Skeleton hand 1 guess the grade

[gadzukes]

Just got this back from CGC. This comic is really nice. the corners are pretty sharp. Excuse the Newton rings.

 

The comic was pretty flat but I sent it in for pressing. I'm alarmed at how the top edge looks wavy. Does pressing cause a wavy edge? I believe it was flat when I sent it in.

 

[jimbo_707]

Is the cover still attached at the bottom staple? I can't tell for sure from the pic. Assuming it is, I'll say 9.2.

 

I have seen other books with wavy edges, but I can't say for certain whether pressing is the culprit. Take a gander at this Batman #5 that sold on CConnect back in March:

http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=645900

 

Some of us suspect that CCS increased heat and humidity in their pressing process a few years ago in order to reduce cycle time and that many books are now being damaged from pressing. Since the process parameters are proprietary, there's probably no way to prove that hypothesis.

 

(CGC seems to conveniently overlook defects caused by pressing, so I guessed 9.2 even though that wavy edge should take it down to 6.0.)

[gadzukes]

Yes, cover is still attached at bottom staple.

 

PQ came back LT/OW (the pages are really nice but I think the extreme top edge was LT

[gadzukes]

Step right up & test your skills.

 

 

Anyone?

[bounty_coder]

I mean I can barely see any major defects. I've got to think a NM- 9.2 with a shot at a NM 9.4

 

Not sure if that wavi-ness hurts it much. If it does then maybe you got a VF/NM 9.0 out of it...

[Johnny545]

I'll say CGC was harsh on the PQ - 7.0-7.5 - also maybe the rippling is moisture related or at least CGC thought so.

 

The book clearly appears to be higher grade.

 

 

[gadzukes]

It got...

 

an 8.5

 

Very disappointed. This comic looks amazing in hand. I think they must have hammered it for the Light Tan top edge. The graders notes also say spot of rust on each staple, so it got hit hard for that too. I'm telling you though it presents in hand like a 9.2.

 

 

[originalisbest]

Pressing certainly can introduce rippling, and I would be very unhappy if that were my book, previously nice and flat, prior to the press.

[seanfingh]

It got...

 

an 8.5

 

Very disappointed. This comic looks amazing in hand. I think they must have hammered it for the Light Tan top edge. The graders notes also say spot of rust on each staple, so it got hit hard for that too. I'm telling you though it presents in hand like a 9.2.

 

 

8.5 is the top end for LT, and it has been for a long time. The theory is that paper degradation is part of the structural grade, and it's hard to argue even though it may be decades before there is any brittleness.

 

This book presents like a legit 9.4

 

http://www.myslabbedcomics.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=3657&GSub=632