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Lots of fun -- thanks for the post, Mr. Zipper

Ditto. Resubmitting = more money for same or lower grade. I can't see it going higher.

Agree with marvelmaniac. I think this is going to max at 7.0 with that tear. Bottom (from what I can see) would be 5.5. The book's virtues include decent binding and clean staples, clean covers (no foxing) with dimpling and moderate gloss. You can maybe get over $100 for it raw (you'll see this listed around $150, but that doesn't mean there are buyers at that price), and not a whole lot more if graded, esp considering you have to pay for the grade.

Hard to see in these pics, but looks like there might be dents/chips along front top, almost definitely at back top, and edge wrinkle at front right. If I am seeing those correctly, I would put this around 8.0 as-is. Clean and press can't undo all of those things, but maybe gets it to 9.2.

I'm trying to get a good look at that bottom staple. Seems bent? Discolored? The other area I can't make out clearly is the top of the back cover. Appears to be wavy? So I'm curious about that. If that is a stain on back cover, you could get dinged all the way to a 6.5, as grades beginning with 7.0 say "no obvious soiling, staining...except for minor foxing." I've seen multiple books get graded at 8.5, etc., with notes of stains, but those stains are virtually imperceptible. That would be sad, as it otherwise presents as a 9.2.

I can't imagine this grading anywhere north of 3.0, and I would expect something more like 1.5. Biggest positive I see is that the staples seem intact. But the missing pieces (cover and interior), tape, full cover creases, staining, staple tears, multiple creases on back cover... make this a pretty rough copy of a very desirable book. Hope it's priced as a steal (for you, not the seller!)

That spine and the top edge of the back cover (plus the staples) lend me to put this at 4.0. Why I call it that instead of a 4.5 or higher is partly due to the amount of creases on the spine. 4.0 = "accumulation of creases or dimples" while 4.5 = "minor to moderate accumulation of creases or dimples." I'm betting I'm going to weigh in at the low end of the scale of what people will post here. Anyway, some nice qualities to that book, too, and quite a nice piece to have.

You've highlighted some of the issues in your images, of course. That bottom right front corner and the quality of the back cover alone are keeping this from NM. Front top left corner and lower spine (color loss) are just piling on. I think you could be right with your 8.0 to 8.5, but I wonder if CGC would be more harsh given this is a modern comic.

I'm going against the consensus and would say it could be an 8.5 to 9.0 with that much stress on the spine.

9.2 -- I am seeing slightly blunted top right front corner and slight corner crease at bottom right.

Is that a slight bend at top right front corner? Very sharp copy. I'm thinking 9.2 But... is there some wave/ripple through the book at bottom right? The scan that shows the MVS makes it look like there might be. In that case, a notably lower grade.

Thanks for the insight. Curious... what effect does that dent have on the grade? Does it limit it to a ceiling of 9.0?

Gorgeous copy... and then I start scrutinizing. "Dent" (?) at the corner box (shown in final pic), ink on title and on back top left... minor color rub to left of Spidey box.

Yeah, I see it now. Thanks a ton!

Thanks. Wow. Yeah, that's what's going on. Not a "defect," then?

Hi! Wondering what to call these "lines" that run across Nomad on this cover -- and how they would affect the grade. You wouldn't see the lines without holding the cover to catch glare of a light.