The Daily Grade: Incredible Hulk #180

[divad]

Huge Scan

 

[nik]

9.2

 

Selling

[Aces]

Is that dirt on the cover above the second "i" in Incredible?

 

If so 9.2.

 

If it's just a tape stain on the bag, then get that 9.4/9.6 beauty slabbed and put it on eBay and make some money!

[divad]

Is that dirt on the cover above the second "i" in Incredible?

 

If so 9.2.

 

If it's just a tape stain on the bag, then get that 9.4/9.6 beauty slabbed and put it on eBay and make some money!

 

Yes, that's dirt, but I don't think it bothered the boys at CGC

[divad]

Niko,

 

Let's talk.

[Filter81]

9.4?

[uclapeterg]

Is that dirt on the cover above the second "i" in Incredible?

 

If so 9.2.

 

If it's just a tape stain on the bag, then get that 9.4/9.6 beauty slabbed and put it on eBay and make some money!

 

Yes, that's dirt, but I don't think it bothered the boys at CGC

 

I think it's printing dirt. They need to clean the machines!

[uclapeterg]

My only question as to whether it would get a 9.4 is the upper right corner seems to have the smallest of corner creases... 9.2 at least.. the spine is beautiful!

 

Please post a picture of the back cover when you get a chance.

[drbanner]

My only question as to whether it would get a 9.4 is the upper right corner seems to have the smallest of corner creases... 9.2 at least.. the spine is beautiful!

 

Please post a picture of the back cover when you get a chance.

 

That corner crease would not preclude the book from 9.4, and that little black ink smear is inconsequential unless it's actually a bit of dirt on the cover, and not just ink.

 

I say 9.4 with a shot at 9.6 if the back cover is as nice as the front!

[Rocketeer]

Hard to say with a scan that big,..first instinct is to go 9.2,...put would prob be 9.4

[burntboy]

that's a beauty with the only issues being that tiny corner crease on the URC and the dirt schmere over the letter I. i'd say 9.4 but your comment about the boys at CGC not having been affected by the dirt sounds like you already submitted it and it got a 9.6??

[FFB]

9.4 because of dirt, 9.6 if dirt can be erased/removed with dry cleaning.

[divad]

Is that dirt on the cover above the second "i" in Incredible?

 

If so 9.2.

 

If it's just a tape stain on the bag, then get that 9.4/9.6 beauty slabbed and put it on eBay and make some money!

 

Yes, that's dirt, but I don't think it bothered the boys at CGC

 

I think it's printing dirt. They need to clean the machines!

 

On closer inspection of the scan (and if I recollect, correctly), it appears to be printer's ink, not dirt.

[Stout1]

Very nice book. 9.6 seems to be a good number for it.

[divad]

Well gents,

 

I sold this book raw a couple of years ago and paid the price, here's what the buyer eventually wrote to me:

 

"Hey David. Yeah it's been a while. Marriage has been keeping me busy!

 

I decided to send off the Hulk 180 and get it CGC'ed. Came back 9.4 NM with

WHITE pages!

 

Sweet copy. I needed the money, so regrettably I had to sell it last week.

Buyer paid $800 smackers!

 

Honestly I didn't knowingly "hoodwink" you. I though(t) I was paying too much

at the time, but decided to take a chance. It worked out.

Well, the comic found it's place in another Hulk collector's collection. I

found another copy which isn't as nice, but will do fine for me.

 

Anyway, take care.

 

I sold it to him for $125 (the then OS Book NM price)

[uclapeterg]

My only question as to whether it would get a 9.4 is the upper right corner seems to have the smallest of corner creases... 9.2 at least.. the spine is beautiful!

 

Please post a picture of the back cover when you get a chance.

 

That corner crease would not preclude the book from 9.4, and that little black ink smear is inconsequential unless it's actually a bit of dirt on the cover, and not just ink.

 

I say 9.4 with a shot at 9.6 if the back cover is as nice as the front!

 

Technically, accotrding to the OGG pg. 165, a NM book is allowed to have a corner crease less than 1/16" (check) that doesn't break color (bingo!). I see a little color break.

 

I still think the book has a shot at a 9.4. Ok, I'll stop my FFB impression now.

[uclapeterg]

[Reno McCoy]

As I requested in the other thread, anyone willing to point out all of the defects? My novice grader eyes thought it'd fall in the 9.2 or 9.4 category, so perhaps I did something wrong...

[divad]

As I requested in the other thread, anyone willing to point out all of the defects? My novice grader eyes thought it'd fall in the 9.2 or 9.4 category, so perhaps I did something wrong...

 

James,

 

UCLApete set forth a solid analysis of the front cover two posts above this one (in flat mode). As noted by Pete, this book has 2 very minor defects - it's a beauty. There's nothing else to say. CGC gave it a 9.4 White. Having held it in hand, I gave it a 9.6. FFB and Pete were probably correct that the tiny ink smudge kept it from a 9.6.

 

p.s. petey - what corner crease!?! that imperfection is less than a nanometer - you wouldn't even see it in real life. That's the problem with over-sized scans.

[uclapeterg]

But I have extraordinary eyesight! NOT! (as he checks to make sure his contacts are still in)

 

BTW I don't think the ink smudge did you in... I really don't see it as a defect..