Bomber-Bob

This looks like it's worth submitting, The book looks decent, no tears or major problems. Spidey 129 does not need to be ultra high grade to be worth submitting. Always a good one.

As with many grading questions, there is never a single answer. It depends. If this is a lower grade book it may get a blue label with a married centerfold designation. Mid grade to higher would probably get a Green Label. You have a legitimate question but when nobody answers it indicates a tough question.

I really didn't call often, only when something was unexplanable to me. There's no way of answering your question on how often these final grades are overriden. We are not privy to the daily details.

The cost of shipping either one or two comics together is probably about the same. The second book does not add much to the cost as long as they are shipped together. In your situation, you chose one to be pressed, resulting in two seperate shipments. In general, you cannot ask CGC to hold on to the first book waiting for the other book to be pressed. Technically they are paying insurance on all books in house. This is why they ship it out when ready. You can ask CGC, say this is you first shipment and was not aware of such details. Trust me, from experience, this will not be the only newbie mistake you will make. In general, it is much cheaper to ship multiple copies together. Add some volume. One book at a time is killer.

I'm sorry but your logic on this, that the books should be 9.8/9.9 just because the books came directly from the original shipping is wrong. They may have been 9.4's on arrival to you. CGC is just doing there job, blame whoever shipped it to you.

That 1.5 inch bend on the back cover may be able to be flattened but there is a solid indentation there that would remain. The best thing is to submit to CCS, in the slab, for an evaluation. I suspect there is a 0.5 upgrade here for just submitting it.

I'm not getting the impression that you understand the problem. You submitted two books. However, you signed up to get only one pressed, that's the problem. The books will be shipped seperately. The problem, or lesson to learn here, is submit books together, to be graded at the same time and shipped at the same time.

I think there will be two different shipments back because you aubmitted one for pressing. The book being pressed will take a lot longer and CGC does not hold onto the books once finished. By pressing only one book of the two cost you double the shipping. You can call CGC but unless you change the submittal this is just the way it works. Books only ship together when processed together. Sorry.

One thing I can point out is you have two books but only one will be pressed. They will probably be shipped back seperately. When having such a small volume it's best to have them processed the same.

Just a comment, you are sadly mishandling the comic. I have no idea what you are trying to show in the last pic by holding it down with one hand whule bending it with the other hand.

One thing I would like to point out, your book already looks totally clean = no improvement for that. As a suggestion I would submit to CCS, request an evaluation. DO not remove it from the slab, send it in the slab.

Yes, I believe you were among a select few to be able to crack open the slab and keep the integrity. Question, is this book worth the effort and expensive to upgrade from 9.4 to 9.6 ? I mean it's not an AF15.

Though I agree with the 'spot pressing' recomendation, I would not send this book to anyone but CCS. I may but be wrong but if someone else takes the SS out of the slab, I think it may no longer be recognized as an SS book, maybe a green label.

I believe you have asked this question in the wrong section, this is a WTB thread.

I don't see how the flaws that had this AF 15 as a 9.0 were improved to now give a 9.2 . I am sensing lately thatt CGC is starting a loose period.

Are you suggesting you zap the comic in a microwave ?

You are correct Sir, you did guess 5.0 .

This is a great looking book and I don't think the sticker should hurt the grade much, if at all. However, it scares me that CGC is getting lenient again. Nobody guessed higher than 4.5 and CGC gives it a 5.5. IMO, a 5.5 is simply too generous, mostly because of the severity of the foxing. I just hope non of that is mold.

I remember when you had to call CGC directly to inquire about notes. They would also tell you how each of 3 graders assigned their grades. Scenarios like 9.0,9.0,9.2 . Found out the FInal grader outruled the other graders. I once had a book assigned a 9.8 by 3 grader's that was overruled to a 9.0 ! I think Haspel found something that they missed. IMO, Haspel was the best grader, really sharp. When he left and Litch took over, I sensed the grades were too lenient. Does Haspel still come in to grade on a part time basis ?

I totally agree with your comments. If you submit to CGC, you have to develop patience.

Try looking at this.......... https://www.cgccomics.com/pdf/cgc-return-shipping-fees.pdf

I believe 25 books in the same return shipping is both optimal and the maximum. There is a whole section on this located on the CGC website.

Trading a semi key SA 205 from 1967 for a book from 1990 is not a good deal. The book from 1990 doesn't even have WHite Pages. No deal, no trade.

If the cover is detached at a staple, you are correct that CGC will give you a Qualified grade. However, the owner implied it's only detcahed on an inner page. If that is true, I think it will just take a grade hit. I believe I once submitted a book to CGC where the center page was detached at one staple. I think it just took a grade hit .

Interesting. I was not aware of this guarantee for coins.