Always enjoy your videos, that Spellbound is amazing!

Damn I didn’t even know it was happening, I’m out of the loop!

Awesome pickups and very glad to hear you enjoyed it!!! I’ll definitely make it back again one day myself, I need to get down to heroes con it sounds like. It seems almost every collector I speak with tells me that la the con to be at!!!

Outstanding books congratulations Anthony, a great con for you, take care my friend.

Awesome books Reaper, you can never go wrong with Marvel Tales.

Very cool horror books. Tried to buy that issue of Beyond about 9 years ago but got an email it was out of stock, love that cover. I agree about NY comic con getting worse, when I went it was shoulder to shoulder packed and you couldn’t stop at vendors without being in the way.

Nice books. Well done. I was there on Friday and volunteered at the on Sunday. Baltimore is such a great con. The only "big" con for me is Baltimore. Glad you had such a great time. Take care and stay well. Best/Steve

I was also at the Baltimore comiccon Saturday. Enjoyable day. I liked it a lot more than the New York comiccon. Bought some pre hero Tales of Suspense, Strange tales & Tales to Astonish at very reasonable prices. I'm done with New York. I'll go to Baltimore again next year.

Sounds like fun. Hey, double check that 1st app of Death as many books are earlier than War is hell 9 I think, maybe Captain Marvel 26?

Getting in early is great. Best way to hunt

Baltimore?! Hope you didn't cross any bridges 😦😂❤

FOMO no more…🎉

Have a great time with Mike, hope you can snag a couple of good deals.

Enjoy the con!!! I had the opportunity to go back in 21’ and I actually really enjoyed it. I thought the selection of vendors wasn’t bad for as large of a con as it was (a lot of them have gotten more away from books and gone towards the anime/craft side of things). I hope you find something you’re looking for and get some cool sig’s if you’re taking the opportunity! 🫡

Stay safe 😂❤

Have fun at the con, hopefully you can get some sketches or something cool. We all know how they price books at those things.

Does anyone still have FOMO for comics these days? The whole atmosphere around the hobby has fallen flat over the last two years. Back when you had FOMO, there was a general feeling of excitement and enthusiasm. Now? There are all kinds of nice Doom books, for example, sitting at fair prices in my LCS. I don't think too many folks are afraid of missing out on anything comic-related now.

Have a great time Anthony! I went last year and had a great time. Maybe next year I will be able to go again.

Yep happened to me too. Bought 2 books from Comiclink that had been reholdered and they both have this issue

ur the man luther

Tony .. I love your content .. it’s a fabulous channel, but .. please .. please .. please .. I want to see the content that you’re showing clearly. We’re in 2024 .. not 2004 .. please upgrade your content to higher than 360p. I beg you. Please!

I have sent 7 book to CGC. The last submission was 5 books. 2 came back with Mechanical Errors because double cover was not noted or newsstand. I sent them back to get fixed. When the books came back this time. The top back cover on both books were torn and folded down. One book was an 8.0 the other was a 6.0. However with the damage they are in reality much lower grades now.

You ruined the video when you opened with "I like CGC" 😅. When a company ruins books and there's no recourse, I'm perplexed why people would keep going back? The definition of insanity!

100 percent agree on the inner jiggling in the case. I have noticed this on many slabs in the past and it cannot be good for preserving the comic. I have also noticed corner damage from the way the corners of the inner well are designed. I have had hundreds slabbed in the past but will hold off until they fix these issues (including warped inner wells!). Thanks for your thoughts!

You better not take CSS 17 off that list! It's such a great cover. I'd put it right behind CSS 22 in the run. Most would say issue 20 is second. I like 20, but personally, 17 beats it.

Agree with everything you mentioned. A problem I had when I last sent books in was inner wells too small for the book, mostly happened with my silver age submissions.

Multiple Inner Well problems. This is definitely a thing and it dates to before 2024 and it is not good. But above all the question remains--with normal handling (shipping, picking up off a shelf, but not actively shaking it), is the book harmed? If not, then it is bad but not terrible. On the other hand, perhaps it is related to the warped inner well problem? (CGC 40+ page chat in forums "Is anyone else getting books back with warped inner wells?"). Arguably, the problems date to the same period (beginning in 2023?) and both involve the inner well. There, some people say that the warping of the book as it sits in a concave warped inner well may not be harming the books (a little hard to believe, especially over extended time periods), but everyone seems to agree that it is harming the presentation of the books in the slabs by highlighting bends and ticks.

