17th Jan2026

Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal – Episode 5: Six Pokemon Cards… What Grade Did We Get?

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to episode five of Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal! Today, we’re cracking open a brand-new grading submission and seeing exactly what grades we pulled – the highs, the heartbreaks, and the surprises the graders threw our way. Whether you’re into CGC, PSA, BCCG, Beckett, CBCS, or MGC, this series is all about honest reactions, […]

10th Jan2026

Nerdly Presents: Should You Grade It – Episode 4: A 10-card AUTO submission!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to Should You Grade It?, the show where I take comics and trading cards from my collection and decide – usually on gut instinct, misplaced optimism, or sheer chaos – whether they deserve to be sent off for grading. This isn’t a hyper-technical breakdown of every microscopic flaw. It’s about the fun of the […]

03rd Jan2026

Nerdly Presents: Should You Grade It – Episode 3: A 30-card Grading Submission

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to Should You Grade It?, the show where I take comics and trading cards from my collection and decide – usually on gut instinct, misplaced optimism, or sheer chaos – whether they deserve to be sent off for grading. This isn’t a hyper-technical breakdown of every microscopic flaw. It’s about the fun of the […]

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03rd Jan2026

Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal – Episode 4: Six Grade 10s!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to episode four of Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal! Today, we’re cracking open a brand-new grading submission and seeing exactly what grades we pulled – the highs, the heartbreaks, and the surprises the graders threw our way. Whether you’re into CGC, PSA, BCCG, Beckett, CBCS, or MGC, this series is all about honest reactions, […]

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13th Dec2025

Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal – Episode 3: Pokemon!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to episode three of Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal! Today we’re cracking open a brand-new grading submission and seeing exactly what grades we pulled – the highs, the heartbreaks, and the surprises the graders threw our way. Whether you’re into CGC, PSA, BCCG, Beckett, CBCS, or MGC, this series is all about honest reactions, […]

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13th Dec2025

Nerdly Presents: Should You Grade It – Episode 2: More Pokemon off to MGC

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to Should You Grade It?, the show where I take comics and trading cards from my collection and decide – usually on gut instinct, misplaced optimism, or sheer chaos – whether they deserve to be sent off for grading. This isn’t a hyper-technical breakdown of every microscopic flaw. It’s about the fun of the […]

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06th Dec2025

Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal – Episode 2

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to episode two of Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal! Today we’re cracking open a brand-new grading submission and seeing exactly what grades we pulled – the highs, the heartbreaks, and the surprises the graders threw our way. Whether you’re into CGC, PSA, BCCG, Beckett, CBCS, or MGC, this series is all about honest reactions, […]

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29th Nov2025

Nerdly Presents: Should You Grade It – Episode 1: Pokemon, Godzilla & More!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to Should You Grade It?, the show where I take comics and trading cards from my collection and decide – usually on gut instinct, misplaced optimism, or sheer chaos – whether they deserve to be sent off for grading. This isn’t a hyper-technical breakdown of every microscopic flaw. It’s about the fun of the […]

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22nd Nov2025

Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal – Episode 1

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to episode one of Nerdly Presents: Slab Return Reveal! Today, we’re cracking open a brand-new grading submission and seeing exactly what grades we pulled – the highs, the heartbreaks, and the surprises the graders threw our way. Whether you’re into CGC, PSA, BCCG, Beckett, CBCS, or MGC, this series is all about honest reactions, […]

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01st Mar2021

eBuying Comics: Week 52

by Ian Wells

This week I bring you an interview with Richard of RJC Pressing. For hardcore collectors grades and appearances of comics is everything. Nowadays before sending your prized issue of to get the slabbing treatment you can send them away to be cleaned and repaired. I have heard the pharse ‘pressing’ heard many a time on […]

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03rd Jan2019

eBuying Comics: Week 10

by Ian Wells

In 1866 David Livingston set out to find the source of The Nile. In 1924 George Mallory set out to conquer Everest. In 1936 Professor Jones fought of Nazis in a mission to find the Arc of The Covenant. Now in 2019 maybe, just maybe I’ll get my hands on my own Holy Grail. I […]

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25th Oct2018

eBuying Comics: Week 5

by Ian Wells

As this is my fifth post milestone I thought it would be a good time to do a glossary of words and phrases that I have already used and will be using more going forward when talking about buying and selling comics. The list of words and phrases will cover a variety of topics ranging […]

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05th Oct2018

eBuying Comics: Week 4

by Ian Wells

I have been collecting comics for nearly twenty years now and I still can’t decide where I stand on ‘slab’ comics. A ‘slab’ comic is a comic that has been encased in thick plastic and given a numeric grade. The leading company in this field is Comics Guaranty (CGC). The numeric grading system introduced by […]

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