That’s a nice one. Hopefully everything goes smoothly with your surgery.
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Very nice but I’ve been eyeballing one I hope in the 7.5 to 9.0 range… yes, I know it’s going to cost me a wad of cash but it’s the last one I need to get most of the Moon Knight early appearances.
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My most recent CGC pickups. The Amazing Fantasy was on my list. The others weren’t but I couldn’t pass up $9.99 9.8’s.
My most recent CGC purchase would be the Action Comics. The Faith book I just ran across and didn’t buy. Just something about it that I love. I knew about the Valiant CGC Variants but it’s so cool to actually have one slabbed at the same grade.
This is my latest from the JTC website #86 of 300. It’s definitely the most I have ever spent on a comic, but it is a beautiful cover.
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@ToddW… 1st appearance with the name ‘Lady Deathstrike’. The character, Yuriko Oyama (aka Lady Deathstrike), made her 1st appearance in Daredevil #197.
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Just mailed in a stack of 11 comics to CBCS for press and grade. They have a special running, 20% off your entire order (press and grade) of postmarked by 12/26 and the code HOLIDAY20 on the invoice.
After accounting for return shipping saved about $40 vice CGC. And since they’re for the PC I don’t have to stress about silly Newton rings!
Hoping for 9.6-9.8 (except for one which I’m hoping will press to a 9.0). CBCS has been really strict in my prior submissions…I have yet to receive a grade above 9.4…and that was only one book!(despite dozens of 9.6/9.8s from my cgc submissions).
Well see in about 20 weeks when they return.
I’ve always heard that CBCS is a bit harder on their grades, which I’ve also heard they’re grading techniques are usually more accurate as well.
Wow is it really going to take that long ? I hate it that having comics pressed adds so much more time to the grading process.
8-10 weeks to press. 6-8 weeks to grade. Shipping back and forth…plus the holidays.
Yeah. It’s a long time. But they are for the PC and I’ve done this many times before, so not a big deal. I get them back when I get them back.
Just set it, and forget it.
Actually, I need to figure out how I’m going to pay for these…well, reimburse myself that is. 
Need CHU to tip me off to some good scores, otherwise I may have to sell a few graded books I’ve been holding onto for a rainy day.
Yeah, I’m aware of the Daredevil issue as well. It’s on my list.
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Something I’ve seen no one mention is the fact that the heat from pressing accelerates the decaying process. It’s a well known fact but hardly anyone ever mentions it. I buy CGC because I want to make sure the gradings accurate and i don’t want something that’s been restored or counterfeit. CGC has serious issues and conflicts of interest with their grading and pricing. Conflict of interest in pricing because the higher your book graded the more you pay. That’s a potential conflict of interest. I also don’t like that they don’t publish detailed grading definitions. I’m baffled they didn’t adopt Overstreets since they’ve been the standard for half a century. I’m sick of seeing a book without white pages grading higher than a 9.0. I also don’t like their Qualified Grades. If a book is missing the pages or pieces its automatically a low grade in my book. However they Grade it as though those flaws don’t exist. I will never ever submit a book for those reasons.
I think you mean you buy cbcs… not cgc.
What makes this a fact? This is the first I’ve ever heard a very transient exposure to humidity and heat actually accelerates decay.
Yes, long term exposure will absolutely damage your comics…but we’re talking constant exposure in terms of months, if not years, The exposure from pressing is a matter of hours and it’s done.
There is nothing more critical to preventing decay of a comic than proper long term storage.
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https://www.thecomicdoctor.com/comic-book-pressing-faqs/#pressing
This from a person who’s livelihood is in pressing comics. There a lot of other articles and from what I’ve read it’s the heat that dies damage on s molecular level.
I read that link you provided and then followed the link they copied it directly from… the supposed “fact” I have issues with is this line:
“This same data suggests that newsprint has a useful lifespan of approximately 50 years.”
Neither the comicdoctor or the link (http://www.eclipsepaper.com/pressing.htm) he copied his entire wording from seem to source this supposed data of just assuming comics have a 50 year life span. Also, if true, is that newsprint that is handled regularly (read) which I’d find more likely rather than a comic that’s been sitting in a bag, in a box for years or decades untouched for the most part.
I’m just gonna assume that when they say “useful” it is someone using the newsprint as in handling it as in reading, etc.
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I think it is safe to say, if stored in a board and bag, that our respective comic collections will not fall apart in our lifetimes. I’m sure there are archives of printed newspaper that are much, much older than 50 years. There are pristine newspaper prints, properly archived, that are hundreds of years old. 50 years ago takes us to 1970. Every single Golden book out there is well over 50 years old, and they are not all falling apart.
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So pressing degenerates the comics lifespan by 0.03% (57 days out of about 50 assumed years).
Meanwhile, poor storage degenerates a comics lifespan by 2% PER YEAR (totaling 25 years out an assumed 50 year life span).
I’m not sure what the point of linking this article was, but it totally backs up my original claim that a single press is a transient process with minimal to unnoticeable long term effects, and proper storage is really the key factor in accelerated comic degeneration.
It is never a bad idea to share ideas or information, @D-Rog. I see @ToddW point and idea. I mean, as a general rule, extreme heat or cold is not typically good for the long term maintenance of any object (except, perhaps, super soldiers). I just wanted to express my simplistic view point on the subject by showing it in realistic terms and timelines. I take care of my books, but, I’m also sure that I probably am not doing everything to ensure maximum longevity, as I am really not too concerned about what condition my collection will be in in 50, 100, 200 years time. My grails will (probably) be rotting with me, and the rest will be in some other collection, or destroyed in some form or fashion.