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I'll look in to that for sure. I do live in Florida, so when we're at our most humid the AC is running almost constantly. It does suck a lot of humidity out of the internal air. But I'll definitely get a hygrometer first and see what it looks like in here. Is there a recommended humidity level? Or is it just "as low as possible"?

Going for what I think is a mid-grade this time to see if I'm getting better. Pages are white/off-white and supple, cover is pretty glossy. There is some creasing on the front and back that's hard to get with the phone camera or scanner.

The mylite 2 silver/gold with the fullback silver/gold combo came in yesterday, both from Gerber. It works great. I had originally ordered gold mylar 4's from BCP and standard fullbacks from Gerber. I think the standard were just too long for the BCP Mylar's. Weird, but, there it is. At least now I know and I have some extras around for an emergency if nothing else. I've learned quite a few expensive lessons here recently. But, better to learn early then when it's really expensive a couple of years down the line.

They have a schedule on the website: https://www.cgccomics.com/submit/events/ No idea if you can request specific people, etc...

Bought a sweet copy of Captain Marvel Adventures #66 from Jeff. Shipping was fast and the book looks amazing. Thanks!

Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the insight and answering my questions. Might post 1 or 2 more over the next few days/weeks for much the same purpose, just to see if I'm catching on. So I thank you in advance for any answers, etc...

Yea, I originally had it at a 2.0 or so also so I was pleasantly surprised when Flammen said 3/3.5. There is a lot wrong, and the color bleed through is not even the worst. Is that tape on the back cover considered restoration?

That is, indeed, exactly what I'm saying.... And in that vein...

at 30% off

On behalf of all the Lego people, like myself, I want to be offended by this blatant consumer-ism. But I can't, some of those knock-offs are really sweet.

Still trying to work on my grading skills, so I wanted to try out an issue that is far more damaged and see if I come close to what you guys do. Pages are white/off-white and the staples are firm and not rusty. I think this is what they call a squarebound? So the cover has no staples on it, but the inside does (I have no idea if that's supposed to be that way). Thanks in advance

Bought a whole bunch of Horror comics from Mike, they came quickly and well packaged. Thanks, Mike.

Bought some GA stuff from Gene and it was as smooth a transaction as you could ask for. Thanks again, Gene!

Perfect, I'll just wait for them then. Thanks!

So, with mylite2s and fullbacks, they fit without any issues folding them over?

Definitely an option, just checking to be sure I'm not missing something else first.

I've seen a few threads/posts about taking care of your comics (at least the ones that you care about or are worth it), if you're not going to slab them. They all talk about Mylar and fullbacks. I got some Mylar top loader sleeves, golden age size (figuring they'd be big enough for anything), and some fullbacks. When I tried putting the fullback in to the sleeve, it doesn't go down far enough to close the top flap at its actual crease. So, my questions here are: 1) Did I get the wrong mylar sleeves? I got golden age size ones from BCP, I didn't get the mylites 2. Some of the mylites 2 are on the way now though, but their dimensions don't seem significantly larger than the ones I already have. 2) Do we just not need to close the flaps and that's why it doesn't matter? Just leave them open and display/store as needed? 3) Are the mylites 2 significantly better than any other brand?

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Just went and looked at the actual book. I could see that, thanks. Some of these things are difficult to find first time around.

Is that just from the 2 color breaking marks and the crease on the front cover? Or is there something else I don't see?

No worries, neither am I Just trying to get an idea of how this works. Thanks for your input!

So, if that crease didn't exist (cause it got pressed out), and the only real flaw was that color break on the front and back, would we be looking at a 9.2/9.4?

So, that's what I came up with also, 9.0. This comic isn't worth doing it for I don't think. But, if it was a higher value book, would a press to get that crease out on the top of the cover be worthwhile, move it to a 9.2 or 9.4?