I Needed to Fix This Comic Collecting Regret: a Big Key Issue BACK my Collection… with a TWIST!
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- Опубликовано: 11 окт 2024
- Hey comic fans! I have very few regrets in my comic collecting journey, but when my biggest one stared me in the face at a local comic shop I saw a chance to fix it! Check out the video to see what big book I added BACK into my collection… with a twist.
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I would 100% grade and authenticate it. What’s nice is you still have the other copy to flip through too. Great buy! Just had the chance to meet Kevin Eastman at Granite State Comic Con. He’s a wicked nice guy
Yes - grade it and authenticate it. It will protect the book against damage and well worth it. Thanks for the great content!
Absolutely get it graded and authenticated.
Great find! The Peter Laird signature is what makes that book such a rare find on the cover of the book! I would send it to CGC JSA!
Yes! Get it authenticated.. weird though as soon as you put on the mask, I didn't know who you were anymore. 😂
Great pickup! TMNT #1 is a personal grail I hope to own again one day. Love that you went back to get this. Just an amazing book and a great story on how you obtained it. To answer your question...No, I would not. I am not a slabber at all. And I would want to be able to see those inside signatures whenever I wanted. Sealed up, you'll never get to see that part of the book. Thanks for sharing this story, Mike!
Something you could preserve, protect, and pass down to your kids who may appreciate the story behind it all when it comes to comics and collecting. Happy for you Mike and go with your guts!
Congrats again! Awesome one to have in the PC let alone signed. If that was my copy I would definitely get it graded 🐢🐢🐢
Double signatures? Yep, get it graded, Mike! Congrats on the find!
Just hearing you talk about this book I would say … YES!! Why are you even thinking about it lol it would look super dope on the wall you have built behind you
I would totally get it graded. It’s something your son might appreciate 10 years from now.
Huge TMNT fan. Always envious of seeing someone get their hands on a TMNT issue one, but always more excited to see how happy they are. Glad you represented Mikey properly too. At this point, I'd say clean, press and slab for sure.
Great vid. You mentioned selling off some older books to help fund the big turtles purchase. You have so many vids on finding books and deals, I would LOVE some vids on navigating selling books.
To answer the main question of the vid - I normally am not a slab person at all, but because you already have a 5th print that you can use as a reader, I would consider getting this one graded and slabbed.
Way to go! May everyone else have the same luck to recover their favoutite "mistakes" and I love the name Rubber Chicken. No, I don't believe in slabbing.
Rubber Chicken is such a great store, I’m a little annoyed you’ve featured them twice now. My secret honey hole is gone, LOL! Jay and everyone there are great, wish I lived closer or they’d be my LCS.
I have a TMNT #1 fifth print in a 9.6. slowly working my way up to the earlier reprints. Thx for sharing
Great pick up. Yes, I would get it graded and authenticated. To preserve the quality of the book. It's a book that is hard to get signed by both creators.
If it were me, because of the signatures, I would have it authenticated and slabbed. Plus with the price you paid, paying a little extra to keep it preserved forever is worth it. You can always crack it if you really want to thumb through it
I'd get it cleaned and pressed and then bag and board it. 🌟
Mike, on the grading question, I'd say have it graded and authenticated, unless your feelings toward the book would be diminished if the number came back less than you expected. (Meaning, you definitely don't want to run the risk of looking at it every single time and be slightly disappointed all over again each time) If there's no risk in that, then I say go ahead and send it off after Jeff presses it.
For sure grade it and thumb through your 5th printing. It needs to be on your wall for sure. Keep it up Mike! Love the content. 👌🏼
Man hell yeah slab slab slab it's signed!
The eight ball says......slab it. I would do it just for protection/preservation.
My opinion, once you get a book signed you essentially create a display piece. Therefore, it's now a good candidate for authentication and grading.
Congratulations on the awesome purchase!!! Love the mask ! LOL! I would say yes to the authentication and grading! A book that special to you would be devastating to have something happen to it!!
You already have a 5th print that you can flip through and read any time that you want. If I were you, I would definitely get that authenticated and graded. What a great purchase!
I don’t have any graded comics, I like to be able to read them. But if you do grade this one, you also need to frame a photo of you holding the book with that mask & shirt on next to it! Great video. Thanks. 😅
Double signed and in great condition definitely worthy of grading . A fantastic addition to your collection and also a significant investment IMHO 👍
Damn, Mike, the wall selection is looking pretty incredible. All those first appearances and iconic covers and silver age stuff. Very impressive, if a good bit out of 'lunch money comics' range now! Great to see the evolution of your collection over the channel's life span.
