You have great taste my friend! I have the exact same book as I also love the creature. Mine isn’t signed, nor is it graded a 9.8 lol. Beautiful book, thanks for sharing!!
Some nifty and unique books, my man! Nice to see stuff that's not your standard keys or modern variants, even though I'm a fan of those as well, LOL! Keep it up, dude! 🤘
Thanks for the vid and congrats! Just wondering the turnaround time was? Also is it possible to just get the signatures authenticated without getting it graded?
Thank you so much!! The turnaround time was 13 days from when they received the books, until they shipped them out. That was in May, though. Not sure what it would be now. Things seem MUCH slower lately. As far as I can tell, if you submit to CGC for sig auth, it will also be graded. Maybe you can submit directly to JSA though.
@@SwarmofComics Thanks for the nfo. Re: Shipping, I just pulled this info off the JSA site and it looks like you gotta send everything into CGC since the acquisition: "All autographed cards (as well as comics) should be shipped to CGC or submitted to CGC at a show. All other autographed collectibles should be shipped to either JSA’s New Jersey or Florida facility, or submitted to JSA at a show."
@@SwarmofComics yea it's just sometimes specially when it comes to golden age books, cleaning does nothing for the grade, where talking dirt and grime that's been there for 80 years. If you're lucky you will crack it clean it just for it to come back the same grade, or even worse it can come back lower. The risk is just too much. sometimes the comic comes back the grade that it does because of mitigating factors that have nothing to do with how dirty it is, which will always keep it at a certain grade no matter what. For example detached cover/CF pieces from cover missing of a certain size , rips tears, spine splits, stains and so on. Trust me all I collect, buy and clean is golden age
@@jonathanloera6830 oh, and that's EXACTLY why I'm too chicken to ever do it. I am not the brave little toaster. My luck I'd f**** it all up and make it a 1.5 😆
That's the direction I was heading, all golden age. But I got sucked into the Silver Age grails that I never could afford as a kid. But I have shifted back to GA mostly. The covers are absolute works of art. Hopefully I unbox some new ones in a couple of weeks!
I'm still angling to get a Hulk 180, but I haven't been able to pull the trigger. I don't know what the block is. I think I'd need to hunt for a really good deal, like I got on the 181.
No a startling terror tales 11 in a 5.0 would be well over 10 grand, well at least now , but i don't think the price was all that different 6 months ago
I am always VERY surprised about the affordability! You can get some great covers for cheap money. I bought most of these in a single lot on Heritage for under a hundred bucks, if not less.
I didn't even know I needed one until I found that one! This video documents me finding the book and getting it! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IZwa7QdBc1A.htmlsi=bsfwRjVCo_IYznU8 I hope you score one for yourself! \m/
Like they always say, buy the books not the grade! I've had a lot of inconsistency, which I've seen others have as well, and I really do have to focus on how great the books are and not worry about the grade and appreciate them :)
And I get that. For me, I hadn't read any of these books in 30 years, and I wasn't planning on reading them again. If I can find a good way to preserve them, and someday sell them for retirement, it's worth having them graded. I think I also got caught up in the idea of it at that time this video was done. I've certainly slowed WAY down.
@@SwarmofComics who wouldn’t appreciate hearing the literary works of Bronze Age Billy as he hangs out with his brother rockstar Randy? We are entertained kind sir. Keep up the great work
Great video, excellent interviewing skills on the host's part! And yes, the Kindle version is now available for preorder. Thanks, as always, for having me on the show!
I was waiting for the family intervention when you confront your brother over finding Lucifer's arugula in his sock drawer. In any case, congratulations on the book! I'll be on the lookout for it!
@@Kaboomcomics No, I haven't been since 2007. Right when it turned into a HUGE thing. My buddy/comic writer/guitar player in my band George O'Connor will be attending though!
Randy, always a great time. Marks had a great time, he was extremely happy! Jason, his wife, son and friend (wraparound) were your cgc guys! Thank you for the shout out, hope to see you soon!
