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Don't use CGC's pressing and cleaning - from everything I have seen they do an overall lackluster/horrible job - find the best guy in your area and use him. Best of luck on your fist Sub! It is worth it to have a job well done instead of going with CGC for cleaning/pressing. Look up YouTube videos of pressers talking about CGC's job. That is my two cents anyways.

9.4-9.6. The wrinkles look pressable - but the top-right margin shows a little white along the edge? Sweet book! If you're lucky and the top right becomes like new you have an outside shot at a 9.8 in my opinion since the spine tick is very small. Before press - 9.2-9.4 (80% chance) 9.6 (20%) After press 9.4 (15% Depends on how the edges look) 9.6 (70%) 9.8 (15%)

Looks like a 4.0 Cream-OW to me. It really needs a clean and press by the way. A clean might bump it to 4.5 for eye appeal and get rid of some of the wrinkles surrounding the spine. The back is very grimy and the front could use a little bit of brightening as well.

May I also please have that info @MattM CS? Thanks so much!

Certainly improvable with a press - that bottom right line thing is nasty and the tanning/sun shade at the bottom are the most limiting factors imo. Not sure if CGC would be too harsh on the pre-printing paper folds on the back cover. I am guessing in this shape around 6.0

Please spare a grade! Staples both attached! But ripped cover front and back. Book seems complete and the page quality seems pretty nice. Probably off white? I cleaned myself and think a did a good job. Let me know if you guys have any more tips. For instance I did not clean the pencil off the front cover over the coloured area. What would you do? The first two pics are the before cleaning, everything else is after.

Thank you Jack - I was hoping it was a miss-cut! I would still be happy to hear what grade people think it is or if they have a different opinion.

Hey all, first post! I recently received this copy of Battle #34 (what an awesome cover) from 1954 in a collection. As I was cleaning it (super dirty as seen in the before and after pics) I noticed the cover was askew. It seems to be thinner on top and on wider on the bottom. The interior pages all look to be the same. I should also add that the staples, which still attached, are fragile. This might result in the cover being a tiny bit off compared to the interior pages. What do you all think? Also, what do you think of the cleaning job and what would you grade this book?

Thought it was the backward H lol, that makes much more sense. Cheers.

I am totally new to this, so I would appreciate feedback, but my eyes are telling me about a 5.0-6.0 range. That might be a tad high because of the misswrap - maybe a 4.0-5.0... let me know! The crease upper right and the creases on the top and bottom staple will be the most limiting factors I believe. I would like to say that the date or price stamp in the X of X-MEN is very well placed - also looks like it possible has a Cyrillic letter to the upper right of the 10... possibly a Ukrainian or Russian store sold this book. It almost adds to the book.