PGM Uncanny X-Men 3

[shakes17-migration]

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Just curious what folks think the grade on this book might be.

 

Thanks!

[rza808]

Hard to see spine from his pic. Clarity is also a problem for bc and fc has glare. Scan would be better. From what I can gather I'd guess an 8/8.5?

[Aces]

Scans are ten times better than photos.

Looks to be at least VF from what I see.

[drewincanada]

Reminds me of scans on Ebay auctions where you think it might be an 8.0 or 8.5, and then it arrives and it's a 6.0/6.5 cause you couldn't see all the fine detail, stress lines, bends, dinged corners, etc.

 

The spine-side corners both have dings, and I can count at least 5 color-breaking spine stress lines. If I can see 5 stress lines, I would think that in reality there are even more that we can't see.

 

Sure looks flat and shiny, though, and appears to have nice, crisp edges.

 

But I'm going 7.0 based on those stress lines -- mostly because I've been burnt one too many times by scans like this!

 

[divad]

There's nothing "Uncanny" about this book . . . let's get the title right

 

My personal pet peeve

[bkfire27-migration]

Is the bottom staple popped?

[divad]

Is the bottom staple popped?

 

It appears to be severely indented, but not popped . . . owner? What say you?

[shakes17-migration]

Staples are clean and attached. It is indented a bit. Here are a couple more scans.

 

 

[drewincanada]

How bad is that bend/crease/fold right through the front cover? On this shot, the glare really shows it off. Looks like it breaks color right through the green circle -- you can see it above the "W" in "BEWARE".

[shakes17-migration]

slight. no damage other than what is seen..but it is there.

[drewincanada]

It's still a beautiful copy - the gloss is amazing; looks new - but I think that bend will bring the grade down even further. I said 7.0 earlier, but now I'm thinking the bend/crease (since there is color break) moves it into the 6.X range. Maybe 6.5?

 

I'm interested to see what the long-standing members have to say. I bow down before them (well, at least SOME of them... hehe) for their grading knowledge.

[Calamerica]

Has cover-tightness issues...especially bottom staple areas...

 

glare hurts all graders' abilities but we all try our best...

 

dog-gone nice comic - never had one of these myself..ever..

 

out on a limb and going against the crowd

 

VF 7.5 tops

 

CAL