Boston Comic Con Aug 12-Aug 14 2016

So I subbed 68 books altogether at this con. Out of those, 51 were destined to be signed by Sam Kieth. I was fortunate to add 8 Jae Lee sigs on to my MCP books I had for Kieth as well.

I had bought a collection of books from a seller on the CGC forum, which he assured me that they were high grade. After going through hundreds of Maxx back issues, I ended up using most of his books, they came back thus...

9.8 - 19
9.6 - 25
9.4 - 4
9.2 - 4

These are  including the extras that weren't part of the collection, which encompass wizard test print, ashcan, sketchbook, MCP issues, TPB, Darker Image, and 3 Erik Larsen sigs.

Out of those, in the Maxx run, the ones under 9.6
18, 19, 32 - 9.2
27, 30 - 9.4

I am not sure what happened with the 27 ( I subbed 2, one a newsstand, one direct) the direct came back 9.4
30 is almost entirely black, so no surprise here at all really. Very difficult cover

32 was pretty low, but to be fair, it is a difficult cover.

Now the 18 and 19, I THINK these were mishandled. If I recall correctly, those were picked up by Kieth's handlers, and there are definitely finger dents on the covers, which means they could most likely benefit from a press.

Overall I am extremely impressed with the collection I had picked up on boards.
Out of approx. 35 books, there were at least 15 9.8's. Almost half. I guess I need a better eye, or perhaps it just wasn't my day, or perhaps next time I sub, I will just auto press. I had given it a lot of thought and decided against it. The differences between 9.6 and 9.8 can be so subtle, hard to tell.