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Thanks, I appreciate the responses. The top right corner looks much better to the naked eye, the defect only comes out under magnification, but it's there. I've compared it to other CGC graded scans (via my comic shop, a decent resource for this type of thing) and it compares pretty favorably with the 9.0s and falls short of most 9.2s. I will have to go back and look at 8.5s. Hard to believe, but grading inconsistency can be seen when doing comparisons across grades. I swear one of the 9.2s has a rusty staple. Another, perhaps loaded, question. Is there any premium for this being a newsstand copy in a relatively high grade? My assumption is that at 9.6/8 there would be, but at 9.0 not so much, but curious of other opinions.

Got this off eBay, the listing had dark pictures and I was pretty happy with the condition when I received it, curious what you guys think. There are only one or two very minor spine ticks and some minor corner wear. It's not well centered but that seems common with newsstand copies.

At least an 8.5, maybe higher if the back cover is cleaned.

That's just me misunderstanding what Marvel chipping is. There are a few small missing pieces (most visible in the inside cover picture). That in combination with the overhang edge tears are what I was calling "chipping". There is a "catch" with this book, however. Its missing an Ad page at the end, but it doesn't effect the story. My understanding is that fact does not effect the grade, but would label it "Qualified". Is that correct? Thanks for the opinions.

Bumping in hopes of getting some opinions.

1.8/2.0 Lots of creasing but no missing pieces/major tears.

I see a 7.5 ignoring the mis-wrap, which I can't guess would do to the slabbed grade.

Looks like a really nice copy to me, but hard to grade because the pictures aren't the best (hard to see the front corners). Maybe it's in the 8.0/8.5 range?

8.5, you only have 1 good corner out of 4. The spine looks decent, but that lower right corner is pretty significantly blunted (and maybe even missing a small piece?).

PGM Daredevil 7 This is a lower grade copy that I was fairly pleased to get my hands on cheaply. It presents well enough for the presumed grade, but I'm a bit stumped as to how the Marvel chipping affects the grade at this level. This was listed as a VG-, which I think it clearly falls short of, but I'm interested in other opinions.

PGM Giant Size Spider-Man 4, 3rd appearance of The Punisher, with Water Damage I got this rare beauty for an amazing price thinking the water damage was far worse than it actually is. I would think this book would fall somewhere in the VF family without it, but I'm stumped to what it would grade as is.

Thanks for the replies, bumping for a few more opinions.

I got this copy off eBay recently and it came with two surprises. First, the tear on the back cover had been cropped out of the pictures, nice. Second, it has the Mark Jewelers insert, very nice! I'm curious of the grade, and what the premium might be because of the insert. The copy lays extremely flat, as would be expected. The Marvel value stamp is intact, but no idea how the missing piece affects the grade.

Bump. Hoping for a few more opinions.

It was definitely deliberate rubbing, from a semi-botched attempt at dry cleaning the black line off the book. To my eye, the reflectivity does not change, but I honestly can't be certain I know exactly what I'm looking for there.