Yup, it's an easy cheap way to get people to buy stuff they think will be valuable when in reality this stuff can easily be forged and very few collectors actually want them. I know people who bought them before they knew much about it and now regret the purchase because a raw copy is now more desired and valuable since the signature will be treated as a defect..

Not saying that books people have like this aren't real, I'm sure they are authentic but to a qualified grading company like CGC they can't take a chance like that because of how easy it would be to fake it.

I should add that CGC representatives will be at Comic Con this year so if you have some Donny Cates books, who has been writing some great stuff for Venom and Carnage with some $100+ raw books then it will be a good oppurtunity to get a Signature Series CGC slab, it's cost R950 for an SS slab which is nothing when you think about shipping costs and all that.

Forgot to post weekend pick ups

The certificate was issues by Marvel, I bought the comic form Marvel Direct.

Then another question…my son has got a Captain America Shield that was used on set of Winter Soldier, the bridge scene.

We got the shield from a buddy of mine that worked on the movie (he was part of the special effects team). The shield is made from fibre glass and only the outside (the star log) has been painted to look like the shield. The inside is just rough white fibre glass and two nylon straps.

The shield does have a date and scene number written on the inside.

I don’t really expect this shield to have real value, more sentimental value and bragging rights for my son, however, how can I establish the value of this shield.

Doesn't matter where the certificate comes from or where you bought it from, CGC will not authenticate the signature and will grade your book like any other book seeing the signature as a defect. If you grade it they will send you back the certificate seperately in a normal comic holder with back board with either the green label or blue universal label slab.

@DP I thought that Witchblade comic looked familiar.
I've got this one below.
I'm assuming the Witchblade cover is a homage to the X Men cover?

Yup, it's one of the few key issues for Witchblade

Ordered these .
Can't wait to jump back into NMS
& can finally play ALL TWD seasons! Only played the first two, so can bring this story to an end now

Vampirella #3 Campbell cover, comes out next week, not the best cover but seems to be all we can get locally



Then I paid for this to be sent to CGC, currently only 11 graded copies of this so I'll likely be number 12 and will be nice to have a CGC Turner cover, 4-5 month wait though so will only get this back next year.

Final Artgerm cover for Catwoman

Final Spawn #301 covers revealed.
A bit disappointed with Mc Farlane's covers. This one below looks good, but will stick with Campbell's.

Renewed TV license, completely forgot about this thing, they usually send me an email to remind me but didn't get anything this year so ended up paying some penalty fees as well, annoying.

*cough cough* iptv *cough cough*

Ja, and they want to RAISE the license fees. Bunch of tools. Apparently only 27% of the country is actually still paying. I see no reason to throwing money into such a corrupt and bankrupt system.

Why would you pay for a fee that you can see is been stolen, basically.

@Teb & DG If you don't have a TV license, you can't buy a TV.
Shops are very strict with this unfortunately.

If you have the money to buy a 50" monitor then you have the money for pay the R250 a year for the license.

Tv licenses are so cheap in this country it really is a non-issue, If I remember correctly a TV license in Dublin was 160 euro a year.

@Teb I bought 2 TVs, since this nonsense with the TV licence started.
No licence no sale, straight forward. Both times, different stores.
Plus I'M the go to guy when somebody I know whats to get a TV. Cause I'm the only one with a license

I'm not interested in getting rid of my HD LCD anytime soon, because it still has a two RPG connectors on it.