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On 7/18/2024 at 10:43 AM, marvelmaniac said:

Not sure what may have caused the long color breaking scratch along the top edge, even if it is bindery it is not subtle or minor, other than that all I see is small bindery tears top and bottom and a "mark" on the outer edge of the rear cover.

Books are graded in their entirety, with the color breaking scratch, IMO, this book is a VF/NM 9.0

NM 9.4 - Subtle bindery/printing defects are allowed. Bindery tears must be less than 1/16" on Silver Age and later books,

NM- 9.2 - A limited number of minor bindery/printing defects are allowed. A 1/16-1/8" bend is permitted with no color break. 

VF/NM 9.0 - A limited number of bindery/printing defects are allowed. An 1/8" bend is allowed if color is not broken. 

VF 8.0 - A limited accumulation of minor bindery/printing defects is allowed. An unnoticeable 1/4" crease is acceptable if color is not broken.

FN/VF 7.0 - A small accumulation of minor bindery/printing defects is allowed as well as a possible moderate color break.

After looking at multiple copies on eBay, I found a raw copy that appears to have the exact defects your has and a CGC NM+ 9.6 with the same (but smaller) color breaking scratch and a mistrimmed top edge, how it got a NM + 9.6 is beyond me.

CGC will have to be the deciding factor on this, however, this is another example of "buy the book, not the grade".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, yeah, that CGC 9.6 is awfully similar to mine. Thanks for the time you put into this!

On 7/18/2024 at 10:38 AM, timfinz said:

9.4 IMHO with a little room to improve. It would be better to use a coloured back ground so that the white borders/eedges of the book are more visible. The printers crease will not effect the grade now or up to 9.8.

Thanks for posting!

Yes, thanks. I saw how hard it is to make out the edges with the white bg.

Pls and ty! Main thing I notice is the "wrinkle"across front top edge. Publishing defect? (Anyone know what to call that? I'll try looking it up in the guide...)

9.0

Grader Notes:
light bends to cover
spine stress lines to cover

On 7/4/2024 at 5:22 PM, 1950's war comics said:

somewhere 8.0-9.0 depending on the day at CGC !

Yeah, I get that feeling, based on a lot I recently sent. Thanks!

Going through an old run and finding some that might be worth sending to CGC. Whaddya think about this one? Pls and TY!
Here is what I noted: very light spine roll, front top right corner crease (1/8"), light soiling near spine bc, a few stress lines on spine, OW-cr pgs

I appreciate all your input. My thinking was along those lines, too. Fingers crossed. 

This one is on its way to CGC. I'll post the results when they come in.

Looking at the comic itself, that mark in price box is ink from printing. 

PGM ASM 124. Also, would clean and press make a difference? Pls and ty!

Note, there is a scrape(?) on FC front top right at CCA box swooping to Spidey's right hand.
FCLC blunted.

Thanks. Yeah, those darned giant sized books. This one looks sooooo nice at first glance. You don't notice that corner until you handle the book. I believe 100% it's publishing/binding related. I might search for any similar cases.

TY!

TY!

On 2/11/2024 at 4:28 AM, Cman429 said:

Very tricky CGC! I had 4.5 for every book in my first impression pass through but then thought, “surely they wouldn’t give us 5 books all the same grade!” so went back and adjusted a few up & down to my detriment.

I should’ve known that knowing what they’d think I’d know would be exactly what they wanted me to think I knew. Ya know?

Exactly my experience

On 2/10/2024 at 5:06 PM, AJD said:

3 points for me. I figured they were all the same grade and thought 4.5 most likely, but bought 'insurance' by grading two of them a notch higher.

I started at 4.5 for the first 3, then thought I must be in a rut and started scrutinizing all books  ( = overthinking)

Now if I ever come across a box of GA comics at a garage sale, I will confidently tell the seller who has priced them as if they are 8.0 or better, "Sorry, pal, but these are ALL 5.0!"

Of course... the way I grade GA comics, that means I'm looking at a bunch of 7.5 beauties!!

On 2/6/2024 at 5:58 PM, zzutak said:

Junie Prom #6: Moderate crease upper left back cover

Somebody out there lend a brother a hand and show me what the heck is being flagged in this note.  I see a moisture stain (with a tideline and mildew), and I see a faint shadow along the upper left edge, but my old eyes can't find even a small crease (let alone a "moderate" one). 

 

This feels like an added dimension to the game: "Real world CGC office working conditions!" Burnt out bulbs overhead, one desk lamp with a 40W bulb on a nearby table. Left my reading glasses at home. Can only focus by viewing comics at arm's length... somewhat compromising visual acuity.

I mean, I'm flarked as far as finishing in the top 70% goes, so don't listen to me, but... if you can't see it in the scans... yeah.

On 2/6/2024 at 2:32 PM, Ride the Tiger said:

I bet I know what round 4 holds. There will be a book with a double cover and we will be expected to grade the inner one. 

i'll prolly have the same accuracy with that

Better performance, about the same standing. Man... If I could throw out ONE book per round...

Also, if I had just picked the winning numbers when I bought that lottery ticket~!

Appreciate you, @CGC Mike! An Admin's work is never done~

On 2/2/2024 at 2:42 PM, Sebastsk8 said:

Not sure what ya mean? It's just on top of the top loader and not inside it.

I can see that in the final few pics, but the rest it does look like it could be in the plastic. Pics aren't terribly sharp.

6.0 ish. Spine stress, dents on cover, soiling (?) BC, color loss at title (to the right).

One humble opinion: 8.0

The agony of defeat!