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4.5±0.5 foxing plus the tear are too much when added to medium-intensity spine stress lines is just too much for me to see getting out of the VG range.

7.5±0.5 just too many little defects to see this getting that close to NM even though it has a lot of gives off a NM vibe.

I looked again, and now I think I see a stain to the left of the H. Maybe knocked down another grade, but maybe not

I was about to set the floor in the VF range, but then I saw the stain on the TRFC. Unfortunately, that's going to get dinged 6.0±0.5 & I'm closer to the lower end than the upper. Other than that, the white looks pretty good on this copy.

4.0/4.5 It's not entirely clear to me with Restored labels, but maybe the higher grade if the coloration from the tape is given a slight pass b/c of the purple label acknowledging the fix.

8.0 I see some white markings in the Canadian Super Hero arrow, otherwise, I could be convinced this would be at least a 9.0 b/c there are certain key issues that seem to get CGC love

5.5±0.5. Just an accumulation of little color-breaking defects on the outer edges.

5.5±0.5. There's a spine roll and a few things going on in the HULK "K", the big issue I see is what appears to be a light stain in & above the K. CGC hates stains and I can't see thing not getting dinged hard for that.

6.0±0.5 if C/P done. Stress lines/creasing on spine, some edge wear/scuffing on the other side

There's quite a bit of ink lift/color loss across the title area. It almost looks like tape across the DR, except there's no shine to it. Light indentions and paper oxidation around the edges of the back. The degree of oxidation on the inside of the front cover and inner page, may impact the score. 5ish since I can't really tell what's going on with the title colors.

Several indentions. These appear pressable, 8.0 with pressing b/c there's a nick or something off near the THE across the bottom and a few stress lines along the spine that break color

looks like the spine might be crunched some. Hard to say without a side angle of the spine on these square bound books. I see some crumpling, light stress/creasing along the spine & what looks like spine roll. 7ish pending spine integrity analysis.

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Pretty much my presumption & I'm trying to be a little more careful now. Asking for more photos & not assuming the listings missing something like a back cover photo can be trusted. There are some ebay sellers who grade well, but I think everyone knows who they are, and you pay accordingly.

You can't really grade these b/c they're not comics in the sense that the grading standard were intended. @The Lions Den is correct that binders did things to the originals like trimming/gluing/etc. to make the book. This is described briefly in the new CGC grading guidebook. It also says that disassembling such volumes usually leads to individual comics that grade between 2.0–4.0 (often w/restored labels) b/c whatever protection provided by the covering is offset by the defects introduced through the binding process. The best way to value is also as suggested looking at past sales, although these will be rare. I did a quick ebay search, and a recent volume of SS 1–18 sold for a little over $2K. A decent sum for sure, but if you had all 18 issues loose in mid-grade you'd be looking at $4–5K graded, and much more than that if they, and especially the key issues, were in higher grades. I'd guess that sale price of the volume reflects a ≤4.0 price projection for the issues if removed. Personally, I'd leave these in the binding. It's not the same marketplace as "loose" comics, but this is a cool piece of comic history even if it appeals to a narrower group of collectors. I'd be prepared to offer a crisp $20 bill for each volume just to own something with the novelty factor

2.5±0.5. F/VF is comically high, so I hope that seller was grading comics for the first time. The staining is pretty severe, if not in area, in hurting the appearance. Letter of the CGC law the staining alone might set the ceiling around 5, but I think they would hit this harder.

Corners are pretty rounded, other than that, it looks like there's some pressable waviness in the covers. Not seeing much in terms of color breaks, so with effective pressing 8.5±0.5. Without pressing, I wouldn't be surprised if this got knocked down into the 6s

I can't quite tell if the lightness mid-spine is color loss from creasing, reflection, or art. I can't quite see it in other examples, so I'm going with light creasing. I see a tiny crease BRFC. I'll say 7.5±0.5 with the mid-spine stuff (if my assessment is correct) keeping it out of the 9.0 range.

my guess is pressing won't completely make those lone dents on the back disappear and the white looks OK, but is a tad dingy. Kind of a miracle regardless. C/P for 7.0/7.5 b/c of early ASM inflation.

Top edge FC light wear, small TRFC crease, BRFC blunted outer corner, maybe a slight spine roll & a few minor stress lines. Maybe 1/4" tear on the top edge BC & some light soiling. 7.5 as is, 8.0 C/P. I would have pushed into the NM zone but for the tear.

The corner can be improved, but not fixed from what I see. If it's a hard crease (paper is crimped) as this appears to be, you're limited to flattening with the crease showing. One of the front corners seems slightly blunted. 9.2, might squeak out a 9.4 with pressing. Pro tip: watch the shadows on your photos, they can masquerade as creases to graders.

around 5.0 from me too. Could go up 1 or 2 grades with effective pressing

9.2±0.2 the black covers like this, especially with a binding like this is hard to keep nice. You can't open it very much without creating color breaks down the opening crease

top edge is roughed up, 7.0/7.5. I can't quite see an 8.0. There are websites like gocollect that track FMV or look at recent ebay sales for the issue in similar condition.