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On 5/1/2024 at 6:05 AM, TSwift25 said:

I too was surprised by the SW 8 grade. I had it at 7.0.

 

I have the CGC grading guide and this is what it said regarding rusted staples and rust migration. I know there's the famous Action 1 with the rusty staples in 8.5 and I've seen slightly rusted staples in VF range grades, but I thought that rust migration would (1) put it at best in the F/VF category (and that book to me is otherwise 9.4/9.6) and (2) would warrant a graders note on the label that the rust had migrated to the centerfold. Frankly, if there was ever a situation for a "qualified" grade with a rusted staple, that book may be it. For reference, here are the applicable pages from the grading guide:

 

I didn't realize there was a published CGC grading guide! 

Not that I'd use it over OSGG which I prefer.

But for contests like this, the CGC guide could come in handy - though again, not so much for the SW8 book. 

On 5/1/2024 at 5:50 AM, Axelrod said:

I would have called those staples a "major" defect all day every day.  I think there is zero chance the book gets a grade like that if the defect was visible.....

It WAS easily visible. The full top stable is rusted all around. 

On 4/30/2024 at 5:16 PM, Cerebus3000 said:

2 bulls eyes and 3 points...somehow my best round. I was pretty sketchy on my Cap and SW grades.

On 4/30/2024 at 5:11 PM, grendelbo said:

3 bullseyes. Really missed the Flash. I had it as a 6.0.

5 points.

On 4/30/2024 at 10:23 AM, CGC Mike said:

Still waiting on grades from:

@1337pino @Ahsoka Tano Jedi Apprentice  @BlackOut21  @brumil190 @canickus @Cerebus3000 @CHASEnBLUE @Cman429 @comicstock  @Darwination    @frozentundraguy @grendelbo  @jcjames  @Motor City Rob @Nschenks    @TC33 @thehumantorch @TheTallGuy   @TTG @WilliamLunt

Last call!  

Mine will be in later this afternoon. Thank you for the heads-up!

On 4/29/2024 at 4:42 PM, SpineTic said:

 

The most interesting part of this video is everything but the girl. 

Watch everything and everyone in the background...

@0:18sec dude at a desk looking at a book and a keyboard, upright box, stack of books, two blurred screens (propietary info?) but that desk is so cramped to be looking at a book/grading. 

Look at the other desk @0:20sec right before she comes into frame - piles of books and slabs, with one stack actually hanging off the desk by a couple inches with larger items or slabs piled on top of smaller books without slabs. 

Look at the stacks on the other desks @0:34sec how cramped it all is, boxes laying on their tall side with a sloping stack of slabs laying flat on top of each other.

Dude in IM t-shirt @1:42 taking a book out of the bag at a crowded desk with a keyboard and no space to lay the book flat.  

Yikes. 

It looks like my own desk at home with piles and stuff  but I guess I was expecting something different there. 

I don't know what I would be expecting, imagining there'd be a lot more space to keep books and space for grading and doing their work at their desks. I dunno. 

Too Numerous To Count. 

On 4/25/2024 at 7:02 PM, ChrispyC66 said:

It’s the 3rd Print

Now we'll see if CGC labeled it correctly 

Me submitting my grades...

On 4/23/2024 at 11:33 AM, thehumantorch said:

Don't even get me started on inflatable 

On 4/23/2024 at 5:51 PM, Beige said:

The whole GOT franchise is dead.

 

 

Yep. 

Same with the LOTR spin/rip-off. 

On 4/22/2024 at 5:09 PM, Panda2 said:

I was totally with you on that stain. My notes literally say   Stains top bc. Otherwise 9.6? 8.5. If I got that as a 9.6 I’m not sure I would be happy….

That smudge on the back, the light fc lower spine wear/color loss (not the glare), and slightly soft spine corners... and 9.6!? Wow. 

I gave it 9.0

Ooch, 8pts to start the misery! 

On 4/22/2024 at 1:00 AM, Gaard said:

Wouldn't it be cool if, just once, someone from CGC (preferably a higher-up) came in here and explained how something like this happened?....

We all know the answer they would give. 

Good mix of eras. 

Grades are........ 

On 4/20/2024 at 8:43 AM, Chip Cataldo said:

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days.

Sit on it Potsie. 

On 4/16/2024 at 9:41 AM, Pyromaniac said:

I'm hunting a raw xmen 266 mj if anyone has any leads. Besides ebay. Thanks! 

8 months to the date qualifies for 

On 4/4/2024 at 4:41 AM, Key Largo Comics said:

Not really a gender bend technically. She's playing Shalla-Bal. Doesn't preclude us getting Norrin Radd at some point.

With the miserable track record of gender/race-swapping across so many classic tales and characters under the guise of "creativity" , we're probably far more likely to get some alphabet+ version of a "Noreen" Radd instead. 

Great books! 

Take better pictures/scans of front and back - document everything. Maybe even first page and centerfold. 

Good luck! 

On 4/15/2024 at 9:41 AM, MatterEaterLad said:

...Borock has said that he thinks it's to push people to use CGC's pressing services.

"Third-Party graders"