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2 hours ago, marvelmaniac said:

I have concerns about the staples and miswrapped cover, is that the way the book came from the bindery?

The spine shows the most wear with vertical/horizontal creases that break color, slight edge wear and blunted corners.

The book presents extremely well, however, with the spine and staples I cannot assign a grade above a VG/FN 5.0, hopefully I have under graded this book and it comes back higher.

5.0 VERY GOOD/FINE (VG/FN):  Back to Top
An above-average but well used comic book. An accumulation of bindery/printing defects is allowed. Minor to moderate cover wear apparent, with minor to moderate creases and/or dimples. Inks have moderate to low reflectivity. Blunted corners are increasingly common, as is minor to moderate staining, discoloration, and/or foxing. Stamped or inked arrival dates may be present. A minor to moderate spine roll is allowed. A spine split of up to 1/2" may be present. Staples may show minor discoloration. Minor staple tears and minor stress lines may also be present, as well as minor rust migration. Paper is tan to brown with no signs of brittleness. Centerfold may be loose. Minor interior tears may also be present

Ooof. I really hope you’re wrong too but your points are definitely valid. 
 

the binding was that was from the factory by the looks of things. I can’t see another fold that suggests it’s been shifted or damaged over time. The rest of the book is nice and flat.

I found that the spine was the real risk in buying this piece but decided to go for it. Just hoping the bindery defects aren’t considered so major. A 7 would be a nice achievement for this one given the age and wear, fingers crossed!!

thanks for your assessment

Just curious for a rough grade. Going to send it off over the next week or so (still trying to decide if I should get it cleaned and pressed as well)

On 2/9/2020 at 11:22 AM, comicginger1789 said:

First, I hope you didn’t pay the price of the sticker on some of those comics. If so, ouch. 

Oh god no, didn’t pay sticker prices on these! I’m not insane but the last owner clearly was. 
Just a few I picked up on the cheap and was curious about them. Think I’ll hold off on this batch and just stash them up

Hi. Long time lurker first time poster. I'm quite new to collecting graded comics and my collection is pretty small at the moment. So far I've got a couple of the Resident Evil Marvel one shots from 96, a signed Witcher Stan Sakai variant, a Max Payne #1 and a full 1988 dark horse Aliens set (6 issues)

Last night I met with a collector in my town and bought myself some comics. I need some help in deciding what i should see about getting graded for future potential value and preservation. I mostly bought because of cool art work but if any of these have potential i'd appreciate the help in deciding.Pics should be attached but they're all in excellent condition

I have:

Punisher #1
Cabel #1
The New Mutants #1
2 Deadpool #1 comics (different covers)
Power Man and Iron Fist #50
Hulk and the Sub-Mariner #91
The new Teen Titans - Tales of Cyborg #1
The Ray #1

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