I am a huge TMNT fan and this video makes me happy. I own 1st 2nd & 3rd in my collection. Right now i’m on a mission to complete the whole Archie TMNT runs. Currently right now i’m 71% away to complete it all.
Congrats on getting a fantastic book back my friend! My answer to your question on whether or not to authenticate and slab it would be the question, is it something you will keep forever and pass down to your kids? If yes, then I think it would definitely help them someday in the future to prove it's provenance when they are deciding to do with it next. Great video as always my man, save some Halloween spirit for the 26th!
Great video and awesome purchase!!! I’m not one who has any slabs but I do agree with you on preserving certain ones for the future. This would be one of those comics that needs protecting. Cowabunga!!!
Mike, I’d absolutely get it graded. This is definitely a legacy book to pass down to the kids. I would go with CGC/JSA, but that’s a personal preference. Great find! Let us know what you decide!
Awesome video man! Definitely authenticate and grade it for preservation, history and pass down to your kids, then just buy a reprint to enjoy the reading nostalgia...great video Mike as always!
Definitely will get it graded 100%. The book looks great congratulations.
Send it Mike as a local myself The fact that there not going to be a lot more going to be signed by the authors alone makes it worth sending it.
Slab it. Loved the mask! Soooooooooo funny 😆
Awesome video! My favorite cartoon and toys, growing up. You got a sweet deal.
Love your channel Mike, I say yes to getting it graded….must do!….👍
I'd get it authenticated and graded. This books is a legacy item. You have the fifth print to read. The third print would looks gorgeous in a slab, and would be a solid addition.
I would grade it to authenticate Lairds sig. You can get Eastmans anywhere, he signs everything. I am aiming for a 9.8 copy of this but would still grade that and keep it as my second copy that’s signed. If you haven’t watched my video on my TMNT 9.8 collection you should, its crazy
Great signatures! Great story! Great mask! I would probably get it slabbed for the reasons you named.
Signature verified with yellow label would look awesome!
Love the mask!! Get the book authenticated. Because the book is valuable. love the show.
Something similar happened to me 2 weeks ago, I went to a comic book shop and found dazzler 33, the michael jackson thriller cover. I live MJ, but I did not buy it because I try to pace myself and I already had too many comics I wanted to buy. For the next week I could not get this book out of my head and I really wanted it, so I ended up buying 😂
It seems like you consider it a legacy comic so I’d slab it. Just be sure to print out a good pic of the inside signatures so you can have a record of them.
I am also not big into grading. However, with the rarity and condition of the book as well as Eastman and Laird double signed. Having it authenticated, I think that is a fitting piece to encapsulate, protect and show off.
Awesome addition. I am a TMNT fan as well, have been for a long time.
Absolutely grade it
If i had cgc with me when signing a comic i would sign it. But when getting a comic signed without cgc witness you'll get that label saying that it "might" be signed by the artists instead of a confirmation that it's an authentic signature.
Case in point; im from Montreal and in the early 90s mark Bagley was at a comic convention convention in my town. I got my venom: lethal enforcer signed and knew that i would never sell this one because it was one the first artist i ever had a signature from and also i didn't want the hassel to convince others it was the real deal.
Fast forward to now, and even with cgc offering some verification of sorts i wouldn't want that grading because it would annoy me that someone else is telling me that it "might" the real thing but not totally sure compared to the authenticated cgc signatures.
I know i rambled on there but i hope you get where i was getting at.
I have never slabbed any book and never will!!!
Amazing pickup. I’d love to upgrade to the more iconic 3rd printing (I have a 5th as part of a display alongside Eastman and Laird sketches)
Such a big price jump though, and I have so many hobbies to fund 🤣🤣🤣
I would in fact get it graded because you can always reread this issue in reprints. It would look epic incased!
I’ve never sent a book in to get graded but I would definitely send in that one if I had it!
Have it graded. You have 5th print to read. Oversized, I have a second print signed and graded. Definitely important book seeing as it is well over 40 years old and still making movies and comics
Welcome back into the fold, “fellow chucker”! I was sad when you let it go before. Full disclosure it’s my personal grail.
If CGC has the banana gate thing under control I would definitely slab it! That is a great one to pass down.
Definitely grade it such an awesome book and it’s signed by the creators🔥🐢
keep it ungraded. great video! thank you... lots of love
Thanks for putting on the mask, it’s appropriate and fun.
Nice catch 😎
Yes,absolutely since this book has such historical significance in the comics world get it authenticated and graded. You want to preserve this book for posterity and the less handling of it the better. The value will only keep increasing as the years go by.
