Albert Thurgood Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 9/8/2022 at 7:15 PM, ThothAmon said: Mixed up my photos. Meant to show this one. Thanks for posting both! I am trying to get a sense of grading above 9 so looked at the grader's notes for these two copies. The 9.2 copy has: light creasing to cover light spine stress lines to cover while the 9.4 book has: light spine stress lines to cover very small stain left center of back cover So it seems that "light creasing" lowers grade from 9.8 to 9.2 but they do not penalize small stains on BC at this level. Also the creases must be light because I can't see them in this image - how obvious were they to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordysnordy Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Finally can add this to my collection. Morganmi, Artboy99 and ADAMANTIUM 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 On 12/24/2022 at 12:31 AM, Albert Thurgood said: Thanks for posting both! I am trying to get a sense of grading above 9 so looked at the grader's notes for these two copies. The 9.2 copy has: light creasing to cover light spine stress lines to cover while the 9.4 book has: light spine stress lines to cover very small stain left center of back cover So it seems that "light creasing" lowers grade from 9.8 to 9.2 but they do not penalize small stains on BC at this level. Also the creases must be light because I can't see them in this image - how obvious were they to you? Gasped when I got a 9.8 and even more so when I saw the graders notes. Didn’t see any of the mentioned defects. Hoping the rest of them are just as nice. ADAMANTIUM, BuscemasAvengers, Morganmi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jordysnordy Posted March 26 Popular Post Share Posted March 26 (edited) 84 1st Zula sold for $305.00 on eBay last night - topping the previous GPA of $191.00 Edited March 26 by Jordysnordy ThothAmon, Key Largo Comics, ADAMANTIUM and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Largo Comics Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Atrocious wrap on that book but interesting nontheless! Jordysnordy and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 3/26/2024 at 10:37 AM, Key Largo Comics said: Atrocious wrap on that book but interesting nontheless! Yeah! I mean come on, if you're going to fork out that kind of dough at least get a one that you won't get pissed at every time you see it. mtlevy1 and ThothAmon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollyComics Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 On 2/3/2021 at 11:38 AM, jimjum12 said: ... Criminally under appreciated .... Smith gave it life, but Buscema coaxed it to perfection. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Don't forget Howard made it possible too until they appreciated his masterworks and transformed his stories to master Conan artworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
