X-men 96

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Picked up today at my LCS

 

 

 

 

 

never seen a better looking book

 

 

what you see is what you get pages are white apparently never read

[Timmay]

8.5

[H0RR0RSH0W]

8.5

 

I say that because the corners are fairly sharp , the covers have only a little staining but there appear to be alot of spine ticks, although they are non-color breaking.

 

edit: had not seen timmays post yet when I said that.

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Might need to put it under a stack of Encyclopedias

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got to remember this is at 200 dpi do they look at the books thru a magnifying glass?

 

in hand it is perfect

[B2D327]

8.0/8.5

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Let me pose this ? I've been here a long time, I remember when pressing was a hot topic and there were camps on both sides of the river

 

Press out the spine clean the book what what do you have? hmm white pages with that new comic smell. Covers are reflective. I wish it was a 94 or a 95 but the nicest 96 I've seen.

 

Sample from Overstreet.... to be honest I might look to others who put their standards out in the open, rather then toss darts.......

 

Seems to me that the only issue with this book appears to be some non color breaking "creases. The stain may not be as terrible as it's being made out to be, finally when i open the book carefully no one has opened this cover fully? Seems 8's and 8.5 are a little harsh IMHO

 

"NM 9.4 - same as 9.6 but with an up to 1/16 inch bend without any color break (no white showing through the color) also ever-so-slight blunting of the corners and a few VERY SLIGHT stress lines

 

NM- 9.2 same as above but page color may be off-white to cream in color and that 1 cover crease can be 1/16 to 1/8 inch with no color break allowed

 

VF/NM 9.0 - 1/8 inch bend with no color break, very minor foxing allowed, small amount of cover wear, several date stamps and or small hidden initials allowed, slight staple tears allowed - Minor Accumulation of stress lines allowed and some very minor interior tears allowed

 

VF+ 8.5 - 1/4 inch cover crease with no color break allowed, Minor spine split with some minor color break allowed, Some slightly more noticeable stress lines allowed and paper can be Cream to Tan but must remain supple

 

VF 8.0 - Same as 8.5 but with some very very minor spine roll -- Must lay almost completely flat"

 

Does not look like an 8.0 or 8.5 closer to a 9.0/9.2 pressed to a 9.4 and who knows.

 

 

Food for thought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MustEatBrains]

Let me pose this ? I've been here a long time, I remember when pressing was a hot topic and there were camps on both sides of the river

 

Press out the spine clean the book what what do you have? hmm white pages with that new comic smell. Covers are reflective. I wish it was a 94 or a 95 but the nicest 96 I've seen.

 

Sample from Overstreet.... to be honest I might look to others who put their standards out in the open, rather then toss darts.......

 

Seems to me that the only issue with this book appears to be some non color breaking "creases. The stain may not be as terrible as it's being made out to be, finally when i open the book carefully no one has opened this cover fully? Seems 8's and 8.5 are a little harsh IMHO

 

"NM 9.4 - same as 9.6 but with an up to 1/16 inch bend without any color break (no white showing through the color) also ever-so-slight blunting of the corners and a few VERY SLIGHT stress lines

 

NM- 9.2 same as above but page color may be off-white to cream in color and that 1 cover crease can be 1/16 to 1/8 inch with no color break allowed

 

VF/NM 9.0 - 1/8 inch bend with no color break, very minor foxing allowed, small amount of cover wear, several date stamps and or small hidden initials allowed, slight staple tears allowed - Minor Accumulation of stress lines allowed and some very minor interior tears allowed

 

VF+ 8.5 - 1/4 inch cover crease with no color break allowed, Minor spine split with some minor color break allowed, Some slightly more noticeable stress lines allowed and paper can be Cream to Tan but must remain supple

 

VF 8.0 - Same as 8.5 but with some very very minor spine roll -- Must lay almost completely flat"

 

Does not look like an 8.0 or 8.5 closer to a 9.0/9.2 pressed to a 9.4 and who knows.

 

 

Food for thought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5

[Timmay]

Send it in to theCGC as is and see what it gets.

 

[grebal]

Looks a 9.0 to me, before I read all the stuff.

[Artboy99]

I am at 8.5 - 9.0 range as well.

 

There are multiple spine ticks, stains on the back, and the front right corners are not as sharp as they could be.

 

 

[comicquant]

Looks like a 9.0 to me

[apollobuzz]

I am at 8.0 (assuming no stain on back). Nice book; but I would carefully reconsider submitting if you are expecting much higher. Might want to wait for a few more to weigh in.

[mr_highgrade]

9.0