Help me grade Nick Fury....

[ArAich]

Could fellow posters please help me with gradeing this book as it is a purchase that I am interested in.

It looks pretty nice except for the mark under the dot between L & D.

 

Nick Fury 1 ... Please help Grade This....

[ubiquiti]

9.0-9.2 - maybe 9.2.

It is pretty mis-cut, but I think that was a big problem for this issue.

I would lean more towards the 9.2

[chrisco37]

Agree w/ Ubiquiti.... 9.2

 

Chris

[Guest]

Is that a quarter sized spot of wear above scorpio?

[Guest]

And by the way- who was scorpio?!?

 

I've read all of the Steranko issues, but the question wasn't answered by the time he left the book...

[ArAich]

 

It looks like a scribble by someone holding two pencils. That is what worries me about this book.

[comicinvestor-migration]

Here's my opinion, which is not set in stone by any means:

 

1) Impact writing above Scorpio, along with some other similar defects elsewhere.

 

2) Very, very, very probable amateur resto.

 

Personally, unless it's dirt-cheap, I'd back away from this book and move about my business.

[Mister_Comics]

I'd be afraid it might get the dreaded PURPLE label cause of the erasure(?) mark. I'm guessing a 8.0 or 8.5 only because of of it.

[ubiquiti]

wow - I thought that was a scanner issue.

Make that a 8.5.

[comicinvestor-migration]

I see some stuff I don't like (muted black cracks on the cover) that just scream "black marker". Not 100% sure, but I wouldn't be buying this comic.

[fantastic_four]

I've seen several slabs where CGC notes erasure marks on the label that are blue-top Universal. I own two slabs with erasures on the back cover, and I've seen at least one other--an FF #4--with a blue top and an erasure on the front.

 

What is it, specifically, that makes you guys suspect restoration? I'm not seeing those signs. The only color touch you can see in a scan that small would have to be poorly done; were are spots you guys are seeing that possible CT at?

[Guest]

I beleive that the book may be an 8.0 based on the apparent pencil marks under the LD of the SHEILD logo.

 

I also see a 'smudge' just above the red,pink,orange block that Scorpio is standing on on the far right side.

 

also look at Steranko's signature on the left side and then note the diaganol streak that is jutting up from the O at a northeast angle. What is that? It looks to be some sort of discoloration.

 

I don't know about any restoration, but I don't think this book could be considered more than an 8.0, and depending on the smudge, less than that.

 

And we are all 'cover-grading'. What do the pages look like? Inside covers?

 

 

 

[awe4one]

Very pretty copy with great colors though. That's if the seller hasn't brighten the image up any......

 

 

Jim

[Mister_Comics]

It is better looking then the Stan Lee copy that is up on eBay right now.

 

Checking out the census; how come Nick Fury #6 has so many 9.4???

[murph0]

I'd agree with the VF 8.0 grade.

 

Brian