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The GA feel is intentional. I read about the TT properties somewhere, and the creators were trying to capture/reuse the essence of GA characters. Starlin eventually was enlisted to do several Dr. Weird stories for TT just before he got his professional start. Here's the title page from the collected edition. GRR Martin also cut his teeth writing for these fanzines. Starlin would have been 16ish when he drew this. It came out 6 months before his 17th birthday. Milgrom would have been 15. I got a kick out of taking one of them from him to sign in-person. I had a facilitator get this one.

Star Studded Comics 8. Although CGC's label does not acknowledge it, this contains a story written & drawn by Al Milgrom and Jim Starlin respectively. They would have been 15 & 16 years old when this was published. The census shows two 7.5s, but they both appeared in the same census update. I have a feeling that there was a duplicate data entry b/c it would be a heck of a coincidence for two copies of the same 57 year old fanzine to show up simultaneously as the only signature service copies in existence (there's one 7.0 Universal).

@grendelbo & @Mars76 nailed it. One grade higher than MCS had it. Fraying along the spine probably was the tipping point. Given the material these covers are made from, it's hard for me to imagine that they all don't have some degree unless someone grabbed one in 1966 and never opened it.

You'll have to buy one & try it. There's a SS available on ebay right now for $90K. Someone had it signed by Stan Lee, so it's a good candidate for the experiment.

I have a book from the same era with a long crease on the back that isn't a sub crease. IDK what it is either. Probably tops out at 7.5/8.0

7.5/8.0

9.0/9.2

9.2-9.6

7.5/8.0

3.0/3.5 I don't see a lot here that c/p does to improve the grade. Maybe a slight improvement in appearance if some surface grime comes off

8.0/8.5

7.0/7.5

9.2/9.4 maybe a grade better if pressed

>9.2

8.0/8.5

Reholdering doesn't involve regrading unless the inner well is damaged

9.0/9.2

6.5, maybe 7.0 pressed

3.5/4.0 & I lean to the higher

8.0/8.5

I agree this looks great. I think you could squeak a 9.0. In at least the 8s seems like a lock.

1.8/2.0. Front is nice enough, the back is...not great. Good thing the front cover is what we like to look at.

This is why I offer a disclaimer anytime I offer a grade on a GA PGM. My GA grades are worth exactly how much you're paying for them.

I've got two 9.0s & one 9.2 in my albums now. I've got a 9.4 that's back/coming back from my facilitator. All but one of those was acquired by dumb luck. Yes, they are rare in anything approaching high grade. I had what looking like >9.0 Spider-Woman 32 but the seller folded back cover, so now it's no better than 5.5ish b/c there's a 6" crease. That was a bummer.

8.0/8.5. There's enough light handling wear that the distribution ink shouldn't be a factor