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Post by Trevor on May 15, 2017 6:40:57 GMT -5
I always wondered how a " readers copy" is graded. I bought a shabby Batman #245 yesterday and am wondering why someone would try to sell the game book as a 3.0 or some low grade . Is it just trying to place value on something that doesn't have any value? Related, I enjoyed always wondered how anyone can place any value on a comic in a plastic slab. It's worthless until it's opened in my opinion. Every comic I own is a reader copy.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 15, 2017 7:04:36 GMT -5
I always wondered how a " readers copy" is graded. I bought a shabby Batman #245 yesterday and am wondering why someone would try to sell the game book as a 3.0 or some low grade . Is it just trying to place value on something that doesn't have any value? As a regular comic buyer on ebay, I find 'reader's copy' usually means 'in one piece but beat up'... it can be anywhere from 1-5 on the CGC scale. Mostly (but not always) they'll specific rips or water damage. They generally WON'T tell you about the Marvel Value Stamp or whatever, or if there are any small doodles/price stickers/etc. That's not something you want to buy if you care about what number it is. @ Trevor - While I agree, others don't, thus there is a market for them.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 15, 2017 8:03:19 GMT -5
I happened to pay 1 dollar for the Batman book. That's all that it's worth for a reader.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 15, 2017 20:53:35 GMT -5
Reader's copy is not a CGC term. People online use this term, as wildfire mentioned, generally to describe a book that CGC would grade between a 1-5. Occassionally, I have bid on issues that the seller stated were "reader copies" and they were actually quite nice. But generally, they are complete books that are soiling, scuffed, ripped, taped, etc but can still be read because they contain the entire story.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 15, 2017 20:55:38 GMT -5
I fail to see the reason to get any book grade that is low on the scale...anything less than a 5.0 seems silly unless it is a key book that is hard to find or rare. But for just a random Batman book or any book from that time, it almost seems a waste to spend money on grading it.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 21:26:55 GMT -5
Having any comic book graded by CGC is a total waste of monies unless it's absolutely is required when a Comic Book Dealer advised you to do so. I have never, ever had a book graded by CGC alone and never will. Case Closed.
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 15, 2017 21:34:08 GMT -5
Here is my CGC story. I wanted Spectacular Spider-Man #1. I found a nice 8.0 CGC copy and bought it. I got the book and could not read it. It was to look at. I thought "I could look at a book in a regular bag and board plus read it anytime and (to me) it would still be well protected". So I never bought a CGC book again (Actually I did but I sold it for a profit).
Floppies that are nicely bagged and boarded for me please!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 15, 2017 22:47:10 GMT -5
Here is my CGC story. I wanted Spectacular Spider-Man #1. I found a nice 8.0 CGC copy and bought it. I got the book and could not read it. It was to look at. I thought "I could look at a book in a regular bag and board plus read it anytime and (to me) it would still be well protected". So I never bought a CGC book again (Actually I did but I sold it for a profit). Floppies that are nicely bagged and boarded for me please! Were you to weak to open the plastic casing? Did the seller forget to include the key? If you rub a CGC comic and open it, a magic genie appears and grants you 3 comic book wishes.In return you promise not to tell anyone about the genies that are hiding in CGC comics.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 16, 2017 15:47:52 GMT -5
I fail to see the reason to get any book grade that is low on the scale...anything less than a 5.0 seems silly unless it is a key book that is hard to find or rare. But for just a random Batman book or any book from that time, it almost seems a waste to spend money on grading it. I think alot of people agree with you.. hence using the general term 'reader's copy'.
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Post by shaxper on May 18, 2017 5:24:06 GMT -5
How popular was Captain America in the Golden Age? Was he a top selling book and universally recognized character, or do we just think of him as big now because of the status he's attained post-Avengers #4.
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Post by MDG on May 18, 2017 5:52:31 GMT -5
How popular was Captain America in the Golden Age? Was he a top selling book and universally recognized character, or do we just think of him as big now because of the status he's attained post-Avengers #4. Popular enough to spawn this:
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 6:05:05 GMT -5
How popular was Captain America in the Golden Age? Was he a top selling book and universally recognized character, or do we just think of him as big now because of the status he's attained post-Avengers #4. He was Timely's second biggest character slightly behind Sub-Mariner. I believe Namor had 3 more appearances than Cap back then.
Sub-Mariner Appearances:
Sub-Mariner Comics 1-42 Marvel Mystery Comics 1-91 Human Torch Comcis 1-33, 36-38 All Winners Comics 1-19, 21, and vol 2 #1 All Select Comics 1-5, 10 Blonde Phantom 13-15, 17-22 Daring Comcs 9-12 Captain America Comics 20, 68, 70 Young Men 24-28 Men's Adventures 27-28 Namora Comics 1-3 Kid Komics 4
Captain America Appearances:
Captain America Comics 1-73, 76-78 Captain America's Weird Tales 74 All Winner's Comics 1-19, 21 and vol 2 #1 Marvel Mystery Comics 80-84,86-92 USA Comcis 6-17 All Select Comics 1-10 Blonde Phantom Comics 16 Human Torch Comics 35 Sub-Mariner Comics 31 Young Men 24-28 Men's Adventures 27-28
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Post by Cei-U! on May 18, 2017 8:29:56 GMT -5
How popular was Captain America in the Golden Age? Was he a top selling book and universally recognized character, or do we just think of him as big now because of the status he's attained post-Avengers #4. He was huge. The first issue of Captain America Comics sold nearly a million copies and sales went up from there, at least for Simon and Kirby's 1o-issue run. It was the first title to knock Superman off the top of the sales charts and Timely's best-selling title for most of the decade. Cei-U! I summon the star-spangled phenomenon!
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Post by shaxper on May 18, 2017 8:33:14 GMT -5
Thanks for all of this, folks!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 18, 2017 9:11:30 GMT -5
How popular was Captain America in the Golden Age? Was he a top selling book and universally recognized character, or do we just think of him as big now because of the status he's attained post-Avengers #4. He was huge. The first issue of Captain America Comics sold nearly a million copies and sales went up from there, at least for Simon and Kirby's 1o-issue run. It was the first title to knock Superman off the top of the sales charts and Timely's best-selling title for most of the decade. Cei-U! I summon the star-spangled phenomenon! Which I assume had a lot to do with it premiering in 1941 during WW2 fighting the commies in the comics? I've never read any comic of Cap's that are old so I can only going by comic history I read and the way the Japanese were depicted on cover of Cap's comics. I was just curious how much of it was that and/or how many other stories outside the events of WW2 that Cap's comics had in them.
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