Joosh

Fresh off the mail truck, here it is! @Joeypost did a great job making it look it’s best. The back cover soiling came out amazingly well, finger bends are completely gone. its a strict but fair grade from CGC. I bought it thinking 5.5 as is, so I’m pleased with my first silver age Batman book.

I’ll be different and go for 6.5, especially if it gets a clean on the back cover

The grade is finally in! It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but it’s in the mail. I always look at the posted grades before I get books so I peeked:

Bagging and boarding, researching keys, learning how to grade... we got ourselves a collector in the making. Next thing you know the books are getting kept.

have a great weekend neighbors!

CGC probably regrets doing it but they did it regardless. It’s as real as any other CGC graded book aside from not being able to reholder it... you may be on to something. I got one as a outside-affiliatelinksnotallowed

CGC did that once. I’ve got a CGC 9.5 book. It obviously didn’t catch on.

Grading notes fyi: “light edge & corner wear & creasing some breaks colorlight tanning along spine & bottom edge back cover & interior covermanufactured with very thin color loss part of bottom front covermanufactured with very thin color loss part of bottom front cover”

@ADAMANTIUM Thanks! Mine was just graded early 2019, being the 2nd universal 9.8 on census. I bought this one off the Barnes & Noble newsstand myself.

I’m an avid collector of newsstand editions. I think there is no clear cutoff for newsstand availability as there are as many exceptions as there are rules. But, very high grade newsies seem to be generally difficult very soon after direct market takes off in early 80’s. Also, coming up to 1999+ the newsstand editions become difficult to find in any condition, let alone high grade. Marvel stopped newsstand gradually, ending with books published Dec 2013. DC lasted much longer, ending with books published Oct 2017. Whether these catch on beyond a collecting niche or not, I like them.

I’m a fan of the Carnage character. I’ve got 2 CGC 9.8 2nd prints and 1 CBCS 9.8 1st print newsstand. I’m looking forward to the Absolute Carnage storyline and Venom 2 movie. I’m amazed at how inexpensive the 2nd print is. It’s very underrepresented in the census by comparison. I had a 3rd 9.8 2nd print CBCS but sold it to buy other books. I’ll likely sell my remaining duplicate 2nd print once a trailer drops.

My mom helped me buy a complete run (at the time) of Spawn, on eBay. 1-72. eBay was a much smaller place back in 98. I actually just rediscovered that I still own these exact copies whilst cleaning the garage. Serendipity! so yeah she was, and still is supportive. Even now she will let me know when she comes across comics for sale, asking if I want her to make an offer for me.

To answer the initial question, yes, dents/indentations will affect grade. based on your description I wouldn’t be concerned unless the book stated in its as-shipped state for many months in a hot humid environment. CGC will unpack at Receiving.

It’s all iron oxide but the conditions in which it forms are variable and therefore the properties of the oxide differ. Steel that shows very dark and smooth has a form of oxide that can be very stable and actually protects the substrate. It can happen naturally or be applied purposefully, called a patina. the rust shown above looks like the type caused by humidity and will get worse in a high humidity environment. There are treatments that can be applied to remove the crust and neutralize the oxidation but I’m not keen on messing with staples on a comic book. A comic resto business will know your options.

To answer the original question, it looks like a 9.8, and having any book regraded (not reholdered,) even by the same company, risks a grade change. What I’m wondering is the logic behind having it regraded by CGC. My collection is roughly half CGC, half CBCS, I hold neither in higher regard than the other. I own 0 PGX. @comicquant Exhibits A and B from the Joosh Collection show small spine ticks on very recently graded CGC 9.8’s. They are tiny and singular, but they are there.

How could I not have this slabbed? Erik Larson is missing out by alienating his fans who like CGC.

Mycomicshop’s amazingly intuitive website had a big part in me getting back into collecting about 4yrs ago. Hadn’t bought a comic since 1998 before then. I purchase from them regularly now and have slabs on consignment.

My mom helped me buy some Spawn comics on eBay back when it was still collectibles-focused and quite small. (Mid-late 90’s) That was cool and I still have them. My Dad didn’t care, as long as I had a job to go to after school...

Keep in mind there’s more #1’s printed than any other number.

I have sone unread comic books with flaws accrued through distribution. Conversely I’ve got books I have read that graded 9.6 and 9.8 by CGC. ”unread” means very little.

But are the allegations true?

Finally came in today, this was 1 of 10 books in this submission, glad to have them back. newton rings are back it seems...

WUDY

CGC 2.0 is going for about $170 according to GoCollect, so I’d say yeah. If there are any pages loose or missing or any resto, no. i plan get mine graded eventually.

Detroit is cooler.