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Now’s your chance on the 9.8 #35 https://www.ebay.com/itm/256133229200

Seems others didn’t like all those marks either for $4301.

The 9.6 doesn't look that good to me - is that a color breaking spine tic to the left of the B in the logo, and what are all those white spots? Are those on the case or the book?

Anyone notice the auctions have kind of dried up? There was a while where HA auctioned 9.6s and 9.8s of #4 seemingly every auction. Several 9.8 #9s and 11s over a few months too. Not much new on eBay for a while too. Appreciate the two #1s on CL but it’s pretty slim pickings compared to last fall.

Wow - now I feel like my 9.8 #35 was a good buy!

Am I correct in understanding there is no Cartoon Books reprint of 27? I looked at the catalogues of covers on comics.org, mycomicshop, milehigh, etc., and don’t see this anywhere, but it seemed odd that there’s be no CB version of this sole issue. Thanks for any pointers!

Any idea what's going on with this 9.6? There are vertical smudges near the left and right edges of both front and back covers. But they do not seem to be on the outer surface. I can't tell if they are on the book itself or on the inside of the case. It looks like mildew to me. Will a re-holder fix this? There also seems to be curved very light indents around the entire outer edge of the back cover as shown in the photo annotated in red. Thanks for tips!

Any idea what's going on with this CGC 9.6? There are smudges vertically near the left and right edges of both the front and back covers. But they do not appear to be on the outer surface of the case. I can't tell if they are on the book itself (in which case, how on earth is it a 9.6?) or on the inside of the case. Will a re-holder fix this? There also seems to be curved very light indents around the entire outer edge of the back cover as shown in the photo annotated in red. Thanks for any tips!

Thanks for any feedback on this one. What I see is a blunted bottom spine, an extremely thin hairline color breaking crease above and below the web shooters at the left edge of the front cover, and some white spots on the back cover.

Yah I scanned it inside the bag with a clear backing board

Yes, that is waviness on front and back - if possible, where do you think this would land with a press? The faint horizontal line at the bottom of the back cover is from the mylar. Speaking of awesome painted covers, I can't believe I had the great taste to pick this up when I was in high school 30 years ago! Thanks!

Actually, buying a CGC 9.4 #2 started me on this kick, and I am enjoying it even more buying the rest raw, but I doubt I'll find a good #1 raw!

Thanks, I couldn't resist picking things like this up after I became a Dad!

Thanks!

Any thoughts on where this would land with a clean and press? Thanks!

Hi all, appreciate your thoughts on this one too - thanks!

Thanks for your response!

The faint pinkish line above the Cartoon Books logo on the FC top left is not a tear - the line is printed on and they are all like that. Thanks!

What do you think? Thanks!

Hi, any thoughts on pros and cons of three clear backing board products? I've searched, including here, and didn't find much. https://comic-pro-line.myshopify.com/collections/60-80pt-clear-boards https://www.comicclearsupplies.com/shop-comic-clear https://comicskin.com/product-category/crystal-clear-backing-boards/ I bought the comic pro line ones, which are very rigid (and seem much less bendable than the other two based on the YouTube videos I found). But the comic clear product seems to be the same thickness at 80mil (vs 80pt for CPL and no info on the thickness of comic skin). But the latter two are half the price of the comic pro line, so I was willing to give them a shot but curious if anyone has compared rigidity, archival quality, and clarity. Thanks!

Same book as this post?

Thanks -- that's very helpful!

Picked up 2-19. This one is pretty average for the lot, so views would be very helpful. Also, is it possible to guestimate the whiteness from these shots? Thanks in advance!

Picked up 2-19 and trying to get a sense if they may have been over-graded, or on the flipside, worth clean/press/slab. This is one of the nicer examples. Thanks in advance!

If anyone happens to have time to point our some of the specific defects that push this to the 8.5-9.0 range, it would be very educational and appreciated! I'm looking in contrast at the Hulk 181 a few threads up (see link below) with the color breaking spine ticks, color breaking crease at the right side of the front cover, and apparent yellowing around all the edges of the back cover, which came back at a 9.0 and trying to understand what the issues are with this one -- Here, I see the spine splits top and bottom, the spine edge wear which seems to have no grading standards, and some rubbing near the staples on the front cover, and a non-color breaking bend near the middle of the spine on the back. Did I miss anything big? The Hulk 181 seems cumulatively and obviously worse than this. Is there an issue that modern books are graded more harshly? Or maybe I'm over-penalizing for color-breaking ticks and creases and not enough for spine splits (although you can't see the spine edge on the Hulk photos, so who knows)? Thanks!!