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    Microchamber paper is what CGC uses. It's thin, archive safe and affordable. The paper you mention sounds fine too. The CaCO3 buffer will neutralise acids from the paper and prevent the cover from discolouring from absorbing them. I think you'd be fine either way. Also look at "Fullback" backing boards - also buffered.
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    Hi all. Man, was I in the wrong time zone for this! Andy: I'll pass on a prize, thank you anyway. @ss5rmp - I'm going to be a bit hard to contact for a while. I'm heading off to fly interstate in a couple of hours. But fear not. PM me and I'll offer you a few choices, depending on what you're into.
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    I thought there was quite a big crease down through the M and O and into the Torch himself. That was the major contributor to my grade.
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    Well, I'm surprised by the Venus. A reading crease and whatever is going on near that top staple. Evidently it can't be too bad. What did you think it would grade at Andy?
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    I was kidding. I know it sometimes happens, but I did think these books were very close. I ummed and erred about 8.0 or 7.5, and for the 10th time this comp, I went the wrong way.
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    And another Australian FH reprint. To make the number of pages work, these Australian reprints sometimes just "doubled up" for one or two pages. This is a single page of the comic. Gotta say, they get a little hard to read when they do this!
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    Ouch - you win!
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    My submission: This is the "both books are the same grade round". And both are 7.5
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    Yes - the dialogue is brilliant. But you missed the timing implausibility of being able to say "OHH! I - let it slip" before the arrow flies 25m or so. It's like so many Marvel comics, with dialogue like "Oh, the boulder is crushing me!"
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    Jungle Comics summer edition nn Australian

    From the album: Australian golden (and a few silver) age comics

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    Fight Comics 09 Australian

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    Fight Comics 09 Australian

    From the album: Australian golden (and a few silver) age comics

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    For the first time since I started collecting them, I missed out on an Australian Planet on eBay last weekend. But there was some compensation - I landed this beauty. It's a "summer issue" nn. The Australian publishers always had leftover material because the books were 24 or 28 pages (this one is 28) compared to 52 in the US editions. hence there were many 'one-shots' like this one. And here's the under the covers splash page.
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    That's a printer's crease, so I ignored it. As did CGC.
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    6.0 seems about right, but what would I know? #gradingcontestfail
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    I had a draft PM with 9.4 in it sitting there for a day and a half. I had one last look at that bottom left corner and changed it to 9.2 I never contemplated 8.5 for the Torchy though.
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    Me too. Not sure about "pretty close" though - a 4 point round
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    go Jon!
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    My dog - told you she could nail anything these days.
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    That was my dog as a pup. Today she can grab anything out of the air. Practice, boys and girls, practice!
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    Once I worked out that the Newton's rings were on the book, it was easy. Grades in!
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    That one was very informative. Personally, I think it should have been marked down way more. That scribbling essentially destroyed the value as a collectible for me. I gave it a 3.0, but I wouldn't buy a book like that at 3.0 money. Yet another example of 'buy the book, not the grade".