Great list . I think 39 is a great choice with the new costumes but I’m a sucker for the original costumes they are my favorite.

What's your opinion about CGC's pressing service? I only have a small quantity of books that are worth grading, and I could theoretically save some $ by getting CGC themselves to press and grade my books at the same time, rather than having to ship the whole lot to a third part cleaner/presser, and only then resending them to CGC for grading.... I don't have any super valuable books, just a few 'decent' copper age books so nothing worth thousands, so I'm trying to keep the costs low so I can at least make a little profit if/when I decided to sell them.

Yes I 💯 agree with you they shouldn’t be loose like that at some point we have to stop putting up with their lack of care and stop doing business with them I thought you also had warped inner wells that’s also been an issue CGC has been given people a difficult time with there’s a video by Make room Collectables he sent some books back explains his situation and he got more warped inner wells back when he unboxed them I’m done currently sending to CGC..I’ll use CBCS if I want grading they don’t have newton ring issues something CGC also refuses to solve And companies like Comic Capsule or those magnetic cases with UV protection are better alternatives instead of grading especially since Comic Capsule now has a Silver Age version and I’m sure they’ll have a golden age version next CGC has also stated grading is subjective and I get that if we’re looking at raw books on eBay or at the comic shops but I don’t understand like you said why a book can have stains and have two different grades I bought a 3rd appearance of Harley Quinn for $20 it came back a 9.2 CBCS noted it had a stain on the back cover and a TMNT issue 10 I bought listed as NM had staple rust and got a 8.0 now I don’t know how NM that book was without that rust but if it was a 9.2-9.6 that rust hits the grade a lot

Most of my slabs have the same problem. I bought one off eBay recently and it does the jiggling. I display my books but still would like them to be secure as possible

not 100% sure but I remember they would have a small plastic stabilizer in each corner.From your video it looks like they removed them and instead have the inner plastic wrap cover?Which is funny because you talk about staining issues.It looks like they added the inner wrap to protect from further staining but were cheap and took out the stabilizers so there not adding another step on there end.Maybe they think the inner wrap would protect from the jiggling?

In the old slabs the label was a part of the inner well. In newer slabs they have seperated them. I would assume to cut costs perhaps making them easier to reslab, which made them easier to tamper with.

That's disgusting, disreputable production quality from that company. I bought 10+ slabs for 6$ just to test the quality. If you want my opinion, it's because this company is getting distracted by the amount of tooling coinciding with the consumer demand. But still that's beside the point. This company seriously needs to be checked out 😂❤

I am not a fan of graded comics, but I agree that CGC demands the higher price as I have been selling.

I've also noticed the movement in newer slabs. I wondered if I'd bought a fake slab but after watching your video it seems it's very common. I've also noticed that the books are not always aligned properly with the outer case so that they are on an angle. Definitely some issues with quality control!

It's NOT JUST YOU........

I have the Hansi comic and all the EC new trend books in reprint form. Thumbs up on having the originals. They are worth a pretty penny.

Time liked. Bird City Comics and that fella that couldn't read the print. JB and the fella that couldn't read. Run it back . Bring back the Lords!

Tim is dead as fuck. Ima watch this, fella. Push forward the Love ❤️ Dr. Strange was certainly one of his favorites. Explain Silcer Surfer ? Please 🙏

Tim liked Alpha flight. So, not as bright as one would think. Alpha flight Timmy?.

Ima tell a story. Tim was a Beast. Tim wouldn't want me to say he pulled all the Poon. So I'll just say. I Miss you Brother.

We are here right now. It's Bretties Brah. Circa 1986. Booger T Funk Ninja Booger T Funk

Great choices outstanding picks. continue to take care my friend.

Solid group. 141-142 were always the end of X-men for me. After always seemed like the diet version

New sub here! Bravo my friend. What wonderful books! Look forward to checking g out new content. Stay tuned my friend.

Xmen 3 ? The blob?

I would have put X-Men #137 on the list since its the first time Jean dies

Fire for sure!! UNCANNY X collection Anthony! Do you have the entire run? Are you still collecting xmen new issues?

Awesome books Reaper, X-Men issue 4 is legendary.