Hulk 181

[surfercollector]

I'm thinking of making an offer on this book and was wondering what grade you all thought it was in. It has the Marvel coupon inside.

[MR SigS]

Do you have a back cover scan? In addition to the water stain, it looks like it might have actual water damage (warping, wrinkling). Since mold is often found with this kind of damage, a BC scan and maybe even a look on the inside might help us.

[surfercollector]

I wish that I had more scans but that was the only image the seller was showing. The more I look at it, the more I think that I might just look for a better looking book with the Marvel coupon missing - as I just want to get it signed by Trimpe, Wein, and Lee.

[MR SigS]

Oh, sorry. For some reason I thought you meant you were gong to make a "selling offer".

 

Just going by the front cover, I would say at least a 1.0 and certainly no higher than a 2.0 (and that's a stretch).

 

Oh, and WTTB (thumbs u

[surfercollector]

Thanks for your input and welcome :-) I'm going to skip on this book then. Is it correct that a Hulk 181 missing the marvel stamp can grade no higher than a 2.5?

[MR SigS]

The Overstreet Comicbook Price Guide states that a coupon is not allowed to be cut out until 1.0, but I'm really not too sure about the stamp. You can have a mint copy with a missing stamp and you'll still get a much nicer grade than 2.5, but CGC would give it a green "Qualified" label because it's incomplete.

 

At least I think that's how it works

 

 

OT- Can't quite decide which Peter Cushing you want to use, huh?

I liked the Tarkin avatar, but then I'm a Sith (thumbs u

[surfercollector]

Thanks for the info! - Yeah, trying to pick my Peter Cushing profile :-) Love Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin in "Star Wars" but I like his pose from "Frankenstein Created Woman" better :-) I also run the Peter Cushing Association on Facebook besides collecting comics.

[oakman29]

Too bad there is not a lower grade than .5