Can we stop with these car metaphors? I barely understand how my car works, let alone what makes the innards original or restored or such. Iām just lost.
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You donāt want to argue but then you keep trying to stir the pot by calling me outā¦ Pretty childish if you ask me. 
This is why we started this site and forums, to educate those who blindly follow shitty companies. Youāre right, they donāt listen to us but if we address these types of concerns enough, hopefully it changes the way some think when it comes to buying books, collectibles, etc.
Grading companies are not the tell all authority of the comic collecting industry with what they put on labels (the top one canāt even grade comics consistently), so pushing back and educating people only makes the community more aware and helps them when making decisions on purchases, etc.
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The parts are original but piecing them back together to bring back to āoriginalā or almost āoriginalā condition is what the definition of restoration entailsā¦ FFSā¦ 
And besides, if one is adding a cover to a comic book it wasnāt originally on, I doubt one is using the same original staples to hold that comic together, theyāre gonna use new ones especially on a comic that is so old, where the metal is so brittle, probably beaks just to bend to get them off. Soā¦ RESTORED!!!
Unless you got someone out there claiming they got some original Action Comics #1 staples theyāre selling as original staplesā¦ hahaā¦
People sell original age staples. Believe it or not every part is for sale.
A married cover can still be detached. I think what happens is staples are added as reinforcement. Which grading companies consider conservation as long as you are not replacing the original staples with non-original staples.
Iām not arguing. Youāre arguing.
I think the problem is that all restoration gets lumped together and is overall viewed negatively in the comics world. Whereas in other areas such as automobiles, bikes, motorcycles, even art in some cases restoration can be viewed as good or bad depending on the quality of the restoration.
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Someone can draw all over a cover in pen and ink, and the grade is 3.0. Yet one small tip of a marker to hide a fleck of white color loss and itās the purple label of deathā¦and can sells for much less than the 3.0.
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Best one I saw was ASM 51. Someone drew a toupee on Kingpin with a blue ballpoint pen. I kind of wish I bought it.
BLUE Action Comic No.1 Superman Rare D.C. Comics Manufacturing Error Reprint | eBay
Not a sale, but quite a jokeā¦good for a laugh.
Let your comic sit in a the sun for a bit, and then try to sell it for $1,000,000 as a rare error edition. Oh, and thereās a certificate of authentication! L@@K!!!
Only topped by bad grammar and misspellings in the listingā¦at least they tried, and didnāt use AIā¦although maybe A.I. told them āDude, even Iām not going to touch this bookā¦youāre on your own.ā
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Iāll be blocking this sh*thead.
Not that I worry about this one, but in a drunken momentā¦ wellā¦ yāknow 
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Apparently itās in 9 peopleās carts, lol.
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But the sellers name is rare collectibles which mean he knows when something is rare.
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Some seller names crack me up with unintentional irony.
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This book does not come around often in 9.8. Still, I thought this was much too high of an asking price. So I am a bit taken back.
I picked up a CBCS 9.8 a while back for $150.
Iām always looking for this book in high grade. I donāt think Iāve seen a newsstand 9.8.
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Crack it. Resubmit to cgc and make some money
Itās a PC boom. At least until I get a 9.6 or better newsstand. I have a raw news, but itās like a 9.4.
Plus CGC would damage it.
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