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On 5/8/2023 at 10:45 AM, DougC said:

Directly across from Nicole Kidman's head on the spine looks to be two color breaking ticks, there could be another one lower (or lint).

You're right Doug. I see them. Thanks for your detective work.

Here's photos of the book in question. All pages intact and no problems on the inside. Was rejected on a 9.8 pre-screen. I don't see how. Would appreciate other opinions.

Here is CGC's reply:

"In the case of prescreen rejections, the letters/number are an internal code that helps track the book as it is processed. They do not reference any reason for rejection."

Not sure I buy this. In the example I provided, SD could stand for spine dent. I'm not sure what the 8 means though. Using a magnifying glass I do see a spine dent but not 8 of them.

In any event, that's their response so unless someone knows better, case closed.

I will ask CGC for a response and post what I get back. Stay tuned.

I see these too and would like to know what they mean. See the sample below with the "8 SD". With all the knowledgeable folks on this forum someone must know what these codes mean.

I submitted a copy of Incredible Hulk #377 (3^rd Printing) for grading about a year ago and it came back as a 9.0 with grader notes of light creasing to cover and light spine stress lines to cover.

I started researching pressing and thought this would be a good candidate to get a higher grade. So I submitted it last month for pressing and re-grading. To my surprise it was re-graded at 9.0 with the following grader notes:

indent center of front cover
light creasing to cover
light spine stress lines to cover
small crease left bottom

In effect it had more flaws after pressing. I know there's no guarantee it would grade higher but how are there more flaws after pressing? Also did I misinterpret what flaws pressing can improve?

Thanks in advance for your comments.