CJ Design

9.4

Crazy looking CGC label...

6.0

On 8/10/2023 at 9:32 PM, scburdet said:

6.5/7.0

this

Light cover always get me so I'll go 7.0-7.5

Very well presenting book...unless I'm not seeing something (very possible) I'll go 6.0-6.5

5.5-6.0 The only Battle I have is a pretty worn Kirby cover...they are cool though

Maybe my eyes are wacked, but I'll go 5.5-6.0

5.0  perhaps 5.5 back is pretty nice Love those Battle Books

On 8/5/2023 at 5:28 PM, ft88 said:

 Submariner 2 VG $20
 Submariner 3 Fine $15
 Submariner 4 VG $10

Subby 2, 3, 4

On 8/7/2023 at 2:10 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

This post resonates strongly with me. I don't have kids in my life so have largely missed out on the connection to the current that they bring. I remember when I was a kid, the whole family watched Top of The Pops, so my Mum and Dad knew all the new stuff. There isn't much like that nowadays that I can see and even if there was, I have no youngsters to bring it into my world..

I find myself very much stuck in the past. All the things I like, have loved, and still love seem to be of the past. They say that every successive generation feels this way but I do think that the era of my youth was the best time the human race will ever see. It was far from perfect, but the post war, pre-internet era had the best of everything. It was people doing everything, not machines. There was variety, experimentation, self expression, risk taking and danger. There was gentleness, the quiet and the paired down. There was the possibility of things to come, fresh, exciting and never before seen. Today I feel that everything 'new' is just an old thing in disguise. You have to feel a little sorry for the gifted, enthusiastic youth of today. What can they come up with that hasn't already been done?

Comics are the reason we are here on this forum and comics are of the past. They exist still today, clinging on for dear life, and there are youngsters in the hobby. But comics - real comics - are of an era that is gone. I could go on for hours about this, and have done in other posts, but I've come to accept that all my hobbies, all my interests, largely exist in the past. It doesn't actually bother me anymore as it once did. As long as I can go and see Morrissey, Costello, Squeeze and David Devant still, pop along to the London Comic Fair and nab things that I've enjoyed in my days from eBay, I'm happy enough. The present is vastly over rated and I don't much fancy it on most days if I'm honest.

Thanks for posting @factory sealed

This....

Late I know...1.8

7.0 also

9.2 is possible

Sorry Mike and all..I thought I had more time...Guesses (🤔) are in...Thanks all.

On 8/6/2023 at 8:09 PM, Point Five said:

Another data point: here's a book of mine that CGC graded a 3.0 less than two months ago.   I mean... 

More tape=3.5

On 8/6/2023 at 6:05 PM, grendelbo said:

So I actually got a bullseye on that Horrific 3. I'll chalk it mostly up to luck but I did have my reasons for the grade.

All these books I looked at for no more than a minute each. I figured the Horrific did not have a split and detached cover, even with the added staples. This would've been a hidden flaw Mike would've noted.

The tape along the spine, front and back cover reader's crease and the added staples all would put the book in the 3.5-4.0 range, IMO. Since it has all three major defects I figured it would be a 2.5/3.0. I gave it a bump for a classic PCH cover.

Maybe I may have missed it along the line in the past, but I wasn't sure if Mike would mention a split spine or not. I just figured (in my stupidity) that is it had full tape and extra staples...a split was present

On 8/5/2023 at 7:29 PM, flashlites said:

With the tape and the staples you gotta figure they would grade it as cover detached? Right? Plus the back cover was not in great shape, it's not like this book had any counter acting attributes to bump it. Other than it being a GA Don Heck cover  

I took it as detached also...given the xtra staples.

Another mind bending round...my spot on (sure) grades in. Thanks Mike and others involved fordoing this...plus the entertaining contestants

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On 8/2/2023 at 1:58 PM, Point Five said:

That’s right — I’ve learned from my mistakes. Any more books with slices out of the top? I’ve got my 8.5s all revved up.  

 

That last round was a tough one for me...The 5.0-8.5 range gets me overthinking Hard!

On 8/2/2023 at 1:44 PM, Point Five said:

Right on track for 8th to 12th place! My plan is progressing perfectly.  

You are just waiting to strike back

Random guesses in...sorry for the lateness Mike...still dealing w/ the move.

Grats on having it..I've had  in the past now 0. I think split and detached can reach 1.5

1/4 of front or back missing...0.5

.05 it is IMHO

On 7/30/2023 at 8:57 PM, batcollector said:

Thanks, Jay!  I think the pressure is going to get to me on the “back nine” and will probably have an epic collapse!

that's my motto...hope for the worse...get the worse...or something like that...