Venom #1 - Funeral Pyre

Like new. We've had this for 30 years, never read. We have kept the comic book collection in above average condition. We plan to have a box or two of select comics, sent in for grading...but those are the comics more likely to be in the range of 500 dollars to as much as 100,000 (the number 1 of Eastman and Laird's TMNT). So, the condition of the books I'm willing to sell as-is are grade-worthy...and keep in mind, the grade does not always matter: anything between a 6.5 to a 9.0 is a good grade for a comic book: the longer you keep it, the more likely the supply, of the same comic that are known to exist, goes down. In many cases, the buyer wants to read it.

I'm open to negotiations on prices but please keep in mind that, the shipping costs are an issue and I value positive feedback most of all. I will accept returns if you believe the condition is not grade-worthy. I'm pretty flexible on the prices of what I'm selling. My prices are based on the listings on MyComicShop. I look at the extreme highs vs. the extreme lows and try to meet somewhere in the middle. I also consider whether it's a popular character and whether there are movies and TV shows about the main character--or, if it's a significant name in comics, such as Todd McFarlane (we have many of the Spider-Man comics he worked on).

I can't quote a grade for the comic books I'm selling but I know the general criteria for grading comics.

From my inspection, the comic books do not have damage to the seems, the corners, discoloration, folding, tears, or so on. The comics have been kept in plastic with cardboard for 30 years. The pages, generally speaking, have been white and not off-white, tan, or brittle. There should be no missing pages but I have not counted. These are what graders will check. I'm confident that the books I have are, generally, in the 9.0 or higher range...the comics we have had graded were 9.0 and over--which were the Eastman and Laird first run of TMNT comics, which was an infamously rough publishing (many of the comics were printed poorly). Meaning, what I do have could be much higher than the TMNT comics.

This comic is grade-worthy