I've stayed up til very late for the last couple weeks in order to compile all this haha

Thank you my friend! Glad you checked it out, went ham for this onr

It's a true unicorn of a grade

Isn't that wild?

Thank you sir! Thos video was a huge project for me and fun to make!

Thanks so much!

Thanks, will do! More and more to come! I'm having a blast doing it

Appreciate it! thanks for stopping in my man!

Tobacco for kids!!! Lolol

Glad it was helpful!

I appreciate the kind words my friend! Glad I coukd share some comic history with ya

Many many thanks!!!

MY fav video I've ever made acctually!

Thanks so much my dude!

Thanks VP! And hey if even one of these was in the PC I'm pretty sure I'd never leave the house 🤣

You got it my friend!

Thank you sir! A lot of time went into this so I appreciate that!

Craziness

I'd have to hire a bodyguard! Lolol

A 1973 9.8 is amazing!!! I am always impressed by 9.8s prior to 2010. I'm even more impressed by 9.8s from the 90s and the 2000s. Im even more impressed with 1987-1990 9.8s, and I consider 1976-1986 to very difficult to obtain. Anything lower that? Essentially impossible because up to 1975 they used pulp in paper! So that 1973 comic is amazing! What comic is it?

Hahaha and I know you're getting the same snow as me. I haven't had to shovel so much in years... I GOTTA GET TO THE COMIC SHOPS!

I hear ya!!

Welcome aboard! Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm glad this video is being appreciated, new video dropping today!

Your eyes do not deceive you! I actually couldn't find a picture of the Allentown 9.8 copy so I had to photoshop a 9.8 onto this copy of the SF 9.4! so there still is only one 9.8 of this in existence. Why people aren't photographing and spreading photos of the highest grade books ever? I'll never know. Thanks for tuning in!

Wonder how I missed that - that's a beautiful book

Oh boy I'd better start digging! Hahaha, for some reason a part of me wants to say the first 9.8 was Venom Lethal protector 1, not sure where I heard that though

I was laughing when making this video because I'd be happy with coverless burnt versions of all of these lol

Good eye Magnumrex! That's one of the ones that wasn't pictured so I put a 9.8 label over the next lowest grade which was I believe a 7.0. Why people with the most rare 9.8s ever wouldn't supply a picture of their slab? I'll never know. Out of the 30 comics in this list I had to plop a "9.8" logo on about 4 or 5 (I know I had to do it for the first Solomon Grundy and I believe for ASM #1) over the next lowest grade as there are no pictures of the existing whale of a slab books. Thank you my friend!

Thanks, will do!

It's because its a sign of a pedigree! also keep in mind for some of these that I wasn't able to find pictures of the 9.8s - I had to find the picture of the next lowest grade and show the picture of that instead. that happened on like 5 or 6 of these

Thanks for sharing John! And don't forget 2 or 3 of the 9.8 slabs in this video, there's no pictures of so I had to find high quality imaging of the next lower grades. So some of those look lower and I took the 9.8 label at the top

Seriously. What do you think it would go for? Venom hype is so high right now

@@MintHunterComics re watched this video and thinking about it I bed the venom 10.0 black cover would go for like 25k ish. Especially after the movie drops

Oh indeed!

I know right?!?

Thanks Mike!

My favorite comic is probably not what you'd think! I love submitting underated books from my childhood so major keys, while cool, aren't as exciting to me as let's say Batman contagion part 1 (of which I hold the only 9.8 of)

Well remember like 5 or 6 of these I had to edit a "9.8" logo on to it since there are no pictures, I know I had to do it for the first green lantern 9.8, so if they don't look like a pure 9.8, that's because I edited the 9.8 logo onto a few if the pictures weren't available!

@@MintHunterComics Right, but I was looking at the top corners of the Detective Comics 91 at 6:57. Or the Crackajacks that all have writing on the cover. Coin grading works on a curve too though. If it's really really old and rare, they give it a little boost

@@radratcomics Those ones are legit too! so CGC doesn't dock points for writing if it's part of a pedigree or historical significance. If it was a kids writing it actually docks it a hole 2 points I believe. I have a pedigree grade 8.0 of a very old comic and it's an extremely sharp 8.0. if it was not a confirmed pedigree writing it would be a 6.0 or worse

@@MintHunterComics Interesting! I didn't know that

Oh man! (Wish I could have used the photo for the vid) that's so cool! Please tell that individual to never ever ever sell it. That's the coolest piece of history ever!

@@MintHunterComics Yeah he owns a comic book store in Ohio. I believe he’s gotten some offers, but likely won’t sell anytime soon lol. I actually own a pretty early 9.8 in a golden age comic book series that has very few. Very cool video though by the way 👍. Getting a 9.8 on gold and silver is extremely tough!

@@MintHunterComics it will be in the June 17 Heritage Auction. Im cashing in on this market!!! LOL

@@youngstowncomiccon5677 I can't WAIT to see that! It'll be truly historical

They're hard to obtain for sure!

Oh MAN! some of these high grade books really are worth sitting on - every book seems to just get hotter and hotter!

