THE HULK #181 CLUB 24 24

[justin]

I’m happy to be back in the club. Just got this beauty off ebay today. Not high grade, but I love the centering and colors for the grade. Also love the fact that everything is intact. Seems a lot of low grade 181’s recently have the MVS stamp missing or some glaring flaw.

[MR SigS]

That presents nicely for a 4.5- Surprisingly, in fact. Is it the back cover?

[justin]

These are the grader notes:

large stain full bottom of back cover
light crease center of front cover breaks color
light, multiple crease right bottom of front cover breaks color
medium crease left bottom of back cover
moderate spine stress lines breaks color
very light stain full bottom of front cover

I do see the staining on the back cover. Water? not sure. there are no ripples, though it could have been pressed. I see no evidence of staining on the front. The front look excellent! 

[MR SigS]

This is one of those cases when I find the label hurts the eye appeal, and think it would look better between Mylar and a fullback. I'm not suggesting that- I have a hard time cracking keys, especially if I have reprints or undercopies.

[justin]

I agree it would look better in some mylar. Problem is, if I ever decide to sell, I would get less than what a 4.5 is worth.

[davebo357]

Maybe someone should make a wall-hangable slabbed frame with a super thick black border so you slide the case into it and it sits centered while covering up the actual grade :P

[rsouxlja7]

Very happy with this one

[ADAMANTIUM]

55 minutes ago, rsouxlja7 said:

Very happy with this one

story! story! story!  

at least tell me if that is the raw you got a while back? i think it was you  

[rsouxlja7]

Haha I wish the raw copies I've bought were this nice. I bought this beautiful copy from @DST. 

Edited May 29, 2019 by rsouxlja7

[Juaks]

Bought this few years ago when I was new to collecting comics -hulk 181 cgc 8 for usd 3 k. Was happy and didn knew about page quality (cream to off white) until I join the cgc forum. Now , don’t know whether to upgrade or keep this copy. Any advice?

[jason4]

On 6/15/2019 at 3:04 PM, Juaks said:

Bought this few years ago when I was new to collecting comics -hulk 181 cgc 8 for usd 3 k. Was happy and didn knew about page quality (cream to off white) until I join the cgc forum. Now , don’t know whether to upgrade or keep this copy. Any advice?

Cgc 8.0? That's a keeper. Cream to off white pages are ok but not great, but that doesn't affect the fact you have a great book easily worth more than you paid.

[Juaks]

Ok . Thank you for the advice. Have this negative feeling as some mentioned they will rather have a lower grade of offwhite paper instead of high grade with cream to offwhite pages. 

[jokiing]

Picked this up (raw of course) in the early 80's....  Wish I had hunted down a few more, like I did with ASM 129.

[DST]

My new keeper copy.  One of the nicest I’ve ever seen with a perfect wrap and centering and bright colors.  Had to have it

 

[ADAMANTIUM]

@jokiing @DST

Nice 9.0's  

[MGsimba77]

On 6/20/2019 at 6:52 AM, Juaks said:

Ok . Thank you for the advice. Have this negative feeling as some mentioned they will rather have a lower grade of offwhite paper instead of high grade with cream to offwhite pages. 

How do you know its cream to ow pages? Was it graded that way? 

Even if it was I wouldn't be entirely sure it would be graded cream by cgc. I had 2 books graded by cgc one white pages other cream/ow and the actual difference in appearance of the pages was minimal at least to me when I checked them.

You have a sharp looking copy with just a thin white border. I wouldn't sweat the page quality

[Juaks]

Yup it is graded by cgc under cream to offwhite. 

Thank you for the advice. 

[PunisherPunisherPunisher]

I don't think I've posted mine yet in here but happy to join the club

 

[MGsimba77]

1 hour ago, Juaks said:

Yup it is graded by cgc under cream to offwhite. 

Thank you for the advice. 

Oh I didn't realize it was in the slab. I just noticed the inner well. I thought it was raw...my bad 

[Gruson]

Congrats to those who own one. I’m pretty upset that I don’t. I started collecting comics around 1990 and still own a lot of them. 

About 4 years ago, I was super close to buying a Hulk 181 CGC 6.0 and a couple of other key issues but never did....just started collecting original Garbage Pail kids art instead.  

While I found some nice scores, I missed the Hulk 181 train for sure!  So mad I didn’t get this one. 

What are your thoughts on buying one today at these prices?  I really want the issue and am ready to buy now but curious if you think it’s gone up too much   

I’m interested if anyone know someone selling   .   I’ll post info that forum too  

some nice pics here  congrats guys  

Wayco