PGM: Batman 246, great looking but a fatal flaw

[baron von slabb]

This is a tough issue for me to grade as I don’t know what CGC does in this situation. What do you think?

Beautiful Batman 246 with a sneaky staple that pulled loose from the cover and first wrap but did so very discretely and is hard to spot casually.

 

Here’s the staple pulled through the first wrap

 

Thanks in advance

 

[baron von slabb]

lunch time bump

[HighStakesComics]

This is a tough one. 7.5/8.0 my best guess, but that's exactly what it is. A guess.

[baron von slabb]

Thanks for the guess! Tough one, so thanks for tackling it. I was as unsure or more so than you and hazarded a 4.5 by paging through Overstreet's grading guide and finding the highest grade with a staple like this.

 

 

This post

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4421055

 

has this entry:

Blue Label Equivalents for Category 2:

 

Approximately 28% of the Green Label books in the HA archives have partially or completely detached covers, centerfolds, and/or wraps (Category 2 in the table provided above). Fortunately, many similarly flawed books have been encapsulated in Universal Grade holders, and some of those Blue Label examples are shown below. Since the detachment defect is the primary (or perhaps even sole) flaw, these high-grade examples reveal the approximate deduction that CGC takes for a specific detachment defect when it is not ignored. On this basis, it appears that: a lightly worn book with a cover detached at a single staple will have a Universal Grade of 7.0 to 7.5; a book with a completely detached cover will have a Universal Grade of 4.0 or lower (depending on the severity of its other defects); a pristine book with a centerfold detached at a single staple will have a Universal Grade as high as 9.2 or 9.4; and a lightly worn book with a completely detached centerfold will have a Universal Grade of 6.5 to 7.0. Note: DC comics from the mid-1960s were manufactured with relatively thin cover stock and are especially prone to suffering a “blown” staple.

 

Based on the above, your estimate sounds well within reason.

 

Hard to believe a perfect book with a bad staple could score as high as 9.2/9.4!

 

 

 

[JollyComics]

Thanks for the guess! Tough one, so thanks for tackling it. I was as unsure or more so than you and hazarded a 4.5 by paging through Overstreet's grading guide and finding the highest grade with a staple like this.

 

 

This post

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4421055

 

has this entry:

Blue Label Equivalents for Category 2:

 

Approximately 28% of the Green Label books in the HA archives have partially or completely detached covers, centerfolds, and/or wraps (Category 2 in the table provided above). Fortunately, many similarly flawed books have been encapsulated in Universal Grade holders, and some of those Blue Label examples are shown below. Since the detachment defect is the primary (or perhaps even sole) flaw, these high-grade examples reveal the approximate deduction that CGC takes for a specific detachment defect when it is not ignored. On this basis, it appears that: a lightly worn book with a cover detached at a single staple will have a Universal Grade of 7.0 to 7.5; a book with a completely detached cover will have a Universal Grade of 4.0 or lower (depending on the severity of its other defects); a pristine book with a centerfold detached at a single staple will have a Universal Grade as high as 9.2 or 9.4; and a lightly worn book with a completely detached centerfold will have a Universal Grade of 6.5 to 7.0. Note: DC comics from the mid-1960s were manufactured with relatively thin cover stock and are especially prone to suffering a “blown” staple.

 

Based on the above, your estimate sounds well within reason.

 

Hard to believe a perfect book with a bad staple could score as high as 9.2/9.4!

 

 

 

 

YUP!

[wongseefu]

really sharp comic, its been well taken careof.