Squirrel Guy

Thanks, this helps for sure.

I have my grades, is it too late to get in lol.

Oh no!!! I missed it by a few days.

spoon, was there another contest I missed? I appreciate the hard work. I definitely need to do the next one.

Grades are in.

Grades are in.

Interesting. I would still give that Sub a 2.5 all day long, and that Showcase just short of a 6 with those creases? I feel that book will hurt a lot of us. I know it's pretty clean otherwise but the length of those creases. I went 4.5 and could see 5.0, tough book.

In there like swimwear

I'm in

Congrats to the winners. Excellent job again @CGC Mike Thanks for all your hard work and patience.

It had a subscription crease? Yikes. I am missing a lot of this. New strategy for next time. Not sure what it is yet lol, but it’ll be new.

Darn, I used my phone for the entirety of this round. I am now at my computer and seeing I may have over graded everything lol. Don't trust your phones.

Oh no! The is bad? I thought I was at least .5 off all my books and I got a clover. I thought I was going to have 5 points or less this round. Looks like I AM rusty from missing the last 2 contests.

On the Swamp Thing I gave a 7.0 but can see 7.5. It’s not just a tear, it almost should be considered a small missing piece. A regular tear would not be as bad a hit. surprised the journey got a 4.0 as the 3 missing pieces total accumulation puts it as a pretty big missing junk. I get the other total Accumulation of defects is lower, but that’s still pretty big missing piece accumulation. Still lots to learn and these contests help for sure.

On the Surfer I was considering the edge wear as a printing defect. It looks to me like a printing defect and I thought that would not affect grade. Ouch. From 3rd place to who knows where I am now.

Grades in. I find I'm spending most of my time trying to tell what I am seeing or not seeing in the photos. Especially with the high grade books where every little defect matters. I just want to handle a few of them for a closer inspection lol. No fault of the contest of course, the photos look great and for how we are doing this we all have the same disadvantages.

I'm in!

Sorry, just saw the message. I made a selection. If it comes back again to me a third I will pass it. 2 prizes is more than enough and I am grateful.

Okay It seems I am up again. I will choose Prize #14. G. I. Combat 5-pack #122, 123, 125, 126, 128 Shipped anywhere in the world. Donated by thirdgreenham.

Thanks so much everyone. Thanks @CGC Mike, I imagine this has been a lot of work and time. Much appreciated. It is my first contest and I am very happy that I got to participate. I am surprised with my own results. I have been handling, selling and grading my own comics on a small level on and off for over 30 years (since I was 13). Back when I was collecting McFarlane Spidermans off of the rack. Very excited, towards the end it was getting a bit stressful. That Atom #1 with the stains was really giving me a hard time. My wife is suggesting we move to Florida and I could get a job grading at CGC and she could go to Disney and the Beach while I'm at work lol.

I'm in!