That census is gonna be so screwed up then…
Maybe 10 years from now we will talking about Tosin and not Miles 
Who knows what the future holds for facsimile prices.
But that Spawn 1 B&W is a cool cover
CGC dropped the ball in not distinguishing newsstands from directs.
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You know, per my understanding, there are 3 grader that examine a book before a grade is assigned, and in this case 3 grader miss identifying that UF4 was a replica which says alot about the competency of the “Grading Company” . To make matters worse, the Grading company fails to acknowledge their mistake to the public and still pretend this never happened. If they had a decent sense of responsibility they would let the masses know that there are fakes out there and please watch out for fakes. This would be decent action to do. Imagine u bought a UF4 for $$$$ because u TRUST CGC grading ability. Turns out, the grader is no different than an average Joe off the street yet you spend thousands of dollars for my “little” brother to grade your funny book. Talk about the ultimate slap in the face for your hard earned dollar. OWNED…
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Spawn 1 B&W is a cool cover BUT IT IS STILL A REPRINT. Also Spawn 1 B&W worth more than the original =D
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A friend sent in a UF4 1st print to get signed at CGC by Bendis and remarque by Bagley recently.
The book was pressed before hand and was mint. The final grade was 9.0.
The book was man handled bends everywhere. I saw the book in hand under lights bends all over. I was surprised. Non color breaking thanfully.
Friend is furious that their mint book came back like this. So they will have to send it back and pay CCS to repress and regrade and wait like 9 months plus.
CGC lost their future biz from this collector. They have plenty of nice books to grade but now scared how they will handle them.
Do that enough times to enough collectors… 
This one is a real head shaker…
You just validated my point. To raise the stake, now we need Marvel to do a Captain Marvel 17 2nd Print Facsimile for 2022. I’ll buy a whole lot and do CGC Express and see how many of them get graded as facsimile.
Buy the book, not the label.
I don’t think I’ll buy an expensive bronze, silver or golden age book unless it’s in a slab. Just because I know it’s at least been checked for restoration.
Can you really trust them given what has happened? If 3 graders can’t identify a replica, do you honestly think they can do a good job grading your expensive bronze, silver or golden age book. Competency is Competency. ERA doesn’t justify incompetence and responsibility for owning the mistake you (CGC) made.
But yes, buy the book. It’s just the CGC case looks so SHINY @_@.
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Restoring shoes and comics is almost the same thing.
Funny you say that, I know a number of comic lovers who are also sneakerheads as they called themselves. Interesting how the fandoms overlap.
This is really irresponsible of CGC. How do you miss that many color breaking spine tics? It’s also going to have an effect on how people grade books. If CGC is consistently going to overgrade books people will think that a book like this deserves the 9.2. If it’s fine I’d be very surprised.
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That’s a bit generous for a Modern 9.2.
Those aren’t just minor spine tics; they’re pretty darn pronounced - all of them
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Maybe it wasn’t there before grading. Maybe it got damaged at the encapsulation stage. @ToddW, were those spine ticks there prior before sending it to CGC?
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It’s just a book I ran across on eBay. I was going to buy it until I looked at it. I’ve seen far to many flaws given the grades. If you went by overstreets grading definitions that book would be much lower in grade.
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My NM98 I submitted to CBCS has 2 barely visible spine tics and it got a 9.2. That book looks like it may have fingerprints, smudges or color rub all over it as well. It’s a hard find in real high grade given the black cover.
Someday they’ll do a Darkness series and I’ll be setup really well. A sex addicted mafia hitman who can produce whatever his mind can imagine in “demons”. Only works in the dark and if he has sex and impregnates a woman he dies.
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A possible speculation… It appears that the last 2-3 years, CGC has been grading tougher for 9.8, but it seems to be more on “KEY” issue aka ASM 300, BA12, NM98 or so on. Other “worthless” modern issue seems to be given easier time when it comes to grading (or simply grades by 1 grader instead of the 3 graders as advertise).
And that is the issue; inconsistency. If there is no parity, then you may as well grade your own books and put a sticky note on it. You can just send me $25 a book for this kind PSA. 
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How old a book is shouldn’t even factor in. All books should be graded using the same standards. You can’t relax on grading just because it’s a old book.
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My sources tell me that any books post 2000 are graded by the new CGC interns.
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