Tom789

Um, how many warning signs do you want listed, lol?

A bad press with misplaced protection could possibly do that, yes. By unopened, I assume you mean a poly bag. I don't have any experience with comics in those bags (I'm an old-timer ) but I've heard they can produce such creases.

I believe a "crease" in CGC's eyes is either color-breaking or fiber-breaking and is not fixable with a press.

6.0

I've submitted 180 books and received 26 9.6s and 21 9.8s. I've gotten grader notes on four 9.6s and one 9.8.

Pre-press with tack iron and steel ball. 155 deg F, 8 minutes each side, then left in press for minimum 10 hours. SA and BA only.

I'm in.

Thanks. I'll leave it as is.

I just noticed in CGC slab I got back about a month ago that the inner well is not sealed on the right edge at the top. It's about an inch long where the top and bottom plastic appear to have been separated (or were never sealed). I tried but failed to get a good picture of it. I didn't find this on other slabs that I looked at. I assume this is not proper. Would it qualify as a Mechanical Error return this long after receipt?

I'm not convinced they're not the same book. There are a couple of seeming discrepancies, possibly because they are different photos, but some things line up exactly: 1. Staple positions and wear are the same. 2. The slant of the Marvel logo box is the same relative to the top edge. 3. The cut along the edges relative to the artwork look identical. 4. There is a cb spine tick in the same place left of the girl's right arm.

I'm seeing that the listing ended 30 minutes early because the book was sold? Even fishier?

Fell in love with this cover the first time I saw it in an eBay auction a couple of weeks ago. I lost that auction, but another copy was up last week and I snagged it. Probably been posted here before, but who can resist some Bernie Wrightson goodness?

I'll definitely agree with you on how much room these slabs take up! I keep some books in raw with no intention of slabbing them, such as a raw Carl Barks ducks collection I started recently.

Grats! You beat me out on that one. Only two 9.8's, so these 9.6's usually have stiff competition.

Ah, a chance to expound! This goes to the recent topic about "Why do some books get graded that I think should not get graded?" In my case, I'm retired and returning to the hobby after a 25-year absence, so grading is a novel and interesting thing to me. I have some disposable income, and I regard cleaning, pressing and grading my old books and some of the raw books I buy now, as my main form of entertainment. I'll send these books in even if it's probably a break-even or slight loss. I'm not a dealer, I don't need money, and so I have no profit incentive. As an example, here's my latest 25-book submission result, including the book we're talking about. I guess many here on this forum wouldn't submit most of these books because it doesn't make economic sense, and that's a fine opinion to have, but I don't think it fits me. In this submission, there are a couple of books I wouldn't have submitted had I known how low the grades would be (FF 37, Batman 178). They had defects I either did not see, or occurred after they left my hand. I'm curious how many of these books you would have submitted.

Here is the one picture I took before submitting. The second picture shows what I call the same defect in a different book except on the front cover. There is a flap that has "popped" between the staple ends. The cover on the other side does not have the flap.

Here's the cert - Verify CGC Certification | CGC (cgccomics.com). The front cover is definitely attached, or at least it was when I submitted it. I think it's called a popped staple, or partial detachment.

I recently got a book back from CGC, which graded it an 8.5. The grader notes don't mention that the back cover is detached from the bottom staple. I even included a sticky note mentioning it because I was hoping they would use extra handling care. Should the notes have mentioned the detachment? I don't think this defect brings it below an 8.5, though, so I'm not worried about that. But please correct me if I'm wrong!

In my latest submission, which I just got back, the images for Line Item 006 are of Line Item 021. Line Item 021's images are correct. Can I get the images corrected for Line Item 006? Verify CGC Certification | CGC (cgccomics.com)

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