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Another beautiful copy. I’m going to say 9.2. Clearly @Eclipse9965has an SA Spidy collection that would make any of us week in the knees 😁. Congrats!

7.0 for me. SA Spidey key should earn this book a little flexibility. It looks really nice too! 

Don’t get this graded. It will not come back with a blue label and, for all the reasons previously mentioned, would not be worth the expense. 

On 6/2/2023 at 8:03 PM, scburdet said:

4.5/5.0

Dito!

In my experience CGC is really tough with this book. I think you are likely to land at an 8.0 maybe an 8.5. If you get higher then that be very happy. Nice book to have. Thanks for posting.

4.0 with a C&P. A great book to have even in a lower grade. Thanks for posting.

I'm going to go with 9.0. That back cover crease looks non color breaking and a really good presser might be able to get it out. Moot point now, I guess, but still a really nice book. Thanks for posting!

9.4, although I see a line running down the center right (facing) of the cover. Assuming that it is an issue with the image, not the book. ASM 50 is so rare in high grade. So jealous it hurts! Congrats.

I wounder, would cleaning the cover remove the color touch? I know that cover cleaning would result in a conserved label but I'd much prefer that to a butchered book.

9.2/9.4 with a press.

Wow! Congratulations! Great result.

What a beautiful copy! I don't think CGC will be as cruel as they usual are with the staple stain on this book. It is minimal and not caused by soiling. Dito for the small cover tear. I've got a Bronze Age book with a much bigger tear graded at an 8.0. For a Silver Age Spidey key like yours, I think you have a decent shot at a 8.5, maybe even a 9.0. Great book. Congrats!

7.5/8.0 with a press.

Ouch! Unfortunately I would have to agree with 1.0. 

Definitely a beautiful copy. Based on the single image in the slab, I'd say that the original grade of 6.5 was way off the mark. Congratulations!

From a 6.5 to a 9.4! That’s the largest bump that I have ever heard of, especially for a Silver Age book. Very happy for @Corallas but a grade variance like that is kinda scary. Really beginning to wonder about CGC’s grading standards at this point. 

9.2 due to minor spine stress but also what appears to be faint writing (possibly a “10”) in the upper left corner of the cover, just above the Marvel Comics masthead.

9.2. For some reason, CGC seems to grade very harshly with this book.

A very nice 8.0/8.5. 

Wow! That looks very clean. Corners look a little soft and I see a little blemish on the cover, just by the exclamation point in "Worlds Strongest Mortal". But otherwise a pristine copy. I'd say 9.2 with a press (maybe even higher). Congrats!

Congrats on the book and the grade. Hulk 181 is always special! Thanks for posting the slabbed pictures.

9.2 / 9.4 for me. A nice copy that will look even better with FM's signature.

Top staple looks like it was reattached or replaced. With a really good press I'd say 6.5, maybe 7.0. Not sure about a blue label though...

Book presents well given the issues that you listed above. Shame about the water stains. CGC is brutal with those. Still, I think this book should land somewhere around a 5.5 / 6.0. Thanks for sharing.

7.0 for me