James J Johnson

Not exactly worthless. The seller got almost $200 for tearing the cover off of, then mangling and soiling a 40 year old reprint. Lots of these in those ebay shallows.

Forgot, yes, worth grading if included in with a multiple submission. The diagonal crease is light enough that the well/slab will probably make it all but invisible, thus enhancing its attractiveness.

I'd estimate 4.5. Spine area is a little rough but overall solid and the other edges are sound. IMO, it's a 5.0 to 5.5 with that small split that appears to affect several of the inside pages as well, thus 4.5.

All very astute observation. This strikes me as an overall FN or FN- . A vast accumulation of many small flaws but the book still retains a very nice paper quality, gloss, and bright colors. It generates the appearance of being structurally sound, so a textbook middle grade. But there's a tape pull, with paper loss in the logo, which is a serious defect to compound that middle grade overall look, so Ahsoka hit the nail right on the head. A bright and attractive 5.0 with lots of eye appeal.

+1 No resto on Bronze age books as a general rule of thumb.

A lot of these artists either came from the pulp genre or were heavily influenced by them: https://www.pulpmags.org/content/view/issues/thrills-incorporated.html

Worn but clean and attractive, without fading. An attractive, bronze age 4.0. It's a bronze age super-key, so in this grade, yes, definitely worth slabbing.

+1 You're correct. I looked too fast. I thought the interior paper showing on that back bottom corner was a discoloration. 2.5/3.0 with the piece out altogether sounds about right. When the grade is at the bottom of the grade spectrum, it can go either way.

If you really like these, when you have some time, look into the 1940s action and adventure pulps, or the 1920's/1930s sci-fi pulps. I think you'll really enjoy these covers. https://www.google.com/search?q=1940s+action+and+adventure+pulps&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBzoHv-NDYAhXxRt8KHTzAA-EQ_AUICigB&biw=1024&bih=576

That would have been my main concern going forward with the submission. Resto. Not often do you encounter GA books with predominantly dark colors and such an absence of edge color flaking and tangible spine stress color fractures. I'm sure that aspect, the integrity of the color, at the spine especially, is what threw off a lot of the grades here, skewing them higher. Worth noting, I'm genuinely surprised at the skills of the members who regularly opine here. Trying to assess grades in two dimensions can be very hit and miss. Not only is the paper we're assessing being viewed through many layers of transparency, the scanning bed, the slab and well, and our monitors, each of which removes the paper from being revealed raw to our eyes by one tic, but grading is a three dimensional art. Being able to view the book from all visual perspectives, all angles, raking it appropriately to the light source, and of course, being able to view the inside covers to distinguish stains from shadows, tears from stresses, etc., is all important in grading to lock in on that final determination of grade. I wish 50% of merchants selling on ebay could grade half as well as the members here.

+1 No hysteria on GA on that chunk in the lower grades. If Silver age, this is a 2.5.

You're a newbie? You have a very discerning and accurate eye and your assessments are very consistent, which is the most important grader's asset in any field. Numismatics, toys, etc., etc. I had the impression that you've been a collector for a long, long time. You also grade on a whole which is important to consistency, not only adjusting the grade downward for defects, but tweaking the grade up if a particular strong point, or set of strong points elevates the overall whole. That was a key element in Overstreet guideline grading, and sometimes much misunderstood. Grading the piece on a whole. The flaws that deduct of course, as well as the elements that elevate the overall appearance beyond the technical flaws.

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Obviously from the same collection as the JIM 83, with its thread above. Both books stored in the same environs, both of them weathered/aged to exactly the same degree. I'd say 6.5. As Ahsoka, a fantastic grader, pointed out, terrific colors, very solid spine. Could go 7.0 , maybe even 7.5 with a successful press, especially if that top right corner crease front and back flattens out nicely, it sure is a great pressing candidate. As it is, 6.0 to 6.5. Nice book to own along with that JIM 83.

I could see it grading 3.0, but my rationale is that it's an overall 3.5/4.0 just considering all the dozens of smaller creases and crunches. When you take either of the book long severe creases into consideration, it's an extra grade point lower. Considering both of those deep book long creases = 2.0 area.

+1 I think you're spot on. Back cover stains/shadows and that book long back cover crease/impression on a book of seemingly otherwise 7.5/8.0 quality = strict 5.5

Yes, that is helpful, thank you.

Yes. If that wrinkle line at the bottom of the back cover can be pressed out. Noteworthy is the minimum of rough cut on the right edge of this one. Many of what otherwise would be very high grade copies of this comic have been ruined by a typical horrendous right edge production serrated cut. I don't think that the grading services deduct enough grade tics for production flaws, but I feel they should. After all, they do rightfully deduct for chips and marvel chips (attached chips), but sometimes a book with a raggedly produced edge seems to have escaped without a dent in the overall grade. This one isn't bad as far 57s go.

+1 6.5. A solid 6.0 with enough eye appeal to elevate the grade a tic to 6.5.

2.0

+1. If someone is going to be buying or selling books of serious coin, GP Analysis for comics is a must have. The price guides are not state of the art for market value. They're a good read for comic history, lore, and reference, but GPA is the only way to go for pricing info.

It's a 3.5 (R) IMO, but with the grades slightly more forgiving than Silver age, I wouldn't be surprised at a 4.0. Although anything 3.0 to 4.0 is the right slot.

Perfect pressing candidate. Very attractive book. Great colors. I wouldn't grade it as is. It needs a spine roll realignment and the wrinkles on the front cover pressed out and then we're talking 6.0 at least and possibly a bit more dependent on the results.

+1 With a lean towards 3.5 due to the severity of the stain. Especially if the stain soaks through the interior pages, and 3.0 if it also soaked its way through to the front cover.

Without either that long crease, the spine roll, or a little less spine wear, it would have a shot at 4.0. IMO, this is a strict Overstreet 2.5, but as everyone has opined, it should CGC at 3.0 as most CGC slabbed 3.0s look very indicative of this one.