BlowUpTheMoon

I'd have to assume the pics are after pressing since it's hard enough to grade from a scan let along guess what got fixed in the press. Yes. All pictures are post-press.

Welcome to the Boards!

First to sign up for the Tournament, first to get grades in.

Yup. Funny thing is that I bought it like that.

With the double cover books, I am only looking for the grade of the outer cover. The interior cover and interior pages will have nothing to do with the grade of the outside over.

Please use this format when submitting grades: ASM 85 ASM 129 GL JLA PP Toma TT MF SC WAR

Large Scans:

Small Scans:

Welcome to the 2018 March Madness Comic Grading Tournament There are plenty of returning veteran teams so it should be a fun and competitive tournament. I'll have the seeding scans posted within 24 hours. If there are questions, maybe some of the veteran teams can answer them. To allow more teams to play, this year will have two brackets (East and West) with 64 teams each. The winner of each bracket will compete against each other to determine the overall winner. All books were pressed. This round is to establish a won-loss record for each team so the bracket pairings can be set. Future head to head single elimination rounds will involve grading only four books. The scans will be posted, and the scoring and rules are listed below. Good luck to all.... _________________________________________________________________________________ The rules for this round are as follows: 1. Do not talk about the books in this thread or any other thread. Do not talk to your wife about these books. Do not talk to your co-workers about these books. Do not talk to your dog about these books. 2. I will send all contestants a PM. Use that PM throughout the Tournament. PM me all grades in the order, which will usually be alphabetically, they are listed. Associate the book with the grade. No grade changes are allowed after submitting your grades. Submit all grades at the same time. 3. Grades are due by 10pm (EST) Thursday, March 8th. 4. You may PM me or ask questions in the thread. Answers will be posted in the thread so everyone has the same info. 5. Each player’s won-loss record will be determined as follows: Spot on= 3 wins Within .5= 2 wins Not within .5 = 1 loss Not within 1= 2 losses Bonus= The third spot on grade will be granted 1 bonus win, fourth= 2 bonus wins, fifth through tenth= 3 bonus wins. Sckao's explanation: If you are spot on, you will get THREE WINS If you are within and including .5, you will get TWO WINS If you are .6 to 1.0 OFF, you will get ONE LOSS If you are over 1.0 OFF, you will get TWO LOSSES People with THREE BULLS EYES get a PLUS ONE WIN People with FOUR BULLS EYES get a PLUS THREE WINS

A couple of things: If you're new to collecting, you should have bought a CGC graded copy. Does your book have the MVS stamp? Did you count the pages? Does it have color touch? If there glue reinforcing the spine? If it's such a "beautiful comic", why didn't the seller have it professionally pressed and graded to maximize his profit? Welcome to the Boards!

Hey @Architecht! That thing is happening again...

Yeah, I'm sure everyone is.

@Architecht

And I'm this close to figuring out how to multi-quote. Almost.

Almost.

Yes. The inks are laid down in this order: Cyan Magenta Yellow Black For example, if the publisher wanted the black in the logo to "pop"/look darker than regular black, the black part of the logo would first be printed with 40% cyan, then the same area would be printed with 40% magenta, etc.

That's how I am seeing it. Especially since the black reflection is also in the red sections of his shield.

@Paradise_Comics

I think you accurately described what the problem is.