Nick H (UK)

Wow!!! That pence copy!!!!!

Good luck. Fingers crossed.

I was a bit surprised at the grade, to be fair. Obviously the paper quality is so different to the USA comics, so it's difficult to compare. Obviously pleased to get the 9.8.

This was sent with mask and was graded in the last month or so.

Nice for a 7.0 - in my opinion

Thanks guys. The stamps is a UK price stamp which doesn't impact grade. I'm in at 8.0, after a clean and press at CCS a possible 8.5 We will see. Thanks again

I've been struggling over the last few months with the books I'm getting back from CGC. A couple of years ago it was perhaps one or two out of twenty I would shake my head at, now it's a few more than that...... So....let's test our knowledge. This book is with CGC now for grading and like every book I send they go to CCS first. N.b. I've just had notification that the last six books graded, that had been to CCS, all had the same graders note stating "light creasing to cover". Hmmm. I will take a look when they are shipped back. Anyway, welcome thoughts and we will see what happens.

More from the Penman collection

Many thanks. Yup, take the rough with the smooth. In my opinion it was a 9.6 or even a 9.8 candidate to go with my USA Star Wars 1 9.8 Its a beautiful looking comic and I remember buying a copy years ago from the newsagent where I used to do a paper round. So the nostalgia is great, with this one!

A lovely 9.0 - I expected a higher grade. It's a beauty.

From the Penman collection. U.K. price variant. White pages.

That’s an absolute beaut. Congratulations

Thanks. It was a dream for years!

Thank you. Small piece missing from bottom of splash page. Only impacts the margin, but that would have lowered the grade.

I’m lucky enough to have a pence copy of FF1, X-men 1, DD 1, TOS 39, JIM 83. Avengers 1, ST 110, Sgt Fury 1 and now an AF15. All picked up from various U.K. auctions. These are what I bought as a kid so the nostalgia runs deep with pence copies. I’m blessed for sure.

U.K. variant

The Penman AF15

Got a bit carried away in the auction, but that's the way it goes sometimes! I picked quite a few books up as well and a few are still at CGC. Overall quality was pretty good. Mostly decent mid-grade books. Will post when I get them back. Lot of interest in that auction. What a collection he had! All the best