X-men 294, 295, 296

[joeypost]

Exactly how hard are these to find in 9.8?

[joecgcmaniac]

Exactly how hard are these to find in 9.8?

 

:o

 

:roflmao:

 

294- 1 copy graded 9.8

 

295- 5 copies graded 9.8

 

296- 9 copies graded 9.8

 

 

you find some 9.8 quality #294s, you might be in the money (thumbs u

[Rodey]

I'm happy with my 9.6

[MutantKeys]

It used to be

 

294 - 1

295 - 2

296 - 5

 

for a long time

[bhhooks22]

Exactly how hard are these to find in 9.8?

 

Near impossible b/c they were in the plastic bag that we have since discovered leaves a slight indention line on the back , where the bag is sealed .

Not to mention the indention the inserted card leaves when sitting in a stack of books for several years .

Really , the only way , is if it was immediately removed originally from this "death case" , or has since received a good pressing !!...............................BH

[joeypost]

I found a few copies of each that someone had pulled out of the original bags and put into a regular mylar and backer.

 

Here is a scan of a #294 just FC. back has no flaws. To give you the general idea of the shape they are in.

 

 

[General Zod]

Well, great. Wish I didn't leave these in my parents' house. I know I bought these, took them out of the packaging to bag them and I never bothered to read them.

[bhhooks22]

I found a few copies of each that someone had pulled out of the original bags and put into a regular mylar and backer.

 

Here is a scan of a #294 just FC. back has no flaws. To give you the general idea of the shape they are in.

 

 

Well , once your past the bag , card , etc hurdle you've gotta shot , that's fer sure .

It looks perfect to me , but CGC's tough . I don't know ??...................BH

[joeypost]

Do they do pre-screens at the shows?

[greggy]

I found a few copies of each that someone had pulled out of the original bags and put into a regular mylar and backer.

 

Here is a scan of a #294 just FC. back has no flaws. To give you the general idea of the shape they are in.

 

Sup with the bottom staple area?

[worldsbestcomics]

These are tough. Not only did the bag and card cause flaws but many were stored without backing boards because they were in the polybags so stress marks on the spine are very common. The back cover to the 294 is important because you can see stress marks (color-breaking and noncolor-breaking) a bit easier against the blue background than you can on th white front cover.

 

I have a 9.8 quality 294 and 296 in my next submission to CGC. My original owner 295 got a 9.8 because I had immediately removed it from the bag and stored it in mylar with a backing board. I sold it and have not been able to find a replacement (yet...).

[worldsbestcomics]

I found a few copies of each that someone had pulled out of the original bags and put into a regular mylar and backer.

 

Here is a scan of a #294 just FC. back has no flaws. To give you the general idea of the shape they are in.

 

Sup with the bottom staple area?

 

And it is hard to tell in the scan but it looks like there is a NCB stress mark on the spine just above where the piece of paper is closest.

[gacguy]

Yep, the back cover is where most of the problems are. The seem on the polybag and the trading card are EVIL.

[joeypost]

I found a few copies of each that someone had pulled out of the original bags and put into a regular mylar and backer.

 

Here is a scan of a #294 just FC. back has no flaws. To give you the general idea of the shape they are in.

 

Sup with the bottom staple area?

 

And it is hard to tell in the scan but it looks like there is a NCB stress mark on the spine just above where the piece of paper is closest.

 

No NCB's and the bottom staple is tight, not sure why the scan shows it that way. I'll post FC & BC scans for the 295, 296 tonight.

[DrWatson]

These are tough. Not only did the bag and card cause flaws but many were stored without backing boards because they were in the polybags so stress marks on the spine are very common. The back cover to the 294 is important because you can see stress marks (color-breaking and noncolor-breaking) a bit easier against the blue background than you can on th white front cover.

 

I have a 9.8 quality 294 and 296 in my next submission to CGC. My original owner 295 got a 9.8 because I had immediately removed it from the bag and stored it in mylar with a backing board. I sold it and have not been able to find a replacement (yet...).

[BeachBum]

Yep, the back cover is where most of the problems are. The seem on the polybag and the trading card are EVIL.

 

Yeah, I have very clean raw copy of 294 that I sent, no stress marks on the front cover. Very small color breaking stress on the back. It didn't pass 9.8.

 

The seam lines left behind from the polybags on the back covers are really evil. You can also get the line on the front cover if multiple copies were stored in a row with no backer.

 

I picked up 30 copies of ann 17 for 50 cents each. All beautiful books, but they were stored in a row with no backers and have the seams on the front cover.

[bhhooks22]

Do they do pre-screens at the shows?

 

They did look at mine at the show , but I wouldn't call it a pre-screen . After several books got shot down in flames , I said well surely this one has to be above a 9.2 ++ . That's when he looked at it and said , .."yeah , shonuff , It has a faint line all the way down the back , and could only get an approx. 7.5 - 8.0 . ..........BH

[joeypost]

I looked over the books I am going to submit. I am not even going to attempt to scan them since I could do (or will do) some damage. I'll post some of the runners up tonight.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

I have a stack of that cable cover. I think I will start opening bags and seeing whats what.

[General Zod]

Do they do pre-screens at the shows?

 

They did look at mine at the show , but I wouldn't call it a pre-screen . After several books got shot down in flames , I said well surely this one has to be above a 9.2 ++ . That's when he looked at it and said , .."yeah , shonuff , It has a faint line all the way down the back , and could only get an approx. 7.5 - 8.0 . ..........BH

 

CGC is pretty darn tough on Copper/Moderns, aren't they?