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I can't tell what that white stuff is about Angel at the top of the cover. Barring that, the small crease might cap this around 9.4, so maybe 9.0/9.2 depending on if that are spot is a scuff or similar. A quite nice copy & there tends to be some leniency when dealing with a silver age or older books. The newer the book, the more little creases will be scrutinized.

5.5/6.0 consensus.

Writing indents that are small probably aren't a huge problem, but I'd still cap this around 8.0/8.5 since it's a modern.

without doing the math, my best round. 2 bullseyes & all the rest within 1 grade. Not a great endorsement of using my brain to do thinking.

9.2/9.4

Another instant reaction grading round for me to test the instinct vs. studying methods. It's possible both are bad options.

This will happen. As far as I know, CGC has not created permission for anyone other than them to open/press signature books & retain a yellow label *unless* it's at a convention for another witnessed signature (i.e. it has to be witnessed to retain). There are not that many people left who would be good candidates to sign this book.

5.0 give or take after maximizing eye appeal with C/P. I don't think it can go much higher with the split

It appears those creases on the back break color. This will limit the impact of pressing. 8.0/8.5. I'd lean to the lower b/c the volume of this book's submissions are high, and therefore easy for graders to pick apart.

7.5 give or take. Photos are relatively small & cropped close. Hard to be completely certain.

5.5 Stains are stains.

around 6. Long crease like that on a modern book probably gets knocked

5.0/5.5

5.5

9.2

encapsulated comics are harder to grade & see the posting guidelines linked at the top of the forum page. I'd probably put this in Grading & Restoration as a usual practice. I looked up the grader notes in the CGC database. It denotes multiple stains. Pressing won't fix this. Based on how CGC treats stains, a 7.0 is a very lucky outcome. light spine stress lines very small, multiple stain back cover very small, multiple stain full bottom of front cover very small, multiple stain spine

Officially, the book says 7.0-9.6. I have a book that was really nice but knocked down to 8.5 with similar staple tears. Not 100% sure, but I'd bet the modern books lose more for staple tears than vintage.

4.0

8.0/8.5

6.0/6.5

Photos are kind of blurry. This is the kind of book where high quality pictures are really important. There are so many copies of this getting submitted that it could get picked apart for small imperfections. The front cover phot in particular looks blurry to me.

Front cover pictures leave a lot to be desired. A clear full front cover without angles, shadows & glare should be added.

Went with the rapid grading method this time. Hopefully, that will keep my brain from talking my fingers into being way too lenient on 1 book.

4.0/4.5

I can't say if it's trimmed or not as I don't deal with those kind of restoration attempts. Plus it's hard to tell under ideal conditions. What you should look for is edges that look sharper than others and/or misalignment. Something that seems too perfect would be a red flag. That said, production quality was not high back then, so it's equally likely to be the culprit. A trimmed book would receive a purple label, but the overall grade is dictated by the book itself. There's a lot going on here. This looks like a 1.8/2.0 to my eye, but it doesn't take long to find GA books with grades higher than appearance would initially suggest. The older books seem to get a bigger discount when it comes to age-related defects.