CGC Unboxing of GARAGE SALE COMICS!!! Surprising Results!!! 

Your grades from CGC strengthens my belief that CGC is very gracious with grades while CBCS is more strict. I've been loyal to CGC for decades when they started, but I divorced them to date CBCS.

I really enjoyed this show today, you always make things so interesting and doing a pre screen of the comics and unboxing them in the same show was just magic, well done

I spotted FF 260 on the wall behind you in this video, also one of my favorite covers and story arcs. My SW 8 also came back as 9.4. My Nova 1 also came back as 9.6 and I was elated. SW 68 looks slightly crooked in the slab. My pristine copy of SSM 101 is going in on my next submission. Did I see you kiss the Inifinity Gauntlet 1? Geeze, Mike!😂

Congrats. I'll say this much, I don't blame you for this. Your video's are fun sir. 👍

Congrats on hitting the CGC lotto. Their grading is so inconsistent. You got a favorable grader. Great books!

Man, that Nova is cool...One of my favorites! Hats of to ComicSpa! 🔥

Now this Title Sounds very Intriguing. Thank's for Sharing

First one is how they get you! :)

I'm all for paying for the hobby , i am still a RAW book guy thou.

I think it's great as long as you are having fun and happy with it I think it works out well for you I would do it once in awhile I'd also get your son's opinion

Congrats on the good cgc grades!! Spending the time pressing it before sending it makes a huge difference!!

I think adding in some videos that focus on flea market/yard sale finds that you send to get graded would be cool. Doesn’t gotta be every week. Just once in awhile would be cool

Discovered your channel by accident but it's really grown on me! Love your positive attitude and seeing all the great books. Keep up the great work!

Yeah, you did great👍

This was a fun video. I think graded comics are the future, but I love your Principles and your background of the channel. To grade or not grade?😀 I would say if you have a good looking book and the funds get it graded. I say that because I have watched enough videos from your channel to understand our heart for collecting comics are in the right place. Comics are supposed to be fun and your channel is fun. Thank you

That was fun. I’d watch another one

Pleased you got good grades, but the cynic in me wonders if this is how they lure people in. High grades for the first submission and as you said, can make it infectious. CGC have a new addict!

Congratulations. About to send a few of my big key asm in for the first time

I liked seeing this. Only thing I would have liked added is the process you took to pack up the CGC shipment. Since it was your first submission, as I haven’t done one either, it would be interesting to know what you did.

Need to try cgc. Submitted asm 300 with one color breaking spine tick ( need to hunt to find it) and a small color smug on the back and got a 7.5 from cbcs. First Nightwing came back worse than I sent it. Everyone told me they were too harsh and to resubmit/complain. But I had no pre pics. Just made me stop caring about slabs. Think they are kind of a con. However, just my dumb opinion and so happy to see your excitement!

My wife said it best. I'm not into grading books either But it changes a comic book to a piece of Art you can display and preserve. I gotta tell you I just recently traded some comics and when I pulled my comics out ( ungraded ) and set theme on my table I went to grab something out of my closet and my puppy German shepherd tore the top comic to shreds. It pains me to say it was Secret wars #1 and it Was beautiful. Totally my fault but had it been in a slab this would of Never happened. Nice books👍

Nice books!

Always love to be pleasantly surprised- it means you managed expectations well. Congrats!

Awesome reveal. Thanks for the great videos!

Nice grades!

Your reaction to the Spectacular Spider-Man was priceless. I have the exact same philosophy about slabbing books, once slabbed it's becomes a trophy, you can no longer interact with it. But this video what great and authentic. The Comic God were kind to you my friend! CONGRATS!

Great info. Thanks.

Great returns on those slabs

Those are some great books and amazing grades. Secret Wars 8 looks super cool with the label.

Great video! I think a series on “yard sales to CGC” is an excellent idea.

Grats on the crispy books! Gonna need to change the channel name to Slab Money Comics!!

