PGM X-Factor 24, X-Men 136, X-Men 158, X-Men 244, X-Men Annual 4

[Vagabond142]

Picked this up today at half off shelf value, considering sending it in for grading.

 

EDIT: Ooooookay, got the work scanner issue all fixed up. On top of that, scanned in all my older books to see if any others apart from XF24 are worth submitting for CGC grading

 

WARNING: Large post! Other comics are a few posts down into the thread. Thought it better to condense into one thread then make 6 threads

 

 

In no particular order:

 

X-FACTOR 24

 

 

Self grading: 8.0-9.0

 

 

[Vagabond142]

My own guess is a probable 8.5 due to a few very small printing blemishes on the cover, the biggest being the 1mm spot in the X of X-Factor

[slym2none]

I would still need to see the edges of the book before determining the grade, no one should assume anything is complete and perfect.

 

What scanner are you using? Can you change it from "document" to "photograph" or something else? My scanner lets me determine where and what exactly I want to scan, for example, if I just wanted to show someone a price-box, or let's say the title of the book, I can tell my scanner to scan just that area instead of having to scan the whole cover and then crop everything I don't want out - and it's an old Lexmark 3-in-1.

 

 

 

-slym

[Vagabond142]

It's the mega-scanner-printer-copier-wafflemaker we have at work, it's an HP All-In-One auto system. I'll try to get back down there tomorrow and scan it again... but it likes to auto trim the left side and top side of a picture, due to some wonky auto-align system. I need to figure out to turn it off.

[slym2none]

Ah, a scanner at your job. That is understandable (sorta.)

 

(thumbs u

 

 

 

-slym

[The-Collector]

It's the mega-scanner-printer-copier-wafflemaker we have at work, it's an HP All-In-One auto system. I'll try to get back down there tomorrow and scan it again... but it likes to auto trim the left side and top side of a picture, due to some wonky auto-align system. I need to figure out to turn it off.

 

If you place a piece of paper larger than the comic you are scanning behind the book then the paper gets cropped not the book.

[Vagabond142]

It's the mega-scanner-printer-copier-wafflemaker we have at work, it's an HP All-In-One auto system. I'll try to get back down there tomorrow and scan it again... but it likes to auto trim the left side and top side of a picture, due to some wonky auto-align system. I need to figure out to turn it off.

 

If you place a piece of paper larger than the comic you are scanning behind the book then the paper gets cropped not the book.

 

 

Why didn't I think of that

[Vagabond142]

More comics to grade!

 

 

X-MEN 136

 

 

Self grading: 7.0-8.0

 

 

X-MEN 158

 

 

Self grading: 8.5-9

 

 

 

X-MEN 244

 

 

Self grading: 8.0-9.0

 

 

 

X-MEN ANNUAL 4

 

 

Self grading: 5.0-6.5

[Old Fashion PB and J]

Put a piece of construction paper behind when you scan. I cant tell if the book is cropped or what???

[Vagabond142]

What you have in each scan is the book in the middle of legal size piece of paper, so you have all outer edges + about an inch in each direction of paper, so all edges you see are actual comic book edges + about an inch of white space with the backing paper.

 

The scanner autocropped the bottom of the back of 136. It is RIGHT on the line with the cover of 244. Otherwise, all edges of the books are as you see them

 

[Vagabond142]

.... anyone?