The Pac coast actually might hit close to the $10k as there'd be a premium for that pedigree. A regular 9.8 probably would not (though who knows in this market) as it's a relatively easy book to find in 9.8. The Pac Coasts are amazing.

Not a bad idea!

Hi Shawn! So by that I mean the oldest and first 9.8 to appear of the census. So Batmans first appearance was in Detective Comics #27 but his earliest and first recorded 9.8 wasn't until Detective Comics #91! Crazy to see a 1944 book get a 9.8

So that writing is what's called part of a "pedigree" if the writing can be traced to a notable comic shop of something of historical value it not only doesn't get docked for points but it actually can give it a rare "Pedigree" grade and. label. Now 99 times out of 100 writing on comics is from kids at the time. CGC docks HEAVILY for this type of writing

@@MintHunterComics This isn't entirely actually accurate. Writing may be forgiven and it has nothing to do with whether it was a pedigree or not. it's also not correct that 99 times out of 100 it's kids writing on comics. Most of the numbers in grease pencil or pencil/ink (you see on GA or SA books) are related to arrival dates and it was a very common practice at the time. There are pedigrees which show some of those marks as well as pedigrees that have store stamps etc. Pedigrees may be more noteworthy for having certain marks, but you can get a 9.8 with a date stamp, grease pencil etc and it does not have to be a pedigree. One of the most famous pedigrees -- the Winnipeg collection, has the owners name scrawled out in pen on the cover on many of the books. I wouldn't say every pen or pencil mark carries a heavy deduction either, that's misleading. There may be some deduction depending on the size, scope, placement and nature of the mark. The place where the comic book was bought isn't the determining factor on the pedigree, only was it 'original owner' in terms of the collection. Meaning the owner bought them as they came out and stored them himself (one owner) but the owner could have gone to multiple newsstands (often they didn't, but some times that happened or no one knows). There are also other determining factors for a pedigree evaluation, which someone like West Stephan (who commented here) who was one of the earliest CGC graders and currently a grader at CBCS and one of the most well known collectors of pedigrees, comics and art out there can shed true light on the pedigree determination process.

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Still can't believe that book is under $500

@@MintHunterComics I bought a 9.6 last week. Much much cheaper.

I took a look - I would have included it but I just had even earlier 9.8 examples so I chose to portray them. That's a super clean book!

I had ONE 9.9 and as you can imagine it sold immediately. It was a square bound Detective Comics #1027 Anniversary comic from last year

@@MintHunterComics wow

@@MintHunterComics How do you even get a 9.9? I've had comics with no flaws come back with a 9.8 grade

Wow - that's amazing chim247! interesting to hear the background of that.... the powers of pressing are amazing

Don't forget I put a couple disclaimers that not all of those slabs were pictured so I ahd to find lower grade high quality pictures and superimpose the 9.8 label on em. I think 4 or 5 of these sadly didn't have the real picture so I had to do that for em

Yeah thanks for that reminder, and of course, love your vids man

That's part of the pedigree grading! If it's traced to the pedigree cgc won't knock for it!

@@MintHunterComics I was wondering about that.

Hahaha it makes you wonder

Where would I find the majority of the comics you have for sale on ?

I'm sure half of those 9.8s would be 9.2 - 9.4 now lol

1970

Good eye Travis! That's one of the ones that wasn't pictured so I put a 9.8 label over the next lowest grade which was I believe a 7.0. Why people with the most rare 9.8s ever wouldn't supply a picture of their slab? I'll never know. Out of the 30 comics in this list I had to plop a "9.8" logo on about 4 or 5 (I know I had to do it for the first Solomon Grundy and I believe for ASM #1) over the next lowest grade as there are no pictures of the existing whale of a slab books. Thanks for your support!

@@MintHunterComics WHEW! I did not realize you had done that to any other issues apart from Amazing Fantasy 15, Im glad you cleared that up as I was losing faith in the CGC!

Hahahahaha well I will say they've actually done that to me before. I've had 9.8 worthy books get 8.5s, and I've also had one 8.0 worthy book get the full 9.8! It REALLY depends on the grader haha

@@MintHunterComics Same here, I hate that I have to pay for the Graders notes as well. I have busted them out and resubmitted them and received higher grades.

@@travisjones5191 Yeah right? How does that make any sense?

Pedigrees have certain notations and sometimes stamps from major collections or shops that are considered part of history. If it's not an approved pedigree it can knock the book down a full 2 or 3 points!

@@MintHunterComics I'm beginning to understand why markings are sometimes acceptable. Thanks!

Might want to look that up my friend! He may have not been intended when he was first introduced but he is absolutely a batman villain appearing in comics, batman video games, even cartoons up against Batman

Correct! I made sure to mention in my 9.9 segment that the first comic to get this grade was in 1940

He still has it! ;)

This was pre microphone haha, I only just started the yoitube channel not even a full year ago so I've had to learn EVERYTHING from scratch. I barely knew how to work a calculator much less mics but im micd up now

Thanks Face, btw the youtube logo looks really good!