Yeah, you can definitely crack it open. Though I am a bit scared of doing that and damaging the book. I have two books I want to crack and resubmit, but I'm too chicken to do it!!
I only want autographs from creators of my favorite books. I hope to get, The Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel, signed by Starlin. That story broke me as a young reader. I literally cried reading it. To this day, it is among a handful of comics that Ive kept to this day.
It's funny that you say that, because I wouldn't say I like Venom, and I am not a Bagley superfan or anything. He's okay. But I like THESE books, and I liked meeting him and getting the whole process done. It was fun to try. Starlin was at this same con last year!
I debated whether to start buying some comics, newer stuff as they aren't silly money. Was looking at Gun Honey but once i found out about all the cover variances it discouraged me, i don't have the time/knowledge to search and cross reference for 1st covers. I just want to grab no.1 no.2 etc simple. May start with Back to the future comics, i'm intrigued by what the story may be
Whoa, there is a BttF comic?? That's something I need to look up! I can't keep track of covers, variants, 1:25 ratios, etc. The only thing I really cared about like that was the covers of the Creature From the Black Lagoon comic that came out. I got an AWESOME variant I'm going to make a short video about soon!
@@SwarmofComics There is indeed, a fairly long run also, I believe it is 24 issues, could be a great read, There's also a spin-off called Biff, perhaps others. I haven't looked into them too much as that only ends badly with money being spent haha. I should add it's the IDW comics I refer too, there are older ones by Harvey comics. Was kind of bumbed out when they did variant covers of the 'fear and loathing' it takes away from the "I own these! feeling" then to think "but I don't own those ones" 🤣
Thanks, brother! It was a fun day and I got a fun story out of it! Funny enough, I didn't love Bags back in his ASM days, but I thought he was PERFECT for Ultimate Spider-Man!
Well, when you put it that way! Good thing, because one of the next videos is a CGC unboxing of Pulp Novels, and the beginning is like 8 minutes of me telling the story about the new service and the books I got, lol!
Oh excellent to know! That's one of my favorite things about doing this channel, is learning cool stuff and meeting awesome people. I appreciate you letting me know!
Very cool video and nice 2 slabs. I wonder if your brother signed his own book, if Cgc grades regular books, it would be neat to have a Cgc Bronze Age Bill slab
Great vid! (Know of but never read Groo.) I’ve a number of Flaming Carrots that Burden signed for me at several conventions, so been planning to send those in like you did. Glad to see they came through well!
I ruined a near mint 32 year old magazine (1992 release) that i've only ever seen 1 copy of sold and hunted for over 10 years (i won't say the title as it's adult orientated) with the stupid re-seal strip on the bag. Got stuck to the front cover pulled the gloss off on half the strip, worse thing is the cover is 60% jet black so sticks out like a sore thumb. THEN a few weeks later i had it out again to inventory it, no glue on the bag to stick...... laid it down top of another bag that i forgot was open pulled more gloss off but on the title this time, i don't even care about how it's lost value it's how the appearance is now ruined, I think some things of a physical nature are cursed haha. If i could get a magazine sized slab/case i'd put it in to never leave again. To cut a long story short i can see why yourself and others get them slabbed even without the grading, they are safe!! It was the tape that triggered my rant, automotive masking tape typically withstands 100℃ don't know Fahrenheit, so they don't gum up for a good amount of time. Also Kapton tape may be a good call, not to buy any as of yet, it has minimal amount of glue/residue, heat resistant so no adverse effects. Over and out... like a comic read this is.
@@dinxsy8069 I know Bronzeville Comics guy, Jim, uses one of those letter openers where the little point slips under the edge of the flap, and you just zip it across to cut it open. Lessons learned indeed :(
Yeah, I was totally surprised by that GI Joe being worth that! Such a great way to display and preserve the memories, and they were both awesome people when I got the signatures.
