In terms of too many exclusives in the market place, I took a look at the Star Wars 2015 #1 and there are almost 100 covers of #1 and 60 are exclusives produced by midtown, dcbs, forbidden, and others.
How many of these 60 different exclusives do you think dealers are stuck with and in a long boxs in the warehouse?
They were probably able to sell the DV 1 after Black Krrsantan appeared live.
I get what youâre saying and while some shops may do this I do think there are honest people out there selling comics. If they issue a COA with the books Iâd rather just trust them than assume everyone is a dirtbag.
The risk of getting caught is so much worse than the reward of selling some more over time. If I start seeing duplicate COA #s iâd change my tune and also never buy from that store again. Again, Iâm sure some ass bag has done that but iâve personally never seen any proof of that happening. Which youâd think would be all over the place if everyone was selling way more than advertised.
I do get the skepticism though.
Unless itâs a 3rd party doing the COA that is authenticating itâs actual authenticity (itâs actual number theyâve created and selling, while not selling any others by other means), then COA are moot and about as worthless as the paper theyâre printed on. Not to sound like a pessimist but I think thereâs more dirtbags out there than there are honest. The honest ones are the ones selling 3k copies of the trade dress and 1k copies of the virgin variant, being open and upfront about the actual number of books they had to buy in order to even produce it.
so did cgc sell books today?
Yes by creating a whatnot in Jim lees name to cover them.
So Jim Lee gonna be logging onto WhatNot and sell slabbed signed books, sketches, etc� And CGC will grade his stuff fairly vs regular customers? 
Also will CGC WhatNot skip the lines to get their stuff graded for the fam quickly? SmhâŠ
WhatNot Line Cutting will continue but against our CGC books unless we pay fast track obv⊠
Hot damn comic fam!
All artists have permission to submit straight to CGC or have a shop submit to CGC on their behalf, that part isnât anything new.
But yeah we will see if they skip the lines, most likely will.
Yes this is true but now CGC and WhatNot together selling slabs for artistsâŠ
Big difference is CGC will not gonna doing this for free. There is a vested interest for slabs to get top dollar.
Would love to see on these CGC WhatNot channels how many 10.0-9.9-9.8s get sold . Will we ever see a 9.6 and below slab on a modern book?
Great entertainment. 
Adam is a douchebag. Heâs avoiding the situation by deflection.
Most tone deaf response I have ever heard from a company. âJust forget about it and move onâ are you f****** kidding? Good on nick for asking some straightforward questions.
It continues to be utterly amazing how little these people allegedly running companies understand about PR. I could recommend some undergraduate-level text books, but at this point, who knows if theyâd even bother reading them.
âHow dare you ask questions when weâve roped in someone you should respect, because, yâknow, âcommunityââŠâ Urgh.
They donât care. As long as people keep giving them money, they have no reason to care.
You know I was listening to Joe Jackson yesterday and this whole situation reminds me of the lyrics to Iâm the Man
Iâll speak
To the masses throughout the media
And if you got anything to say to me
You can say it with cash
'Cause I got the trash and you got the cash
So baby we should get along fine
So give me all your money
Cause I know you think Iâm funny
Canât you hear me laughing
Canât you see me smile
Agree. Also, I donât think Iâve ever wanted to see a company crash and burn more.
âJoe Jacksonâ some good tunes. Stepping Out always brings back some good memories.
