Kawnipi

Happy to provide more detailed pictured if desired

Happy to provide more detailed pictured if desired.

Got this in a Whatnot sale the other day and was pleased with the purchase.   I can provide additional pictures if needed.

Thanks to all who reply.

Edit.  added some more pictures.  The spots on the H are some type of stain instead of surface material.  They don't go through the front cover.  Not sure what type of stain they are.

On 2/5/2022 at 8:14 PM, JollyComics said:

To be honest with you.  It may be slightly improved by half point.  That crease that broke the color.  It may stay at 6.0.

The worst part is P & C that will take up to 6 or more months before moving to CGC that will add 60 more days if you are using Standard Tier.  I have two books are still sitting at CCS since 10/21/2021.  Wait for the pressing after the restoration removals for both books.  I have seen people here are still waiting back in April.  Once the books are pressed, they will move to CGC for 195 more days (Economy Tier).  I won't see my books until September or October 2022.  It sucks.

It's your call.

Are you able to sneak a book of this value in the economy or standard tier?  Even at 6.0 grade, that's a 5k book.  Figured it would need to be walk through or express at worst.

On 2/3/2022 at 11:05 AM, marvelmaniac said:

I cannot assign a grade due to the top edge and spine being cropped out of the pic of the front cover.

I've uploaded a better scan.  Thanks for letting me know the scan sucked.

Another comic from my childhood when I collected anything with an X-Men in it.

Didn't buy it off the rack but I've had it since I was a kid.

Finally got my scanner hooked up.  Hope these are better than my usually bad pictures.  Thanks for the opinions on the grade.

On 1/16/2022 at 6:29 PM, KCOComics said:

It's it ripped under the 12¢? 

I'll go 4.5. Looks like a good press could help. 

No bend under the 12, just a big crease.

On 1/16/2022 at 4:43 PM, zzutak said:

Are we looking at a beverage spill-type stain here?

I don't believe so.  It didn't show anything under black light (not sure if a beverage stain would show).  It also doesn't show anything on the back side of the cover indicating there might be a stain.  Whatever it was it came off with a small bit of white eraser.

On 1/15/2022 at 11:54 PM, Primetime said:

4.0

Does it have the Beast pin up page?

It does indeed still have the pin up page.

Bagged and boarded since it was released.  Not sure how the color rub above the x-men will affect the grade.  All 4 of my copies look the same there.

On 12/10/2021 at 6:04 PM, joeypost said:

Are the dots on the back ink or foreign objects pressed into the book?

Foreign objects pressed into the book.  They don't go through the back cover and should be able to be removed with a press and clean would be my guess.

Picked this up the other day.  I plan to have it pressed if it will improve the grade.  Still kicking myself for stopping collecting comics when ASM 298 came out.  A couple of more months and I would have had 298-300.  Ah such is life.