Tempus Fugit

I would call this a stacking curl. It would eventually lead to a spine roll. Typically I put these in a bag/board in a tight long box, after a year or two it is barely noticeable.

I have always subbed myself. It seems like getting someone else involved just adds expense and time to an already expensive and long process, and another link in the chain that could fail. Filling out the online form is pretty easy, pay with a cc, print the form and put it with the comics. If you do something wrong, they will call you. I have done 20 or so with no major issues. Maybe someone that uses facilitators can chime in on the advantages. I am not very familiar with doing it that way.

I can't argue with the grade bump, I am just not into books that are obviously pressed.

Economy might be a stretch, also you may not want to wait 4 months to get them back.

Pressed books with a lot of color breaks look like books with a lot of color breaks that got pressed. They appear unnatural to me and are a big turn-off. My opinion of course.

That appears to be a very nice looking copy. I am very hesitant to spend big money on an ungraded comic, and I am fairly good, but not perfect at detecting restoration. My personal limit on such items is $500. I definitely would not pay more than 7.0 restored value for this book, even after a thorough inspection and page count, that's after 45 years in the hobby. If it is a reputable dealer, you should be able to get a resto guarantee, but most reputable dealers probably wouldn't sell this ungraded, there is potentially too much money on the table. Some restoration is very hard to detect, and nearly impossible from pictures. If this is ebay, I would be extra wary, there are a number of sellers who deslab restored books and sell them as raw unrestored. You are swimming in the deep end of the pool. Caveat Emptor

6.5

1.5

3.0

2.5

I'd probably grade it. 6.5

6.5 (Q) I am going with trimmed too. The UR corner looks too sharp relative to the rest of the book, and the UL corner looks like it had blunting that got half trimmed off. I would really like to see the bottom. I could be wrong of course.

5.5

5.0

Classic cover! 6.0-6.5

Buying this collection would save a reseller a lot of time, because they are already priced.

They are probably in the original bags.

1.0 (restored?)

7.5

7.5

5.5

7.0

5.0

Agreed, looks too sharp at corners relative to the condition of the rest of the book. Also is it just me or does the black line down the left edge look a little wonky?

Uline S-164 Boxed shipping all but eliminates the temptations to bend into a mailbox. No flailing about with utility knives and dealing with scrap. I wrap the comic in 2 plastic grocery bags to cushion it. They ship first class for under $4 (8oz). I can pack a comic in about 30 seconds. I have shipped almost 300 of these and have had only one allegedly damaged, although that instance is a bit suspect. Another benefit is that it can be used as an inner box for a double box priority and come out well under 2 pounds to ship for $8-9. I generally get very high marks for packing.