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It would leave an indentation on the surrounding pages. I think you're missing his sarcasm.

Pressing a comic with microchamber paper won't chemically hurt your book. But it will leave an indentation in the comic wherever there is microchamber paper. Think about it. The entire reason people press books is to apply pressure to remove indentations. If there is anything foreign in or on the book, that foreign object (even a piece of paper) will create an indentation on the book under pressure.

Waddaya mean? I usually post in Marvel #1 threads! I just haven't been around the GA section lately. But I missed it!

That's it. We're building a wall to keep you people out.

They get a blue label unless something else has been done to the book. The problem is that we are trying to box all books into clear cut designations like 'trimmed' or 'restored' or whatever. But there are 'one off' type books that fall between the cracks and in those cases, those books are treated by certification companies on a 'case by case' basis. The Marvel Comics #1 CGC 9.0 Pay copy is a perfect example. How do you grade it when it has writing all over the book? They treated it as a one off because of it's special characteristics. And so in a case where a book was assembled by a publisher - it's going to be a judgement call on how it's handled, depending on the circumstances and provenance of the book. Provenance would trump everything else for me.

I don't think its leaf cast. I think the proof was printed without a fixing agent for lack of a better term. Maybe they just used cheaper ink? The main areas where the color is missing is along the spine which is where pressure, a crease, has been applied to create a cover out of something that was never meant to be used; ink flaked off as a result. I think the process of saddle stitching the cover to the book ultimately led to the ink loss. I'd like to see the back cover. The color loss is indicative that this was pulled from a bound volume, which the comic was glued into.

I was in the same boat as you. I love the book.

I don't understand why anybody would have a conversation with jaydogrules. He rolls in with his contrarian 'opinion', he disrespects some of the most knowledgeable people in the hobby, he riles everyone up and you guys fall for it time and time again. He is generally wrong and not worth replying to unless you want a sparring match online with someone who refuses to talk logic.

The ONLY thing that is exaggerated are all of your posts. You're usually wrong.

You're not in the minority. There's nothing wrong with the app but demand for tools to speculate is driven by many things...and one is an emotional detachment from anything you are investing in. And there is no end of apps, courses, programs, etc to 'teach' people how to speculate. Thing is, once everyone is at the point where they are looking for that information you're already past the point where it's really worth investing in. You've missed the boat. We all wanted the hobby to get bigger (I've been in it since the mid 1970's) and we all (well most of us) want our collections to rise in value but this is the cost of those things happening. I try to teach my kids to value tangible things but it's becoming exceedingly difficult to do in a digital world that detaches us from everything tangible.

Why would you prefer not to take each book out of it's bag to remove the paper? I actually can't believe someone is asking this question.

WTF is happening in your head?

I resemble that remark!

Although not apparent to the naked eye, comics are OFTEN not cut with corners square. Silver and Bronze age books in particular are commonly not square. CGC doesn't downgrade from it unless it's extremely obvious and even then, it will keep books out of the NM range. In the case of your book it likely does not affect the grade at all. CGC does not grade comics the way old school dealers do. It's a similar set of rules with some tweaks to appeal to the mass market and appease both buyers and sellers.

Did anyone save a screen shot?

Actually, I mentioned 2 years ago when the book sold as a 9.0 that I had looked at buying it because it looked like it had a very strong shot at upgrading to 9.2. Just ask Jaydogrules, because he didn't believe me back then.

GSX #1 CGC 9.8 has now SOLD!

Giant-Size X-men #1 CGC 9.8 White pages Asking $13,500 SOLD!

Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 9.6 White pages Asking $14,250 SOLD!

Place holder spot...

Shipping: Certified books, shipping is included FREE within North America, ROW we split it. Raw books, include $10 for shipping within North America. ROW I will split with interested parties.  Who wins: Time stamp seals the deal as to who wins regardless of the form of communication (including PM, in the thread, text or phone conversation). A negotiation is not a deal until both sides have agreed on terms. If there is an unconditional posted (or communicated) it will trump all negotiations unless we have already both agreed to terms before the was posted. In that case, the will have been in vain. Except that it will give you street cred and look cool to passers by. No House Of Shame or Probationary members or any others of ill repute. Returns: Raw books: I am considered a very good grader among my peers ( Here is a link to my kudos thread ) but since even CGC is inconsistent I will not guarantee a CGC grade. I will guarantee to be within one grade increment in either direction - so if I am calling the book a 9.4 it could go 9.2 or 9.6. If it falls outside of those parameters (and it does happen that they go in both directions), I will offer a refund. But I don't expect anyone to complain if I undergraded it. I will accept returns if item is otherwise not as described. Consider all books pressed. Payment: Paypal, Bank Wire, Check or MO.

Mostly on BA books where the cover stock is thin and the red (actually magenta) ink seem to bleed easiest under the right conditions. I've also seen it on mid 50's GA with paper covers (no gloss).

Actually, it depends on the book. GA and many SA books had much stronger paper quality than many BA and modern books. But you also need to take into account the fact that an improperly handled package can damage anything. CGC slabs are not meant to be bomb proof or insufficiently_thoughtful_person proof. They're just meant to be protective under normal handling circumstances. If someone abuses a box with a slab in it, you greatly increase the changes of damage. Also, in that book pictured above, the rusted staple and rust migration into the paper GREATLY compromises the structural integrity of the book. It would be like having a spinal column with a nearly disintegrated disc in your spinal column. It wouldn't take much of a bump to do serious damage.

Mike, that looks like it might be my old copy!