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7.0

7.5

9.2/9.4 just for the small bindery tear

>9.0

I don't think there are pieces missing, just tears, so around 6.

7.0/7.5 Universal. I don't think it's perfect enough to escape the gravity of the upper end detached staple grade

I took a flier & added this one to a short stack going to a Steranko signing. It landed at least a grade higher than I expected. I figured 7.5 was the most optimistic outcome. Not that I'm complaining. Only copy on the census of any kind. The Spanish reprints like this I've found are usually the worse for wear. This one is magazine size, square bound & it doesn't seem like there were a ton of collectors making an effort to keep these nice. A very unique piece in my collection

I think the tape pull alone dips this under 7.0. 7.0-9.0 is the book's suggestion for a "small" tape pull. I have a 7.0 with larger pulls, but both are on the back cover. I'll agree with the 6.0 above. TBH, if this came in over 7.0 I'd actually have to send an angry letter to CGC based on the grade I got on my copy of this one with light bends & light creasing that I can't really see. This is otherwise pretty nice looking. I have a 2nd copy that looks like someone barfed on the back

Would not surprise me. The standards (albeit largely ambiguous) for the GA comics are different. I am almost always basing my observations of copper/bronze era

Hmm. I've got shadowed books that got dinged harder than that. TBF, if the preliminary notes hadn't mentioned the shadow, I would have gone higher, but still wouldn't have guessed 9.6. Also TBF, grading high grade comics in scans is hard. I feel like I'm trying to find the hidden defects

I can't see that amount of staining/foxing getting higher than a 4.0

>9.0. I love yellow covers b/c they pop. I hate yellow covers b/c they're great at hiding defects, especially in photos, so take my grade for the price you paid for it.

>9.0, but I don't see a 9.8

looks like there's a little water stain or something in the corner with the CCA box. I'll guess a max around 6.5/7.0 if that's right

Might be pressable to 7.0/7.5

9.4/9.6. I've never seen a book from this series before, but if this is on the BOOM covers that's the heavier cardstock material, there probably isn't much hope for pressing doing much.

4.0/4.5

5.5 is my ceiling.

4.5 train. choo-choo

9.2 give or take. CGC's magazine standards seem more lenient than comics. This looks close to the lower NM magazines I have

I think this tops out at 7.0 b/c of the stain, but the old Dells are so rare in higher grades, I can see it landing higher than the equivalent Marvel/DC book from the same era.

I agree this is a 0.5/1.0 tweener. Maybe gets a slight boost to the higher end by being a very important book. A nice ROI on $50. Seems like that was a really good price even then.

4.0, maybe a 4.5

5.5 give or take is right. They hammer anything that is a stain. Harder on front cover stains than back. I've gotten dinged several times by small stains on back covers & even had a book that presented a lot better land at 6.5 b/c of a barely visible stain on the front cover.

This looks like what the CGC guide describes as "ink missing" but someone who's expert in ink defects would need to confirm with it in hand. If the area is glossy, then it would likely be missing ink. If it's duller than the surrounding areas, it's more likely to be post-production. The range CGC gives for ink missing is 6.0-9.8 depending on severity. I'd call this a 7ish book. Maybe one would get lucky & score a higher grade, but I don't think the potential high end expectation would justify rolling the dice on grading.