PGM Avengers #1

[Kevin.J]

You should never,ever crack that slab.

 

Listen to Oakman and believe. (thumbs u

[Aces]

I don't have the book in hand yet, but according to the CGC website, it received a...

 

..wait for it...

 

 

... 3.0.

 

 

Well, congrats to you, but...

 

That's actually a travesty.

Still not as bad as the AF 15 3.0 with the massive water damage.

 

[Crimebuster]

Here it is, in hand. Sorry for the bad picture, but you can see the salient detail, i.e. the inexplicable 3.0 in the upper left corner:

 

 

 

As I mentioned in the original post, i have no plans to ever get rid of this, so the grade is more of a curiosity than anything. I will be using this for insurance purposes, so I guess I do gain some theoretical value.

 

All in all I sent 4 books in to CGC. None of them ended up with the grade I expected (or that we on the boards predicted). This is probably the most egregious example of the four, though my ToS #59 that got a 6.5 instead of at least the 7.0 we all expected is still a mystery to me. I also sent in an All-Star Western #10 that we expected to get a 6.5 (came back a 7.0). And I never posted scans of it, but I also sent in a Boy Comics #6 that I bought off eBay as a 3.0 and it came back a 4.0. It displays like a 4.0 or even better but the original seller dinged it for structural issues; I suspect the golden age bounce put it back to 4.0 for CGC.

 

The bumps in theoretical insurance value for Avengers #1 and Boy Comics #6 more than pay for the cost of joining CGC and shipping the books off, so that's an unexpected bonus I guess. I'm less clear now than ever on current grading standards, though.

 

[Columbia Comics]

Bank error in your favor. Appreciate $200

[vaillant]

There are too many creases on the covers (it seems) to have it graded as a GVG 3.0.

It doesn’t make much sense, to me.

 

My copy of Fantastic Four #3, which I will more sooner than later break out the slab, is a 3.0, and looks at least like a VG 4.0. I guess they gave it a 3.0 because it has a "small piece of tape within front cover". I’d buy similar copies all day long, but not a 3.0 as they graded your Avengers #1.

 

And now you aren’t able to look to Stan’s signature anymore…

[higgsboson]

Wow, and I had been hearing their grading had gotten tighter. If that's a 3.0 then the Flash 100 I just posted is a 9.0

[dscott]

Yea I got 2 books back recently that should have been a 3.5 and 3.0 both came back 4.0s.

[Hibou]

I would've said a 2.5 / 3.0 myself leaning more towards a 2.5.

 

The book doesn't have any major rips or pices missing (I'm guessing the right top edge was counted as 'chipping') and still has enough eye appeal.

 

Yes, the spine has a lot of stress but I don't think enough to say that it's horrible. Where I think they went a little lenient is on the BC with the water stain and the rusty staples.

 

So to me you got a .5 bump.

 

Maybe because it's an Avengers 1 or maybe because Stan signed the inside cover instead of on Thor's face...

 

Nice pick up regardless!