Get Marwood & I

On account of being 108?

I'd be more inclined to kill him for the length of time it's taking him to find out.

Wasn't that the three Patricks? I went for 10 on purpose, seeing as how Fred stopped at 9. Ta. It was agony.

Or, F For F me, I've just won 750 bucks!

F For Fluke?

The tattooist was a chap called Rick Yo. He's apparently very highly regarded in the UK.

What do you mean? Is it no good? I'm not up on tattoos - the bloke that did it came highly recommended?

I thought I'd finally get myself a tattoo: What do you think?

Nor did I. I haven't seen the film either, come to think of it.

Apologise

See what you've gone and done, @phantomdj!

Is it, oh never mind.

I've done some railing against CGC myself over the years, not that they ever listen. Your page/leaf argument is clear and well made, so it doesn't surprise me in the least that they've ignored it!

I knew I'd sod it up No worries at all, Zzu - thanks for the corrections Is that a CGC only thing by the way, not including the cover as a wrap, or have I always had that wrong? @phantomdj - sorry for the misleading answer - see Zzutak's comments above. It seems that CGC always have their own terminology and way of doing things so you may have to perform some additional mental gymnastics if you ever want to work out exactly what content is missing in a slabbed, qualified book!

Only if you were BAAAARN INNER YOU ESSAY!

HERE! HARE, HEAR?

THIS. THAT.

I could've just said "grades in" I suppose...?

Nicely done, zzutak

In accordance with the rules as laid down, and having registered as an active, valid participant, duly confirmed by the organiser on behalf of the site hosts, and in recognition of a somewhat disappointing first entry for round one, the first of five overall, in which some mistakes were made - to be fair, due to having to submit guesses based on rather small mobile phone images, itself not an excuse as such, but worth pointing out to the participants at large - I have, after giving full consideration to the second round images provided, and with much greater focus and scrutiny this time around, submitted my grades for this, the second round of the Fall Edition of the grading contest which, despite the aforementioned inauspicious start, may well turn out to be judged by my peers overall as a performance higher in standing than the common considered average.* *Translation: As long as I beat Andy I'm happy @AJD

Okey dokey.

Imagine a comic that has 36 pages. Forget any numbering on the actual story pages themselves for a moment, and concentrate just on the physical paper pages that make up that comic. Page 1 is the front cover, page 2 the inside of the front cover, page 3 is what is often referred to as the 'splash' page - usually the first page of the story - etc etc, all the way through to the back cover which is page 36. A wrap is the term for each single sheet of paper which is folded in half to form part of the comic. Each wrap, when folded, represents four of the overall 36 comic pages. So a 36 page comic will be made up of 9 folded wraps, stapled together. The first wrap of our 36 page comic is the cover. It's the single sheet of paper that comprises, when folded, the front cover (page 1), inside front cover (page 2), inside back cover (page 35) and back cover (page 36). When a CGC label says "3rd wrap missing", in the case of our 36 page comic, that would mean the comic would be missing pages 5, 6 and 31, 32. Instead of having 9 wraps, it would have only eight. That may be the result of a manufacturing error or it may be because an owner pulled that wrap out. Perhaps there was a coupon, or poster on it that they liked. When a CGC label says "Page 16 missing, does not affect story", that means that someone has removed page 16 from the comic. By definition, that means that page 15 will also be missing, as a single page (one half of one folded wrap) comprises two pages. It's not technically possible to remove one printed page (sometimes called a leaf) without removing what is on the other side of it. A missing page/leaf may comprise adverts on both sides - hence removing it 'does not affect the story'. In the main, collectors hate missing pages and it drastically affects the value of a comic, especially if part of the story is missing. Imagine the page with Wolverine's first appearance missing in the final story panel of Hulk #180. Anyway, it's not easy to put into words, so here is a shockingly bad attempt from me to draw the composition of a 36 page, 9 wrap comic: Hope it helps!