelbo 6. Albert_Thurgood Thanks!
  28. Albert Thurgood
    Agree completely with you about FF 214. To even more nitpick the WSF29, I don't see the central figure as "the hero" but as a ruthless invader. The others are obviously trying to defend their home, with what look like juveniles in the cave.
  29. Albert Thurgood
    At one time I had about a dozen or more FF#1. I wouldn't have thought I would discard them, but after decades and many moves, they are no longer with us.
  30. Albert Thurgood
    Could it be that buyers of raw books from ebay get the sellers to send them direct to CGC?
  31. Albert Thurgood
    Buying any comics that I wanted, for up to double their cover price.
  32. Albert Thurgood
    I use myUSA freight forwarders. They are very good with the lowest charges I have found. As a bonus for you, they can ship by DHL so you can get it delivered in a couple of days. Coincidentally, they are also based in Sarasota FL. The books I have bought from people here (hi!) have all been sent to myUSA who then forwarded them to me. Info here: https://www.myus.com/about/
  33. Albert Thurgood
    ^was just going to post that too. Probably the best Man-Thing issue.
  34. Albert Thurgood
    Very nice! I hoped I had one of the best SA collections in Australia but you beat me by having Hulk1. I would be interested how you got these. I assume you did not get them as OO because Australia got books with US prices in the '60s. (And we usually did not get the first three issues of a series).
  35. Albert Thurgood
    I bought this a long time ago from @ThothAmon. This is his photo: It has been with my daughter since then until she could bring it to me when visiting us in Australia. So it is just in my collection this week! Glad to see it at last, and it looks better in real life. Thanks, Thoth!