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Front presents a lot better than the back cover. I'll guess 6.5 though I imagine a press would help a good deal.

bought this ages ago. Not sure what that is on bottom of page 1. Seems like a piece of cardboard glued on. You can see the imprint it caused on the inside front cover. Not that I;mplaiing to, but I'd imagine that would cause a problem if it were to be pressed.

I'll guess a 1.5 on this

i'll throw out a 4.5. Kudos to all that post these Planet Comic issues - I love the covers.

yeah, despite having bought some valuable comics back in he day, I never gave it a second thought when I put them down there. Though it did have heat and at least I placed them on some wood to get them off the floor. I wish my kids collected them so I could pass on this wisdom I finally have!

is is still in the bag ? if so poss reflections caused by the bag ?(eg is bottom left corner a crease or reflection?) looks like a good reading crease on it too. if that corner has a crease and with that reading crease, I'll guess a 8.5-9.0. I see some other examples for sale rated 9 & above and none of them have as pronounced a reading crease. Maybe they can all press out and you'd do much better. Welcome to the boards

3 months ago when I had to stay home for 2 weeks while my wife recovered from a surgery. I actually moved about 1/3 rd of them upstairs, the ones I really cared about while I was educating myself on the whole grading process. It was just more comfortable to go thru them in the family room vs the basement. Had a triple hit tonight. The drain strainer in the laundry tub clogged; the hose itself broke lose any was dumping water onto the floor, and the cold water faucet was left open (the way the pipes are, nothing comes out when the washer is filling) She estimates it was running ~ half an hour. The thin indoor/outdoor carpet which covers the entire floor was, and has ton of junk on it, was ~90% soaked as were alot of boxes. Amazingly the 10% area which was relatively dry was right where the remaining comics were. The only plus out of this is I get to throw out all of her water damaged junk while the comics can stay.

yeah - I am most def repeating what I've heard through my own posts or just reading other threads. Anything substantial which I've submitted has gone thru 3rd party pressers so I wouldn't get notified.

CGC will bump up the tier themselves if the resultant grade warrants it. You won't get a refund if you submit it to the higher tier and it turns out to have a grade/FMV of a lesser tier. I believe the FMV you give it when submitting is for return insurance purposes mainly (more experienced members can correct me if I'm wrong) so you have to balance out submittal fee vs return home insurance

if that's tear at the upper spine it's hard for me to see (old eyes!) bottom one is more obvious. Also ink/dirt under the $ sign? A few color flecks here and there I agree that it wouldn't get a 9.8 if issues with 2 corners I also agree nice job with the pics!

Sorry, the reflection off the bag makes it hard to spot details and the pic itself doesn't seem to have enough resolution. I understand you may not want to handle a valuable book much, but a good scan of the front and back is the best way to get decent estimates of a grade. Plus a pic of the inside (not a scan of the inside)matters too. If u don't have a scanner, better res pics of the spine/corners would help. It does seem like a nice copy so congrats.

to explain my reasoning, given that I don't know the CGC grading guidelines - I look at my copy of the OS grading guide and other online guides. In addition to trying to identify defects (spine tics, ULC, cover wear), I count them up and try to categorize them in terms of overall amount & severity. About a dozen (ie large accumulation) spine tics, none of major size, plus the corner & front cover wear. They also list a line chart of total number of defects per grade level which is a general range. Then I try to find graded copies (or similar issues) for sale on MCS etc and come up with a number. I am very much an amateur grader so I can easily be off and hopefully you get the same people grading it that graded the WW example you gave cause it looks worse than your Det336. Good luck with it!

i think it could be a 5.0

I'll throw out a 3.0

Check out the other thread here about facsimile copies being sold on eBay

Probably just a printing defect. From what I recall from other threads, I don't think it would effect the grade.

I am the very definition of 'amateur' so don't take whatever I say to heart. I'm just going off the Heritage grading scale and the Overstreet grading guide I have (neither of which are the CGC grading scale - whatever that is) Neither of them state color breaking creases in corners for any level of mint. That URC now looks, to me, like it doesn't break color. There's another by the ULC which also looks to me like it doesn't break color. So I see it as that LRC with also both left side front corners having a little wear. There's also something on that middle A in CANADA but I dont think that's a big deal. For those reasons, I'd say 8.5. Maybe it presses to a 9

I'll guess a 1.5-1.8

i'd guess 6.5-7.0 leaning more towards the 7 nice white pages

thanks!

with the spine beign what it is, top front edge has a couple of sections showing wear, bottom edge has some color loss, minor crease of LRC, back cover has a lot of discoloration along the top. My uneducated guess would be 5.0

thanks

guessing 4.0 with that tape repair.

Seeing the letters that I wrote get published. Great one! I wrote 1 letter and counted the months until the issue came where I hoped to see it - which I did though I remember them misspelling my name. I'd write more, but my wife says it's a beautiful spring day outside so I have to go out and can't come back in until dinner...

For me, it was just the joy of the early days, riding 2-3 miles on the bike to the LCS with just a handful of bucks in my pocket, where I'd lose myself searching thru the dollar bin mining for gold. Not in terms of $$$, but for cool comics I wanted any version of. I still remeber the thrill of seeing GL 76 sitting there. Obviously in rough shape (see the PGM forum where I posted it) ; I pulled it out faster than the Flash could've. That and the 1st trip into center city to the older established stores. Taking the bus & train with a friend to Fat Jack's Comic Crypt, then comparing our respective stashes on the way back home.