I’m not big into grading comics so I probably wouldn’t send them in. But they might make for good video.

Really please to see the growth of your channel.

Very entertaining vid. Thx

Just got my newsstand SW8 in a 9.4 with a custom black label back from CGC yesterday. Congrats on yours!

Congrats! These were fantastic. I met Jeff for my first time pressing with him recently and just from the first meeting I was impressed. Can’t wait to see my books.

This is my favorite due to the timing. I am getting all my comics out and did not remember half of the comics I have. I think I want to get several clean and pressed and graded. Thanks Mike!!

Nice job all worth the cost of restoration by your expert mate. How exciting getting back the good grades.

The fact you get these books on the cheap is remarkable……👍

This was a great video. Also, I live in MA and I’m looking for a presser so Jeff, I’m coming your way man!

You’re reaction to Spider-Man 99 😂😂😂😂

After those results I would become addicted!

Amazing submission results!!! Congrats buddy!

Just got my newstand SW 8 9.4 back a few months ago. Sadly i didnt fast track and the label was announced after. They wouldnt let me add it to mine. Looks sick

The grading companies for comics, cards, video games, etc. all strike me as being a bit unreliable in grading. They are incentivised and motivated to give higher grades in order to keep people sending items to them for grading.

Congrats on the grades! Great selection of books and great content!

just want to say as of recent im glad i found this channel. Really fun and relatable content for people just trying to find books for good deals. Anyone can spend thousands of dollars on books but this style is more my alley. keep it going dude!

Nice haul, and love that you enjoy the books sooooo much.

Congrats on the grades..cheers from a former resident of Westfield..living in Texas..like and subscribed ! Go Sox ! 🤣

Congratulations on your grades enjoy the books

That's awesome!! Nice books and grades those are beauties

This was fun to watch!

Thank you for the heads up for that local guy who does the cleaning and pressing. I know I am local to you and if I ever get into this I would probably use him myself. Awesome grades by the way. I would have been excited too!

Amazing results. Love that Spectacular Byrne cover. Congrats on these great finds and better grades.

Way to go! I had a really hard time deciding if I should go with the custom label on a SW8 I just sent in with some other books. Ultimately I went with all standard labels since it would have cost an extra $25 ($20 shipping + $5 custom label) for just the one… but after seeing yours I kind of regret that decision 😂

that nova 1 was a win. congrats, man! hope to see your son in the hobby soon lol

Was great seeing out of bag. Want to see more books done. I will be using comic spa. Can’t wait to see more. I am going to the flee market lol.

Kinda want to submit some books now lol

That was a super quick turnaround. I’m still waiting for a drop from 8/2021. I’ve found my own presser now so hopefully my next one (probably in the spring 2023) will have a quick turnaround.

Congrats brother. You hit the jackpot with those grades.

That was fun watching you uncover those! I feel the exact same way as you do. I would much rather have raw comics than graded, but there is something special about getting a box of great a comics back. And you hit the nail on the head, slabs turn them into wall posters. :-)

Wow, great submissions and great grades with awesome books. I sent my first batch out to CGC and got them back. It's like opening presents on Christmas day for us comic fans lol.

Awesome books. Good grades lucky guy. If your Sylvers are worth it yeah I would get them graded. Especially if one out of the so many books you sent in can pay for two submissions if you sell one of the books. Have the hobby pay for itself and yes slabs are addictive I've only been back in for 2 or 3 months of comic book collecting and I have two free slabs that I won and two that I bought.

