PGM X-MEN Issue 101

[Still Only 35c]

As always, appreciate your feedback on the grade.

 

Book lies flat, has good gloss and colours, but I've noted the following (and I'm being super harsh here, it really is a great looking book) :

 

– slight crease Cyclops head

– tiny non color breaking spine ticks

– slight blunting on URC back cover

– small split tear LRC

 

Additionally the top staple is recessed whilst the bottom staple is cleanly popped (discussed here)

 

Aware that because of this the book would get a GLOD if submitted, but keen to get views on what grade it could potentially hit.

 

Super hi-res here

Super hi-res here

[Scturo]

8.5

[Comic Clint]

fn because of the staple pop

[ROBTOTHEC]

7.0. I have a graded Swamp Thing #1 with exact same qualities and exact

same defect.

[W16227]

7.0. I have a graded Swamp Thing #1 with exact same qualities and exact

same defect.

 

Is this a qualified grade?

 

For staple pops - I was under the impression that this really drops the grade (unless a known production error) -

[ROBTOTHEC]

7.0. I have a graded Swamp Thing #1 with exact same qualities and exact

same defect.

 

Is this a qualified grade?

For staple pops - I was under the impression that this really drops the grade (unless a known production error) -

 

 

 

It was not qualified from what I remember. The book looks NM- so it dropped the grade to 7.0 because of the staple I assumed.

 

[Scturo]

Good to know, that's a big drop.

[Still Only 35c]

That's consistent with what I've heard if issued with a universal grade. I'm really looking for what Qualified Grade everyone thinks it would get. I'm told that CGC will, by default, issue under a qualified label if the book presents well, but is hampered by a significant issue (like a staple pop).

[Comic Clint]

9.4 qualified ---- if they would go that high, Im a little unsure of the rules behind qualified

[W16227]

7.0. I have a graded Swamp Thing #1 with exact same qualities and exact

same defect.

 

Is this a qualified grade?

For staple pops - I was under the impression that this really drops the grade (unless a known production error) -

 

 

 

It was not qualified from what I remember. The book looks NM- so it dropped the grade to 7.0 because of the staple I assumed.

 

wow - I thought a staple pop was more harsh - the comicspriceguide grade list does state that for the FN ragne (covering 5.5-7.0) one large defect can be present - and the cover can be loose from one staple (I have to assume loose = popped) - but the overstreet guide does not even mention a popped/loose staple until much lower (like a 5 or somewhere like that)

 

I know it is not an exact measurement as the whole book is part of the grade - but I figured that a popped staple is like a large tear or water stain - in that the specific defect is such a "large" scale one, that it will drag the book down no mater what.

 

Kind of a justification as to why a qualified grade exists (one big defect drops the grade by "X" points no matter what).

 

 

 

 

 

 

[timfinz]

8.0 IMHO! Blue Label. I am of the opinion that you would be given the "certain defects are allowed if other defects are not present" ruling.