Aug 24 2022 75 mins 1
What a rollercoaster month it's been!
First #acetategate with Black Flag Comics producing bootleg comics, then CGC Comics "standing their ground" on giving said Bootlegs a blue label and grading them up to 10.0 (but then....reversing said position ever so slowly like a MACK truck on a downhill) and now we have CBCS Comics exposed for shoddy practices.
Join Neville, Ben and Mike for a great episode as they take on CGC, CBCS and also discuss Neville's latest score (comic score that is)
They start with the next Chapter of #Acetategate and the third 'official' announcement from CGC on their adjusted position on the bootleg books. How will they be graded moving forward, and how would it impact public perception. Did they finally come to their senses, or is is it a saving face exercise?
Our team then steamrolls into the news that CBCS comics lost close to 400 books submitted for slabbing, all submitted via a captain of industry Clan McDonald Comics! How do CBCS loose 400 books? Easy break all your own rules by shipping them to graders homes during Covid with no tracking and logistics oversight!! (Well, we wish this was a joke, but it's not)
Dive into what this means for CBCS, their reputation, and how it would impact the common collector, not to mention The Clan McDonalds Comics themselves!
The conversation takes a turn when focus shifts to Neville's latest score, discussing the short box he bought, and great keys he landed in the process. The hate flowed freely from Mike on this one.
They round it off with verdicts! Where does this put CGC, CBCS now, and five years into the future, and will we see a changing landscape of Grading Authorities as collectors shy away from submitting books and continue to question the integrity of said Authorities.
It's an action packed episode, deserving of a couple of beers, so get ready for a wild ride!