Happy for you Mike! Thanks for all the accolades! Still can’t believe the grades you got. If we only knew which graders worked on your books ……hmmmmm. Do they take requests?😂

just got my custom label secret wars 8 in a 9.4 as well!! nice man 😎

I discovered your channel and have really been loving it. Ironically I just made a comment on another channel about slabs and the whole money aspect of the hobby. I too have some graded books but I do try and avoid them. I noticed how another channel how I've seen his channel evolve over time and now it seems all he focuses on are spec videos and values and even seen him go from a raw collector and now his wall behind him is over 1/3 graded. I hope this doesn't happen here. I'm not cutting down ppl that do those types of collecting with slabbing and investment but that's not why I got into comics. I'm a reader and that's to me the real value of these books. I buy some virgin covers on modern books just for display now but they're usually damaged or I look for deals. Money was never the big draw or reason I started comics and to me if anything it was always a nice escape from the real world and real day to day issues we all have to deal with. I don't want money to poison my enjoyment of this hobby. It's so easy in today's world to let money find it's way into everything in our day to day lives and how it can rule over our happiness. I hope you stay a reader and maybe just do like you did with these and slab a better looking copy but always have a reader copy too. No matter what just keep enjoying this hobby and find enjoyment in whatever form that takes for you personally. Love your channel and hope it doesn't change too drastically but no hate if it does just offering my opinion.

Really enjoyed the video. Someone recommended your channel today, I'm glad he did! This is a really cool format, seeing the before and after immediately. Just subbed! BTW, I love the notes on each comic! I need to do that in my videos, I'm so dang lazy on that stuff... going from memory doesn't always cut it

I accidentally skipped to 13:14 and I laughed at your reaction😂 that was amazing. That’s how I felt when I got a 7.5 on my asm#300 that I thought was going to be in the 5.0 range

I actually see graded comics, not as posters, but his works of art that I collected and I know what the price is based on the grade. Insurance purposes wise I would say.

Congrats, sir. Keep your eyes open for more lunch money steals!

Getting some of those for a buck, great deals

It's somewhat disappointing (in a strange way) to get back cards, books, etc. that you know are graded way higher than they should be. It's almost like you'd rather have faith in the integrity of the grader than just get a bunch of 9.8s or PSA 10s back. Sort of makes it less special. I dunno, maybe just me.

I agree that the Spare a Grade forum tends to be conservative. I'd rather be too harsh and pleasantly surprised than too optimistic and disappointed.

Yea that's exactly why we shouldn't be valuing these books because of grading(thats gunna get some blow back for sure haha) ...it's 100% subjective...sure they have parameters, but it's up to the spacific grader and how they inturpitat said parameters...I've gotten two books back that I wouldn't be comfortable selling as what they graded them at ..two books one was a 9.6 the other a 9.4 and to me they were maybe 8.0 ..there was damage on the books that was quite clear...when I get a little extra money I'm going to Crack them out re submit and see what happens..I would ultimately like to do that three times just to see if there even close on any of the grading..maybe I'm just grumpy though haha

That Man-Thing 1 in back looks great, what shape is it in?

I'm glad you got high-grades but CGC is so inconsistent in there grading i will never understand why they are the industry standard. Ive seen 9.8s that look like 7.0s and 7.0s that look like high 9s for the last 10 years solid .I always buy the book not the grade .

CGC is extremely inconsistent sometimes haha

Damn man! the grader you got must of got laid that night. I always get the dude in a bad mood grading my stuff!

Hey lunch money, just curious.....the manufacturing wrinkles on the secret wars #8, are those at the top of the book? Because I had a few circular wrinkles on mine and I had wondered about that. Mine is currently getting pressed and sent out for grading but I literally got it pressed just for that. Could you tell me more about this? Thanks!

Put that ams 99 and sell it.

Not bobba fett on cover

Do you have comic spa’s contact info?

Does Comic Spa take orders from out of state?

Was this expedited CGC turnaround?

does comic spa have a website or just an email?

That Star Wars book has lost a ton of value. Probably worth holding onto for now.

Might have to change your channel to fine dining comics

Can I send ur freind a cgc 9.4 spawn #1 newsstand to be cracked open and clean and press and send it to cgc to be graded again. I want that 9.8

Every time this dude says, "It will look great on the wall behind me", take a shot. A few videos in, and you'll be trashed.

The market is crashing. Cgc is going to loosen up on grading to keep people sending