From the I didn't know I needed this until right now files.. Lot of 2 "Wizard First" Red Label CGC 9.5 from 2004.
Strange #1 2004 - #1 of 20 graded. Avengers #500 - #2 of 17 graded.
Info on the Wizard First Program from The Wayback Machine: FIRST THING'S FIRST Introducing the WIZARD FIRST PROGRAM Big changes are coming to the world of CGC. Wizard Entertainment and CGC have teamed up to start a new program, along with a new grading system, designed to give collectors first crack at obtaining high quality books. The "Wizard First Program, " kicking off this spring, is going to make high-grade comics much more accessible.Comics will be taken directly from the printer to CGC headquarters. There they will be graded, slapped with a special label and sent to Wizard. The new grading system marks the biggest change.
Comics selected will be subject to a half-point grading scale. 9.2, 9.4, 9.6 and 9.8 ratings have been eliminated. The top books will still be 10.0, but the next grade will be 9.5. "We're very excited to team up with Wizard on this, " said Steve Borock, Vice President and Primary Grader at CGC.
Getting books straight from the printer reduces the number of hands they have to pass through. Currently, the only company on board is Marvel, but you never know who else might get on the bandwagon once things take off. For more market and pricing information as well as an update on the Wizard First program, check out Wizard 152 - on sale tomorrow! This item is in the category "Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Comics\Comics & Graphic Novels". The seller is "cgbuyznsellz" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Denmark, Guatemala, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Wallis and Futuna, Anguilla, El Salvador, Gambia, Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Cameroon, Guyana, Taiwan, Azerbaijan Republic, Poland, Macau, Georgia, Oman, Suriname, Tonga, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, San Marino, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Eritrea, Senegal, Togo, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Aruba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Sweden, Colombia, Iceland, Spain, Macedonia, Estonia, Belgium, Israel, Liechtenstein, Kuwait, Benin, Algeria, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Swaziland, Italy, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Tanzania, Laos, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, Cape Verde Islands, China, Moldova, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Indonesia, Portugal, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Malta, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Lebanon, Cyprus, Seychelles, Liberia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Maldives, Australia, Austria, Gibraltar, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Gabon Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Bulgaria, Guinea, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Kiribati, Andorra, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Romania, Costa Rica, Haiti, India, Greenland, Mexico, Afghanistan, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Japan, Nepal, Bahamas, Lithuania, Bahrain, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Malawi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Uganda, Luxembourg, Turkey, Western Samoa, France, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.