Philflound

BTW, if a Marvel Value Stamp or small piece is out of a page, you actually may still get a blue label that is not 0.5. Grades of 1.0 to maybe 2.0 or slightly higher will occur on books that are not qualified. Since a small piece is much less severe than an entire page, a book is usually not penalized to the fullest extent.

It's something about crystals being in the fireproof safes that causes the moisture and rust.

Books with missing pages get qualified at 3.5 or higher, and get a 0.5 if book is 3.0 or lower. I guess your estimate of 3.0 on the low end was correct.

What grade is it in?

If your books are new Marvels, don't expect to get 9.8 grades all the time. The inks Marvel is using with printing is easily scuffing on backing boards. My suggestion is to slab new books immediately. Put the comic in a bag by itself, then throw the bagged comic in a bag with board. Don't have the board directly touching the back cover. The latest high priced victim is the Albuqueque (sp?) Thanos #13. I've seen copies drop from being pulled out of slab to get signed either from 9.8 to 9.6 or 9.6 to 9.4. Some covers pick up fingerprints way too easily, so make sure those covers you handle with gloves if you can. It's not like the old days with news print paper and thicker covers. That's another thing is that the covers are being made so thin that the slightest movement are creating tears by the staples. Good luck with collecting new books.

Bleed through or seeing the inside of covers is normal and doesn't affect grade.

If all copies of a comic are supposed to have an insert, I believe it's in the key comments. Also, if every copy is supposed to have the insert and it is missing, it is considered incomplete. If they are put in only some of the issues, then it is treated like a MJ insert and noted on the label text. Ok, just checked the census on Batman #357. All copies have the Atari insert. Look at the key comments of what is written. https://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Batman&issue=357&publisher=D.C.+Comics&year=1983&issuedate=3%2F83

And like I said, heavy rust is a bad deal, so I agree with you about staying away. Staples rust away then that grade will tank big time. But also like I said, if stored properly, shouldn't further damage. Back to the safe thing, I think it's a fireproof safe that is bad for CGC books. Something like a chemical used to make the safe causes moisture to be retained inside. Can't remember exactly.

+1

Wondering if he's not telling us the book because he doesn't want someone else buying the book.

Low grade book with a very tiny piece of tape doesn't take a hit at all. If a piece like that is large enough, the graders put it in the comic book itself a few pages in. Yes you can crack it out in the future and re-attach it if you want.

Except this is the US and centerfold is not spelled centrefold. I doubt that those are the direct notes. Unless he retyped the words and misspelled it. I also would like to know how he got the notes if he doesn't own the book. Did the seller give up the notes or write them in the description? Too many unknowns here.

Ok, re-read his listing. Stains at centerfold is probably still not bad. I'd like to see if there are stains on the cover. It doesn't take much for rust to stain and it doesn't have to be a lot. And like I said, it depends on how the book is stored afterwards. The staples won't continue to rust unless stored in a humid environment. BTW, storing CGC books in some safes will cause staples to rust. I forgot exactly which ones, but I know this is true.

If the book is a 9.8 other than the printer crease, he would most likely get a 9.8, not a If the book is a 9.8 without the printer crease, then it would most likely stay a 9.8 with that small creases. This is really nothing compared to many other 9.8 books that have much worse printer creases. Check out many of the Marvel Spotlight CGC high grades out there on the market. Those books have tons of printer creases many times and still achieve 9.6 to 9.8. Right now I don't see any for sale or recent sales to give examples.

Depends on the degree of rust. Light rust won't do anything, especially if properly stored. I'd avoid anything with heavy rust. Rust itself doesn't affect grades below 8.0 unless staples are literally disintegrating. Don't listen to these guys if the book has only light rust. Buy it if you like it.

Something that fragile would most likely not be compensated if something happens. If he's that worried about the piece coming off, then he shouldn't bother getting it graded or take my advice and put a very small piece of tape. Or just sell it and get one in similar condition without such a fragile flaw. Just by facing the front cover down is a risk of it falling off and trying to support it would probably not help. The pages need to be counted, inspected and make sure nothing is wrong inside. Staples need to be examined inside. Covers need to be examined inside. So that front cover will be facing down and most likely said piece will fall off. Without it in my hands, I can't tell how much or how little it is hanging on by.

Nope, doesn't work that way. Piece could fall off during the shipping getting banged around. If it's low enough grade, piece there or missing will probably do nothing. The book has to be handled to be graded. AF 15 will be handled by 5-6 people because it's a walkthru. You can put a post-it warning to be careful. If you don't care about a tape notation on the label, put an extremely tiny piece to hold it on, since such a small piece would also not affect the grade in that condition. Needed to correct the last statement. If the piece is still attached and a piece of tape is helping the tear stay closed and remain intact, there should definitely not be any affect with the grade, but like I mentioned will have the tape notation on the label. If the piece comes off and you re-attach it with tape, it is treated as if the piece was not there and be graded as such, regardless of you putting it back on. So consider what you do before you handle it yourself.

A printing defect like that usually will not affect the grade, same as printer creases unless they are extremely horrible or too many to make the book look unappealing.

Probably missing some ad page or pin up or something. I don't have a copy on hand to know. You may not be missing a wrap, but instead one page before the staple and one page after. I'd check each page before the staple and make sure it's connected to the page after the staple. That's a good start. It is possible a wrap is missing, so you may have connecting front and back pages regardless. Good luck.

Standard will go through the process in a few weeks. Express and Walkthru 1 to 1 1/2 weeks from getting to CGC to getting back to you. EC or VT or even Modern will take a lot longer at this time.

I'm curious as to why you are posting this now. Unless of course you just purchased this on the secondary market. This book was graded in September of 2016, well over a year and half ago and you're mentioning it now. Back then, things slipped by much more than now.

You don't. I use a scanner for everything flat and it takes about 10 seconds for a scan, then giving it a name for the photo and putting it in a folder. Probably 2 minutes tops to fix the photo to my liking like cropping, straightening, etc.

Ok, to clarify things. Any blank UPC box released by Marvel in the late 1970s that does not indicate either REPRINT on the cover or noted in the indicia is not a reprint by CGC. This #7 was an oversight and is supposedly being fixed. So any time you see any blank UPC box, it should be represented as a regular 1st print. Both blank box and UPC code will be under the same listing with no designation on the label, just the same as normal direct and newsstand editions don't get differentiated unless under special circumstances. Hope this clears up everything.

http://www.comicpedigrees.com You can read about all the accepted pedigrees on here. There are many self proclaimed pedigrees out there that are not accepted by CGC as pedigrees. There are a couple I believe that used to be noted as pedigrees but are no longer accepted. Most pedigrees have a specific aspect about the comic book: page quality, smell, name written, marks or stamps, etc. You can learn a lot about them with the summaries.

Thing is people have been trying to figure it out and no one can come up with a definitive answer. So unless some evidence comes along to contradict 100% of what people are calling these, I think things will remain the same, whether it's right or wrong.