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I was pretty much spot on with the grade back in July!
Beware Cyclops wrote:... I think I'll be lucky if mine gets a 9.4 or 9.6 after being shelved and the little bit of manhandling it got when I rushed to grab and tweet it.
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How many of these were printed? :hm:
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This one specifically? ONE!!!! :P There are 5 Unity Golden Tickets. 1 per cover.
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Super awesome. One of the best slabs I've seen, hands-down. A keeper. So glad it's in the hands of a board member.

How many are accounted for now? 3?
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Yup, 3. Magnus9178, me, and Bloodshot_Cosplay.
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Now I really can't figure out why mine came back a 9.4. Grats man, I'm glad yours was graded higher!!!
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Magnus9178 wrote:Now I really can't figure out why mine came back a 9.4. Grats man, I'm glad yours was graded higher!!!
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Yeah, go figure! The copy from Ed, whose stores seem to handle theirs with care, gets a 9.4. And the one from Forbidden Planet, where the copies get handled quite a bit (then manhandled by me), gets the 9.6.
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Different graders? Even though there is a protocol for grading some graders may be more lenient than others? :?
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Beware Cyclops wrote:
Magnus9178 wrote:Now I really can't figure out why mine came back a 9.4. Grats man, I'm glad yours was graded higher!!!
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Yeah, go figure! The copy from Ed, whose stores seem to handle theirs with care, gets a 9.4. And the one from Forbidden Planet, where the copies get handled quite a bit (then manhandled by me), gets the 9.6.
the uk forbidden planet like to damage all their comics before shelving them. If by some chance they missed one, after they have grabbed the spine in their clenched fist and scanned it. Then banged them on the bench a few times to line them up( like when you have playing cards and want to slide them back into the pack) only to deposit them in an over size bag so they blend in half while you walk ~ I am truely suprised it came back 9.6. Someon was not following procedure.
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Nice! What was the word by the UPC that made it a Golden Ticket?
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#UNITYGOLDENTICKET
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What, nice grade for such a rare book. :thumb:
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Beware Cyclops wrote:#UNITYGOLDENTICKET
That's also in gold ink, if I'm not mistaken?
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kjjohanson wrote:
Beware Cyclops wrote:#UNITYGOLDENTICKET
That's also in gold ink, if I'm not mistaken?
You'd think so. But it's actually printed in the blood of 1,000 Valiant interns, interns sacrificed to satisfy the Editorial staff's drunk induced addiction for hookers and blow!!!!!!

Oh wait, I think it is golden ink. :|
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Beware Cyclops wrote:#UNITYGOLDENTICKET
Thanks.
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david_albuq wrote:
Beware Cyclops wrote:#UNITYGOLDENTICKET
Thanks.
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Awesome Slab! As many others have said, I'm glad it's in the hands of a board member. Did all 5 Gold Tickets eventually get found? I understand that it's obviously too late for the reward, but I'd still love to know if there is a possibility of finding 1 or 2 more of these out there.

I think 3 of these ended up in the hands of board members, correct?
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Congrats, BC! That's a pretty fair grade, and it makes it one of the rarest Valiant books of all. I'm also happy to see it in a board member's collection. :thumb: :clap:
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Congrats Mark :thumb:
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