ASM #1 grading bias

[Fedoraman]

How in the hell is this a 1.0???

 

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[Count]

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[Point Five]

How in the hell is this a 1.0???

Do you mean that it should be a .5 because of the missing chunk?

 

According to Overstreet's grading guidelines, a book can be missing 1/4 of the front cover (!) and still eke out a Fair. This actually seems a pretty reasonable example of the grade to me.

[Mac Man]

Um... I've seen some people here sell a book like that as a FR 1.5. Personally, 1.0 is spot on in my opinion...I'd need to see some more pieces missing to range it as a 0.5.

[CollectingStanLee]

1.0 seems accurate to me.

 

Bill.

[TSwift25]

I think the better question is how are those OW pages?

[kryptonitecomics]

Looks like a fair grade?

[JazzMan]

If the cover is still attached at any staple, then it will be at least a 1.0...I think.

[Mac Man]

Jazz... off topic, but is that a Giarrusso Spider-Man pic for the new icon? I LOVE IT!

[JazzMan]

Thanks! I'm not sure, but it looks like it. I love his Mini Marvels work. I like his, Agnes Garbowska and Laurie Breitkreuz. BTW, Laurie's a personal friend of mine and she just did a variant cover for Top Cow's Witchblade which came out awesome. She's sending me a couple of copies and I'll have to post them up here somewhere.

[Turtle]

Grade looks spot on to me.

[Fedoraman]

Maybe it was my bourbon goggles - but that looked a lot worse last night.

 

[Turtle]

Happens to all of us from time to time!

 

Since this thread's here, it's my understanding that a book that is complete and missing no more than 25% of its cover would get a 1.0 minimum. Incomplete beater books get the 0.5, and coverless books get the NG. Is this accurate?

[Mac Man]

Thanks! I'm not sure, but it looks like it. I love his Mini Marvels work. I like his, Agnes Garbowska and Laurie Breitkreuz. BTW, Laurie's a personal friend of mine and she just did a variant cover for Top Cow's Witchblade which came out awesome. She's sending me a couple of copies and I'll have to post them up here somewhere.

 

I'd be curious what her "take" is on Spider-Man and Batman. Has she done either before?

[JazzMan]

I haven't seen her do any Spider-Man or Batman but I did see a nice Batgirl and Harley Quinn, and.....Strawberry Shortcake never looked so good.

 

 

Here's here blog...has some of her art on it.