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    Professor Pecora

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    On 6/10/2017 at 10:47 PM, Professor Pecora said:

    Loved your detailed breakdown!! (thumbsu

    Now that you have given me your unbiased honest opinion, I will give you mine :wink:

    That CGC 9.9 was graded a LONG TIME AGO! Granted, it is also PERFECTLY wrapped, centered and cut like my copy (they almost look like twins in that regard), but my copy is much BRIGHTER than the 9.9! Look at the 9.9 copy in upper right hand corner on the top of the "K" in Hulk, it's significantly whiter in this small section compared to the rest of "The Incredible Hulk" title. You can also see the internal pages pretty clearly from the fading white color. My former CGC 9.8 W [Mile High 2 Pedigree] copy looked the same in terms of the color fading, which I really hated...especially when I would see lower graded copies look much brighter with colors truly popping out!

    Also, the CGC 9.9 has at least one visible spine tic, which can be seen to the left of the black arrow underneath the small Hulk image.

    Like you already pointed out, the bottom left corner of the CGC 9.9 has some light visible wear, whereas my copy has a superior corner.

    My take is that CGC graded this book during its infancy stages (before they were refined) and it would NOT grade out at 9.9 again if it were to be resubmitted! (Either that or my copy should be seriously reevaluated for a 9.9 MINT Grade!)

    However, because it has the CGC 9.9 MINT label, it would probably sell for over 1 million dollars if it were ever to surface!

    Moreover, at least I have a STRONG CASE to put a major premium $$$ PRICE TAG $$$ on my copy if I were ever to sell it!!

    Thanks for your contribution to this thread newshane!

    -Professor Pecora

    Congratulations on a beautifully centered copy. It's not often you see the black registration line flush with the spine on a #181 !

    Just out of curiosity, I'm seeing 5 visible spine stresses on your copy - one below "Here's here" and 4 parallel with Wolverine's right arm.

    Are those actually on the book or is it a scanner effect ?