Daredevil 1 faded front cover

[VintageComics]

Anybody care to take a stab at this? Structurally a 7.0 or so with a few bends. The book would press into the 8.0-9.0 range without the bends, methinks. Front cover is faded, back cover is not.

 

How would you grade it?

 

 

[Sandflea]

I'll guesstimate...a 4.0 ?....

[Marvelfangirl]

It looks like a 7.0 to me,but I don't how much points CGC deducts for color fading

[Comicdey]

4.0 first blush

[Warren Oates]

That is a lot of fading, stored on the dash of a car? I say up to 2 full grades in grade drop depending on where you start from. If it was otherwise a 9.2 I'd say it would be lowered to 8.5.

 

Starting from otherwise 7, I think lands you in 6 to 6.5

 

I don't think I've seen a book look so washed out but still so solid.

 

Slab it and report back.

[DiceX]

My guess is 6.0, but 5.0 wouldn't shock me.

 

 

[VintageComics]

My guess is 6.0, but 5.0 wouldn't shock me.

 

 

 

I was somewhere in that range too.

[ROBTOTHEC]

I would not be happy with that above a 4.0!

[The Silver-Age]

Man this is a tough one. I can agree with bringing the grade way down because of fading. In the 6.0 area. But I can understand a 5.0 as well. I don't think I'll be shocked at the grade it gets.

 

Anything over a 7.0 would surprise me, but I could totally see CGC giving this an 8.0

 

Keep us updated

[VintageComics]

Just heard from a few knowledgeable sources that 5.0-6.0 seems to be realistic.

 

Thanks, folks.

 

(thumbs u

[The Silver-Age]

[Junkdrawer]

At least it is consistantly faded vs. 1/2 faded due to another book covering the whole right side. I have seen that before and this is easier on the eyes.

[dnuggett]

How are the first few interior pages? If prolonged exposure to sunlight is what caused that, I'd have to think that the heat on the first few interior pages would accelerate aging the paper.

[rjpb]

A structurally upper midgrade or better book with fading that severe would justify a qualified grade IMHO, especially as the flaw is extremely evident, otherwise I couldn't honestly consider it any better than a 3.0, as a run of the mill 4.0 would have far stronger eye-appeal.

 

When attempting to grade a book like this I ask myself to imagine if I were looking for a copy at a given minimum grade, would I even consider the book in question. Sorry, but if I were looking for this book in 5.0 or better, I wouldn't hesitate in rejecting a copy this faded for a second.