I personally don’t like graded books and won’t even consider buying them as I see it as just paying more money for less of a book. Having the signatures on the inside also would be a shame to lock them behind plastic. The book can be protected just fine in an unsealed holder. By the way, I had been looking at that very book at Rubber Chicken for a few weeks and was seriously considering buying it, the main thing stopping me was having the year “2018” on the front as part of the signature, but if I knew I could get it for $575 I would have for sure bought it! Congrats on a great deal, and thanks for making all these videos, I really enjoy your channel.
What an unbelievable deal! So cool! My third print was 700 cad with no autographs 🫠
Yeah man I would grade it, if for no other reason because of the sigs. Great pick-up brother!
Wait for them to do TMNT labels again
I’m same as you. I actually don’t have a single graded comic.
But you should probably get that graded and authenticated.
Glad you got a regret book back, slab it if it makes you happy to do so.
2024 again is being great to you
DO IT SLAB TIME!
Since you have a later printing I would slab, but only because of the signatures. I am normally anti-slabbing and the four or five slabs that I bought because they were great bargains were all cracked open when I got them.
Hi Mike, I agree with the people who say you can always read this in some other form of reprint.Slab it dude. And my favorite part of the video was you putting on the mask. Way to retain that inner child or see if your wife likes it. 😅
If it were me, I would get it authenticated and slabbed. I actually have a TMNT book signed by Eastman that I won in a giveaway, and I would love to get it slabbed, just to keep it nice. Looking sharp in that mask, Mike. That might have to become a regular thing in your videos. 😂😂
You know you are so get to it!
i'd get it authenticated and graded. Just cause its signed on the cover and you have a later printing you can read!
Because it's signed I'd definitely get it authenticated and graded
With the interior autographs and no COA, I would keep that copy raw. I believe without a witness, CGC treats signed copies as defects unless you submit it with a request for blue label, then they knock it down a grade or two. If you don't make the request for a blue label, they will grade with with a qualified label which lowers the value of it significantly. Since this is a PC book, just keep it raw and enjoy looking at the interior signatures.
I think slabbing benefits rigidity. Sometimes as a short box is not full and boarded books slide around they might flex. Being a wall display book this may not be a problem
Absolutely would get it slabbed and graded. Important book with a cool story. Get a reprint at some point or an omnibus to enjoy the story.
Get it graded. Definitely.
Slab it. I personally don't own many slabs but that book would be perfect for one. The signatures are perfect.
Yes clean press and grade with JSA authentication. For that price keep it slabbed and safe. You can always Crack it later. 😂
Congrats! Great deal! I wouldn't grade it but you should if you want to.
I personally don’t grade any books and probably never will (short of AF 15 Xmen 1 etc if I ever own them only for preservation) but for signature authentication you may want to just to close any doubt on the book. Question is do you value the book itself more (don’t slab and keep it to flip through) or the signatures more (slab it and show them as authentic). Hope that helps!
Wouldn't bother with grading or even authenticating back story to the signatures enough for me anyway
so cool, i want that book. I would keep it raw. However I think you want to slab it. Do it!
In my personal experience i never put comics in the slab, Cause i prefer reading it over putting in wall
Grade for rarity and condition. This book checks both those boxes.
I would, BUT ... CGC/JSA does NOT authenticate signatures on magazine-sized books yet. 😑 Maybe CBCS?
Super-cool book, regardless, and a great price!
@@jeffstanley6013 interesting, great info thanks!
Yes because it locks it in forever
If you slab it I feel it loses it's appeal, but raises it's value.
I'd get it authenticated. It's too important not to.
I grew up in a rural area in north Louisiana. I was trying to find collections in late 1970s to 1980s. Somewhere along way I wound up the first printings I of TMNT #1-4. Maybe from small collection I bought from collector in Louisiana after I moved to Alabama in 1985 who primarily had a new X-Men complete collection I was buying at time. Never really thought those books were great so let #1 go for small amount in later 1980s. I need to see if still have #2-4...:-)...
I wouldn't send it to CGC until they fix their process, which has been damaging books.
You can get it authenticated without getting it slabbed. CBCS does it, I believe, as well as Beckett. That’s what I would do. I’m totally against getting books slabbed. I don’t buy them slabbed either. Probably in the minority but I’m old school that way.
I wouldn't slab it. After Banana-Gate you can't be sure the book is really well protected. I've also read about slabbed books catching staple rust, so no guarantee there. And then it's a book and not a card - you should be able to look at it.
I wouldnt slab it unless i were selling it. Just my opinion
No interest in the Turtles, never read one of their comics and don't plan to - but glad you got this one, and at a very good price too.
I would give it a year in your collection first.
Never thought about this, but those first ninja turtles movies kind of get left out of the comic book movie conversation.