Please grade my X-Men #44 - The Red Raven Returns!

[Currin Comics]

[nik]

And if you are going to hijack a thread, at least post some nice clear scans

[Currin Comics]

scanner!!!!!

[VintageComics]

say, Nikos, you don't sell scanners do you?

[nik]

say, Nikos, you don't sell scanners do you?

 

I think I have an extra one

[divad]

say, Nikos, you don't sell scanners do you?

 

[Currin Comics]

It would only turn against me

[VintageComics]

now if you threw some dirt on the back cover, and took a chip out of it, it'd look like the curveball 9.4 X men #45 that Nikos put upp in the 1st round of the grading contest.......9.4 my

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming....

[nik]

[Tomega]

 

I wouldn't go any lower than an 8.0 on this one. The flaws you see are really very minor. Scans are deceptive, in that they don't convey the positive qualities of a book, and exagerate the minor flaws.

 

 

I always find that scans do the opposite at this size. To me, scans always hide creases and some surface wear.

[divad]

 

I wouldn't go any lower than an 8.0 on this one. The flaws you see are really very minor. Scans are deceptive, in that they don't convey the positive qualities of a book, and exagerate the minor flaws.

 

 

I always find that scans do the opposite at this size. To me, scans always hide creases and some surface wear.

 

[Mithril Man]

7.5

 

Is it me or are there more nice copies of this issue out there compared to the surrounding X-Men issues?

 

Jim

 

I think it's you , unless you were talking about raw copies....

 

There are 18 copies of #44 9.4 and above. There are a whopping 70 copies of #45 9.4 and above. Nothing comes close to that #45 in the first 50 X-Men.

 

Here's another #44 - think it's a cool cover.

 

 

BTW I go with 7.5 on the raw book that started this thread.

[burntboy]

i'm thinking 7.5 and maybe an 8.0. what i learned from the March Madness and Team contests was that folks generally grade harsher with big scans. (at least i know i do...........).

 

besides i still have a way to go for the way i dissed david's TOS 40 some months back..........

[jbud73]

Well I thought Nikos' 45 in the grading contest was an 8.5 (turned out to be a 9.4). The corners on your book are way better than his, but there are spine creases and the beginning of a fair sized chip on the top left edge. Still, I'm gonna say 7.5 based on the fact that I tend to be a tad too harsh on SA books compared to CGC.

[supapimp]

7.5

[Tomega]

 

I wouldn't go any lower than an 8.0 on this one. The flaws you see are really very minor. Scans are deceptive, in that they don't convey the positive qualities of a book, and exagerate the minor flaws.

 

 

I always find that scans do the opposite at this size. To me, scans always hide creases and some surface wear.

 

 

[nik]

Hey I like that graemlin