PGM Fantastic Four #535

[vaillant]

I must admit I have little experience in grading modern books, as I feel they are structurally pretty different than books up to the copper age.

 

This one, for example, would have been a quite flawless NM, if not for just a few marked color breaking spine stress lines (due to box storage) which look somwhat bad in hand. Cover has almost no defect aside from these so… yes, they are the only flaw.

 

How would you grade it? VF? VF+? – I’m unsure.

 

[HighStakesComics]

Honestly, I think you normally grade tight to begin with, which isn't a bad thing, and in this case you are maybe being a little too harsh. Not worse than 9.2.

[DR.X]

A back cover scan always helps, even on a modern. But in any case, the edges and corners are clean on this book. The ticks on the spine are the only defects I see.

 

Yes, 9.2

[vaillant]

Thanks to both!

 

As I said, the creases appear marked, more than usual.

I would have graded this as a NM- as well, if it was a Bronze book, but with the moderns, and the paper used, it puzzles me if the creases look bad.

 

I believe I’d settle with a VFNM… might be a NM- but I don’t like these.

 

Here’s the back cover scan – I did not scan it as the bad creases are not there, there is just a soft non-breaking crease at the top of the comic (barely visible in scan), and a small color breaking tick at the bottom at the spine.

 

[timfinz]

9.2 IMHO!

[vaillant]

Thanks Tim! – I’ll have another "case" for moderns in short…

[Still Only 35c]

9.2 with an outside chance of 9.4

[vaillant]

Thanks but the creases are pretty bad, I‘d say NM- is the highest I can go…