LowGradeBronze

Looks good for a 9.0 or poss a tad higher.

I'm seeing a 6.0 including the damage, regardless of its cause. I'm sure the origin was production related but it is slightly more than the standard gripper holes you normally see, which would be ignored. This is a sought after issue.

7.5 or possibly an 8.0 And welcome to the forum!

What's happening along the bottom edge? Especially in the back cover view, it looks very uneven, almost as if it's been trimmed rather poorly. Is it just how the book is laying for the photo?

VG was my first instinct here.

There are worse vices!

Thanks Mike! This is a good compromise,at least drawing attention to the fact that "there are rules!" (Cue the Big Lebowski meme...)

I do believe they are ignored, seeing as they are a part of the distribution and retail process. Even when smudged or indistinct. Not sure how a messy one would be viewed on an otherwise 9.8 though.....

Could it have happened post grading? Can you determine when it was graded and if it was long enough ago for this tiny spot of foxing(?) to have occurred? It wouldn't distress me if I knew I got it for a bargain price! Handsome book!

It's great this forum attracts new members. However, a number recently have dived straight into the PGM section clearly without having checked out the etiquette and guidelines. I hope I don't sound petty, but could it be arranged that new members have to read at least 3 or 4 short bullet point guidelines and have to tick a box to say "I have read these rules...." before being able to post in PGM? It would help retain the integrity of that section as a future resource. Thanks for listening!

Do you plan to take your books home with you when you return, or is half the fun the fact that visiting your folks also means reuniting with your comic books? It was always the latter for me.

Are any of your slabs the old labels, before pressing everything into a 9.8 became the 'thing'. You may gain a tiny advantage if you can show that your early slabbed books weren't pressed, hence may have potential in a CPR. Although that would also incur costs on the buyer/trader. Depends on which books you have. Just a thought, don't know if it has any mileage for you.

The ASM 252 I reckon 7.0 or 7.5 not sure why you've added in all the other pics. It's one item per thread in this section of the forum. Check out the etiquette & guidelines please! Thanks and welcome!

Classic 8.0 condition in my eyes. Too many spine creases to go higher.

Hi, check out the etiquette & guidelines for this section of the forum. Really need to see the book out of the bag, front and back, ideally spine too esp with a square bound and if you can, a splash page and (on regular 36pg books) a centrefold pic too to see staple condition/placement. Thanks and welcome to the forum! Plus: please refrain from stating your grade aspiration or grade assessment of the book. Let people grade your books with a clean palette, as it were, thanks!

Up in the nines for sure. I find moderns hard to grade with that glossy stock. 9.2? 9.4 maybe?

8.5 here, great colours!

Going 3.5 here

8.5 or maybe 9.0

Gut says 4.5 nice looking copy!

This part of the forum serves as a resource for future reference, so it would be nice if you'd title your threads a little more helpfully with the title, series (where relevant) and issue number. Thanks.

1.5 to 1.8 (most likely the higher) I love books like this, you'd never be scared to handle them! Thanks for sharing.

Hey Shaggy, I'm sorry I should have read your original post properly: obvious to me now that you won't have all those pics or scans on hand if you haven't bought the book yet! My apologies!

My comment wasn't intended for anyone in particular, but was meant to draw attention to the fact that we are in the lucky position to look back down the ages from Pythagoras to Pynchon and everything in between, and start to discern and discuss where this or that genre emerged, which were tentative and which full fledged examples of a type. Whereas from Mary Shelley's and other pioneers' perspectives they were in new uncharted and exciting territory. They probably didn't know that they were even starting something! Edit: in my previous post I should really have quoted a portion from one the OPs earlier posts, but this device doesn't handle quotes well in this forum.

Maybe Mary Shelley didn't know she was writing the prototype novel for a whole new genre when she wrote Frankenstein. And that it needed to conform to certain as yet undefined criteria to properly fulfil that role in the eyes of as yet unborn 21st century people....